You can change the tax code of this country and destroy our economy…

You can change the US Constitution and wipe out entire industries…

Change does not always = good.

Pushing boundaries, creating and stimulating social change and society, moving forward socially, equally…these are the things I care about. These are the things that make me a liberal. Belonging to either party does not make me, or anyone, a liberal. The Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, these policies pushed buttons, moved boundaries, shifted society. The same with Roe v. Wade. Progress can only be made when people are willing to do these things.

So the simple fact that conservatives opposed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, Medicare, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act is the only reason that that these things happened?

May I ask that you stop painting with such a broad brush against Conservatives?

This Conservatives supports the right of anyone to marry the man/woman of their choice regardless of their sexual or gender orientation.

This Conservative supports free access to polls no matter your race/sex etc.

Just because someone is a Conservative or a Liberal does not mean one must subscribe to the official party platform in full.

Second, I’m voting for the change I think this country needs. I’m not saying that McCain can’t bring change, however, the change he can bring is completely different then the change I think Obama offers. I think that the change Obama wants is the change the country needs to heal and to improve.

Can McCain offer anything better? Do we know if his policies would help the country? The world? No. Nothing is ever certain in politics and with each person we elect it’s a risk. We can never be sure that things will work out the way we want them to or the way we need them to.

Altruistic goodness and equality, of course we know how to do these things. The question isn’t how to do them, the question is do we want to? Just because someone is gay, doesn’t make them any less of a human than a straight person. Is the fact that I’m transgender mean that I shouldn’t be able to work in a place where I can be who I am, openly? Does being “different” make me deserve any less than everyone else? No, it doesn’t.

Granted, they’ve still gotten things done, which is probably more as a result of conservatives wanting to shut them up than anything else.

So the simple fact that conservatives opposed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, Medicare, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act is the only reason that that these things happened? I don’t think so. Liberals, Progressives, no matter, these things needed to happen. We can’t sit here and do nothing and think that things will get better on their own. Change requires action, someone who is willing to fight for something even if a huge chunk of people don’t agree. It’s never about Liberals and Conservatives. It’s just about people; what’s best for everyone, not just a certain few. We can’t live in a country that supports one group more than the other simply because of the race, gender, or age of people. It’s not fair, it isn’t right, and gets us absolutely nowhere.

Equating the “Liberal” of today with the “Liberals” who fought for voting rights, civil rights etc is a misnomer… they are two different beasts.

John F. Kennedy would be, by his beliefs alone a Republican today. Democrats 50 years ago are not the same kind of people we have running that party today. He supported tax cuts, a strong military… he was a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. He would be today, what Joe Lieberman is to his party.

As for social security… there is no security, it’s a big joke and the punch line is us.

There was no one side to any of these issues… 100% of Democrats did not support any of those issues and 100% of Republicans did not oppose them, and to toss these issues firmly into one camp is just ridiculous.