Ann Coulter on the President - Elect

Ann Coulter sums up her thoughts on Obama's victory (and McCain's loss) thus : "For now, we have a new president-elect. In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, we owe it to the Democrats to show their president the exact same kind of respect and loyalty that they have shown our recent Republican president."

----The Reign of Lame Falls Mainly on McCain by Ann Coulter 11/05/2008 : http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29385

I love reading Ann Coulter's commentaries. Her writing is funny, biting, intelligent, and insightful - much the way I like to fancy my own. But if we both were baseball players, her skills might take her to the World Series. On a really good day, with a little luck, and a sufficient monetary contribution, mine could get me into the bleachers. Where I might have a chance to catch a stray ball...

So I don't lightly take on the task of disagreeing with her conclusion. Certainly it would be easy, natural, expected, and even totally in-bounds-fair to follow her advice. To make fun of President-elect Obama's lips in the same way that so many have laughed at President Bush's ears, for instance. To mercilessly caricature his mannerisms. To blame him for everything from the economy to immigration issues to Misty May Treanor's injury in Dancing With The Stars. To wait expectantly in ambush, ready to fire mercilessly upon him at his first, inevitable misstep.

I'm not suggesting that everyone has to agree with Obama's policies and programs. I'm just saying that we can disagree in a respectful manner, and on points that matter.

So, to those who believe that Conservatism is somehow more "American" than Liberalism, I say, "Prove it." I say, treat Obama with the respect and loyalty you wish the Democrats had shown George W. Bush. I hope Conservatives can prove that America's strength and identity is not the sum of its elected leaders, but of the people who live, work, and die here. That Conservatives can take the high road they castigate the Liberals for avoiding.

But I'm not holding my breath.

When does baseball season start?