and Ann Coulter is one of them. So, what finally gets them out of the limelight? Over-exposure. Think of Hollywood, and stars whose publicists have been a little bit too busy, and next thing you know, everyone's bored with them.

Don't ignore Ann. Instead, do with her what she tries (with some success) to do with all of those "infallible" symbols of the left and liberalism that she claims defy being criticized (all while she's criticizing them). Make her the icon for the GOP & Conservatives. Make her their symbol. The one who cannot be criticized... because she might have a meltdown, and wouldn't that be unseemly.

Make her appearance (glamourous, long blonde hair, skinny body, long legs, mini-skirts) and her rhetoric (practically lethal if only words could kill) be emblematic for the entire GOP and Conservatives of all stripes. (Truth be told, a lot of them really like her. Make them admit that in public.) She really does say things that they only wish they could say, but can't, because they're too uptight.

Face it, Ann does for them what no one else has ever been able to do. She adds some excitement, a bit of danger & sass, even some nastiness to their otherwise lackluster image. For the most part, the GOP and Conservatives have had to suffer under the reputation, deserved or not, of being boring, stuffy, stick-up-the-a** nerds. With that hanging over your head, wouldn't you also welcome a bit of the wind (ill or not) that Ann brings everywhere with her?

See, the Democrats and liberals have not had that same problem. Sure, the media and the other side try to paint our people as weak and ineffectual, but that's because that's all they've got to work with. If they really were to try and win an argument on policy or substance, they would more often lose than win. (A notable exception has been "national security," and look where those votes have gotten us.) And, they've never, ever had a Clinton or a JFK, or a Paul Wellstone, or an FDR, or a Barack Obama, even a Russ Feingold. In fact, I'll bet they would just love to have a Howard Dean. They had a Jack Kemp once, but he wasn't really all that non-conformist, and did not have enough charisma to make up for his entire party's lack of it. Ooops, I almost forgot Reagan. He is their answer to the question about GOP charisma, the great communicator, but he started out as a Democrat, and by the time they got him into the WH, his mental faculties were becoming questionable.

Now, is there anyone reading this who knows either Ann or Maddox and has a connection who knows the other? I really think someone should introduce them. They are, quite simply, meant for one another.

there was a commment from Johnalive:

I'd like to see a little fighting prowess also mixed in with the good old-fashioned politics of conviction.

That definitely describes Harry Reid. Granted, he's more conservative on some issues than I would prefer, but I do trust him to fight back on those issues where he sees a way to do it.

I only wish we had a few more Democratic politicians with his background, both the hardscrabble part and the boxing experience. And, best yet, we haven't seen any dirty tricks. Just high-minded pragmatism.