Conservatives claim them as their own.
The Simpsons want none of the above.
He is the ultimate American, bald, fat and lazy.
I discoveredThe Simpsonsat a guitarists apartment.
Sitting in that room, waiting to record, I got hooked.
I started videotaping episodes the very next day.
Ted was convinced thatThe Simpsonshad a conservative bent.
He pointed to one of their clip shows where they basically gave out all the hints to prove it.
I thought those hints were red herrings; thatThe Simpsons, if anything, were left-leaning.
But people are very clingy when it comes toThe Simpsons.
Conservatives claim them for their own.
Liberals say they speak for them.
Communists sing their praises.
Everyone wantsThe Simpsonson their team.
I personally believe thatThe Simpsonsis an equal opportunity offender.
Conservatives who hear that say Im being naive.
Conservatives are acquisitive and believeThe Simpsonsare their domain.
Liberals are distributive and thinkThe Simpsonsare nobodys.
It makes sense for Homer to go after H. W. Bush in the sewer,The SimpsonswerentThefuckingWaltons.
ButThe Simpsonalways painted the first Bush with deference.
held Snowball I hostage, slowly turning on a spit or something.
Thats the way they do it in the CIA.
All of the right wing references seemed to be a little too over-the-top to me.
Conservatives take money away from problems, like the poor.
Or they defund their problems.The Simpsonsnever made bold statements as conservative spokespeople, they spun cliches into fresh barbs.
ButSimpsonswriters have made a brave statements for the left.
They made strong anti-war statement after 9/11, showing a Springfield devastated by battle.
The Aliens of Operation Enduring Occupation arent greeted as liberators like the soldiers of Operation Enduring Freedom werent greeted.
Weapons of mass destruction become mass disintegration.
The jokes were just a little more on-target and subversive.
The Simpsonsis the brainchild of Matt Groening and Homer Simpson is based on his father, Homer.
I have no doubt that the two Homers are to the right of the political spectrum.
Homer is a drinker and a sometime stoner.
Hes dropped acid and puffed joints and really, what American hasnt?
They lampoon everything until they become loathsome but lovable caricatures.
So, if Homer represents Homer, who is to the right.
But Im angry now The Cartridge Family).
As Americans, we know its our duty to do a half-assed job.
Homer, like most of the small town Pacific Northwest, is conservative.
Springfieldians would love country, god and fast food.
Vegetarian, feminazis like Lisa would be laughed at.
But do we believe Homer after hes been watching too much Fox News?
Im sorry Lisa, but I wont live under the same roof as a member of the liberal media.
Did you know that every day Mexican gays sneak into this country and unplug our brain-dead ladies?
Or is it subversive, liberal?
Homer is never shown as being particularly bright, except when they pulled a crayon out through his nose.
If Homer is dumb, the writers might be implying that his beliefs are dumb.
Yet, still not as bad as being a know-it-all liberal.
Everyone can identify with Homer.
So were all dumb, fat and lazy.
Ironic, isnt it Smithers?
Thats democracy for you.
Standing atop Springfield and sometimes blocking the sun is my favorite character, Montgomery Burns.
He is the most evil man on earth.
He is also the wealthiest.
Well, hes the wealthiest man in Springfield.
The richest man Homer knows.
Probably richer than Artie Ziff.
Burns convenes the GOP big wigs, among them Dracula and Satan (Whos that cloven-hoofed fellow?
But its a case of choosing between evils.The Simpsonsdistrusts them all.
Politicians are all corrupt no matter which side they are on.
Thats one of those deals where they kill the bars, isnt it?)
Voting issues are moot (I dont agree with his Bart Killing policy.
But I do approve of his Selma Killing policy).
Politics is a racket.
Hes not a politician, but an industrialist wanting to change laws that impede his progress.
Homer, the Republican out for himself, lets the Simpsons shill for him.
Lisa, the liberal who is out for the fishes, is against him.
Marge saves the day for the environment.
ButThe Simpsonsusually speaks for the small-town conservative.
Springfield swallows all the silver tongue lies.
They are happy in their naivete.
Corrupt politicians, outside of Springfield, get their comeuppance.
In See Homer Run, Mayor Quimby opens the door to recall elections by accidentally referencing the town charter.
Of course, with that many people running, no one can get enough votes to oust Quimby.
I mean, what else is he going to do?
The Simpsonsaims at Fox repeatedly.
But Foxs programming got sleazy to pay for it.
straight to the Republican Party.
Everybody in the media knows it, but no one has the guts to say it.
The Simpsonsembrace traditional conservative values.
Springfield is a religious, god-fearing Christian town.
The entire population goes to church to hear the ultra-Presbyterian Reverend Lovejoy.
Marge forces the Simpsons to go to church.
When Homer finds his own religion in Sunday morning television and whole-bar-butter waffles, he gets immediate karma.
God personally saves the Flanderses house.
Springfield is alive with that old-time religion.
They did it all the time in the thirties.
If its a crime to love ones country then Im guilty of that.
And if its a crime to give a trillion dollars to communist Cuba then Im guilty of that too.
it’s possible for you to always count on Mr. Burns to tell the truth.
The whole truth and nothing but the truth as he sees it.
Burns is probably the most evil, self-serving, self-important money grabbing, lovable old man in television history.
Hes unabashedly ambitious, ruthless, empty and wealthy.
He represents the worst and the best of the Republicans, the money party.
Democrats vote with their conscience and Republicans vote with their wallets.
He releases the hounds on girl scouts selling cookies.
Hes a genius, otherwise he wouldnt have amassed all that hes amassed.
There was no conscience.
He sits at the head of the Springfield Republican Party.
He holds a higher position than Satan or Dracula or Texas Oil Man.
Burns can buy his way out of charges of grand grand grand grand larceny.
Democrats, like Lisa Simpson and Springfield Judge Snyder are always weak, indecisive, self-absorbed and self-aggrandizing.
Oh yeah, Lisa, my terrorist masters wanted to know all about you.
You give a shot to launch the door, but theres too much blood on the knob!
Quimby: What is your question?
My question is about the budget, sir.)
Lisa, the arch-liberal, of course, saves the day for still waters.
But the unions win their dental plan.
Mayor Quimby has to build a wall, but because its built with cheap immigrant labor, its useless.
They take on gun control (Krusty Guns arent toys.
The Simpsons take on all comers.
I dont believe them.
Even at their most sincere.
John Swartzwelder says hes a conservative and he wrote a lot of episodes.
He is giving away his fortune.
He said hes not exactly sure how much it is, but he says its a lot.
Simon has been giving it away anyway.
He gives to PETA, Save the Children and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
His foundation is worth about $23 million.
How could it possibly be sincere?
They just want to make fun of the ostentatious and stereotypical behaviors of everyone in society.
Arethe Simpsonsliberal or conservative?
Ergo, it is both.The Simpsonsreally take no prisoners.
Everyone is their target.
Conservatives sayThe Simpsonsis conservative.
Liberals, being liberal, say that they are equally offensive.
The Simpsonsare slaves to the joke.
It doesnt matter as long as there is a punch line and someone comes out on the bottom.
Comedians drop their values, shit, theyll drop their pants, for a laugh.
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