Are Unicorns Racists?

I love reading Ann Coulter columns. They're humorous, clever and just like a junkie's used syringe, they get under the skin of all the idiots out there. Like this one on the latest so-called "debate". Excerpt:

Fox News ought to buy a copy of Monday's Democrat debate on CNN to play over and over during the general election campaign. For now, the Democratic candidates need to appeal only to their nut-base. So on Monday night, the candidates casually spouted liberal conspiracy theories that would frighten normal Americans, but are guaranteed to warm the hearts of losers blogging from their mother's basements.

B. Hussein Obama got the party started by claiming he couldn't get a cab in New York because he's black. This line was a big hit with white liberals in the audience who have never been to New York.

Even writers for The New York Times don't drag this canard out anymore. Last year, a black writer in the Times pointed out how things had changed in New York in the 10 years since he had been out of the country. Not only did he have no trouble getting a cab, but he cited statistics from taxi sting operations that showed a 96 percent compliance rate among cabbies in picking up blacks. (Remarkable, considering that New York cabbies' compliance rate on daily bathing is less than half that.)

In a sense, these "debates" showcase how easy it is to get approval from a foaming liberal audience. Just throw out some truism like "the man is keeping you down" or "we need to take America back from the rich and powerful Republicans" and you might as well be John, Paul, George or Ringo on their first American tour. Especially to the aforesaid angry cross-eyed basement blogging set.

To a rational person, these forums are simply insulting to the intelligence. The absence of real follow-up questions should make even a thinking liberal embarassed. For example, the first rhetorical follow-up question I asked in my mind was "Are you saying that taxi-drivers are racists?" But a question that innocent completely misses the point that the purpose of the statement is merely to evoke an impression that Obama has street cred, that he gets "dissed" all the time due to his blackness. The whole thing is so goofy it begs to be made fun of, and Ann Coulter bats clean-up in the mockery All-Star game.

And by the way, what's with Edwards remarking on Hillary's wardrobe? Maybe Coulter was right about Edwards' orientation after all. Uh, ever hear of stones and glass houses, mister former senator? Her immediate laughter at the comment can be best explained by noting that he had just probably flushed himself down the toilet like a dead fish for good.