Griper Blade: If You're a Moron, the GOP's Talking to You

The contrast shows the differences between the two parties. In the media, it's the conservatives who are generally considered the 'grown ups' -- the realists, men born in suits with a cigar in one hand and a martini in the other. Liberals are the dreamers -- people who have yet to realize that it's a cold hard world and the only wise thing to do is become just as cold and hard as everyone else.

Even the example of the Bush administration and the recent crop of Republicans hasn't changed that image all that much. Conservatives still dominate the news. This despite the obvious fact that the world-building visionaries, the dreamers who want to change everything, are on the right side of the aisle.

Nothing highlights both this attitude and the two parties differences more than the coverage of a feud between Democratic frontrunners Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. We're shown this as evidence that the Democratic rivals represent a split in the philosophy of the party, not as evidence of the obvious -- that rivals in the primary races are opponents in a contest.

The high profile disagreement began simply enough. At the YouTube-sponsored Democratic debate, Barack Obama answered a question in a way that Hillary Clinton disagreed with. Asked if they would meet with the leaders of Venezuala, Syria, Iran, etc. in their first year in office, Obama said he would. Saying she wouldn't let herself become a propaganda tool, Clinton said she wouldn't.

Each thought they'd scored a legit point in the debate and both have since run with their opponent's answer. Clinton called Obama's answer 'naive' and Obama criticized Clinton's answer as being 'Bush/Cheney-lite.' Both are scoring press for their feud and neither shows any sign of letting up.

Meanwhile, let's see what the 'grown ups' are up to...

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