Reply #4: A Truman Democrat

[lastliberalintexas]

Although that's not a perfect description- and neither was he certainly- it's about the easiest way to describe me. I'm very liberal on both economic and social issues, and rather libertarian on civil liberties issues. Truman was great on the traditional kitchen table issues of Democrats, but he was also ahead of his time in many ways socially- see his executive order integrating the military despite the advice of the "professional politicians".

Otherwise, I usually say I'm a libertarian Socialist. But that's not a good description, because then I have to try to explain how one can be a (small l) libertarian as well as a Socialist. :)