Who is the greatest liberal TV character (NO PUNDITS)?

[LostInAnomie]

I would say Jack McCoy from the original Law & Order. He's well spoken, fights like hell to protect civil liberties, used to be an anti-establishment hippie, and even though he could be making millions as a defense attorney he would rather make the salary of a prosecutor so he can protect society.

Who is your pick?

[Burma Jones]

1. Maude

[LSparkle]

3. Beautiful! The first show to tackle abortion

Loved Bea Arthur in that role.

[bertha katzenengel]

4. That's the first one I thought of.

Right on, Maude

[Left Is Write]

22. Good choice.

[meegbear]

2. Wilbur Post

He's kind, considerate, good to children. And of course, loved animals; look how he coddled Mr. Ed.

[Mojambo]

5. Hawkeye Pierce from MASH. n/t

[aden_nak]

8. /agree

[deutsey]

13. I'll see your Hawkeye and raise you one Meathead

Michael Stivic on All in the Family.

I prefer the Hawkeye character over Michael, but Meathead was a good liberal ready for a good fight.

[Mojambo]

15. Absolutely.

Both of them would be in the top 5.

[Allenberg]

31. I agree.

Heh.

[tedoll78]

6. Brian

from Family Guy, perhaps?

Seriously.. I dunno.

[Mojambo]

10. Yeah, definitely. n/t

[1gobluedem]

7. Julia Sugarbaker from Designing Women

Only on in reruns now. But that series was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason, very good friends of the Clintons and had a very liberal bent. In fact, Charlene, one of the characters used to work in Bill Clinton's office when he was AG (on the show).

[I Have A Dream]

30. The ironic thing is that I think that the woman who played her...

(Dixie Carter) is really conservative.

[ceile]

9. Murphy Brown n/t

[LeftyMom]

20. That was my thought

A journalist actually commited to informing the public. The idea seems so quaint these days. :(

[Tsiyu]

26. Plus she pissed off Dan Quayle

Hahaha!

[hyphenate]

27. Yup

My choice as well. Murphy Brown has the distinction of having a puke vice president condemn her for a fictional choice she made, and to whom she devoted a very spicy retort after it.

[Kraklen]

11. Lisa Simpson.

Although Hailey from American Dad's coming up fast.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

12. Leo McGarry, from the West Wing.

Jack McCoy's the man, too.

[GiovanniC]

21. Josh from the West Wing, Too

[xray s]

14. Maggie Simpson

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Maggie?

How is Maggie a liberal? Now Lisa I could see...

[Kraklen]

25. Well, she did shoot Mr. Burns

[deutsey]

16. Rev. Jim from Taxi

Yes, his brains were fried, but he dropped out of Harvard/The Establishment, protested the Vietnam War and never let go of his belief in humanity (when he could think straight).

[elperromagico]

17. I contend that Sheriff Andy Taylor was, if not a liberal, a good Democrat.

Think about it. He never wore a gun unless absolutely necessary, instead relying on his wits to capture criminals. When a stranger came to town, he was always the one trying to cool the ardor of the suspicious locals.

There weren't black people in Mayberry but, if there had been, I can't imagine Sheriff Taylor trying to run them out of town. If anything, he'd probably invite them over to his house.

He damn sure wasn't a conservative.

[hyphenate]

29. Considering that Andy Griffith

is a well known Democrat in real life.......

[youspeakmylanguage]

18. The hippie teacher from Beavis and Butthead - Mr. Van Driessen

"Well, class, it looks like Beavis and Butt-Head got a lot of signatures here. Let's see? Hugh G. Rection, Ben Dover, Betty Humpter, Rosie Palm and her five sisters...Beavis and Butt-Head, couldn't you boys get each sister to sign individually?"

[hfojvt]

23. Alex P. Keaton's dad

Unlike Hawkeye, he is not a drunk and a womanizer. Unlike Meathead, he has a job and his own home.

[JohnnyBoots]

24. I like John Munch's conspiracy theories from Homicide and L&O

[Logan_430]

28. Dharma's Father