Can I just say.......that I appreciate the intelligent conversation on this subject.
Well now, there's all sorts of historic liberal sudden about-faces.
One of the minor ones occurred on January 20, 1981, circa 10:00 a.m., when the homeless, out of the blue, were discovered.
Only to disappear exactly to the hour, twelve years later.
Some in the media tried to rediscover the homeless on January 20, 2001, at exactly 10:00 a.m., and it got a few sniffs, and then died.
What has always gotten me is the liberal preoccupation with the federal deficit and the national debt.
That used to be am exclusively Republican concern; it was no big deal to Democrats and liberals, nothing to worry about.
Then suddenly at that magic hour, 10:00 a.m. on January 20, 1981, Democrats and liberals abruptly started thinking the federal deficit and the national debt are big deals.
It's been a very long time now, and there's hardly anybody around to remember, but Prohibition was considered a Great Liberal Cause.