Discussing "Conservative" Movies

Jim Emerson, the editor of rogerebert.com (and a Seattle resident), has two entries regarding a recently-published list of "Best Conservative Movies of 2005". Here and here. The first kind of pokes fun of the reasoning behind the selection of each movie. The second explains his own reasoning, after getting some complaints. The second post is the more valuable. It's eloquent, even-handed (at least, in my opinion), not condescending, and it best describes what most "liberals" (myself included) believe:

...What I'd like to make clear is that that although my own beliefs are a mixture of traditional liberal (equal rights and protections under the law for all, with government's primary function as the preserver of those rights), traditional conservative (less intrusive government, fiscal responsibility) and libertarian (individual liberties as paramount)...

(bold emphasis mine)