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APRIL
3rd, 2006 |
CONSERVATIVE
MELTDOWN MAKES LIBERALS LOOK GOOD Regarding Steve Hayes' March 23 letter [to the Lexington Herald-Leader], "Academia's Liberal Tilt," I would like to express my exasperation with Conservatives' tired tirade against Liberalism, as if it were a Disease to be excised from the Body Politic. We Liberals are proud of our positions promoting the Common Good and Individual Rights, and disdain the Selfish, Moral-Policing, 'Me-First' views of those who control the Conservative Leadership. It is not Liberalism that has been the cause of the recent spate of Conservative electoral victories. Rather, it's the Right Wing's well-designed and, indeed, brilliant effort to consolidate its base and discourage disparate views within the Republican Party that is responsible for the control of all three branches of government by those who do not represent the views of the majority of Americans. For example, a clear majority of the electorate favors abortion rights, in polar opposition to a key plank of the Republican Party platform. In addition, the majority of Americans believe the war in Iraq has been a colossal mistake based on false premises, though the GOP leadership continues to defend it. The Right Wing rules by fear and intimidation. We have all seen the results of Republican control: an Ill-Conceived War, Record Deficits and Rampant disregard of the Constitution that is the basis for all that we hold dear. Am I a liberal? In this day and age, it is increasingly easy to answer "Yes". |
