George Bush is not very conservative. Bill Clinton is not very liberal. What did Clinton do as President that was particulary liberal?
2007-02-18 05:30:06 · 14 answers · asked by sal 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The classical definitions do not apply. The Bush administration has not been conservative but rather far right. What passes for a liberal these days is actually moderate to conservative. This is what happens when two parties dominate the choices.
2007-02-18 05:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by colefinch 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If these label suddenly vanished, new labels would spring up instantly. There seems to be an inate need to catagorize. I think the terms liberal & conservative still have meaning, just not rhe meanings they used to have, but this is nothing new. Thomas Jefferson was a small government liberal, Adams a big government conservative. Nothing is constant except change.
2007-02-18 13:36:22 · answer #2 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you that the labels no longer work because most people (at least, thinking people) are at different places on the political spectrum depending on the issue. For instance, a person could be very liberal on health care and very conservative on abortion or very liberal on gay rights and very conservative on fiscal issues. Very few people are 100% conservative or liberal.
2007-02-18 13:34:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. The labels actually mean something, and it is better just to understand their meaning.
President Bush is probably as Conservative as the US can handle any more. We are soft on socialism these days.
Clinton had a Conservative Congress, a booming economy, hurricanes that only hit Florida white people, and a liberal media on his side. Who knows what he really is. But he down-sized the military, and that's not very Conservative.
2007-02-18 13:37:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
There really is not a dime's worth of difference between either Bush and either Clinton.
It IS time to abandon labels like liberal and conservative...and citizen.
We are all Imperial subjects now.
2007-02-18 13:33:25 · answer #5 · answered by Longhaired Freaky Person 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If we abandon labels then who will the politicians point their fingers at for all the problems in this country?
2007-02-18 13:35:23 · answer #6 · answered by blcria 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
So you'd have us believe that the world is not black and white, but many shades of gray, and that we should apply nuance and objective analysis in assessing people and situations? That it's seldom if ever a simple matter of good guys versus bad guys? I... I... what is that throbbing pain in my head, where is that deafening noise coming from, I can't... I... *HEAD EXPLODES*
Actually, my clowning around aside, you raise an interesting point and I agree with you.
2007-02-18 13:37:29 · answer #7 · answered by David 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
In the UK we manage to accept and accomodate a broad range of political viewpoints and why politics is so polarised in the US I don't know.
2007-02-18 13:35:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
To answer what clinton did that was totally liberal, he LIED UNDER OATH.
2007-02-18 13:36:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
YES! it is absolutely ridiculous. why do people play into this political rhetoric?!
2007-02-18 13:34:09 · answer #10 · answered by ianrwood_01 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋