I always operate from this simple premise: I want to make life better for Americans.
That's all Americans. Conservatives, liberals, blacks, whites, women, men, Catholics, Baptists, Unitarians, Atheists, all of them. IMHO, lower taxes, less intrusive government, fiscal reponsibilty, and a strong defense are the four cornerstones that are needed to build that dream upon.
Everyone benefits from lower taxes, even liberals. Liberals just don't always realize they're going to benefit from it, but that's ok, they'll benefit from it anyway.
Everyone benefits from less intrusive government. Freedom is a wonderful, if sometimes scary thing. The fewer government regulations to run afoul of, the better off we all are. As it stands, neither you nor I could possibly know even a 10th of those laws and regulations. It's not humanly possible.
Everyone benefits from fiscal responsiblity. Conservatives and Liberals alike live off the same economy. Like #1, liberals might not know that they'll benefit from fewer government programs pushing us into the red, but they'll beneift all the same.
A strong defense requires no explanation.
Now where that puts me at odds with Coulter should be obvious. I'm proud of the fact that conservative policies will benefit everyone, including liberals, and Coulter writes as though even the most remote kindness to a liberal hurts her physically.
That's all Americans. Conservatives, liberals, blacks, whites, women, men, Catholics, Baptists, Unitarians, Atheists, all of them. IMHO, lower taxes, less intrusive government, fiscal reponsibilty, and a strong defense are the four cornerstones that are needed to build that dream upon. "
Noble premise, but naively simplistic...
The fate of most Americans is not only in their own individual hands, but THE basis of a "better life" is the upholding of moral values, ethics, a common culture of language and respect for the law and Constitution.
Ann Coulter strikes, shocks, and awes with overwhelming intellectual force those whose agenda has eroded this basis for decades.
The long-standing unchallenged lies and subversions of the other side needs to be bludgeoned like a sledge hammer whacking the Berlin Wall. Ann Coulter understands this as well as many of us.
War is never for the faint-hearted. Make NO mistake about it -- to any political observer, America is clearly at war. With ourselves.
One of her recent points about not conceding anything to a Liberal is a debate tactic based on the necessity of letting our side act like winners for a change, really.
For too many years Conservatives have been the whipping boys, and always conceding some point to sound fair about some unrelated event/point, just so we can finish our sentence without the media/listeners going off on a tangent about what we conceded.
Ann acting like speaking to a liberal nicely is wrong , as you put it, is based n her point: That concession about anything leads to the automatic abuse that a conservative receives from Liberals as soon as we admit:
Abuses happen in war, therefore all wars are abusive
GI's in Vietnam DID kill innocent civilians rarely and unintentionally, meaning GI's in Vietnam killed civilians deliberately and repeatedly as policy
Some people DO suffer from unemployment and need assistance, therefore we all need to be supported by t the government through welfare programs.
My last 3 points are similar to her argument about not conceding to a liberal: It only opens the door to their (The Liberals) twisting of the reality of the situation to fit their agenda.
Therefore, NO CONCESSIONS TO A LIEBERAL! By conceding to what on the face sounds like a valid point, we are opening the door to the introduction of a liberal idea and policy, just so we dont make ourselves look like bad guys.
I think she is dead on right in that.