The inauguration party is over. What’s next for this country? Dr. Phil and his esteemed guests discuss their thoughts about the new presidency and what to expect in the next four years.The Party's Over
Ann Coulter
Alan ColmesDr. Phil introduces some political opposites. From the “right” is controversial TV commentator, Ann Coulter. She is the author of seven books, including, Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America. Joining the show from the “left” is Alan Colmes, one half of TV’s Hannity and Colmes, and host of his own show on Fox News Radio.
“I’m not a political analyst. I don’t get into all the ideologies of the two sides,” Dr. Phil tells his guests. “What I’m interested in and the only reason I talk about this is I want to know what this means to the average person. Is Obama equal to these promises he’s made, Ann?”
“I don’t know, we’ll see,” she says. “Since he’s been elected, he has been talking a lot more like George Bush than he did during the campaign, and so he may well. And by the way, even though Alan and I disagree about a lot of things, that’s why we care about public policies too, for how it affects real people. If Obama raises taxes, for example, as he claimed he was going to do throughout the campaign, that would throw us into the worst — it’s the last thing you want to do in a recession. It would be an economic disaster. And then you know, after he’s elected, two weeks later, he’s saying, ‘Oh, no, we’re not going to roll back the Bush tax cut.’ So if he’s playing the Daily Kos kids and the New York Times editorial page for fools, we’re going to be a lot better off than I thought we were going to be, and that would affect real people.”
“So, you think what he had was a bunch of campaign rhetoric, but now he’s going to pretty much moderate and get back to somewhere —”
“Well, I hope so. That is my hope. That’s our theme: Hope,” Ann says.
“What do you think?” Dr. Phil asks Alan.
“I’m happy to see Ann come a little over to my side. This is very exciting,” he jokes. “Look, this is a guy who obviously reacts to changing conditions. The fact that he’s not necessarily sticking to what he said ideologically during the campaign, it would be nice to have a president who actually reacts to changing conditions and isn’t stuck in some ideological box, like we’ve had for the last eight years, so I think this is great. This in and of itself is a great change.”
“The change is he’s not trying to win the Primary anymore,” Ann retorts...
