[kartaron]

Originally Posted by Revolution

The real problem with this thread is that people fail to distinguish between "political liberal," and "social liberal." I have no doubt that Mamet retains his socially liberal positions e.g., gay rights, whatever. But he has, somewhat, altered his politically liberal positions, such as whether "big government," as represented, for example, by LB Johnson's "great society," war on poverty, etc. He now seems to favor smaller government. In essence, he has come closer not to being a conservative, but a libertarian.

Yeah, that what I got too. Conservative is defined lately by the War on Terror, war on drugs, death penalty, etc. He named off libertarian policies as his new home.