cons,,define liberal agenda using examples, not baseless opinions?

Question

you can bash libs all you want, if you cant back it up with substance .....dont bother.

Answer 1

Each of the major political parties focuses on different aspects of the Constitution as most important. In the Preamble to the Constitution, there are five goals (values) of the US government: "establish Justice, to ensure domestic Tranquility, to provide for the common Defense, to promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty"

Conservatives think the most important are "to ensure domestic Tranquility" (meaning to promote conformity with 'traditional' ways) and to "provide for the Common Defense". Most conservatives are Republicans, who (nowadays) want group rights (conformity with 'traditional' values) and a large government to ensure domestic tranquility (by enforcing those conservative majority beliefs). Moderate republicans (originally called fiscal conservatives) want a small government, just large enough to provide for the common Defense.

Liberals think it's more important to "promote the general Welfare, and ensure the blessings of Liberty". Most liberals are Democrats, who want individual rights and a large government to promote the general welfare. Moderate democrats don't want a lot of wasteful spending, and want to achieve their goals without causing too many problems. Democrats do have a Conservative wing, which focuses on better ethical leadership and greater protection for both groups and individuals. The main difference is that conservative democrats still don't believe in enforcing their views on the minority, even if their own personal choices would be the same as what conservative republicans would make.

The concept of promoting Justice is important to both camps, but their idea of justice differs. Most camps of the liberal parties believe ensuring Justice requires favoring defendants, preferring the guilty to go free rather than sending the innocent to prison. Republicans and conservatives believe the promoting Justice requires being harsh to those accused, even if that occasionally inflicts sentences on the innocent.

Interestingly, the spectrum is not linear, and has more than one dimension. There are other political parties who focus on different combinations of those values. For example, Libertarians want a small government (no wasteful spending) and very little Welfare (few if any entitlements), but strong on Defense. Libertarians also want lots of protection for individual civil rights, to secure the blessings of Liberty. They feel that Tranquility will take care of itself, and doesn’t need government enforcement of morality. As such, they are moderate about most issues, except for being adamant that the majority should not impose its beliefs on the minority, as part of their way to promote Justice.

So, it basically comes down to which sets of Constitutional values each group thinks are most important.

Answer 2

Define Baseless

Answer 3

Joe Lieberman votes against the liberals ONCE (the Iraq War) and stand by his principles and the "big tent party" throws him under the bus and tries to get a city selectman (Ned Lamont) elected in his place. This is a disservice to the Democrats in Connecticut to try to put a rookie in the Senate. Wasn't Joe their Vice-president candidate in 2000 with Algore? Eighteen years of being loyal! I'd be watching my back around them!

Answer 4

I could not tell you the liberal agenda. I have not heard one from them. It seems their whole reason for being is to bash President Bush and his administration. I have heard them say they can do better, but I have not heard them say how they can do better. This is my opinion, they do not have ideas or they do not know how to express the ideas they do have. Liberals at the local level seem to be able to express ideas much better than the national level politicians do. This is why I never vote a straight ticket.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Back atcha lol if you were at a meeting of the minds at a liberal roundtable you would be told to just sit there and shut up.

Answer 7

Liberals: American Haters, Military Haters, Commie Pinko Freaks, Terrorist Supporters, Haters, Whiners, Crybabies, Gay Lovers.....
On and on.

Answer 8

just like your doing? and the answer is NO

Answer 9

they have one to define?