L’Chaim!

In her latest column, Ann Coulter mentions a new blog that was started just yesterday with the intention of rallying disaffected conservatives behind Sen. John McCain's campaign for President: Get Drunk and Vote 4 McCain.

What prompts Coulter to bring up the blog is her frustration at McCain for continuing to pursue a wishy-washy, typically "moderate" Republican course in his quest for the Cherry Blossom Throne. To put it another way, what McCain is doing is engaging in the politically suicidal practice of trying to make friends of your enemies, by making enemies of your friends. It never works. Coulter writes:

It's always the same argument. Year after year, the "moderate Republicans" so respected at The New York Times harangue us to dump the Christians, the conservatives, the Swift Boat Veterans, the "right-wing extremists," the gun-and-God clingers and the fanatical pro-lifers from our party so we can repel every American who voted for Ronald Reagan in order to win the votes of people like Christine Todd Whitman.

Yes, by all means let's clear out all that deadwood and pave the way for a 49-state landslide! (For the Democrats.)

Given McCain's past opposition to securing the border against illegal immigration, opposition to President Bush's 2001 tax cuts, unwillingness to use waterboarding against terrorists, and cozying up to left-wing environmentalist Gaia-worshipping lunacy, the strategy of the Republican centrists has been in full effect with McCain and his closest advisors for some time. And based on the latest poll numbers, the strategy is not working.

If the latest polls are any indication, a change of strategy will be in order if McCain is serious about winning the presidency. As Coulter points out:

The irony is, the only people McCain can count on to vote for him are the very Republicans he despises -- at least those of us who can get drunk enough on Election Day to pull the lever for him. In fact, we should organize parties around the country where Republicans can get drunk so they can vote for McCain. We can pass out clothespins with his name as a reminder and slogan-festooned vomit bags. The East Coast parties can post the number of drinks necessary for the task to help the West Coast parties. For more information, go to getdrunkandvote4mccain.com.

It would be nice to have a Republican candidate who, instead of trying to be all things to all people, took decisive positions on important issues and stuck with them. Such individuals tend to not only be good candidates, but good presidents. As Andrew Jackson once said: "One man with courage makes a majority."

Now on that point, I'm well aware than there are some conservative bloggers out there who are uncomfortable about the feisty, unapologetic way that Ann Coulter expresses herself. In fact, a group of such bloggers signed this letter to the organizers of CPAC after Coulter's "faggot" insult against John Edwards back in 2007. I thought the whole thing was much ado about nothing. I'm not running this blog as part of a popularity contest, so I'll link to who I want to link to and like who I like.

Besides, the "evil" Ms. Coulter once attended the high school graduation party of Maia Lazar, the late Cathy Seipp's daughter, so how bad can she be? Here's a picture that was taken at that party back in 2006 (according to a reliable source, the photographer was Emmanuelle Richard):


The woman to Coulter's right is blogger Moxie, whose site I encourage you all to visit.

Ultimately I'm hoping that at the very least, McCain reconciles with conservatives and spares this country from having to endure four years of leftist hell under Obama. But I'm not holding my breath.