the rix mix

Craig Ferguson asked Bill Maher last night about his "friendship" with Ann Coulter, Maher replied he hadn't spoken with Coulter in years, but took credit for her success by noting she'd been a frequent guest on Politically Incorrect during the Clinton years. Of their personal relationship, he explained it as matter of hanging out with mutual friends in New York & avoiding certain subjects the way we all do with some people. That's true, X-Ray Burns at WFMU is a political conservative & I think the world of the guy. But he's also very much a live-&-let-live libertarian in matters of personal choice, habits, behavior, & the sexual preferences of consenting adults. There's another beloved old friend I rarely talk to anymore because if you go anywhere near whole variety of topics she'll jump in with the latest "facts" from Rush, Ann, Bill, Sean, & "We report, you decide" Fox. Then she'll complain about the National Council of Churches, the gay agenda, add some updated propaganda from the No Nothings circa 1855, & blame it all on the Clintons. Even so, she's too polite to use Coulter's vocabulary.