Lockhart on the Campaign Trail

Welcome, all, to a new week. I have returned from covering the campaign trail visiting the bars in cities where our politicians are campaigning. All in all, a productive trip, but now the editor is telling me that I have to get back to work, or else he'll be giving Mel my job....

First of all, the Cynics' Salon would like to congratulate Barack Obama on his sweep of the primaries this weekend. Hopefully his momentum will continue. We're also happy to report that the Ron Paul Revolution is all but dead. It would appear that America's voters agree with me in not wanting "The Market" to decide their fates.
Your fanciful ideas of a 19th century republic are over, Libertarians. Wake up and smell the politics of the modern world.

This seemed to pass below the radar a few days ago (and probably for good reason), but I'm going to talk about it anyway.

Ann Coulter is endorsing Hillary Clinton.

You heard that properly. But this endorsement appears to be predicated upon John McCain getting the Republican Party nomination. I have one thing to say to this:

WTF?

We all know that Ann Coulter hates liberals. Hell, she openly and unapologetically advances her agenda of reactionary anti-liberalism in her (numerous and rabid) books. And above all others, Ann Coulter has never had a nice thing to say about Hillary Clinton. Now suddenly she's endorsing Hillary to show how much she hates John McCain? Does she expect her marginalized, fundamentalist core of supporters to continue to take her seriously?

I suppose this just proves that there's no one Ann's not capable of hating. Beware reactionaries, your favorite vile attack dog is capable of turning on you.

Trying to put a positive spin on it, the Clinton camp claims it as proof that Hillary is a unifier. Actually, it goes more to show Coulter's deep-rooted mental illness than Clinton's political appeal.

Cheers,
Lockhart