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Originally Posted by dda
Perot: I was casting a protest vote. I was still relatively liberal at this point but thought that Clinton was a sleazy asshole. I was not proven wrong. Bush was part of the Regan administration which I hadn't liked but in hindsight wish we had back.
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yet more proof - if proof be needed- of the american ability to distort the language.
Liberal? You voted Perot because you were a liberal?
I REALLY want the word liberal back.
It means, or ought to mean, "having a liberated mind" "being unconstrained by accepted ideas" "questioning" "unwillingness to accept given truths without proof and/or a belief in their efficacy"
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liberal says "hang on a second you can't assume ..."
A liveral does not vote Perot