[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Obadiah]

Family Ties became a hit simply because it accidentally made fun of kooky liberals. They developed this somewhat as a more pronounced theme which led to it's greater success and then sharply backed away from making fun of liberals towards the end of the series run. In fact, they appeared rather repentant near the very end and that's why the show went into decline, because they lost that edge that made fun of liberals and it just became another dumb sitcom.

[murron]

I always thought that it was ironic that the Mom and Dad were supposed to be this liberal couple living conservative family values. Their kids weren’t on drugs, didn’t smoke, were respectful to their parents, and had strict rules to follow, which they did. The parents were loving to each other and were faithful to each other, held down respectful jobs, and on and on.

[Buffalo Bob]

Family Ties was just another liberal puke-fest against conservative values in America.