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Thanks, Mr. Lind for this sane article. The left has always displayed a disturbing fondness for euphemism, which our adversaries have lampooned with merciless accuracy. It's fine to be "liberal" in the FDR-LBJ sense of the word. Over the past few years, if you've noticed, the right has employed that word rather lovingly themselves, albeit in a 19th Century sense.
And thanks for the kind words about Clinton and the New Democrats - words which "progressives" have always been miserly with. For all his sexual melodrama Clinton will be judged a successful president. When he came into office the Democrats had been hopelessly stereotyped as weak on crime, weak on defense and weak on the economy. When he left they had credibility in all three areas. Those are three pretty big dragons to slay. And if Obama does prove to be a "transformational" uber-leader, as we are assured he must, he can thank St. Bill the Baptist for clearing the way.
