"Why am I forced to walk the Earth with this conscience? Maybe, if there's such a thing as reincarnation, I can come back down to Earth and just trample all over people without giving a damn about anyone but myself. That would be awesome. That's it -- in my next life, I'm coming back as a conservative."
—Mick Foley, The Hardcore Diaries
"My God! You'd be less subtle if you spray-painted 'I hate Bush' on your chest and went in front of the White House naked!"
The different shades of political leaning can be typified by their attitudes toward the rate of change in the world around them. The radical is speeding toward the New at a breakneck pace; the liberal accepts the New at the pace it sets for itself; the conservative wants to slow its approach to a speed that he is comfortable with; and the reactionary wants to go in reverse.
"The opponent in the episode, the guy who stands for banning the soda, is a complete moron and hypocrite. He is written explicitly to be wrong and they do every propaganda-like tactic to make sure you think he's wrong."