This thread makes me want to go drive my Denali or my Scout.
Sup- Aren't you confusing political with social beliefs/standards. Conservative political beliefs are not tied to the idea that rudeness is acceptable toward your "neighbor". I mean, I believe you're really off on that. I agreed with your point, until you got to the political bit.
And just to clarify... I consider bad driving (as you describe above) to be, before anything else, RUDE.
Anecdotal as it may be, the most polite people I have ever known were conservatives. The rudest (and angriest) people I have ever known were liberal. But again, that's simply been one persons experience and I have obviously known some very rude conservatives and very polite and nice liberals. My point is, I don't think you can tie the two together.
AND, everyone can rest assured that at least two people (my wife and me) operate their SUV in a safe and efficient manner. We won't keep up with a Porsche, but we can operate on the roads without being a danger or impedance. Somehow, I doubt we're the only ones. Please, keep your hands off my SUV!
On a side note... About this hating SUV thing... What do people think will be next on the "hate" list if SUV's are made to go away? Maybe old sports cars??? People need to be careful what they wish for.
- Skip