Why do Republicans always refer to Democrats as liberals? And Democrats call Republicans Conservative ?

Question

It seems due to the defacit republicans are anything but conservative . As for the liberal or Democrats seem to push harder for balancing the budget . I may be wrong but I see conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans . I would love to see these two childish name callings on both sides go away . I think it would be a good start to cooperation . Then we could work on the first grade mentality of name calling and bashing . The leaders of this great country , I assume have at least completed grade one . An argument becomes pointless when name calling begins . This is usualy an admission that the argument was lost !!

Answer 1

I have observed that about every 30 or 40 years or so, both of these political parties reverse positions on just about all of the platforms regarded as their sole possession. Once upon a time, Democrats stood for restrained spending, family values, and state's rights. Now, the Republicans have grabbed those platforms for themselves, however ineffectively. I agree with the name-calling. Once that starts, all productive dialog ends.