The Joys of Liberalism

Though I did not watch the State of the Union address, I did catch a bit of the Republican response, which I thought was a pretty good comedy act.

Back when I was but a young lad the worst thing you could be called, politically, at least, was a communist, or maybe a socialist.

Now, though, these days, there are no more communists, except in North Korea, maybe, and even true socialism seems to be on the wane. But the skies are not all blue, not yet; may be not ever.  No, friends and neighbors, now we are told that we face another ideological demon far more sinister than mere communism or socialism.  We now face...liberalism.

However, a couple of nights ago, while unable to sleep for fear of the liberal beast, I got to thinking.  Maybe liberalism isn't all that bad.  Maybe it's no more evil than conservatism.  Possible?  Yes?  No?

Well, consider what liberalism hath wrought in the last few hundred years in just our happy little land:

• The American revolution
• Emancipation 
• Women's suffrage
• Repeal of prohibition
• The Voting Rights Act