Coulter commits a third degree felony

[Divinus Arma]

Oooh! We can play this one for a while! My turn: By affirming that I affirm that I am a partisan hack, you confirm yourself to be a hack! And Your statement that my statement reeks of self-importance is even more self-important! Your turn. Keep the merry-go-round turning ...

I know you are but what am I? I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever I say... etc. Fine Who cares. But the father/age comment was an unnecessary ad hominem.

As I've said many times elsewhere, I'm a budget hawk. So the total lack of fiscal responsibility we have right now makes my teeth ache. I've never identified with either party, although I tend to get grumpier at whichever one is in power. So I may be both a hack and arrogant, but I laugh at anyone who tries to call me partisan.

Good for you on the fiscal responsibility. Seems most of your posts here have the liberal slant otherwise...

As far as "centralized federal power," well, uh, I think we're seeing a pretty amazing grab at that right now. And as far as intepreting the constitution to fit the moment, well, George F. Will (liberal!) has come out pretty strongly against the current admin.'s power grab. So two of your four objections to the minority party apply equally well to the majority party.

I agree. The centralization of power by the current administration is unacceptable. However, I do think it is important to give the executive branch the tools necessary to do the job.

Liberals. There's a word you see slung around with abandon. Seems these days that anyone who isn't strictly on board with the administration is some sort of liberal, if not a hippie. Back in the day, only about 20% of Americans identified themselves as liberals. I guess they must have been breeding, or converting, or something. Here's the disconnect: I hear Republicans calling everybody under the sun "liberals," but there aren't enough libs to win elections. Perhaps they're not voting?

Liberals in my defintion are those that interpret the constitution liberally and seek rapid social change. Besides, it's fun.

Edit: Oh and regarding the "disconnect that you detail here; The liberals dominate the democratic leadership. The rest of the moderate democrats are just screwed. Leiberman is a virtual outcast in the Democratic Party.