Wrong?, Right?, or just Misguided?

Larry Elder uses a biennial survey to show the different perspectives between conservatives and liberals. He compares the different ratings that liberals gave conservatives and vice-versa to prove his point that liberals may not be all that open minded.

I agree with Mr. Elder's point that liberals may not be as open-minded as they are portrayed as. Some of the results of the survey may be people that were influenced by others without giving their own thought into their opinion, but most were probably liberals who just plain think that conservatives are evil without even giving them a chance to speak their opinions on world matters. That is not the meaning of being liberal.

Larry continuously points out how being liberal is being an oxymoron. He uses many various examples of liberals being well, not so liberal. For example he points out that "Sixty percent of these extreme liberals gave Messrs. Bush and Cheney a 0. In other words, six out of ten Americans on the far left found that no evil, heinous person in the world could be worthy of more hatred than Bush and Cheney." He recalls that "Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., compared the newly conservative-controlled House to 'the Duma and the Reichstag.'" When important icons of a people stand up, say something, and everyone follows them because they are an icon, that is not being opinionated. The 60% doesnt show that liberals are united in their thinking. It shows that liberals are not so liberal, but they follow their leaders without thinking their own thoughts. This meaning behind Elder's message is a mockery of all liberals and their limited thinking.

Behind the scenes of political campaigning

While many people may find this cartoon offensive because of the insult to the intelligence of people and candidates, i find there may be some truth within the drawn caricatures. The main point of this cartoon is that the media, more specifically the newspapers that support the party caucuses, are the ones who really choose the president. People have no bias to one candidate or another and they dont like to be wrong so they go with the one that has the most chance of winning. Since the authors in newspapers, such as the Des Moines Review, and anchormen on news channels can predict whichever candidate they want as highest in the poll, they are truly the only voters.