I wish there was some way to get this webpage to play Beyonce's 'Irreplaceable' song every time you visit this site.

For those handful of Columbians who are moderates or conservatives hiding in the corners of this university's campus (I hear your cry in the comments), I apologize for this sham of a blog by the supposedly non-partisan Columbia Political Union.  And because I don't think that my fellow editors plan on being fair and balanced any time soon, I intend to be a blog conscience of sorts by pointing out the view from the other side in the future.

Since the launch of this blog, there have been numerous posts by the editors of CubPub that reveal a habitual political leaning on the blog staff that is, should I say, 'to the left' of center.  For total disclosure, I am not conservative or reactionary as most people who finish reading this post may think.  All I want is balance.  Not conservative.  Not liberal.  Just straight down the middle.  Unfortanately, this hasn't been the case with CubPub.

For instance, during the presidential campaign season, CubPub featured a debate about whether "Iceman and Grumpy McNasty" was an appropriate title for the third debate between Obama and McCain-- on top of Bailey's Original branding McCain as "old, tired, and angry."  Bailey's might as well have said that McCain was losing his bearings and that he was senile.

Then, there was the auto bailout post on November 19th where Romney was described as a worshipper of the "Church of the Free Market [which] requires the government to let Detroit fail (along with millions of jobs)."  I particularly liked the subtle, literary sarcasm of putting the "along with millions of jobs" in parenthesis.  CubPub might as well have editted in a (COUGH, COUGH) just for added emphasis.  Oh, and as if the bias wasn't obvious enough, there was a video of "NY Times columnist and Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman explaining why Romney's opinion is ridiculous."  Yeah, that's right, it's a fact.  Romney's opinion is just ridiculous.  No worries.  CubPub figures it out for you because we're just helpful like that.

And then, more recently, there was the "Presidential Report Card" by Captain Morgan on January 30th.  I understand that Clinton was approved by the Senate by a nearly unanimous vote, but "this guy" Senator John Cornyn was not the only person who was against Clinton's nomination.  There were also small, unimportant guys named Senator David Vitter of Louisiana and Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina.  Another note to the Captain, presidential scandals aren't "usual" so we shouldn't subtly downplay the Geitner nomination for Treasury Secretary as just a who-cares mistake.  I thought Obama was going to "CHANGE" the way things in Washington were going to get done.  Nominating an individual who forgot, doesn't care, got confused, etc. about filing his taxes for a position that is in charge of the IRS is a blunder in my book and, I would hope, most people's books.  And then the Captain wanted to end his/her post on a more positive note so, I don't know, for all those pro-lifers out there, "On the upside. . . One of Obama's first acts was to approve fundings for abortions around the world."  Wait, listen.  Can you hear it?  "To the left, to the left. . ."

These are just the highlights of CubPub's liberal bias. I could go on and on.  Now, I know that some leftie is going to go back through all of the posts and try to find instances where the editors actually presented a balanced view.  First, good luck!  Second, if you do happen to find a few here and there, and I'll offer my opinion on them as replies in the comments if or whenever they appear.  But I stand by my examples of liberal bias that I pointed out above.  CubPub is liberally biased.

If individual editor's can't filter out their own biases and give both sides to an issue, then they'll just have to hear the other side.  I know, it's ambitious.  But it just riles me the way this blog has been hijacked by the future of the elite, liberal media.  Until next time, let's hope this post gives them a reason to be balanced.