>>Let's extract the political definitions from Websters, which is the gold standard for American English.
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>>http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/liberalism
>>"a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties"
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>Interesting - the above is closer to the definition of a libertarian than other political party. I think most Americans (if you remove any label) would consider themselves to fall into this category regardless of their voting history or political party affiliation.

Well, these are merely 'definitions', and probably don't have much to do with day to day reality. If this: A political philosophy or attitude that emphasises respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism and opposition to sudden change in the established order is supposed to describe George's government, then it's time to burn the dictionaries.