I maintain that this is not a conservative-leaning show.
The presidents in the first several seasons were liberal Democrats. Two of them were black! Both were portrayed as strong leaders who were stabbed in the back. The first Republican president on the show turned out to be a treasonous disaster.
This is not a show that embraces conservatism as an ideology. It doesn't even embrace torture. The whole point of Jack's character is that the things he does makes himself a tortured soul.
Remember that episode where the producers flew down to the Dominican Republic with Jack and had a solid 72 hour fuck sesh. O no wait that wasn't Jack Bauer it was Rush Limbaugh.
@bellesouth: I was on pins and needles in Season One until Kim's car rolled off the precipice and Teri Bauer fainted at the sight, only to wake up having forgotten her whole identity along with the crucial information Jack needed to save the day. It was sub-Guiding Light storytelling.
Aw, the wingnuts had their time in the sun...and so did Jack Bauer and the uber-Bushie-nutjob creator of 24. See ya boys! Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!
@SinisterRouge: Bush still has two months beyond the election to further screw us all and then pardon himself into untouchability. Don't count him out yet.
@OlMuckyTerrahawk: That is pretty accurate given that at no point in the entire season does Jack stop to use the restroom, eat or even pick up a bluetooth headset so he can at least go hands-free on his cell during a gun fight.
Where the hell has Peta Wilson gotten herself to? Anyone here remember the TV version of La Femme Nikita, which in retrospect seems a mix of 24 and Mission Impossible. It also had zero accountability, coldly ruthless protagonists, and a staggering body count. Plus they were never freaked out and sweaty like Jack and the GOP Jerkoffs.
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The presidents in the first several seasons were liberal Democrats. Two of them were black! Both were portrayed as strong leaders who were stabbed in the back. The first Republican president on the show turned out to be a treasonous disaster.
This is not a show that embraces conservatism as an ideology. It doesn't even embrace torture. The whole point of Jack's character is that the things he does makes himself a tortured soul.
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And plenty of other liberal friends of mine totally love the show too! OBAMA 08.
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Tony Almeida just keeps coming back from the dead.
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Um, hello? You left out their trademark equally distorted view of WOMEN. Sexist.
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Also, I love this show and am so glad its back.
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Your preview of the season.
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That is all.