Franken-Lies-And-the-Lying-Liars-Who-Tell

Just another small taste of poison from Slander. There's no further description of what Falwell
had actually said, that he had pointed his finger and accused other Americans of causing
the deaths of three thousand people. Mentioning that would have blown another chance to
distort and spew.
She also does a lot of spewing in Chapter Nine, "Shadowboxing the Apocryphal `Religious
Right.'" The whole chapter is devoted to denying the existence of the religious right in
this country except insofar as it is a "boogeyman" for the left. The "Religious Right," she
claims, is "a meaningless concept," "an inverted construct of the left's own Marquis de Sade
lifestyle."
First of all, on this Marquis de Sade lifestyle. I've been married twenty-seven years,
have two kids who've turned out fairly well, and a wife who runs my life. Ann, on the other
hand, is forty something, has never been married, and has the personality of a dominatrix.
Who's kidding who?
Secondly, if Coulter doesn't think the religious right exists, she should really get out
more. I've been to Christian Coalition events, and there are a lot of people there. 1
On its website, the Christian Coalition makes no bones about its existence. Specifically,
it claims to be "the largest and most active conservative grassroots political organization
in America." According to their website, the Christian Coalition has fifteen hundred local
chapters around the country. During the 2000 election, they distributed more than seventy
million "voter guides."
A perhaps more objective source on the strength of the Christian right than either Ann
or the Christian Coalition is Campaigns and Elections, a Washington magazine. According to
a study they published in February 2002, Christian conservatives now exercise either "strong"
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The only time I've ever been assaulted was at the Christian Coalition's "Road to Victory" celebration in
D.C. in 1996. I'll explain. When Ralph Reed introduced William Bennett, Reed assailed then Surgeon General
Joycelyn Elders for advocating the legalization of drugs," something she had most certainly not done. At a National
Press Club luncheon, in response to a question about whether the legalization of drugs might reduce violence,
Elders responded that it should be studied. I'd seen Reed do this a number of times when introducing
Bennett, because at one time Bennett had been drug czar. Bennett got up to the podium and said about Bill Clinton,
"We don't have a president who understands what truth is." After Bennett spoke, I approached him and said,
"Bill, I've seen Ralph Reed introduce you several times, and he always says 'Joycelyn Elders advocated the legalization
of drugs.' And you've never corrected him. Why do you hold Ralph Reed to such a low standard?"
Bennett literally harrumphed for a few seconds, and then a large Christian shoved me as hard as he could. Let
me just say, however, that most of the Christians at these events are extremely nice. And let me also say that Bill
O'Reilly repeats this lie about Joycelyn Elders on page 21 of the paperback edition of The No Spin Zone: "She
advocates the legalization of hard drugs as way to 'reduce the crime rate.' "