Hyperventilating with Irrelevance

I hardly ever read Ann Coulter though it can be hard to escape the titles of her articles printed all in majuscules as they are. Leaving the 'Caps Lock' on, as I understand internet etiquette, is the equivalent of screaming. Whatever it takes to stand out in the crowd I guess...

Today's target (& what would she be like without a target?) is former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee. Having lived in Arkansas during Huckabee's administration, I came to respect the man, if only out of comparing him to Oklahoma's governor Frank Keating at the time who behaved as a complete jack ass.

I was delighted to read this part of today's hit piece:

The media are transfixed by the fact that Huckabee says he doesn't believe in evolution. Neither do I, for reasons detailed in approximately one-third of my No. 1 New York Times best-selling book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism."

I went on a massive book tour for "Godless" just last year, including a boffo opening interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today," a one-on-one, full-hour interview with Chris Matthews on "Hardball," and various other hostile interviews from the organs of establishmentarian opinion.

But I didn't get a single question from them on the topic of one-third of my book.

If the mainstream media are burning with curiosity about what critics of Darwinism have to say, how about asking me? I can name any number of mathematicians, scientists and authors who have also rejected Darwin's discredited theory and would be happy to rap with them about it.

But they won't ask us, because, unlike the cornpone, we won't immediately collapse under gentle questioning.

That's right folks! Step right up! There's a sucker born every minute! If only you'd buy my wildly popular & completely authoritative book, you'd find out that the sucker is you... Ya' dumb cornpone hicks! What are you incestuous Iowa Bible-Thumping hay seeds thinking by allowing this even-dumber-than-you dumb ass to surge in the polls???

I love the smell of fading significance reeking from this article.

Her choice to title it (pardon my screaming) THERE'S A HUCKABEE BORN EVERY MINUTE invoking the images of freak shows with Fiji Mermaids and bearded ladies is as close to acknowledging her small role as carnival barker luring the rubes into some dimly lit tent to see a two-headed wax snake at six bucks a pop. Anyone announcing the con they just fell for might end up feeling stupid, so it's best to let everyone suffer the fraud & play along about how great it is. That's the idea, anyway...

You've got to be pretty talented to blatantly insult your own audience and keep them coming back to your tent for more though.