Even if I were a liberal, I would love this woman

[jferry]

... and here's why:

http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi

[Frank M. Carrio, CMI]

Originally Posted by jferry

... and here's why:

http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi

Outstanding article!

[Bruce Thompson]

That was a good article. I enjoy reading Ann Coulter.

...and to think, we'll be just 2 heartbeats away from Madame President

[jferry]

Originally Posted by bthompson1

...and to think, we'll be just 2 heartbeats away from Madame President

Bite your tongue.

[wforsyth]

I think Ann Coulter should be president.

[Keith Swift, PhD.]

The world was once matriarchal, when the great Moon Goddess reigned supreme in the night sky. I for one would welcome more women in the highest seats of power, with the possible exception of Hilary Clinton and whatever Kerry's wife is called. Got im Himmel, perish the thought.

[Blaine Wiley]

I have been a "fan" of Ann Coulter for many years, and have read her books. They are thought provoking.

[jmichalski]

Originally Posted by bthompson1

That was a good article. I enjoy reading Ann Coulter.

...and to think, we'll be just 2 heartbeats away from Madame President

Precisely why the first female Speaker of the House is a more noteworthy item than the Condy's cabinet appointment.

[jferry]

Originally Posted by jmichalski

Precisely why the first female Speaker of the House is a more noteworthy item than the Condy's cabinet appointment.

Not really. Speaker-elect Pelosi operates in the insular world of party politics. Secretary Rice operates on the world stage ... and ... she's only two additional heartbeats away from being the first black President.

[jmichalski]

4 heartbeats is a stretch. 2 is not - especially when one is Cheyney!

Pelosi sets the domestic legislative agenda for the House, with siginificant ability to impact or direct legislation. Rice carries water abroad for the Bush administration, and has little actual power to imact or alter much.

[jferry]

Two is a stretch when one is Bush's, the most physically fit POTUS in my lifetime and, perhaps, ever.

[jmichalski]

Originally Posted by jferry

Two is a stretch when one is Bush's, the most physically fit POTUS in my lifetime and, perhaps, ever.

Possibly, but I am sure that there were many who would have thought that Lincoln and Kennedy were pretty sounds bets not to need to invoke the chain if sucession.

The bigger point is that Pelosi's position is worthy of media attention. As an elected official, and somone fairly high in the line of succession, it is a noteworthy item.

Rice, while also noteworthy, is slightly less so. I would argue that the reason for the lack of stories may be more related to the fact that she 1) does not have a campaign staff who crafts and gets stories run, 2) is in a less sexy media position (speaker always gets more coverage than Secretaries unless they are running a war, or there is a scandal) and 3) probably does not have a well paid and long tenured PR person on staff to pitch such stories.

I know - the Fox news crowd will use it as evidence of a "liberal media bias". So, tell me...with Rush and Hannity and Fox news, etc - why didn't they run the stories about Rice and re-run them periodically or have features on her for this reason? Would that not have balanced the scales?

[Jeffrey S. Campbell]

I heard this week that Polosi and her family run a vinyard in CA that routinely hires illegals to work... while accepting campaign funds from nation labor unions and having their full support... huh? dont get it...

[jferry]

Originally Posted by jmichalski

Possibly, but I am sure that there were many who would have thought that Lincoln and Kennedy were pretty sounds bets not to need to invoke the chain if sucession.

Actually, Kennedy was quite infirm even though he looked like the picture of health.

Originally Posted by jmichalski

The bigger point is that Pelosi's position is worthy of media attention. As an elected official, and somone fairly high in the line of succession, it is a noteworthy item.

True, though it probably should not be. Women are running some of the nation's biggest businesses and acquitting themselves quite well in doing so.

Originally Posted by jmichalski

Rice, while also noteworthy, is slightly less so.

What is noteworthy about Rice is who appointed her. President Bush, who also appointed the first black Secretary of State, the first black National Security Advisor and the first Hispanic Attorney General, three landmark appointments that the liberal media would have trumpeted had, say, Bill Clinton, done so but largely ignored since President Bush did so.

Originally Posted by jmichalski

I would argue that the reason for the lack of stories may be more related to the fact that she 1) does not have a campaign staff who crafts and gets stories run, 2) is in a less sexy media position (speaker always gets more coverage than Secretaries unless they are running a war, or there is a scandal) and 3) probably does not have a well paid and long tenured PR person on staff to pitch such stories.

I don't know about that. How much coverage has Dennis Hastert gotten?

Originally Posted by jmichalski

I know - the Fox news crowd will use it as evidence of a "liberal media bias". So, tell me...with Rush and Hannity and Fox news, etc - why didn't they run the stories about Rice and re-run them periodically or have features on her for this reason? Would that not have balanced the scales?

I don't know how much more evidence is needed on that point. It seems to me that that has been conclusively established.

[jmichalski]

Hastert didn't much press because he is intetnionally not a press hound. He's old school, backroom politics.

Newt, on the other hand, shows you the modern example of what a Speaker can get in terms of press clippings when his/her staff is so oriented.

As for the media bias...yawn. Conservatives have created their own media and cultural exchanges, too. With the advent of blogs, and the 24 hour news cycle, people get their news from the source of their choice.

And are we really griping that Nancy got press and Condy didn't?

Bush deserves credit for the appointments. The reason Clinton would have recieved the credit publicly is that his staff would have had that story out there non-stop for at least a month. Bush's communications staff had to have made the choice not to try to push that story.