Friday, March 18, 2005
Litmus
Not the most critical point.... Still, I'm noticing that Terri's case serves as a neat binary 'leftist-spotter'. The test is: when both facts and morality are on one side, and courts are on the other side, which do you trust? Several commentators whose political views are normally hard to read, have shown themselves to be on the Left by trusting the courts even *while* acknowledging that the facts and morality are on the opposite side.
Shepherd Smith of Fox has gone beyond that point. Before this, I'd vaguely guessed he might favor the left, based on his choice of words for some concepts that have typical left, right, and center phrasings. But on this case, Comrade Shep is way out of the closet, simply reading the Dem talking points verbatim, and showing open contempt for any other view. ¶ 3:22 PM
Shepherd Smith of Fox has gone beyond that point. Before this, I'd vaguely guessed he might favor the left, based on his choice of words for some concepts that have typical left, right, and center phrasings. But on this case, Comrade Shep is way out of the closet, simply reading the Dem talking points verbatim, and showing open contempt for any other view. ¶ 3:22 PM
