What's the next label?

Question

Communist / socialist / liberal / progressive /

What's next and why is it always changing?

Here's a little more you should add to your tribute to your 'Liberal' hero. -

"...The situation did not improve. In September of 1963, President Kennedy declared in an interview, “In the final analysis, it is their war. They are the ones who have to win it or lose it. We can help them, we can give them equipment, we can send our men out there as advisers, but they have to win it, the people of Vietnam, against the Communists... But I don't agree with those who say we should withdraw. That would be a great mistake.... [The United States] made this effort to defend Europe. Now Europe is quite secure. We also have to participate—we may not like it—in the defense of Asia..."
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/Vietnam.htm

Answer 1

I can't say what's next, but as to the reason for change, it is that they adopt whatever label they feel has the most positive appeal (or least negative). Liberal had begun to have a negative appeal (hence the unwillingness to be labeled as one) and so progressive came about as a way to get a new image. The thing is, the best way to get a better image is to do the right thing, not call yourself something different and keep doing the same thing.

Answer 2

more than anythign I think this is inserted to the talking points almot as a classificational putdown.

It should be about the topic at hand, about finding the best solution to the problem at hand.

Mostly its used as a labelling technique, that usually is an attempt to cloud an issue that one party refuses to answer directly with facts.

What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?"
If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal."

But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."

JFK

Answer 3

The Rich and the Poor.

Answer 4

Republicans are arguing among themselves about who is most conservative. The Democrats won't even use the word "liberal."

Answer 5

rove can't make up his mind but when he does the lemmings will follow

Answer 6

...in the end it is the same idiots...! ..lol...