Daily Kos trying to set the definition for other ideologies? Isn't that sort of like a Christian trying to tell a Shaolin monk what it REALLY means to be a Buddhist? What a farkin' joke.

policing a woman's uterus

Sorry but that is a tired strawman. We could care less about the woman's uterus. Some people, however, think that abortion is murder. The government has a legitimate right to police murder.

You might not agree that it is murder, but trying to distort and minimalize the argument like that just makes you look stupid.

By the way, since when do you have to agree with every tenet that supposedly belongs to an ideology in order to identify yourself with it?

Are all Democrats anti-war?
Are all Democrats against violations of our freedoms like the Patriot Act?
Does a Democrat HAVE to support higher taxes?
Does a Democrat HAVE to be for expansion of government?

Can you name Democrats that don't follow the party line on one or more of those items?

This whole article is a non sequitur.

Frankly, I am not certain of the true distinction between a libertarian and a rightwing conservative Republican. All I know is that so many rightwingers were angered and embarrassed by GWB that they seem to be trying to distance themselves from GWB's policies by claiming to be something other than a Republican.
A turd by any other name smells just as rank.

#22 | Posted by moder8 at 2009-08-31 01:38 PM

That post is about as equally valid as this mirror image:

"Frankly, I am not certain of the true distinction between a communist and a leftwing liberal Democrat. All I know is that so many leftwingers were angered and embarrassed by Stalin and Mao that they seem to be trying to distance themselves from Stalin and Mao's policies by claiming to be something other than a communist.
A turd by any other name smells just as rank."