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Friday, November 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive?

Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism "progressive" and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word.
By Michael Lind

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    Proud of the New Deal and Great Society?

    Michael

    There must be a New Deal and Great Society i'm not aware of Social Security is going broke and the Great Society ruined three generations of good people

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