Need help now: what's a good unbiased site explaining political theory?

[WildEyedLiberal]

My friend - who I convinced to vote for Kerry - is doing a lot of political soul searching. She's VERY naive and isn't very political and wants to know more. She is asking me where, on the internet, to find a good, unbiased article that clearly explains what liberals and conservatives believe without being written from the bias of one or the other. She just sent me a site and asked if it was good, and it was a libertarian hitpiece that called Kerry a warmonger. She wasn't sure if it was true or not! See what I mean about naive?

So is there a good, comprehensive website that explains exactly what liberals, conservatives, neocons, and far leftists believe, and what differentiates them? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP, KERRYCRATS!

[sandnsea]

1. Wikipedia??

These seems pretty straight forward and easy to digest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology

[MH1]

2. On the Issues

http://www.issues2000.org/default.htm

Look up a political figure, scroll to the bottom, below the graph click on the "explanation of political philosophy" link.

For John Kerry the direct link (hopefully this works):
http://www.issues2002.org/VoteMatch/candidate_map.asp?a1=1&a2=1&a3=1&a4=5&a8=2&a9=5&a10=5&a5=5&a6=4&a7=5&a14=4&a15=2&a16=2&a19=5&a17=4&a18=2&a20=1&a11=1&a12=5&a13=2&i1=1&i2=1&i3=1&i4=1&p=70&e=30&t=22

Repeat this for a few political figures that she thinks she has some knowledge of where they stand.

Combined with the more academic approach in the wikipedia article(s), this should give your friend a better idea what the labels mean.

[ginnyinWI]

3. this article is helpful

http://www.tonypalmeri.com/frp.htm

This is the second try at posting--something is slow/not working, either DU or my computer!

Anyway, this is a very helpful article, explaining the differences between real conservatives, liberals and radicals (Bush). Called "Fighting Reactionary Politics" from April 05.

[WildEyedLiberal]

4. Thanks, everyone

These should be helpful to her. The poor girl is beyond clueless.