Indeed. I always categorized myself as more on the "liberal" side of the fence, for three simple reasons: Because I hate the inclusion of religion into government, especially the attempt to use government to enforce religious or social values, whether those values are good or not. (Examples include family values and PC values). Because I believe that *completely* free markets are, in many cases, subject to substantial and problematic asymmetries and externalities which can and should be corrected for by well thought out, minimally intrusive legislation. (Think labeling laws on food as an example) And because I think that suspending civil rights/liberties in the name of catching terrorists is completely inappropriate and unacceptable. No exceptions. Our civil rights and freedoms were already overly subjugated *before* the [STRIKE]PATRIOT[/STRIKE]FACIST act. In the last half dozen years, I've come to realize that certain other positions of mine (such as political correctness, and copyright, and the RKBA) are equally anathematic to the modern American left. I'm sick of left-right politics, and I'm not convince that adding in a couple more axes (by giving us third parties for example) would even solve the issue, although it would certainly be a start. All of this is a long-winded way of getting to a point, which goes as follows: Unless you consider yourself to be well represented by Ann Coulter, don't assume that people you consider liberals are well represented by similar examples. For most people, politics really aren't that simple, and trying to demonize the other side most often just makes you look like a tool.