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	<title><![CDATA[In Defense of Liberalism]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wayne-besen/in-defense-of-liberalism_b_116941.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>It is campaign season, once again, which means conservatives, will try to paint Democrats as "liberals," as if it were a dirty word. I, for one, am proud to be a liberal and believe we should stand up against these conservative smears.</p>

<p>One of the great fallacies in modern lore is that liberalism stands for nothing and liberals have no core beliefs. The right wing, from the Pope to the President, has impugned the left by unfairly portraying it as a...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-09-06T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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