MrTwosheds wrote:I can only wonder at how your loyalties remain intact.
I don't have these specific loyalties you speak of. You try to say I do, you try to paint me as that, but I don't. In a political discussion, neither party likes me. I am registered independent and, normally, my ballots are a dotting of Dems, Reps, and various independents based on their beliefs, promises, and records.
I check all the facts before I make statements about what side is doing what, and the truth is that there is a far larger amount of such shenanigans on the liberal side. There is also the distinct issue that any time a conservative is called to have done something, the media reacts wholly differently than if a liberal is accused of the exact same thing, even if the liberal has been called out with damning evidence.
In my research, I have found that not only is the media of the United States, but much of Europe is extremely left leaning. Whenever this is pointed out, or god forbid something with a neutral point of view, or a contrary, it is demonized. I have had several discussions with AHadley and been aghast at the flat out incorrect 'facts' told to him and his country by his media. Often times, the medias outside of the US are even more off then those here.
It is almost as if everything you hear outside of this country, about this country, is a case of whisper down the lane where every party has a leftward bent. I am still shocked that, in this country, I can watch 3 different news channels, and get 3 different SETS OF CATS, because each saw fit to omit different bits to make the facts fit their opinions.