NYTimes vs. "South Park Conservatives"

I am not a fan of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. (Although I admit that watching certain scenes from BASEKETBALL is a guilty pleasure. "Steeeeeeve - PERRY!") But since the publication of the book South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against the Liberal Media Bias, both sides have been trying to lay claim to the affections of the creators of South Park and Team America. Now, the NYTimes is weighing in and taking great joy in noting the latest ribbing the Right has taken from Parker/Stone.

In the March 30 episode, Kenny, a kid whose periodic death is a "South Park" ritual, lands in a hospital in a "persistent vegetative state" and is fed through a tube. The last page of his living will is missing. Demonstrators and media hordes descend. Though heavenly angels decree that "God intended Kenny to die" rather than be "kept alive artificially," they are thwarted by Satan, whose demonic aide advises him to "do what we always do - use the Republicans." Soon demagogic Republican politicians are spewing sound bites ("Removing the feeding tube is murder") scripted in Hell. But as in the Schiavo case, they don't prevail. Kenny is allowed to die in peace once his missing final wish is found: "If I should ever be in a vegetative state and kept alive on life support, please for the love of God don't ever show me in that condition on national television."

This is a good item to debate on this site, as the opinion of those who post here ranges from overt love for South Park (Ward) to general enjoyment (CRChair) to antipathy (Nomad). Let me ask all of our posters and readers. Is South Park a generally conservative program, or is it more like the Simpsons who will make fun of anyone to get a laugh?