"Welcome to my world, Claude Allen" says Coulter

Ann Coulter has the best column of all time this week -- hits the nail on the head on all counts.

Few people would believe the amount of hatred spewed by leftists at those of us who battle either in the trenches or on the front lines for our beliefs. The common thread of hate mail from leftists, by the way, is the prolific use of four-letter words. I have even had my children threatened by several twisted folks for God knows what reason. Every conservative who puts themselves out there and has any degree of success knows this.

No one knows the hate of the left, however, like black conservatives do. The hate is pure and palpable and evil. There are letters to black conservative friends of mine that make me physically ill.

There aren't many certainties in Washington DC -- things can change on a dime. Relationships, allies, friends, issues, agenda items, jobs, whatever. But one thing is a certainty -- Claude Allen, former Domestic Policy Advisor to the President, is one of the most decent men I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Integrity and loyalty is in a short supply around here -- many loyalties are bought and paid for lock, stock and barrel. But Claude Allen is and has always been by all accounts, one of the most decent, capable, devout men they have known -- and despite the best efforts of the media to destroy him, there are many of us who know the truth of the man firsthand and reject their hysterical reaction. Would that they had covered the many excellent acts of his life's work.

Whatever the resolution of the issues in Claude Allen's life are going to be, I know this -- if the charges against him are true, it does not in the least bit diminish the man as I know him -- clearly something went terribly, terribly wrong in his life and it can happen to any mere mortal. If the issue is favorably resolved, then I hope that the media, so joyful in the destruction of Mr. Allen, will print the result with the same exuberance of the banner headlines that came with the charges.