re: For years I have used the same phrase to explain Prog Motives

You don't have to abandon Classical Liberalism. You want to exist on a philosophical plane, like a writer at National Review free of all the sausage making bullshite, knock yourself out. Others of us have made the decision that we have to get down in the mud with the Leftists while we still have a semblance of our culture remaining. It's the classic Idealist - Pragmatist struggle and I have declared for the pragmatists, considering the vile nature of the organizing Left. Say hi to Bill Kristol and David Frum for me.