THE WAY I SEE IT
by Don Polson Red
Bluff Daily News 8/19/2014
Liberal foolishness, mendacity
Thinking about the Ann Coulter book, “How To Talk To a
Liberal (If You Must), which I briefly described last week as a compilation of
her columns from the late 1990s through 2005, it seemed worth another column.
If this were a liberal-dominated area, the regular derision she unloads on the
Left might come across as gratuitous but, in our conservative part of
Jefferson, I mean California, those easily offended can simply move along while
the rest of us appreciate some of the foolishness, lunacy, hypocrisy and
mendacity of liberalism from that period.
Since only Human Events regularly published her
columns, this is, to me, original, rarely seen material. Regarding the “How to
talk to a liberal” theme, her advice and warnings started with “Historically,
the best way to convert liberals is to have them move out of their parents
home, get a job and start paying taxes. But if this doesn’t work, you might
have to actually argue with a liberal.” She warned that “when arguing with
liberals, you are always within inches of the ‘Arab street.’ Liberals traffic
in shouting and demagogy.” Their political Tourette’s Syndrome includes “Bush
lied,” “racist,” “Halliburton” (or now the all purpose, mindless repetition of
“Koch brothers”), and the recently fabricated “War on Women.”
Then there is their inability to follow one line of
argument. Don’t take Ann’s or my word for it, just listen to any of the talk
radio hosts trying to engage a liberal caller who can’t respond to one issue
without jumping around to 3 or 4 other, usually irrelevant, talking points.
Sunday show panels are notorious for stacking several liberals with one, lone
conservative who politely allows the others to finish their thoughts; the
conservative will usually get 2 sentences out before the liberals interrupt,
gang up and shout him or her down.
That happened to Rich Lowry on “This Week” when he
attempted to truthfully point out that it was President Obama’s singular
obsession to leave no residual troops in Iraq to keep the relative calm that
prevailed when President Bush turned Iraq over in 2009 (BTW, we’re still in
Bosnia—result: no ethnic strife). The liberal harpies converged on Lowry mercilessly—how
dare he lay any responsibility on Obama’s doorstep. In fact, the refusal by
Obama to heed wise military advice for 20,000 troops was then cloaked in the
duplicitous charade that Iraqis didn’t want them.
The Germans and Japanese probably didn’t want the
Americans military, either; responsible leaders honor sacrifices by keeping
troops stationed to secure peace in the midst of potential instability. That
prevents subsequent chaos and bloodshed requiring going back into a country
like Iraq—the vicious, slaughtering hordes of ISIS are Obama’s lasting legacy.
As her subtitle, “The World According to Ann Coulter,”
suggests, her pithy, often caustic take on events, liberal actions and
reactions is a tour-de-force of outrageousness from the political, media,
judicial and cultural left. The largest section, “This is War,” organizes
dozens of columns on the broad topic of the War on Terror, beginning with “How
9/11 Happened.” It is riveting to read a summary of President Carter’s timidity
and appeasement of Muslim extremists, compared to Reagan’s decisive military
response (Democrats, not Reagan, insisted on withdrawing militarily from Beirut
after the Marine barracks were bombed). Bush 41’s less-than-Reaganesque
response to the terrorist destruction of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie,
Scotland. Tarnished his record.
Then, through his 8 years, President Clinton had no
less than 9 opportunities to respond to Muslim or other terrorist attacks or
threats. On 6 of those occasions, Clinton did nothing. 18 dead American
military in Somalia resulted in withdrawal, which Osama bin Laden referred to
on ABC News as proving “that the American soldier was a paper tiger and after a
few blows ran in defeat.” Then there were ineffectual responses like lobbing
bombs hundreds of miles from Iraqi troops or just threatening to bomb until the
UN objected.
After Clinton’s serial fecklessness, President George
Bush, having no chance to deliver on his determination to eliminate al Qaeda,
(told to his National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice), was faced with the
previously unimaginable attacks on 9/11. (To be continued)
“Imagine” (with apologies to John Lennon’s version)
Imagine there’re no liberals;
It’s not that hard to see.
No Left to goad or force us
To give up living free.
Imagine all Americans
Living in liberty.
You might say I’m a dreamer;
But I’m not the only one.
Perhaps some day you will join us,
God-given freedoms shall be won.
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