blatham wrote:Ticomaya wrote:blatham wrote:And, according to Ann Coulter on Hannity last night, McCain is more liberal than Hillary Clinton. Given that previously Hillary was an extreme leftist, this would make McCain what?
... the latest object of Coulter's intense hatred. Certainly you haven't forgotten your belief of her utter disregard for veracity, and placed her opinion in a state of higher regard, merely because it suits your agenda?
No, no ... you're just stirring and stirring this a.m.
If you guys here on the the right - yourself, okie, foxfyre, cjhsa etc begin to gain some perspective on how extremist your movement has become, that would be a wonderful thing. I don't expect it to happen because your partisan and personal investment looks certain to continue to trump all else. Consider, because it is accurate, that I'm forwarding the words of people like Coulter and the rest below, for the benefit of others.
The thing is though, I have asked you to give me/us an example of an extremist position I hold or any of us hold, and you can't seem to come up with one. I think to suggest one you would likely have to intentionally distort what our position is. That is unless you consider anything right of far left to be extreme.
To equate Ann Coulter's satire with conservative extremism is to admit you don't read what the lady writes. Nobody has suggested her satire itself isn't extreme. But conservatives can usually tell the difference between satire and exaggeration for effect and serious opinion. Maybe all or most liberals have a cognitive deficiency in that department? I don't know. Is her satire extreme? Of course it is. Does she sometimes foray into bad taste? Yes she does, sometimes in a manner I find objectionable. Most public figures on all sides of the political spectrum do. But Coulter is also consistently on point and is usually funny. It has made her a multi millionaire.
I was also amused that you lumped Limbaugh into the same box with Coulter when they so frequently disagree sharply on various issues. So I wonder which one is the extreme one? Or how do you explain calling opposites extreme?
I can't remember ANY of us who identify ourselves as conservative ever stating that we considered President Bush to be a conservative as we define conservative. At least we haven't after he was in office for awhile. Nor have we identified Senator McCain as a conservative though he does have an 80+ rating on conservative issues. It's just that on some of the most important issues to conservatives (taxes, immigration, etc.) he has not voted conservative and therefore he is not trusted to carry the consevative banner on those issues.
Will conservatives consider McCainpreferable to a person who votes left of center more than 90% of the time? Of course we would. And if you think Ann Coulter would vote for Hillary Clinton over John McCain, I have a nice used bridge, only gently walked across on Sundays, to sell you. She did have a point as usual though. If we elect Hillary Clinton, we'll have the same kinds of damage with none of the responsibility.
(I'm not willing to risk supreme court nominations just to be able to enjoy that though.)
