[Paul Ross]

You are of course correct about the cult of Coulter, and also equally correct that she too can make mistakes. Frankly, I have seen FAR MORE repeated mistakes by Horowitz than Ann has ever made. Disquieting and disturbing mistakes. Frankly, Ann is a considerably more diligent researcher than Horowitz, but she is too tied to Lexis/Nexis. She needs to crack some old books occasionally. And as for overstating the case, it is okay for the Left to ALWAYS be calling conservatives Nazi's and 'McCarthyites', etc. but apparently it is NEVER okay to be over-the-top of a conservative to be over-the top in rhetorical retaliation. Everyone has some flaws.

President Reagan's flaws can be recounted for pages and pages, but still, all and all, he was still the most magnificent and loved president we have had since Teddy Roosevelt...and some would argue since Lincoln!

Coulter is a like-minded fire-brand, who, if she inadvertantly overstates a case, does not diminish the conservative movement in any way, as it would tend to be her own credibility impaired not the philosophy. And she knows she is not perfect in all things. She knows all the above. We know that. And the liberals know that, but have lied since day one. They are the one's attempting the ad hominem attacks based on lies and guilt by association. So all in all, the firebrand in these times of PC insanity is more than welcome. She is essential if we are to make ANY progress at combatting and reversing our losses in the culture wars. The instance where Horowitz slams her for her momentary hesitations and mentally stammering about JFK's place are normal in ON-AIR debate. Not everyone can have the razor-wit ALL THE TIME. Undoubtedly Ann was equivocating to try and predict how the interlocutor would MISUSE her defense of JFK to attack her thesis, and so was not sure whether to buy into the question, or challenge its premise. This one instance of normal, rather than superhuman rhetorical performance is neither disappointing...or totally unexpected.

I pray and hope that she be prosperous and effective in her efforts to restore the republic. She is doing more than any of us.

[DPB101]

The left claiming there is a "cult of Coulter" is straight out of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals:

8.Pick the target. Target an individual, personalize the attack, polarize and demoralize his/her supporters. Go after people, not institutions. Hurting, harassing, and humiliating individuals, especially leaders, causes more rapid organizational change.

The history of conservatism since FDR (probably before) is the history of one person, time and again, being picked out for demonization by the left while what that person said and stood for is mistated or ignored. Weak conservatives become rattled by the attacks, polarized, and do the left's work for them.