# Ann Coulter sounds off on Lott **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794 "2002-12-19T14:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/21 "2002-12-19T17:19:48Z")
From Coulter’s message board: > [@](#): > > (Name deleted) appears to be a TROLL. She continually posts LONG messages mostly based in opinion with little facts. It appears she does so to disrupt, to inflame, and not to engage any serious discourse. > > Morever, she replies to counter points from other posters with statements that are deflections and not really address the points. > > Basically, I am “outing” her as a TROLL Sound like anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/22 "2002-12-19T17:26:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by particlewill \* > \*\*This is funny and stupid at the same time. Ann is saying that Lott and Thurmond are racist because they WERE democrats, and that they were acting on orders from Moscow! > \*\* I must be missing the part about Lott and Thurmond acting on orders from Moscow. The analogy between Thurmond/Lott and Henry Wallace/Ted Kennedy is very weak, though. For one thing, Wallace is not regarded as a Soviet agent, but is viewed in some quarters as a dupe. And Ted did not say that the country would have been better off with Wallace as President. Trying to spin the Lott mess as something traceable to his Democratic past is also pitiful. It would be more logical (though somewhat unfair) to say that Lott got out of the Democratic Party because he thought he’d find a warmer reception for his bigoted views among Republicans. And yes Ann, it is the Democrat_ic_ Party. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/23 "2002-12-19T17:34:16Z")
quoth Ann > [@](#): > > Indeed, this was the apex of Moscow-directed subversion of U.S. politics. The Progressive Party platform excluded even the mildest criticism of Soviet aggression. It will come as no surprise that many American celebrities supported Wallace. The Progressives received 1 million votes nationwide, about the same as Thurmond’s Dixiecrat Party. It’s right in the middle of the article. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/24 "2002-12-19T17:38:58Z")
Never mind, she was talking about Wallace. Shoud have scanned that better. Now I feel silly. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/25 "2002-12-19T18:18:55Z")
'sokay, dude, otherwise I would have missed this. The very first line: > [@](#): > > I’m just glad Strom Thurmond isn’t around to see this. …Did he die? Or have I been whooshed by Ann Coulter? if the latter, please shoot me ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/26 "2002-12-19T18:25:06Z")
I read that as a swipe on his age and condition, seeing as he was RIGHT THERE when it all started. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/27 "2002-12-19T19:12:52Z")
> [@](#): > > And Ted did not say that the country would have been better off with Wallace as President. The country _would’ve_ been better off with Wallace as president, but that’s a thread for another day. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/28 "2002-12-19T19:27:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*…Did [Strom Thrumond] die? > > Or have I been whooshed by Ann Coulter? > > if the latter, please shoot me \*\* The latter. **Bang!** ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/29 "2002-12-19T22:22:50Z")
He “supports” affirmative action? Fucking politicians. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/30 "2002-12-19T22:41:46Z")
“Third Party Candidates The Country Would Have Been Better Off Electing President” would be a pretty interesting GD thread. I think Pres. Eugene Debs would’ve been a gas. I’m not so sure about Norman Thomas, though. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/31 "2002-12-20T12:03:26Z")
Anne of Green Geobbels. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/32 "2002-12-20T13:50:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\*Anne of Green Geobbels. \*\* I’ll raise you one Godwin: **Hitlery Clinton** [sub] I can be just as childish as any other poster.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/33 "2002-12-20T14:33:09Z")
I know they were both jokes, but I don’t think you can compare Hillary Clinton and Ann Coulter. The reasons people dislike them are apples and oranges. People don’t like Coulter because she spews hate and half-truths. People don’t like Hillary Clinton because they disagree with her politics and probably more because she’s married to Bill. ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/34 "2002-12-20T18:00:33Z")
HRC can spew out her own hate and half truths, it just happens to be directed at people you don’t like either, so you don’t take offense to it. “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” anyone? “Oh wait, he fucking did do it!” ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/35 "2002-12-20T18:00:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by december \* > **I can be just as childish as any other poster.** … nah. Too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/36 "2002-12-20T18:55:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stofsky \* > \*\*Sound like anyone? \*\* You mean, besides Ann? ---
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/37 "2002-12-20T19:06:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > People don’t like Coulter because she spews hate and half-truths. Yeah, especially those half-truths she laboriously footnotes. :rolleyes: Here’s a clue: stating fact and then your opinion about said fact is not stating half-truths. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/38 "2002-12-20T19:11:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by emarkp \* > **Yeah, especially those half-truths she laboriously footnotes. :rolleyes:** Oooh, _footnotes!_ It _must_ be true! :rolleyes: Here’s another clue: sticking a misleading footnote on a statement of opinion doesn’t make it “fact.” Coulter’s penchant for poor documentation has been proven here and elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/39 "2002-12-20T20:08:32Z")
Anyone who think Coulter isn’t lying because of the footnotes needs to actually look a footnote or two up. [http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh072202.shtml](http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh072202.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794/40 "2002-12-20T20:13:37Z")
Did she ever claim to be named after a famous explorer who happened to “explore” what made him famous **after** she was born? I’m not sticking up for Ann, I don’t like her, but she’s not alone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-sounds-off-on-lott/143794.md?page=3)