Saturday Open Thread [12.10.11]
Seconds Of Beauty – 1st round compilation from The Beauty Of A Second on Vimeo.
Republicans don’t watch MTV’s Jersey Shore. But they dig ABC’s Castle.
Democrats don’t like Discovery’s Deadliest Catch. But they swoon for NBC’s Parks and Recreation.
Those are a few of the findings from an annual research survey by Experian-Simmons that measures the consumer preferences of various political ideologies. In a report prepared exclusively for EW, the company calculated some of the favorite — and least favorite — TV shows of political partisans. (Specifically: the report measures which shows among the survey group were watched by the highest concentration of self-identified “Liberal Democrats” and “Conservative Republicans.”)
In the findings, “sarcastic” media-savvy comedies and morally murky antiheroes tend to draw Dems. While serious work-centered shows (both reality shows and stylized scripted procedurals), along with reality competitions, tend to draw conservatives.
I’m so liberal that I’ve never even heard of a show called ‘Castle.’
Real liberals don’t watch TV.
12 years to the day after stopping the Florida recount, the SCOTUS issues another stay, perhaps foreshadowing more mischief:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-blocks-redistricting-plan-for-texas/2011/12/09/gIQARe4UjO_story.html
There’s another GOP debate tonight. It’s the first one where Newt is the undisputed frontrunner. Will we see the desperation from Team Romney. Anyway, here’s your pre-debate reading: “Is Newt Nuts?”