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• 1/7/2009 11:25 PM E wrote:
  Lauer is self-satisfied and in serious denial and Coulter comes off as nutty and as irritating to me as ever. He represents liberals pretty well, she does the opposite for conservatives, E. thinks. She did score some points for me about the kid-glove treatment of the O-Man. I enjoyed it too! Thanks!
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  1. 1/8/2009 12:26 AM Cultural Offering wrote:
     She can be abrasive BUT she engages in what I call the "clash of ideas."  Lauer avoids it.  The clash of ideas is simple.  I present an idea and you either agree or attack it.  It is critical to constructive conversation.  What happens way to much is this:  I present and idea and you present another idea that flies by my idea.  Or I present and idea and you change the subject.  Increasingly I value point, counterpoint because it moves the important exchange of ideas forward. 
     
     So E. says Lauer is self-satisfied.  I agree.
     E. says Coulter comes of as nutty and I say "but is she wrong on the single mother issue or the media's treatment of Obama versus Palin issue?"
     
     Welcome back.
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     1. 1/8/2009 11:12 PM E wrote:
        Right on both. Does "it's not what you say but how you say it" hold true in the public or political arena as it does in business?
        
        If so Ms. Coulter fails a lot in my way of thinking. And she thrives on outrageous statements because they (always) draws attention to herself. How convenient! Sells books I suppose.
        
        I agree totally on your point counterpoint preference. You articulated the opposite of it so well.
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