Simplistic because you say making government larger is liberal without looking at the larger picture. Many liberals of the time complained that the New Deal saved capitalism when they wanted the government to destroy it. You say FDR was liberal and you probably say Reagan was conservative even though he was originally a democrat.
Read what Newt says about FDR and Reagan to understand why simple labels don't work: http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:kQqQiZzLPT0J:www.newt.org/backpage.asp%3Fart%3D1145+Newt+Gingrich+Franklin+Delano+Roosevelt&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us On 10/15/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He was *definitely* a liberal and an inspiration to some of the > greatest future liberals like LBJ, Mondale, HHH, Wellstone, et al. > > You keep saying "simplistic" but you perpetually don't define what you > mean; I will for argument's sake: Generally American politics > considers 3 areas: social, fiscal, and foreign policy: > > * Socially liberal means you want less gov't in social issues such as > drugs, gambling, and s3x. That's me. Socially conservative means you > want the federal gov't to define and enforce morality (making > prostitution illegal, for example.) > > * Fiscally liberal means you want the gov't to solve local issues from > a national level (e.g., No Children Left Behind) > > * Foreign policy liberals want the US involved in foreign politics vs. > isolationism. > > Therefore, non-simplistically, but generally, I'm socially liberal, > but fiscally and a foreign policy conservative. > > How about you? How would you define it? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244334 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
