Reply #6: I remember how the vilification of the word "liberal" in the Reagan

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and Bush I years was accomplished, by saying it with a sneer (Reagan's cheerful, head-shaking sneer) and implying that only hopeless losers like that homo Jimmy Carter could believe such nonsense.

Even today, people feel better calling themselves "progressive" instead of liberal.

Great post. I hope Governor Dean reads it.