"Slander Won't Sell"

When you were a kid did you ever get into an argument you couldn't win? I used to have regular arguments like that; I think it is all part of growing up. Being caught in a discourse when you don't have enough facts to back your argument is infuriating and embarrassing. Sometimes we resort to the low road; we resort to personal attacks and insults, anything to take the focus off our lack of knowledge on the subject in question. When you're little you resort to statements like "You're stupid!" or "You're fat!" or "You're Ugly!"; as we get older we use statements like "You're a racist!" or "You're anti-labor!" or "You're anti-American!".

Over the last few weeks the left has been on a rampage of insult and character assassination against anyone with a conservative point of view. I wouldn't care about this if they backed their argument with facts, but I have yet to see a cogent point of view expressed by any of the lefts "Big Guns". Constant personal attacks against Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, are the order of the day from the "libs", mostly filled with little to no substance. An issue was raised about Sarah Palin writing some key words on her hand during a speech, yet nothing is said about the constant presence of teleprompter by Barack Obama at nearly every occasion at which he speaks.

Last week Rosie O'Donnell and Janeane Garofalo went into a diatribe against the right casting a verbal assault at Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, and Fox and Friends. They question Ms. Palin's religious beliefs and her compassion for people with no factual back-up. They accused Hannity of lying with absolutely no facts. The worst statement of all was about Fox and Friends morning show and it shows the classless character of O'Donnell and Garofalo, when they refered to the members of the show as (excuse this language please) "Morning Douchebags!".

Conversely when we look at the conservative commentators we see some marked differences. Sean Hannity is perhaps the most well-read commentator in the media, and anyone who questions his facts better make sure of their argument or they will be left looking quite foolish at the end of the conversation. Rush Limbaugh's track record speaks for itself as fact after fact has come to fruition about the truthfulness of his observations, which have been amazingly accurate. Glenn Beck not only makes valid points in all his observations he continually backs them up with facts and illustrations, urging anyone who can prove him wrong to do so. Beck's show is a seminar on American history every day, filled with fact not conjecture; yet his critics call him an alarmist, hateful, and fear monger.

Last week Glenn Beck gave the key note speech at CPAC (conservative political action committee) it was not only a great speech it was a lesson to America illustrating her potential for greatness if we allow the American people to realize their potential as individuals. He finished his speech with a rousing reading of the inscription on the Statue of Liberty which was met with a standing ovation and thunderous applause.

It is time for us to take the high road in America, regardless of which end of the political spectrum we support. Venomous rhetoric will never prove a point, it only reveals ignorance.