1 I'll leave the answer to that important question regarding my dreamy so-and-so to the side and point out that your unscientific poll actually misses the point. Who cares whether most journalists are registered Democrats, or whether most professors are radical leftist Kerry/Edwards supporters. My point has been that the vast majority of journalists and professors - no matter their personal politics - perform their duties with professionalism and with the grown-up version of objectivity in mind. To suggest otherwise is just your own personal attempt at "working the refs" in your favor.

2 Next you're going to tell me that there is no home-team advantage? I have never suggested journalists or profs don't attempt objectivity or that they don't act professional--only that as human beings we cannot be objective. On purpose or not, we inject our biases into everything we do. We do it by the very nature of the questions we ask, let alone the answers we give.

3 True. And i Know this is your blog(b4 anyone comments). But why are you bashing or (injecting) your bias opinions as if they are the truth, the Fact is they are not. your taking qaute's that Kerry or any other demacrate makes and expanding them as if they are supporting terroist or giving them more fuel for the fire. There's no need Bush has already done that.

4 Bush supporters are nobody's fools. They have a higher probability of vandalism with a Bush sticker on their car. Democrats or Bush Haters are very violent people. Kerry is scary and so are his supporters.

5 Once again I think the Prof doth protest too much. My guess is that when you're in the thick of it, you can't see it. And if you see it the same way, you most certainly never see it. If you can't see in the world of academia, ask Prof. Chaos why he shut down blog #1.

6 I think most Bush supporters don't like to get that gluey shit on their bumpers...only Kerry supporters are dumb enough to do that, for a loser, to boot.

7 Oh Jesus Christ MOG. Don't start the "Ask Professor Chaos about Blog #1" conspiracy. It had nothing to do with liberal bias. I'll site Lisa as a typical Bush supporter. Not because it is true, but because it makes me snicker. No offense Lisa, but you're a little over-the-top on your comments. I'll site Mr. K's comments as the typical "guy in a cabin" viewpoint. Dude, breathe. Oh, and MOG, one more thing. I try to look myself in the mirror every day to make sure I'm not abusing my position. That's all anyone can ask, and by far most professors and journalists do this. Rusty, Perhaps there is something substantive to the fact that most professors are liberal. Hmmm... could we be RIGHT?! I'm sure you do not consider this possibility for one second. Out.

8 Hey Professor, Get over yourself! Who annointed you the grand psycho-analyzer of the comments section? There is nothing typical about me. It just happens to be the truth, lighten up...

9 There is a popular coffee place around here. You can find their bumper stickers on a lot of cars. I get a kick out of seeing 5 or 6 of their bumper stickers on a car with a Kedwards sticker. If these people only knew they were helping to support President Bush every time they bought a cup of coffee from this joint. That makes me smile, a lot. )

10 Um to back up lisa, I have plenty of friends who choose not to have Bush stickers because of fear of damage to their cars. Whether you can bring yourseld to fathom that is you're own problem, but of my circle of friends it is certainly true. I'm a holder of a Master's Degree from a pretty decent J-School, which gives me little except insight into journalists and professors (and professors of journalism). I would suggest the left tilt of the latter tends to derive itself from a completely insular experience in academia. As a small business owner of a communications firm I can say that most of my profs would last about 30 seconds existing in my average day. There ain't a government mandated program for working 16 hour days without a break dealing with crazy clients. You actually have to be accountable for a product, which lends itself more towards a right-of-center capitalistic approach. As for the former, journalists, most learn very little of anything outside of the conventions of journalism itself. For example, as an undergrad I was one of two or three that actually spent significant time in a liberal arts minor (History) rather than the "easy" minor (Business) and I was the only one (out of a class of say 350) that studied any math beyond Calc I. Believe me nobody quits and becomes a pre-med because j-school is too "hard." As for Mr. K's comment on sticky stickers, it's really funny because my wife and I were commenting on the interstate the other day how many Kedwards stickers are actually put on bumpers. Bush stickers by 3:1 were on windows on this particular road trip. Unscientific? sure, but it made me "snicker."

11 Hey Professor: I don't think it's objectivity or professionalism. I have noticed most professors are liberals. Don't know why. I think they're just stuck in a certain enviroment. You know, like most people raised by cannibals become cannibals. Or Union members and black people vote democratic. I think its an enviromental issue. When I worked for the Government it seemed that most GS9s and under where democrats and most GS11s and up were republicans. Enviroment? We ate lunch at different places.The majority in poor neighborhoods vote democratic and conversely most in $1,000,000 houses are republican. Most in the academic world have liberal leanings. Most successful business men are on conservative side. Hmmmmm! Maybe you can get a $10,000,000 grant to study the effect of enviroment on liberals and conservatives. Why not? I understand that the government once gave a $450,000 grant to study the sex lives of polish frogs. Of course, a liberal was in office then.

12 To Von Nerdstrum, the Pedantic Prof, I direct you one of Murphy's corollaries: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, administrate." I suggest that most professor types are liberals because they can't do anything else. Liberals want to eliminate competition and responsibilty. For those who hide in the Ivory Tower, and harbor a secret fear that they may one day have to compete in the real world, it rare for them to be anything but liberals. Thank God (is that okay to write that...hope I didn't offend you) we have DSL here at the log cabin! Kirk.

13 and proof that there are some sensible professor types out there in the blogosphere: http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2004/10/the_last_word_o.html

14 Professor Peter von Nostril: Thank you. You are indeed a great inspiration. I never realized how many view the academic community as I do. I still believe there are some teachers worth their salt. You are not one of them. Do yourself and your students a favor and again read LURKING AROUND'S second paragraph above. Then go back to the mirror and take a good look. Again thanks. And please hang in there you can be saved.

15 i live in the historically Democratic bastion of greater Chicagoland- the bumperstickers and yardsigns in the outer fringe are overwhelmingly Dubya. i'll be amazed if he does not win the election. by the way, somebody peeled part of my Kerry/Edwards bumpersticker off in a parking garage last week. parked next to my car that day was a Lincoln SUV with Bush stickers all over it. i initially thought about bashing in all his/her windows with my trusty bat for touching my car, but then i thankfully realized i'm a grownup...

16 You exercised restraint in not bashing out windows, good for you. You demonstrate a lack of judgement in supporting the fake JFK. Download and watch "Stolen Valor". Kirk