Originally Posted by Guest

.......and just as a point of clarification, the whole notion of what is a liberal and what is a conservative has changed dramatically since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, was a liberal in political thought because he opposed slavery. Teddy Roosevelt was the "trust buster" who favored government regulation, which made him a flaming liberal in his time. He actually ran for POTUS later in life under the Progressive Party nomination.