WE NOW KNOW THAT ARIEL CASTRO IS A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT. AT A TIME IN OUR HISTORY WHERE THE POLITICAL AFFILIATION OF THOSE COMMITTING CRIMES IS OFTEN EXPOSED BY THOSE IN THE MEDIA IF THEY ARE REPUBLICANS, THE SILENCE OF THE LEFT LEANING MEDIA AS TO CASTRO'S POLITICAL LEANINGS HAS BEEN EXPOSED BY A HANDFUL OF BRAVE CONSERVATIVE BLOGGERS.