They promote family values. What they really mean is they promote their family values. They will protect us from smut on the internet by passing laws to infringe on our freedoms and privacy. They will open our mail and listen in on our conversations to see to it that we don't read or say immoral things. Yes, they are out to save our souls.
All sides claim they believe in freedom.
What they really mean is the freedom to agree with them. They must interpret the news because supposedly we are too stupid to come to conclusions on our own. They have become a propaganda machine of the left wing intelectual elite. They all believe in the first amendment as long as it applies to them. Honest citizens, who believe in their rights under the second amendment are turned into criminals in jurisdiction after jurisdiction.