Most members of the press and all formulators of sophisticated culture are liberals. This does not mean they adhere to any political value very ardently. They are for the rule of law, but the rule of law must be suspended when some trendy aggrieved group breaks the law. Yet recently in California progressive opinion sided with a bank employee whose chronic flatulence so offended those around her that her employer took measures against her. Liberalism's one unwavering political value is to disturb one's neighbor.
Contemporary liberalism is the only political philosophy ever founded on a misdemeanor.
The only other consistent element in liberal thought is loathing for conservatives. In fact the party of the New Deal, the Fair Deal, and the Great Society has no policy goals today whatsoever. All that galvanizes liberal Democrats is brazen opposition to those who are different from them, namely, conservatives, even moderate conservatives. To fetch the liberals' admiration one has to espouse every one of their enthusiasms, no matter how transient, imbecilic, or inconsistent those enthusiasms might be. The intensity of the liberals' hatred of Bush reveals just how single-minded their hatred of disagreement has become.