Reply #11: Truman and JFK NOT LIBERAL? WTF? [View All]

I think a great number of liberals would take great issue with your definition of liberal if you don't include JFK! Truman was also liberal in many respects: after all, he did propose a form of national health insurance back in the late 40s-early 50s.

Johnson IMHO was NOT conservative. He was from Texas, true, but he signed into law more liberal laws than JFK. The Voting Rights Act, The Civil Rights Act, the Great Society programs, etc.

Not to mention black Christians, who tend to be socially conservative, but are economically VERY liberal: they support a welfare state, good jobs, workers rights and fair wages, which are hallmarks of liberalism since the 1930s.