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I wouldn't characterize this as a liberal movie, even though the lead characters are liberal. (But the writers of the movie did steal the "would you kill Hitler early on" idea from Steven King's "The Dead Zone"!) The thing about the Rush Limbaugh type character (and it definitely was based on him) is that they all have the stereotype of how narrow-minded and evil he is, and he turns out to be quite different from their image of him. It's been a while since I saw the movie, but it seemed like the filmmakers wanted the audience to cheer him at the end. The libs in the movie are so sanctimonious and smug and narrow-minded, that it actually was a happy ending to see them all get their comeuppance! ;)

I guess that's what I first thought. It's just that after seeing it again, I wondered if the movie played off that character as someone that had the views he did, simply for ratings.