The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

Like I said, Sleepy....those libs are extraordinarily easy to predict. Don't like the results? Try to discredit those who did the study.

I agree with a lot of what ISM said (the primary exception being the equating of smart and progressive ). It is simply not possible for a "journalist" to keep their opinion out of what they are reporting on. Voice inflection, body language, choice of adjectives....it all comes into play no matter what their political slant is. I can live with that.

What I can't live with is the high and mighty condescension of the holier than thou journalists who claim to have no bias and are always objective in their reporting. Just admit you have a bias and get on with it, whatever that bias may be.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Like I said, Sleepy....those libs are extraordinarily easy to predict. Don't like the results? Try to discredit those who did the study.

I think a study with so many glaring flaws deserves to be discredited.

* National Rifle Association of America (NRA) scored a 45.9, making it "conservative" -- but just barely.

* RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization (motto: "OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS. EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS.") with strong ties to the Defense Department, scored a 60.4, making it a "liberal" group.

* Council on Foreign Relations, whose tagline is "A Nonpartisan Resource for Information and Analysis" (its current president is a former Bush administration official; its board includes prominent Democrats and Republicans from the foreign policy establishment) scored a 60.2, making it a "liberal" group.

* American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), bête noire of the right, scored a 49.8, putting it just on the "conservative" side of the ledger.

* Center for Responsive Politics, a group whose primary purpose is the maintenance of databases on political contributions, scored a 66.9, making it highly "liberal."

* Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a defense policy think tank whose board of directors is currently chaired by former Representative Dave McCurdy (D-OK), scored a 33.9, making it more "conservative" than AEI and than the National Taxpayers Union.