Scratch that.
It's hard not to look at Ann Coulter.
Because let's fess up, guys, fifty years from now, she and her grown grand-kids are going to come across a picture of her from the year 2011 and, in poignant Rose DeWitt Bukater style, she's going to rightly opine...
"...wasn't I a dish?..."
Which makes it all the more bittersweet that she's both an icon...
...and a moron.
Iconic in the way she so perfectly symbolizes every quality that causes the word "conservative" to leave a bad taste in the mouth of anyone who doesn't accept Rush Limbaugh as their lord and savior.
Moronic in the way she exhibits those qualities.
On the bright side, I suppose if you have to be subjected to the gale force winds of a world class blowhard, it's, at least, a plus to have a hottie doing the blowing.
Sexual innuendo is, sincerely, unintentional, but, obviously, inevitable.
Here's an update on the latest prevailing winds from way over there on the right.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/12/coulter-politics-101/#more-146806
Lately, as I find myself actually interested in, at least, listening to the opinions and perspectives of the firm of Hannity, Palin, Coulter,O'Reilly, Beck and Associates, I also find it difficult to get past what I've always considered to be a deep crack in the basic foundation of their credibility.
It comes remarkably close to qualifying as "biting the hand that feeds."
Let's talk, for a sec, about the bane of their existence.
Socialism.
Socialism is to the members of the aforementioned righteous right, what global warming is to Al Gore.
That which, if left unchecked, is going to eventually destroy us all.
The difference I can't seem to get past is that no one who is sincerely and legitimately engaged in the quest of ending global warming is, at the same time, exhibiting blatantly anti-green behavior.
On the other hand (most likely, of course, the right hand)...
Here's a fun list I found of what, by any fair, reasonable and..wait for it...centrist definition, could be fair and reasonably classified as "socialist" programs.
The United States Postal Service...delivering mail to every citizen, regardless of race, creed, color and/or political philosophy...
The Federal Communications Commission...regulating potentially harmful radio and TV programming to every citizen, regardless of....
The Federal Aviation Authority...preventing aircraft from crashing in the front yards of every citizen, regardless of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration...taking one or more giant leaps for mankind on behalf of every citizen, regardless of...
The Social Security Administration...providing at least the semblance of a sure income to every senior citizen, regardless of...
The Food and Drug Administration...preventing the sale and distribution of substances that could possibly harm or kill every citizen, regardless of....
The list, like the beat, goes on.
And just to bring it all home....
The local community/neighborhood/condo association...preventing the unsightly blight of freshly washed, draped over the balcony sheets and cinder blocked auto chassis from spoiling the sub-divisional ambiance on behalf of every resident, regardless of....
Suddenly, in the background, I'm hearing the soft sounds of a voice I'm thinking is Jack Nicholson speaking the scripted words of Aaron Sorkin.
"...I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then question the manner in which I provide it."
The problem, dear Brutus, with those like Rush and Sean and Ann (oh, my...)isn't that they don't believe passionately in what they believe.
It's that they don't practice what they preach.
And, as a rule I would offer, neither do any of the "every day citizens" who so vehemently, if not vitriolically, stand up for and behind, if slightly to the right, those who preach the preaching.
As for me...when Coulter and company convince me that they don't send or receive mail, watch TV or listen to radio, cheer our space explorers on in their journeys, travel by commercial airliner, personally receive, or know anyone who receives, monthly government checks or ever stop by the local Rite Aid to have a prescription filled on the way home to their exclusive and, undoubtedly, gated community, then I will passionately defend, without equivocation, their right to be heard and, more importantly, taken seriously.
Until then, sit down and shut up, Ann.
You look marvelous, darling.
You sound like an idiot.
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