Howard Dean, Ann Coulter, & A New Democratic Motto

by John Hawkins | February 28, 2005 12:04 am

From the bombastic, blonde, bombshell:

“Much of the left’s hate speech bears greater similarity to a psychological disorder than to standard political discourse. The hatred is blinding, producing logical contradictions that would be impossible to sustain were it not for the central element faith plays in the left’s new religion. The basic tenet of their faith is this: Maybe they were wrong on facts and policies, but they are good and conservatives are evil. You almost want to give it to them. It’s all they have left.” — Ann Coulter[1]

Now, from Howard Dean[2]:

“The issue is not abortion,” Dean told the closed-door fund-raiser. “The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do.”

And Dean told the Hiebert fund-raiser that gay marriage was a Republican diversion from discussions of ballooning deficits and lost American jobs. That presents an opportunity to attract moderate Republicans, he said.

“Moderate Republicans can’t stand these people (conservatives), because they’re intolerant. They don’t think tolerance is a virtue,” Dean said, adding: “I’m not going to have these right-wingers throw away our right to be tolerant.”

And concluding his backyard speech with a litany of Democratic values, he added: “This is a struggle of good and evil. And we’re the good.”

Say what you want about Ann Coulter, but she has Howard Dean’s number?

Might I also add that this would make an even better slogan[3] for the Democratic Party than “(We) hate the Republicans and everything they stand for…”

Hat tip to Polipundit[4] for the Dean story.