November Blog 2

Liberal: Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the tideas and behaviors of others; broad minded.

Conservative: Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.


The topic of the quote that I found both on Cnn.com and Foxnews.com deals with the new proposed health care reform for the United States. I found that CNN seemed to have a liberal point of view on this subject. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/19/health.care.bill/index.html. The sixth paragraph is a quote from President Barack Obama stating that " 'From day one, our goal has been to enact legislation that offers stablity and security to those that have insurance and affordable coverage for those who don't, and that lowers cost for families, businesses and governments accross the country'. Obama said in a statement, adding that the Senate proposal "meets those principles.' " In my opinion this is a liberalistic quote from the CNN article. CNN included all of the quote from Obama which promotes the new Health Care Reform meaning they are open for change.

When I entered Foxnews and searched for an article dealing with the Health Reform debate, they seemed very conservative. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/19/senate-health-price-tag-rosy-deficit-estimate-assailed-fantasy/ . Right away I could tell that this was going to be a convervative opinionated article. They articulated that the new health care reform bill was a "fantasy". The health care reform bill is just what its called; a change in Americas health care. By calling the bill a fantasy, it illustrates the oposition to change.

I consider my self to a Liberal. In my opoinion, a liberal is someone who is open to change and respects the way other people choose to live their lives. For examples, the recent Gay marriage debate here in California, I found my self wanting to vote no on prop 8, even though Im not old enough to vote. I believe that people should be able to marry who ever they want to marry. Who is to say that someone can not marry the person they love? Also,in the recent Presidential elections, I favored Obama over McCain to become our new president. I agree with much of Obamas views, which most of deal with change. His campaign was centered around the fact that he would bring change to America, which is something that was greatly needed due to the last presidency.