The Ann Coulter Method of Arriving at the Truth

In her latest screed, Ms. Coulter proposes two methods of evaluating the truth. "the O'Reilly method (randomly coming out in "the middle" of every issue) [and] the Matthews method (deciding, ab initio, that any criticism of Kerry could come only from bottom-feeding, politically motivated whores)" There is also, of course, the Coulter Method (simply believing all criticism of Democrats/Liberals, no matter how mean-spirited or unlikely).

Ms. Coulter's reason for believing the Swift Boat vets? There's a lot of them. "For starters, 254 swiftboat veterans say Kerry is a fraud; 14 say he's a hero. . . . we're talking about 35-year-old memories here; 254 memories to 14 memories is what we used to call "evidence."

Yep it's the number of witnesses that matters most. That's why in all the courtrooms across the land they have those giant scales. All the witnesses for the defense go on one side and the witnesses for the prosecution go on the other. That's why its good to have a lot of overweight friends (like me, for example); they make you more likely to be found innocent.

Well, let's pretend to take this argument seriously for just a second. Ann Coulter says that 254 is more than 14, and that those 254 say that Senator Kerry is a Fraud. But what does being a fraud mean? Well some of those 254 (relatively few) are making accusations about how Mr. Kerry got his medals. But in most of those cases, the Swift Boat Veterans are the odd men out. You would think that if we did get a court room together, pulled in all the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth who had actual knowledge of the action and all of those who support Kerry's version of the events (which would, of course, include the Navy).

The other possibility is that 254 Swift Boat Veterans think that Kerry is a jerk, and 14 think he's a good guy. I'm not sure what the significance of that figure is, though. I mean 100% of the Ann Coulters think that Kerry (and every other liberal democrat) is a jerk.

In case you are wondering the Bryant method of arriving at the truth is to sit around and drink a lot of Coke and Pepsi and then type what ever comes into your head. Not very scientific.