First off, first time poster. Just caught this website and it looked interesting. I’m one of those conservatives that apparently Carmel has so much disdain for. As to Ann- I think she is witty, meticulously insightful, and points out the comic quirks that make up both the Repubs and Dems. It’s not well-received because she isn’t as steeped in well-meaning PCisms like Carmel and other liberals. Ann, perhaps, is the most threatening of all conservative women, she is educated ( a constitutional lawyer) who doesn’t care what others think. As to Carmel, you seem to be overly ticked off and steeped in conservative/Republican stereoytypes as many liberals I’ve met over the years. While I don’t agree with Ann’s assertion that liberals don’t read (I think she was being sarcastic) I think she was pointing out that liberals seem to be steeped in their own side of things and are rather insulated. I’ve often found, growing up in a liberally steeped college town, that liberals look down on others who have a different twist on things even though they think that they’re the masters of non-conformity. Just because you may have multipe degrees and are “well-read” does not mean you have the solutions to the world’s problems. I would be the last to point out that I, with my multiple degrees and “well-readedness,” knew it all. I’ve met many liberals who “know it all” yet seem to be divorced from either reality or the daily concerns of others. As my father once said, the more learned you are, the less you know. Carmel, do you actually know Republicans or Conservatives? Are you actually interested in engaging in a dialogue with other people who might not share your political viewpoint? Do you actually get out there and talk to people (offline) who you may not agree with? What’s the problem with an active duty military? What’s the problem with living within your means and a fiscally responsible government (something that the Repubs failed at)? I’m big enough to admit that Pres. Bush failed keeping government from mushrooming and becoming an albatross. Will you be big enough at admitting to Obama not delivering the grand vision he has so promised? Carmel, calling Ann Coulter “skankey” is neither befitting informed dialogue on this website or your “well-considered” reputation. Perhaps, before going off, foaming at the mouth as you do about those nasty “fascists” you might want to tell me what’s so great about liberalism and what’s so bad about Ann’s take on it. Oh, and by the way, the anti-slavery movement wasn’t created by liberals. It was a larger movement that incorporated many like-minded people of different political viewpoints (many of them Republicans and suffragettes). Also, feminism is composed of not only liberals but conservatives. Unions- I don’t think they were an entirely liberal creation but one inspired by reformers and even European communists. Unions don’t always benefit the whole, especially the worker they’ve pledged to protect. For someone who’s seemingly mastered how to tell Conservatives where to go, you have an ill-conceived “mastery” of history. That’s what’s so sad about many liberals. They like to recreate a history that they want to take some manner of credit for. Liberals might get some of the credit but they can’t claim all of it.