A Perfect Job for Ann Coulter

Sarah Silverman makes me laugh.

I don’t care much for stand-up comedians, but there are a few–Silverman, Seinfeld, Robin Williams when he does a show–that I’ll stop down to watch. I’ve become an even bigger fan of Silverman due to her active social media life. I follow her on Twitter and love seeing her videos on FunnyorDie.Com. I find her comedy to be smart and relevant, something few other comedians ever accomplish.

I don’t care too much for her politics. During the 2008 Presidential campaign, Silverman campaigned actively for Barack Obama, partly through her social media instruments. Even though I disagreed with her choice for President, I found her political bits to be humorous and entertaining. Simply put, Silverman performs her job as a comedian as well as anyone in the field. While armed with plenty of hot political opinions, she has never tried to cross-over into the world of political analyst.

Perhaps Ann Coulter could learn a thing or two from Silverman. Like Silverman, Coulter makes me laugh. Like Silverman, Coulter spouts a lot of outlandish political thought. However, unlike Silverman, Coulter presents herself as a legitimate political analyst.

Last night, I read a Coulter piece a friend linked to on his Twitter feed. She attempted to address one of the hot-button issues among the conservative crowd, President Obama’s religion. As with most of her writing, this piece consisted of a series of ad hominem attacks and “straw-man” agruments and very little relevant political criticism. The only thing I gained from reading the piece was a reassurance that Ms. Coulter really, really hates liberals. I did laugh at several of her one-liners and at that point began to formulate the opinion that Coulter would be better suited as a stand-up comedian than a political commentator.

Think about it, with the exception of Dennis Miller and the Blue Collar comedy troupe, the word is virtually void of conservative comedians. Coulter is never short on material, so I’m sure she could throw a routine together overnight. She could take it on the road and sell out comedy clubs and other venues across the nation, giving conservatives a new reason to laugh.

I share many of the same frustrations as Coulter with the current administration. I feel Democrats have failed miserably at addressing the economic crisis facing our nation and have set our nation on the slippery-slope towards eternal dependence on a strong Federal government. Yet I feel there are more constructive means to winning these political battles than writing an article whose main thesis is Mike Huckabee is the only true Christian liberal.

If we learn anything from Coulter it should be that the saying, “don’t quit your day job,” doesn’t apply to every wannabe entertainer. In Coulter’s case, I would highly recommend her quitting her “day job”–whatever that might–and focusing instead on her career in comedy.