This will get me flamed but...I don't mind reading Andrew Sullivan [View All]

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I disagree with easily 60-75%% of what he says. But the reason I enjoy reading his blog/articles, etc. is that for better or worse he represents a lot of people I know. Socially more or less liberal and not a fan of the religious right/wingnut faction of the republican party, but at the same time a chip on his shoulders about liberalism and dems that seems to be mostly borne out of some absurdly outdated misconception of them as weak or mamby pamby.

So personally I've found that reading him gets me better prepared to deal with discussing politics with a lot of people I know in real life. Even though they don't read his stuff, they pull out a lot of the same arguments and same defenses. Reading or listening to someone like Limbaugh or Hannity or Brooks or whoever else does nothing for me because I disagree with everything they say and if anyone I know gets their arguments, debate points from them then there is no talking to them anyway so I never bother to discuss politics.

Flame away. And again, this isn't an endorsement of any sort. Just a statement that if I have to listen to and address SOME points from the other side, I'd rather it be from someone who I know I at least have some common ground with, small as that may be. Especially since that common ground is the opinions on gay rights and the religious rights demonization, which I maintain was something that swung the vote for Clinton in '92 and which could swing the vote for Kerry in '04