Far side of American politics: Maher and Coulter resolve global problems
Once again, Elizabeth Edwards is in the spotlight. This time she wasn’t sharing info about her medical problems. She was confronting Ann Coulter.
Edwards phoned into MSNBC’s “Hardball� Tuesday. She asked Coulter to stop using insulting language and Coulter responded Edwards shouldn’t tell her to stop speaking. That retort is the essence of Coulter.
It’s also the essence of others on the far end of their party preferences. Bill Maher is a classic example. Remember the show where he goes on and on about the vice-president? Catch the second video posted below.
These pundits often use hyperbole for the purpose of publicity. A pundit without publicity is like a pickle without brine. These people are in the entertainment business, and the last time I looked, the political entertainment business was alive and well. That is, unless you’re a certain liberal radio show.
That’s the American way and it’s nothing new. Stroll back through our nation’s history for a look at muckraking and political propaganda in keeping with what’s happening today. The difference is that until now, the reach was limited. You could only go so far with newspapers. The Internet keeps words and gestures alive in perpetuity. Another difference is now you don’t challenge someone to a duel involving guns. Great tools for modern-day duels are sound clips, blogs and talk shows.
I keep wishing we could get this sort of footage from Iran, or Russia or North Korea. Venezuela might be fun.
Seems the rest of the world wants to catch up to the United States in every way but one.
Freedom of speech can only be a holy grail in a country that’s truly free.
On neither of the videos below do I see anybody “playing pretty.” All the participants can rest assured when they go home, they’ll keep their heads. No secret police will be waiting.
Somebody tell the rest of the world to catch up to us in that regard.
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