Jesus was unquestionably a "liberal" - both social and economic - of his time. Can you imagine him dining with CEO's of Haliburton and Enron? Can you imagine him chanting "Fagg_ts go to Hell!" Can you imagine him not wanting universal health care for all, especially the poor and the disenfranchised? Can you imagine Jesus carrying a semi-automatic weapon in his pocket? Can you imagine Jesus advocating to drill the oilfields in Alaska?
Can you not imagine Jesus hanging out with the "social outcasts" - the prostitutes, drug addicts, the homeless, the mentally-ill, and the "minorities" - ethnic, racial, sexual, etc. Can you not imagine Jesus fighting for the rights of the immigrants, people living in the developing world, people living in war zones? Can you not imagine Jesus, who lived in a communal way of living - not seeing social and economic equality as the number one priority of his mission?
On the other hand, who would be the Pharisees and Scribes that Jesus was so critical of, of our time? I can only think of one group of people - the so-called Bible-believing fundamentalists.
If Jesus were alive today, imagine how those "Bible-believing fundamentalists" would treat him. Just imagine.