:I agree completely that policy debate belongs somewhere else, if it belongs in the article at all.  Rather, I would see a new article The American debate between liberals and conservatives.  In any case, this section is and has always been about the attempt by conservatives to change the meaning of the word liberal in the minds of the American public, so that instead of meaning "in favor of freedom, democracy, and equality" it means "traitor who hates America".  As for the title, I think the most honest title would be "Attempts to change the meaning of the word liberal."