Throwing Stones At Glass Houses

Cross-posted from Hoosiers For Sarah Palin:

This past Tuesday night, I found out Ann Coulter lives in a glass house.

When speaking to Laura Ingraham on The O’Reilly Factor, Ms. Coulter called for Sarah to make up her mind about running for President or not, referred to her as the “Obama of the Tea Party”, and castigated her followers, which includes yours truly, as if we were some kind of rabid dog snapping back at anything we see as an attack or threat.  Well, where oh where do I begin?

The thing of note about Ms. Coulter in regards to 2012 is the fact she supports New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for the top job.  The only problem is Governor Christie has said NO to a 2012 run, and not just once or twice, but dozens (if not hundreds) of times.  Neither the Governor nor his people have even hinted at the remote possibility of contemplating a run, yet Ms. Coulter doesn’t seem to have noticed that little obstacle, all the while thinking Sarah should decide now whether to run or not.

In a larger context, the comments, connected with another set of statements made by Ms. Coulter, have made me question her logic.  Running for the Presidency is a step down for Sarah, says Ms. Coulter, yet a run for the U.S. Senate from Arizona isn’t?  Does that make any sense to you at all?  Another reason for me to question the logic of Ms. Coulter is her calling Sarah the Obama of the Tea Party and criticizing me and other Palinistas as being somehow too intolerant of the attacks and insults aimed at Sarah by pundits and politicians.

Where does she get off calling Sarah “the Obama of the Tea Party”?  Because Palinistas like myself simply believe she’s the best candidate out there?  Contrary to what Ms. Coulter believes, we who support Sarah Palin do not think of her as some kind of superwoman or messianic figure.  The reason I support Sarah Palin has always been because of her record as a public official, her stances on the issues and the content of her character.  In other words, I and other Palinistas believe Sarah is the best possible candidate for President in 2012.  And when it comes to defending Sarah against the attacks and insults, our purpose has been quite simple: to straighten the record about her and correct the absurd claims brought up over the past three years.  Ms. Coulter apparently thinks that’s going overboard, which makes me think she’s blind as well as illogical.

Who Ms. Coulter chooses to support is her choice, and who she chooses to dislike, no matter how inane, is her choice as well, but I’d sooner suspect her of being a foolish optimist who thinks the candidate of her choosing is some kind of messianic figure.

Correction (12:13 PM EDT): Got the day of the interview wrong; my apologies.