Russian Bear said:
“So, if you like freedoms, why do you think it is bad to be a liberal or a Democrat? Like, say, Obama?”
Since you asked 
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My comment actually said nothing about liberals vs conservatives, Democrats vs Republicans. They were not relevant, in my view, to the point I was making about the dangers of becoming complacent about freedom. If you want to argue that liberals are better at achieving freedom than conservatives, that a completely different issue, that deserves more attention than I wish to expend at this time.
In addition, your views on American history are interesting in so far as they express your opinion. I’ll not debate you on those points since you’re entitled to your opinions, and I don’t feel a compelling desire to try to change your mind. But as you yourself admit, your views do not negate or refute anything I said in my comment.
Regarding your question:
Currently, the Dems seem to me to have lost their bearings (and their sanity), by openly embracing anti-American extremists. They will not get my vote, at least not for president, until they divorce themselves from the krazy kos krowd.
They have also become too Ivory Tower group-think elitist too me. They have divorced themselves from reality and therefore their policies are dangerously flawed (I will not expound on how, since this post would be too long.) Suffice to say that the current flavor of “liberal thinking ” is, to me, damaging to families and society, and too focused on pushing the concept of increasing an individual’s dependence on the govt. And finally, they are leaning too far towards socialism, which in my view is a flawed economic system. ( I won’t even get into Dem foreign policy, since it seems merely to be a popularity contest to them.) Obama to me represents all the negatives I associate with his party.
You, and many others, may not agree with most of my opinions about libs and Dems, which is perfectly fine. I respect that others have opinions that are 180 degrees from mine, and have no intentions of trying to force them to agree with me. All I ask is that they in turn, respect my right to my own views.
