Calling all Liberals, Why do you believe?

Question

The media? Don't you know all the major sources are all Liberal bias? If you know that then why can you trust a source that has a bias and does not allow complete coverage? Please dont tell me other wise I know better.

Second: You know an election is coming up, and mud sligging is the norm now? How can you trust your Liberal Leaders when they are now denying things they supported but distancing themselves for political gain?

I don't get it Libs; you want programs for everything, socialism seems to be your desire, the tone is you do not care for iraq people and just want to pull out, I see all kinds of finger pointing and disrespect for leaders. I would like to see one general public person who achieved success equal to the level of high government that believes the retoric the general liberal mass is barking about.

If you got a short answer and just a stupid comment, please odn't waste your last brain cell here. Give me some debate based on facts and not on beliefs.

I will research your claims so, you had better have a solid case.

I knew you would just attack me instead of telling my why you think the way you do. I expect that someone will say there is not a bias, that is why I limited it. Some follow the general content if anyone knows how...

daisy I said the majority, not all, which do you watch, point made...

Thank you Grateful, I would back you anyday, regardless of your party affiliation. I pose my questions they way I do on purpose. It exposes rational or emotional belief immediately. It is like giving people enough robe to hang themself. Thank you for a very inteligent response.

Nice job people for the most part. I can see how I should of phrased it to get want I wanted. But it is already started. Where is the best source to compare Liberal thought to Conservative that is not bias? Can someone please address how and where you pickup your opinions? One lady with her son did quite well, thank you for sharing...

Answer 1

Ok, you seem to actually want an answer, instead of knee-jerk partisan hackery, so I'll do my best.

I disagree with you on the media for starters. I dont trust any of them, but not because they "have a liberal bias". I dont trust Fox at all, because they are obviously right-wing biased (although I do love watching Hannity and Colmes).

MSNBC has a blatant left-wing bias. Anyone who would put Keith Olbermann on the air has a leftist bias.

CNN are just ratings-whores who try to copy Fox and fail dismally. Theyre just pathetic.

ABC I never watch so I cant really say anything about them. Same thing for CBS and NBC. But I know that theyre ALL owned by corporations, and that makes me suspicious right off the bat.

Second, if youre referring to the Democrats, I dont trust 5 out of the 8 candidates. I like Kucinich very much, but hes too much of an idealist to be President. Richardson would make an alright President, but he'll never make it there. And the man I'm supporting, former Sen. Mike Gravel, represents my thinking on every issue (which is very rare). Hes a no bullsh*t guy who has the balls to stand for what he believes in, unlike those spineless cowards Reid and Pelosi.

I wouldnt vote for any of the top-tier candidates. They voted for the war because it was popular, and now theyre against it because its unpopular. That says to me that they hold human life so cheaply that theyre more concerned about how they look politically than about the 63,000+ deaths in Iraq.

I dont care for the Iraqi people? My God, I was at anti-war protests from jump street! I wrote to all of my Senators and Representatives and told them to vote against giving Bush the authority to go to war. I did all I possibly could at the time. And now, yes I support pulling out immediately. Every one of the countries in the region (Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, etc) They ALL have a stake in stability in Iraq, and they can ALL wield influence to help end the civil war in Iraq, but they wont do it as long as we're there with our troops. We need to pull out immediately (it would take 120 days) and then use aggressive diplomacy to end the civil war. This cant be done military with no international support. It cant be done. We need to stop alienating other countries and bring them in to help us.


Does that answer all your questions? Let me know if I missed one, I'll be all too happy to answer it.

Answer 2

first, liberal media bias is your opinion, and is not a fact.. you want to argue over an opinion?

second, you are no different than they are.. you swallow up most of what your party officials say.. very few people in any party are actually able to see completely threw the BS.. but people do the best they can.. and that is all that can be asked.

you obviously don't understand liberals if you think socialism is our desire. WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE EUROPE! heck, some of us don't even like Europe. Liberals do what the founding fathers did. They look at the rest of the world and ask the simple questions "What works out there and can we make it work, and work better here?" and "Will it fit with our way of life?" we don't want 35 hour work weeks.. we don't want the government to own everything... we want to EVOLVE as a society.. because if you don't evolve you become outdated.. the founding fathers new this and set us up so that we could.. that was the whole point of the Bill of Rights. But people see our FEW social programs we support and allow fear to cloud their judgment. but don't worry.. we are Americans first, Democrats second and we are only out to help our nation and the people in it. Your fear of us is unwarranted.

Answer 3

Media is a source on information, I utilize variable sources knowing that some have a conservative bias, and some have a liberal bias. Media by it's nature is bias, it is a business, they first responsibility is to their bottom line. It is up to the consumer to obtain balanced media, not up tot he media to produce a balanced perspective. Media is a business, they sell a product. Please understand that.

I am going to completely disregard your second comment about mudslinging however, it is a blatant accusation. Politics are dirty, although I may not like the juvenile tactics some constituents will resort to I am aware that it is not just a democrat or Republican problem, it is a problem with nature of campaigning.

Answer 4

Is not All media biased towards the people who listen or reads or watches their paricular product???I mean that is good business right??

Do you mean flip- flopping like Mitt Romney??? It is a fact the primary candidates lean towards their base to ge ttheir party's nomination. In the general election most candidates move towards the middle to get the most votes.

Mud slinging on the Reps. has started too. Rudy is too far left , Mitt has that "crazy religion"

I do not know what programs YOU are talking about , and NO socailism is a joke. I would like to see the Welfare state curtailed. Being paid to have babies and perpetuating the cycle of poverty was not what the thought behind welfare. Assitance through a hard time is something else, As long as there is a viable time limit.

My disrespect for the current leaders(Dems & Reps) comes from the mis-treatment of our wounded soldiers. It would have been nice if the Hum-Vees had armour when we first started this war for oil and "Texas Justice" ( he had a plan to kill my dad...GWB)
My son was wounded on his second tour of duty for the preservation of the US oil interests. His 10 ton truck was hit by an IED while he was leading a convoy. He said that he knew they were in trouble when he noticed that the Iraqi Army had abbondoned its post on a check point. Not a minute later his truck was hit. the explosion lfet a 6x5x3ft hole in the ground and shot shrapnel through thearmour of his truck. One piece of schrapnel entered his right cheek and partcially exited through and just above his left temple.( these facts were relayed to me by my son Sargent Ricki Hardyman, also I read the battlefield report that was sent with him). His treatment at Walter Reed Medical in DC. should be(an was to me) an embarassment to all who call themselves Americans. These brave soldiers deserve the best medical treatment from the government that send them out to do the dirty work of politicians.(if interested i can send you an attatchment copy of the letter I sent to my Senator,of course they were too busy to acknowlege it until 3 months after the fact , for me sorry dosn't cut it.)
Another thorn in my side with the current administration is the fact that they outsourced the Wounded Soldirs Agency to a for profit insurance company. This company has repetedly denied benifts to the wounded. This is now happening to my son. He gave the use of his left eye and suffered a truamatic brain ijury for what???
So yes I AM pointing fingers to ALL of you who think that everything the adminisration is doing is for the best interest of America, to all who think this war is not for oil and we are not policing or trying to refferee a civil war, to all who think that our wounded are getting the treatment TRUE heros deserve.
I challange any of you to check these sources and still feel all is great with what is transpiring in Iraq

Answer 5

The bias is definitely Liberal but on economic issues it's also simply from sheer ignorance - - Dan Rather does not have a background in Finance. Larry Kudlow does.

Answer 6

you're purely as a lot a issues as you think of those so talked approximately as "liberals" are. do you comprehend through labeling human beings you're no longer likely to discover any form of consensus on a thank you to repair any issues? George Washington talked approximately because it factions in his Farewell tackle. same subject that Congress can no longer even agree directly to no longer financially harm our financial gadget. human beings such as you divide us even further.

Answer 7

THE COOL THING ABOUT BEING REPUBLICAN

You can have your VERY OWN set of facts in a totally separate alternate reality!

In Republican World (TM), outing a CIA agent to punish her husband for speaking out against Bush is a clever political maneuver, while voicing any criticism of the war in Iraq or the war on terror is blatantly unpatriotic, treasonous and outright indefensible.

In Republican World (TM), LYING UNDER OATH to a grand jury is a meaningless technicality and 'criminalization of politics' if the perjury relates to a war costing tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars, but the same offense is grounds for impeachment if it is about an affair between two consenting adults.

In Republican World (TM), doling out top FEMA jobs to your unqualified cronies is just good manners, while pointing out that their incompetence may have killed thousands is engaging in a nasty 'blame game'

In Republican World (TM), lying about WMDs and 'fixing intelligence around war plans' that ultimately killed 2,000 troops and up to 100,000 civilians does nothing to damage the reputation of the US, but a Newsweek article that causes riots and approximately 15 deaths is the scandal of the century.

In Republican World (TM), getting over 200 of your judicial nominees approved while seven of the most extreme and incompetent are blocked is an unconstitutional and un-American farce while blocking or bottling up in committee SIXTY SEVEN of Clinton's nominees was good politics.

In Republican World (TM), your kids won't have to pay down a multi-trillion dollar national debt, only kids of liberals have to contribute.

In Republican World (TM), you get affordable health care and don't have to worry about going bankrupt because of catastrophic medical bills, even as HMOs are recording record profits and are paying their CEOs up to $124 MILLION / year, while at the same raising rates between 15% and 30% year over year.

In Republican World (TM), lying about a ******* is an impeachable offense, but lying about WMD and sending troops to die is the patriotic duty of the Commander in Chief.

In Republican World (TM), a woman with a liquified cerebral cortex is reason enough to get agitated and proclaim to belong to a 'culture of life', while ignoring a whole genocide in Darfur is not considered rancid hypocrisy.

Answer 8

Well you're wrong. Most of us are not sheep. We are capable of discernment, We are able to see and hear for ourselves that this administration is corrupt. So keep your assumptions to yourself. As far as I know I am still a free person in the US. I am sorry your perspective is so askew.

Answer 9

I don't know what it is you want me to debate.

My beliefs most closely fit those of the Democratic candidates; they certainly do NOT fit those of the Republican candidates. If the Republicans could find a moderate to run for President who I thought was qualified for the job, I'd vote for that person.

What is the question you are asking, exactly? Or did you just want to bash liberals?

Answer 10

No, not all major sources are liberal based. Fox news is VERY conservative based.