LAST EDITED ON Jan-28-09 AT 07:58AM (MST)[p]that's a good question. I'm both and then some. i was a republican when I was younger, before the party was taken over by the religious right, and before Newt. I'd have to say I'm very much a moderate but consider myself very much independant. If you ask the people who sit around me at meetings and my friends they will tell you they never can tell which side of the isle i'm on. I voted this year for Obama. I did not vote for clinton or al gore, or john kerry. . .
from the dictionary i think I'd have to be put into the liberal side of things, but I'm not an idiologue. . .
4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.
5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.
6. of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.
7. free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners.
8. open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.
9. characterized by generosity and willingness to give in large amounts: a liberal donor.
10. given freely or abundantly; generous: a liberal donation.
11. not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule.