Reality's a bitch, isn't she?

The left keeps being shocked when their caricature of conservatives (you know, racist, homophobic, bigoted illiterates) turns out to be false.  The latest:

Liberals continually expect that conservatives will match the cartoonish image that the left has concocted. They were shocked that Christian conservatives didn’t run Sarah Palin out of town on a rail because of her pregnant unwed daughter. Aren’t conservatives prudes and intolerant misogynists? Umm, no. Now, they can’t believe conservatives are so accepting of  Ken Mehlman, who publicly announced he is gay. You can sense the disappointment and surprise on the left — aren’t conservative going to repudiate him? No, nor do most of them even care.

Maybe they should treat their opponents as if they're human beings?  Naaaaw.