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It's amazing what stands as liberal leaning now
When one thinks about it, in many ways, some classic conservatives would be considered liberal today. Two great cases are Dick Nixon and Barry Goldwater. The glaring example from Goldwater's idealogy is the concept of not invading people's homes with what the government thinks, period. Before his fairly recent death, he was not pleased with the Christian right's attempt to intrude on the lives of citizens through gestures to Bush, he believed in no overt government intrusion in the personal lives of citizens. With Dick Nixon, there's a number of examples, but one striking one, one that made him many enemies, is detente, and his backdoor shuttle diplomacy. There's no way people on the JCS, defense contractors, and the military-industrial complex would ever want detente with the Russians, especially then.
-Walrus
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