I don’t think we can lump everyone together. It would be like saying all wines are the same — they all contain alcohol, and made of grape. Some wines are clearly superior.
There are qualitative differences; and smart, perceptive people recognize the differences.[/quote]
Why can’t you accept that all of the candidates are abysmal and that simply saying “I’m a liberal” doesn’t make someone a good person nor does saying “I’m a conservative” make someone bad? You also realize that since people want to believe this liberal/conservative good/bad dichotomy that bad people (being bad) will say that they are liberal because it will make people think that they are good . . . . Ka-chow.
Individuals are individuals. Like wine, you have to decide which ones you like on a case by case basis.