What happened to true Liberals?

Question

30 years ago a lot of the things President Obama stands for would have been fought against by Liberals, they would have been protesting in the streets over them.  Look at the list of items below and try to imagine any real Liberal supporting these things:

NDAA - Codifying indefinite military detention without charge or trial into law for the first time in American history.

PATRIOT Act - Allows for broad surveillance on American Citizens

Justice Department crackdown on legal medical marijuana dispensaries

Expanding war in Afghanistan and using drones to kill in assorted foreign countries

Using our armed forces without Congressional Consent  ( I know other presidents have done it, it is still wrong)

I just wonder how anyone can call themselves a Liberal and still vote for someone (Obama) who supports these things.

Sarah · Accepted Answer

This is a center right country. Obama has been a centrist to center right president. If he were a liberal, I would support him, but the majority of the country would not...sadly. We have no real choice in government anymore. It's centrist or far right.

V · Answer

"Liberals" are pro-war right wing authoritarians these days. Jimmy Carter was the last liberal president.

Anonymous · Answer

They've got the White House and Senate

Anonymous · Answer

We vote Green Party, but supported Obama in the swing states just to keep Romney from winning. We're also considered radicals by typical Obama-voting Democrats, even though we'd fit right in most other civilized nations.

? · Answer

Same thing happened to the Conservatives...

Anonymous · Answer

Maybe we're just not right-wing extremists which has become more of today's GOP. 

You folks should go into therapy.

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What happened to true Liberals?

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