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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (47637)	2/2/2008 9:50:03 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541404

Coulter has become the quintessential product of the hate-talk industry. She wouldn't have a "job" if she weren't out there crapping on someone as hard as she can, even in her own political circles. Should we start discussing "McCain Derangement Syndrome" yet? LOL

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (47637)	2/2/2008 10:25:59 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541404

<<<NPR said last night that Ann Coulter had problems with McCain >>> How come nobody else has a problem with McCain? How come McCain gets a pass from MSM and people in the center? Here is a guy who is willing to keep our troops in Iraq indefinitely and talking about the inevitability of other wars. All I hear on this thread is how Hillary is TOO aggressive in her campaign to become president. Too unladylike. Egads...what is going on? I mean its not like Chuck Norris didn't warn us. Here is a man aging at 3 times the normal rate. He will be 84 at the end of his first term in office and 96 at the end of his second term. <g>

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (47637)	2/2/2008 11:12:25 AM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541404

Steve, turn your thinking upside-down for a minute. When you hear that Ann Coulter would back Hillary Clinton, what does that do to you? Does it make you more inclined or less inclined to vote for Hillary? Judging from the rest of your post, I would guess that it makes you less inclined. (Yes, I know you already weren't backing her.) But I would guess from your post, that the likes of Ann Coulter backing Hillary makes you even more negative than you were. It arouses a powerful negative emotion and takes you to the logical conclusion of that negativity. So Obama gets Carolin Kennedy who has never pledged and Ted Kennedy and Hillary gets Ann Coulter. If that doesn't tell you something. Yesterday, I heard that supposedly Rush Limbaugh made the same statement as Ann Coulter. What better way to turn Democrats against Hillary than to link her, no matter how preposterously, with supposed support by two of the left's most hated pundits!! What a clever, clever way to undermine support for her. It's ingenious if you think about it. JMHO, of course, but I take this as one more piece of evidence that right-wing forces view Hillary as either (1) the democrat most likely to win election, and/or (2) when elected, the person most likely to truly undue the excesses of the Bush administration and take a pound of flesh from the wealthy individual and corporate interests that have instituted policies that will take this country to banana republic status. There are no media attacks coming out of the right on Obama. Why is that? My guess is that he's viewed as being the one of the two who's more vulnerable to being steam-rolled by the right. And/or he's viewed as the one more likely to compromise away the tough actions that need to be taken to get this country back in better fiscal shape. Remember, Obama's whole pitch is as being the one who can unite people and reach across the aisle. These are inspirational words and worthy goals. The reality, though, is that it takes compromise to truly govern that way. For thirty years, right-wing economics and social policies have turned the country in such a radically different direction, that I'm not sure the country can afford to compromise. At any rate, these are my observations and worries. Because of them, I plan to vote for Hillary now. But I will still, of course, enthusiastically support Obama if he's the nominee.