[ACPlayer]

I think it is important to understand that the word liberal as used today is simply a pejorative that is attached to anything that the conservatives are against and have little to do with the definition of liberal.

Interestingly enough the word conservative is now attached to anything that the Republicans are for and have little to do with a fundamental conservative philosophy.

An example of this house of mirrors is that it was liberal to nation build (see Bush's rhetoric during the election) and it is liberal to oppose the occu-liberation of Iraq and perform nationbuilding (which could easily have been passed off to the UN to pick up the 50 Billion plus annual tab).