Pew Poll shows conservatives think the Supreme Court is actually liberal.

[pampango]

27. They view the Supreme Court as conservative. Do you not think that is less "muddled" than

thinking the Court is liberal.

How do you know the intelligence
or muddledness of those
who respond to telephone polls?

You are the one who said: "... the public is so stupid", not me.

I have as much right to an opinion of conservatives' "muddled thinking" as they have to their opinion in the first place. Do you not think that conservatives are often guilty of 'muddled thinking'?

Your opinion seems condescending?
As though some people's perceptions
are more valid or accurate than others?

Of course everyone is entitled to an opinion. Do you judge the opinions of conservatives as equally well-thought-out as those of liberals?

If you believe that thinking that the Court is liberal is not 'muddled' you are entitled to your opinion.

I mean polls reflecting
right-wing views, such as the OP.

How does this poll reflect right-wing views? By pointing out that conservatives incorrectly (unless you agree with them) believe that the Court is liberal?

Were those people wrong?
Was that poll misleading or inaccurate?
If the poll said 72% approve of war with Iraq
surely it was the right thing to do, right?

Of course not. A poll just shows what people think. It does not make them right or wrong. Of course, in a poll that shows the partisan differences in opinions we are free to compare and contrast the opinions of liberals and conservatives.

Is it possible that conservatives are 'right' that the Court is liberal? Since that is a matter of judgment rather than 'right' or 'wrong', I will leave that up to you. For me it would be much easier to make the case that the Court has been quite conservative in its rulings rather than liberal, but to some conservatives I suppose the Court has not been conservative enough - which, in their 'muddled' minds, must mean it is liberal.