Right Wing Drama Queen

Sensationalist right wing pundit, Ann Coulter posted her commentary “OBAMA WAS SELECTED NOT ELECTED,” on her blog, anncoulter.com, early this month. In her editorial, she makes the argument that the 2008 Democratic primary race was analogous to the 2000 presidential election where Democratic Presidential Nominee, Al Gore won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote and the presidency to President George W. Bush. With her trademark effusive sarcasm she goes on and on with that analogy as if it was in-fact equivalent.

For starters, there are no clear numbers to establish the popular vote victory. Since caucus states like Iowa, Nevada, Washington and Maine don’t officially report their popular vote, these numbers can only be estimated using the official caucus turnout and the distribution of delegates. Furthermore, a Clinton popular vote victory would have to include votes from Florida and Michigan which although they will have some allotment of delegates, will have no real quantifiable number of votes to count, since Mr. Obama was not even on the ballot.

Ann Coulter, true to her pedantic form is taking another opportunity to stretch the fabric of reality to draw attention to her inflammatory politics. Additionally, she sites the constitutional process of electing a president though the Electoral College as appointed by the legislature to diminish the value of the popular vote, comparing it to a beauty contest.

I believe that in the last few presidential races we have demonstrated that our process for electing a president is need of revisiting. I also believe that politics is largely the sale of ideas. Ann Coulter has certainly marketed herself well creating an ever trendy brand of elitist ideals and imperialism.