well, without being completely insulting to **********s (because i have some, let's say, harsh opinions), i just think we have a long way to go as a society and as a people and the majority of ********** policies are not focused on moving forward - they want to stay the same or go back to more traditional policies. this is, after all, the root of the labels of 'liberal' and 'conservative.' liberals want change, conservatives want the status quo, no matter what kind of policy that indicates (we have added meaning that isn't there in our society that assigns a party to each label). so, to put it tactfully, i think we've got light years to go and a million things to change (gay marriage, abortion rigts, right to the morning after pill, further separation of church and state, etc. ad infinitum) before we can settle for the status quo or be satisfied with our society, so i consider myself liberal.