Reply #99: Thanks, really...

[NativeTexan]

I was not trying to denegrate the term in any way. I am from Texas. I am an OLDER Texan at 52. I have always been open-minded and I am liberal on somethings, somewhat conservative on others. That has always meant to me...moderate. But I will ALWAYS have more in common, as a whole, with LIBERALS!

And your definition is what I always assumed it meant...until lately, anyway. And YES, there is NO MORE WRONG with the term LIBERAL than there is to the term CONSERVATIVE. The difference is, the NEO-CONS have soiled BOTH TERMS!!!

I hope for the return of REAL CONSERVATISM so at least we know that they are serious about GOVERNMENT and not PERSONAL GAIN!! Goldwater was a REAL CONSERVATIVE. I disagree with so much of what he stood for, but at least what he stood for was heartfelt and he meant well for his country. HE was a conservative PATRIOT! Edward Kennedy is a LIBERAL PATRIOT!! Neo-cons only know the term "un-patriotic" and throw it around as if they actually know what PATRIOTISM really is!!

Thanks again