Fun with Google
It just gets tiring after awhile running into all of these self-proclaiming political pundits while surfing through various blogs. It's too easy to use the terms "knee-jerk" and "left- or right-wing," slap a few verbs and nouns together and BAM!-- you're a politco expert ready for your Fox News Channel close-up.
I threw a couple of phrases in Google to see how many people ranting and raving these days, and what they're ranting about:
First off, there's a huge discrepancy in who's using the cliche "knee-jerk." The phrase "knee-jerk liberal" returns 1,290 hits, while "knee-jerk conservative" brings back 309.
The reverse is true when discussing wingers. "Right wing" brings back 948,000 hits, while "left wing" clocks in at 624,000.
Now, here are two things I can get behind:
"George W. Bush sucks" returns 124 hits. (And now 125, thanks to this post!) "F--k George W. Bush" gets even more-- 139 hits!
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