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J_William_Ryan

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5. And liberals continue to defend

Sun May 28, 2017, 02:44 PM

May 2017

the right to privacy, the right to vote, clean water, clean air, Social Security, and Medicare from reckless, irresponsible, and unwarranted attacks by conservatives.

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Lawrence O'Donnell: Difference Between Liberals and Conservatives [View all] iluvtennis May 2017 OP

Rec for the Greatest page and bookmarking. emulatorloo May 2017 #1

I am praying he gets to stay! FM123 May 2017 #2

You and me both! n/t Different Drummer May 2017 #3

Fire him,good ratings and knows his stuff...geez,if they took OReilly...drips w pretentious hate Alice11111 May 2017 #59

I adore this man jodymarie aimee May 2017 #4

I do, too. athena May 2017 #17

I like him too SCantiGOP May 2017 #28

I love him too and he is sooooooooooooooooo good looking !!!! trueblue2007 May 2017 #49

he is 67 years young jodymarie aimee May 2017 #55

And liberals continue to defend J_William_Ryan May 2017 #5

Right. Liberal founding fathers enshrined the concept of equality Hortensis May 2017 #60

but liberals have been losing the last 30 years because they have been certainot May 2017 #64

K&R for greatest exposure! n/t Different Drummer May 2017 #6

The first on the list is a testament to how far the GOP has fallen loyalsister May 2017 #7

Ya but...Lincoln freed the slaves and he was a Republican!!111!! progressoid May 2017 #8

That's 'cause Lincoln was a liberal. Iggo May 2017 #9

That was the last good thing Republicans did world wide wally May 2017 #13

Teddy Roosevelt did alot of good things, Crunchy Frog May 2017 #20

Those guys wouldn't make it in today's GOP. progressoid May 2017 #27

Nixon also saddled white anger in the south... paleotn May 2017 #34

Nixon hardly established the EPA. argyl May 2017 #42

Thank you for the reminder. (nt) klook May 2017 #57

I find it hilarious that they have to go back that far to find someone compassionate in their party. progressoid May 2017 #26

that would be the Radical Republicans paleotn May 2017 #32

republicans were the socially liberal party at that time, so O'Donnel is correct here. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #35

Some conservative idiot Proud liberal 80 May 2017 #10

So we tell them it is not about parties. parties switch..... It is about liberal vs right wingers... pangaia May 2017 #19

precisely; the important thing is about lib vs. consrv ideology, not party labels. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #36

Got that right.props @ Lawrence irisblue May 2017 #11

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow May 2017 #12

Great one! elleng May 2017 #14

Matt Santos Johnny Noshoes May 2017 #39

Right. That was a GREAT debate. elleng May 2017 #41

I knew that I had heard that quote before. Stonepounder May 2017 #50

Way recommended. H2O Man May 2017 #15

I've often measured the difference as to what pisses the party members off, respectively mnmoderatedem May 2017 #16

He forgot one: Liberals founded America. Towlie May 2017 #18

Now there's a button I'd wear on my jacket! eleny May 2017 #21

The Declaration of Independence is the "birth certificate" of liberalism. lastlib May 2017 #37

The GOP is nothing but a death cult masquerading as Christian patriots and defenders of freedom . geretogo May 2017 #22

Liberals got women the right to vote? oberliner May 2017 #23

The National American Woman Suffrage Movement got women the right to vote bhikkhu May 2017 #47

Amen! mcar May 2017 #24

kick & recommended. William769 May 2017 #25

Love O'Donnell but he is incorrect about the civil rights bill of 1964 grantcart May 2017 #29

He said liberal not dem LostinRed May 2017 #31

it's misleading and still not accurate. grantcart May 2017 #38

Memorizing this LostinRed May 2017 #30

Liberals are egalitarian and conservatives are not egalitarian is PufPuf23 May 2017 #33

Ironically, that's pretty-much the intro to the Gettysburg Address. Towlie May 2017 #43

Cool. I did not know that or perhaps PufPuf23 May 2017 #46

Liberals believe that people are basically good bhikkhu May 2017 #48

I agree your take on basic differences between liberals and conservatives. PufPuf23 May 2017 #54

Amen!!!!!! Initech May 2017 #40

I don't know that we've ever had as big a difference between the parties IronLionZion May 2017 #44

Conservatives supported slavery Dawson Leery May 2017 #45

Yeah, but you have to attack the word conservative instead of defending the word liberal Awsi Dooger May 2017 #51

Ditto! +100% n/t mazzarro May 2017 #56

Good post - call out conservatism klook May 2017 #62

Also liberals like to think for themselves. cstanleytech May 2017 #52

EVERY. F*CKING. DAY!!! YES! eom Lyricalinklines May 2017 #53

Mahalo, iluvtennis, for LO'D's the Difference between Liberals and Cons Cha May 2017 #58

I believe Soxfan58 May 2017 #61

Saving image so I can dump it on every poster on FB who calls me a libtard. Nt onlyadream May 2017 #63

Yes Morrakiu May 2017 #65

The principle is much simpler: DuaneBidoux May 2017 #66

I don't get it. What's the "circle?" Gidney N Cloyd May 2017 #67

Did you get that backward? I think liberals want to include more people, conservatives the reverse Dorn May 2017 #69

Actually gothe that backwards... DuaneBidoux May 2017 #70

One of the many horrid things Reagon did was to 1984 the word liberal Dorn May 2017 #68