Monday, March 28, 2005
Hyperventilating left needs to think rationally about the hysterical right
Daily Kos notes that a recent poll found that Ann Coulter has only an 11% favorable rating. Why people get upset about her implausible ranting has has always puzzled me. It's fun to poke fun at her, but if anything, she ought to be encouraged as an example of what right-wingers are like. It's the Rush Limbaughs and Bill O'Reillys - those who are taken seriously by arguably otherwise intelligent people - that need to be responded to seriously.
Along a similar line of thought, I believe those who are calling for Tom Delay's resignation from his posts within Congress or from Congress in general aren't thinking correctly - Delay needs to be around at least through election 2006 as an example of what you get when you vote for a Republican. On this, Ralph Nader and I agree.
I mean, how amazing is it that one of Congress' loudest voices that Terri Schiavo shouldn't be unplugged made the decision to unplug his father, even though his father, like Schiavo, had no advance directive? Delay is a gift that keeps on giving. The ultimate gift would be if he's defeated at the polls in his very own gerrymandered district.
// posted by Erik @ 3/28/2005 10:38:00 PM
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