Demagogue

Conservatives never use the term "right-wing" to describe their own views or politics. Likewise, liberals are quite fond of "progressive," but they are less likely to use "liberal" and almost never get caught using the moniker "left-wing" to describe themselves. So I was quite surprised to hear Ann Coulter's comments this morning on CNN.

Asked by host Miles O'Brien about possible choices to fill the SCOTUS vacancy, Coulter said that the president has a number of good options because there is an excellent "farm team of right-wing or conservative" judges. After speaking the term "right-wing," there was this pregnant pause -- as if Coulter was thinking, "Damn, I know we want someone who is right-wing, but we're not actually supposed to say that.