> So what you really meant to write must have been "since I am a
> democrat" since the status of of the modifier liberal has no
> purchase sans a nod to free markets and Bentham.
Try this one for 'purchase' ...
4 given, used, or occurring in generous amounts : liberal amounts of wine had been consumed. • (of a person) giving generously : Sam was too liberal with the wine.
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Martin