Tea Party Activists Publish List of Ten Most Liberal Political Writers

Star Columnist Matthew Tully

This was sent to me by a tea party friend.  Not my list, though I agree with many of the names.  If you put Nuvo's Hammer on the list, David Hoppe, who also writes a column at the Nuvo and is every bit as bad, should be on the list.  Not sure you can have the Star's Matthew Tully on there without his columnist partner Erika Smith.  My problem with both Tully and Smith is not so much that they are "liberal" as that they are little more than cheerleaders for a local power structure that puts corporate welfare and insider deals ahead of the interests of working men and women.   That is in sharp contrast to Dan Carpenter and Sheila Suess Kennedy.  Although they are clearly far to the left on the political spectrum, I respect them because both are willing to take on the corporate welfare loving power structure that is Indianapolis.  They will write about things that Tully and Smith, as official City Cheerleaders, will never touch..

FYI, #10 Abdul published a list on his blog.  He obtained a list that was not yet finalized.  This is the final list (and comments afterward) printed verbatim:

Indy’s Ten Most Liberal Political Writers

1	Mathew Tully	Indianapolis Star
2	Jim Shella	WISH-TV CH 8
3	Sheila Suess Kennedy	Indianapolis Star
4	Dan Carpenter	Indianapolis Star
5	Tom Lobianco	Associated Press
6	Mary Milz	WTHR-TV CH 13
7	Mickey Mauer	Indianapolis Business Journal
8	Steve Hammer	Nuvo
9	Ken Bode	Gadfly & Former NBC Reporter
10	Abdul Hakim-Shabazz	Gadfly & Former Radio Jock

A "Liberal' or “Progressive” subscribes to some of the following: Anti-tea party, world government; weak local government; centralized state government; weak states’ rights; high progressive tax rates; pro Common Core; anti school vouchers; free universal health care; pro gun control; full rights to gay marriage; abortion without restriction; centralized economy; tax on hydrocarbon fuels; open international borders; lower national defense spending; and European Socialism.