A reader wrote to me: "Actually, George Bush's grades in college were better than Kerry's. But that doesn't matter to you. I have never known a liberal to let a fact get in the way of their argument."
Well, first, thanks for writing.
Second, we can't know what Kerry's grades were because it turns out he hasn't released his transcripts. So I guess I have as much chance of being right as you. And since, for example, Kerry got into law school on his record while Bush got into Harvard as a legacy thanks to daddy (setting the trend for his professional life), I think I'm safe in saying it's not a sure win for Bush.
Still, I admit I did not consider comparing Bush's grades to Kerry's, I only presented what I've heard repeatedly about Bush. I guess the fact that I had not heard anything negative about Kerry's grades made me assume they were better. But you know what they say about assuming. Thanks for the civility check, even if it regrettably came in a most uncivil manner.
As for the liberal comment, we should never paint "all" liberals or "all" conservatives as any one thing. For example, some people are socially liberal, fiscally conservative. Some liberals are vegetarian environmentalists, and some are meat eating SUV driving gun owning soldiers who recycle occasionally and believe our wealthy society should not leave the poor and elderly to die on the streets.
And certainly, if you look at George Bush's campaign for example, any of the non-partisan fact checking websites or post-debate fact checking articles will show you that Bush certainly didn't let facts get in the way of his arguments (and neither did Kerry, though to a lesser degree).
So if you are calling Bush a liberal, that's fine. Considering he mocked a woman he was about to execute, has run up record deficits, and exploited the pain of 9-11 for political purposes (just to name a few unfortunate acts), he probably needs a new label to replace "compassionate conservative."
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