aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Friday, June 17, 2005

I’m a liberal

Chris Bowers is a Progressive:

In addition to being a reform Democrat, I am a progressive Democrat. I do not use that term in the sense of the Progressive Policy Institute, and I do not use it in the sense that I am really a liberal who is afraid to call himself such. Further, I also do not use the term in the sense that only those with clear positions are progressives, or only those who believe that John Kerry won the 2004 election are progressives. Finally, and most importantly, I also do not use it in the sense that only those who are willing to be partisans and go on the offensive against Republicans are progressives. For me, the label signifies that I am decidedly and unquestionably on the left wing of the Democratic Party. It is an ideological term...I am a progressive. I am a Leftie, and I am proud of that.

The full post is on why no progressives are running in 2008.