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This passage, taken from the transcript of attorney Joseph Welch's historic encounter with Joe McCarthy during the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings, is SO apt right now:
"You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
What this country needs is millions of people who are willing to say "Enough!" to idiots like Ann Coulter. In the case of Coulter, since it's quite clear she's NO LADY, I wouldn't even change Welch's "sir" to "madam" -- leave it as it is.
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Moving right along, a question comes to mind after pondering Coulter's criticism of "millionaire broads" from 9/11 -- since personal loss is apparently no grounds for speaking out or having an informed opinion about any subject, is it equally wrong for courts to solicit victim impact statements during sentencing hearings of convicted criminals? Simple logical consistency leads to a conclusion Coulter would say "yes" -- so why hasn't this issue been raised before by her?
Where was she during the recent sniper shooting trials? Never heard a peep. How about during the Zacharias Moussaoui trial? Hmmm -- not a single word there either.
Oh, silly me -- "simple logical consistency?" We ARE talking about Ann Coulter, aren't we? Forget I brought it up.
