I watch this one too, and got quite the opposite reading from it. The conservative is shown as being willing to judge the liberal based not on her political beliefs, but on her personal character. The liberal is unable to reciprocate.
Give it another chance, it’s an ok show.
The “devil incarnate” rip is too much for me to overlook, even if it makes the person saying it look bad. There’s no balance. They’re just ripping Sarah Palin apart. Too much of an agenda for me. I expect this from SNL and Letterman, not from a mainstream drama.