Red White & Liberal
How Left is Right and Right is Wrong  
By Alan Colmes, Cohost of Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes

A Liberal Book Even Conservatives Might Enjoy

A Commentary on Politics Told
With Love and Er…a Liberal Viewpoint

    Red White & Liberal. Catchy, huh? Could the word “liberal” possibly be attached to two of the colors of our flag? Seriously?

    Well, perhaps not seriously. Humorously instead! Alan Colmes, the co-host of Fox News Channel’s right-left debate team, is the man to remind readers (seriously) that Jefferson admonished us that “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” He is also the man to remind us that (ideally) America is one country with many different viewpoints. He is a “policy person” not a “personal person.” That is, he knows that vindictive politics drives a spike between Americans, a man who works to assure that each of those Americans continues to have a voice in society.

    Colmes was once told he is “one liberal who might survive on talk radio.” That is because he is not only articulate, but also reasonable, a person who weighs both sides of the political spectrum and comes to conclusions that may or may not favor his party of choice. Ahh, if only our media’s other commentators could do the same, our nation may be less polarized, more likely to move toward its goals--its promise. As a writer who explores the corrosive nature of intolerance in our culture, this man is a rare find indeed.

     If you haven’t watched Hannity and Colmes on Fox (as I haven’t--I don’t watch Fox), you will find Colmes funny (sometimes satirical), witty (yes, I remind myself, there is a difference), perspicacious and very bright. That makes for really good reading.