Left versus Right

Here is a quick comparison of the two sides that tells you something about the rational, none emoting side verses the feelings based led political debate coming from the other side… which, makes my blogs so easy.

Claremont Institute

What the Left Will Believe

William Rusher Wonders

William Rusher suggests that resentment at Republican successes, narrow partisanship, personal animosity toward Bush and fear of being deceived all play their part in this startling finding that "Bush knew." But it still makes one wonder. Although deep suspicion is no political party's monopoly, I offer a couple of examples from talk radio last week which may shed light on how opinion leaders deal with wacky theories.

The first example comes from Air America, on which a caller opined that, based on Bush's performance at the recent Group of Eight meeting, he must be drunk or on medication. The host did nothing to deny it, but only encouraged this unhinged comment. For several minutes they revelled in their "knowledge" that Bush was lacking in self control, as though he had not gone through, by his own admission, a religious conversion and a commitment to stay dry.

In the second example, a caller to the Rush Limbaugh program expressed the opinion that Hillary Clinton seeks to be President so that her husband, Bill, can regain power. Limbaugh asked for evidence, and receiving none, expressed the more sane view that Hillary, like all other aspirants (perhaps more than others) looks forward to wielding presidential power alone, and has already said that she wants Bill to be a roving (eye?) ambassador. In other words, Rush reasonably speculated, Hillary wants to keep her husband out of the country so she can actually be President (not to mention, reduce the likelihood of "bimbo eruptions").

In short, while Air America encourages paranoia, Rush Limbaugh educates.