"Red facts" and "blue facts"

The Schiavo case demonstrates the problem of partisan epistemology. We now have "red facts" and "blue facts." Newspapers -- hoping not to upset either faction of their potential circulation -- have no intention in taking sides in such disputes. Thus two competing sets of claims, two very different sets of facts, two opposing narratives, are treated as equally valid. News reporters, unlike sports reporters, feel no responsibility to check the scoreboard, or even to acknowledge that there is a scoreboard. They tend to deny the possibility that a scoreboard might even exist.

In the case of Terry Schiavo there is such a scoreboard, and what it tells us is nowhere near as murky and ambiguous as the AP's Q&Q or CNN's vapid, incurious coverage would suggest. The facts of the matter have been hashed out, again and again and again, in court.

Congress and President Bush, like the absurd hypothetical Gonzaga fans above, would prefer that the facts were other than they are. They have, therefore, declared by legislative fiat that the scoreboard be reset to zero and that the game be replayed. Here, however, the sporting analogy breaks down. If the Red Raiders and Bulldogs were to replay their game, the result might be different. But the facts of the Schiavo case will not change, no matter how many times these facts are replayed and reviewed.

http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2005/03/whats_the_score.html

According to the July 2004 census:
the 44 Democratic Senators now in Congress represent 148,026,027 Americans, while the current 55 Republican Senators only represent 144,765,157 (you can split the 310,000 Americans represented by independent Senator Jeffords, but that is being charitable to the reds).

If not for the illegal redistricting of the house of representatives by the soon to be felon, Tom DeLay, the republicans wouldn't even control the house.

Really, how many people, even on DU, know that?

Word the body just like you did in this thread, but come up with a catchier title. Maybe something like Dems represent more people in Congress than repukes do!!! Or something. Just an idea; your original post was great, but sometimes people won't click on if they can't figure out what it's about immediately. :)