Attack of the Conservachicks: Lynne Cheney Shows Some Humor while Ann Coulter Auditions for a Brownshirt

Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice-President Dick Cheney, appeared last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to push her new memoir, Blue Skies, No Fences. At first, I thought this was going to be the broadcasting equivalent of a poorly constructed levee just waiting to be breached. The Daily Show regularly harangues the Bush administration and the vice-president, the latter of which is lampooned almost weekly in segments branded as "You Don't Know Dick". Last night,the show bravely offered up another installment prior to the sit down with Mrs. Cheney, but this time branded it as "You Don't Know Richard". It was a hilarious riff on the ongoing media sentiment that the White House consistently strongarms broadcasters into running favorable stories about the administration. The segment featured a multiple choice question, asking viewers which of the following were true about Cheney (he loves his pet labrador, he's a doting grandfather, etc.... the answer, of course, was all of the above).



The funniest part of the interview came when Lynne Cheney took to the stage and plopped a Darth Vader doll onto Stewart's desk. "It's an old family heirloom," she suggested. While it further cemented my personal belief that, were we living in a galaxy far, far away, Republicans would represent Sith, while Democrats would more likely align with Jedi (provided they don't have their heads up their asses), it did show that there is a smidgen of a sense of humor to be found on the Right that goes beyond lame attempts at likening a Fred Thompson debate appearance to an episode of Law & Order. Stewart did a good job in the interview, and proved quite capable at not stooping to the level of cowtowing (Sean Hannity might learn a lesson or two). He artfully posed a question about Mary Cheney's lesbianism, and Lynne Cheney gave a great response that should effectively put an end to the issue about her daughter's lifestyle choice.



Meanwhile, Ann Coulter tried desperately to make waves for her new book during an appearance Monday night on CNBC's Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. When Deutsch posed a question about what Coulter's perfect version of America would look like, she offered that it would look like the 2004 Republican National Convention here in NYC, a bastion of America-loving Christians (and strategically situated minorities). She then went on to say that the megachurches where she often gives speeches are reflective of America's racial/ethnic diversity and that the mixed-race couples she sees there don't have a "chip on their shoulder" like the mixed-race couples here in NYC. But wait, there's more. She then referenced a decades old episode of Seinfeld, where Elaine dates a black guy to prove she's racially progressive, as proof that interracial couples in NYC have chips on their shoulders (by that logic, Jack Bauer is proof positive that America tortures detainees, or, better yet, that a black man can rise to the level of POTUS). Then, the interview went completely off the rails when she submitted that Christians truly want Jews to be "perfected". ...stepping... slowly... away from.. the TV set now... must... take ... cover. The interview was batshit crazy, just what we've come to expect from Coulter, and this salvo about Jews needing to be "perfected" has an underlying essence of Final Solution type talk. Here's the segment, so you can come to your own conclusions.