I never said uneducated conservatives were "retards" or that educated liberals "see the light". My only point is that people with post-graduate degrees tend to be liberal; and if MSNBC was looking to hire "smart" reporters as Griffen alleges in his interview; then he would probably see more impressive resumes from liberals than conservatives. For instance, if Griffen saw Hannity's resume (a college dropout) and Maddow's resume (Phd from Oxford); Maddow would probably get the job. If Olberman (Ivy League graduate) and Palin (difficulty graduating from small school); Olberman would get the job. Hannity and Palin are not "retards" but they would not be competitive in jobs that place high value in educational backgrounds. That is how MSNBC ended up with so many liberal anchors.
You may not have called them retards, but that's exactly how it came across. Journalism is a liberal profession, that much is clear. Not surprisingly, most people working in that industry are liberals. The problem arising from that is that the conservative portion of the population feels under-represented, misunderstood, mis-represented and sometimes mocked or even demonized by a large majority of those liberal, supposedly "smart", media personalities.
Is it really ANY wonder that FoxNews rose to such popular levels? There was a huge need for such a network. There was a need for that under-represented conservative base to have a voice in the media landscape. The fact that you think they are not educated enough and apparently not worthy of reporting their own version of current events is irrelevant. There is no need to have a postgraduate degree to be a good journalist. In fact, I'm willing to bet that the sharpest and most efficient ones don't have a postgrad. It's absolutely not a guarantee for success.
Also, most, if not all of the Fox anchors, started and/or established their careers in the liberal networks. If they were good and respectable enough for CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC, they should be good enough for Fox too.
You probably don't know this but in America the term "right-winger" is not distasteful because of their educational achievements; but this movement has been associated with racial bigotry by prominent leaders such as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. At their March on Washington, tea-baggers held signs that said: "the zoo has an African Lion; and the Whitehouse has a Lying African". They have historically nominated openly racist candidates for high office: Nixon, Reagan, Jessie Helms, Storm Thurmond. Not every conservative is racist but some of the public faces of the American "right-wing" bear the ugly scars of racism. So the term "right-wing" has some unique American connotations that has made the term derogatory.
So let me get this straight. You're upset that I dared call you a right-winger, which in your liberal circles is obviously perceived as a major derogatory term. Then, you proceed to use the term "tea-baggers", which in conservative circles is perceived as an equally derogatory, elitist term. But it's okay whern YOU do it, am I rite? :doh
Europe enjoys leftist administrations and broad social safety nets but I wonder how much of your good life was paid for by American taxpayers. Over the last half century much of our bloated defense budget was spent protecting Europe. This freed European countries from an enormous burden and they were able to use their treasury to improve the lives of their citizens. Europe stroked the ego of American conservatives. Guys like Reagan would then spend all of our money to over-militarize. But when those conservatives got drunk with power and began to unilaterally invade other countries on a "pre-emptive" basis; Europe became angry at America. But I hope that you guys at least admit some responsibility for creating this monster.
I agree with you completely, except for the last sentence. You are responsible for your own decisions and your own actions. I don't recall Europe ever putting a gun to your head. Sorry, the "Look what you made me do!!" is falling on unsympathetic ears here. I'm a big believer in the conservative motto of "personal responsibility" in this case.