Yet Another Piece of the Puzzle

Conservatives like to believe they are the only virtuous people in America. Us liberals? We are scum sucking jerks who don't give a shit about anybody but ourselves. And don't get them started on anybody who isn't from the United States. Nope, Conservatives are pretty much the sum total of all virtuous people around.

Consider, for example, the comments of Ann Coulter on a recent episode of Hannity and Colmes.

Moveon.com is down protesting outside the White House today. How about putting together some evacuee bags? How about actually helping out? And you know, speaking of that, I think, you know, I'd like to see a breakdown at the end of this -- how much churches are contributing versus, say, Barry Lynn's church.

Of course Moveon.org did participate in hurricane relief - arranging for temporary residences for some 250,000 people. But that doesn't fit the pattern, so it's convienently edited out of Ann Coulter and other Conservative's realities. Instead, in their little mythology, we have the President valiantly trying to save people (instead of, you know, attending birthday parties and goofing around with Country Music stars) while pathetic liberals carp on what a jerk he is and do nothing of value.

Ann Coulter is, by the way, the id of the modern Republican / Conservative movement. If you want to know what your Conservative Friends think but are embarrassed to say outloud, just give her a listen.

Incidently for those of you who don't know who Barry Lynn is, he's the executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, another fact Ann was blissfully unaware of as evidenced by this exchange.

COULTER: I'd like to see a breakdown at the end of this -- how much churches are contributing versus, say, Barry Lynn's church.

HANNITY: What church?

COULTER: Right, that was a joke.

HANNITY: Did he actually have one?

After all you can't admit that some liberals go to church can you? That would fly in the face of the self evident conservative truth that they are the only virtuous people in America.