[ohioWfan]

I've said repeatedly that I am not at all talking about Coulter's opinion that Miers wasn't qualified. (I really wish you folks would read more carefully instead of engaging in knee jerk reactions to what you THINK is being said).

I said, and I will say again, that Ann Coulter diminished her stature as a serious conservative spokesman because of HER feelings about Miers. If she had been rational and stated her objections thoughtfully and forcefully (that part she usually does well), it would not have changed my opinion of her.

It was her indecent and wrongful attack on Harriet Miers as a person that caused me to lose respect for her. And I doubt it will ever be regained because of the seriousness of her indecency and nastiness.

Charles Krauthammer shared her opinion, but used logic and facts to back up his opinion. Ann went off the deep end of emotional vitriol.

Repeating.....they had the SAME opinion. One voiced it as an intelligent conservative. One voiced it as someone out of control, craving attention. That's not the kind of person I want speaking for me as a conservative.

Histrionics and hatred can be found in abundance on the left. I don't want them coming from someone who claims to be speaking for me.

[rcocean]

My suggestion is:

Since dislike Coulter so much, (because of the way she expresses herself) don't read her and don't post on her threads. Confine yourself to the conservative commentators you like. You'd probably like Gergen and Carlson.

My only "beef" is that the Coulter haters want to drum her out of the conservative movement. The conservative movement isn't big enough to limit ourselves to only "perfect" spokespeople. We shouldn't play the liberals game. There are a hundred Liberal commentators who are even worse than Coulter. Suggest you spend some time attacking them.