White House appears ready to drop 'public option'

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Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Right-wing radio and conservative news stations get the criticisms from be because they are the loudest and most obnoxious. While I share *some* political ideologies with them, I do not share the level of irrationality and what I perceive as complaining because "he's on the other team."

You may "perceive" right wing news as louder and more obnoxious, but I don't see evidence that they are more so than other sources. Nor higher levels of irrationality. Anyway, I don't think the volume, nor obnoxity, nor the LEVEL of irrationality, to be what is important. What is important is what is true and what is good.


I find that the extreme Conservative views are the ones more often reported by stations like Fox and conservative radio, and those views I do not agree with - most of these people leave a nasty, bitter taste in my mouth. While CNN is the ying to the Fox yang, there isn't really a similar counterpoint on the radio.

Are you saying that moderate conservative, moderate, and liberal views are reported less than EXTREME conservative views on Fox, etc. I don't think a count has been taken, nor has there been, as far as I know, a study been made as to which conservative views are extreme, moderate, low grade, or normal. There is a similar counterpoint on the radio, but it is so unpopular, and UNNECESSARY, as most "mainstream" media fills the need for a slant to the left.

The reason I joke and say "I'm just a crazy liberal" is because if you disagree with a conservative's opinion then you "must be a liberal". Political discussion in this country doesn't allow a Moderate's point of view because, in the words of George W., "you're either with us, or your against us."

I suppose, then, that "conservatives" who disagree with each other, many do, are, by your definition, "liberals". I believe, btw, that the reason Republicans like to refer to liberals as liberal is, as Spence has pointed out, that most people in this country identify their views as being "conservative". So it is politically smart, I guess, to refer to your opponent as being "liberal", ergo, opposed to your "conservative" views. Simple as that. Moderate points of view are abundant in political discussion. As far as "you're either with us, or your against us"--that was about a specific instance, not a general admonition.