Maybe try copy/pasting the link in my other comment, and read the essay completely through. Then you can get angry if you like. And no, I didn't think that you were a liberal. Neither am I.
I know that, in light of the fact that America just celebrated her 244th birthday, some people may be upset by my saying this, But we may or may not be living in the last years of the American nation. There is a link in the comments if you want to know more.