# Conservatives - Where Is Your Outrage at Coulter? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 13, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299 "2006-02-13T17:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/61 "2006-02-13T21:09:03Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Oh, and **Shodan** , that’s a new low, even for you. If I may nitpick, [it doesn’t come close](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6753134&postcount=4). Daniel ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/62 "2006-02-13T21:18:21Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > So why can’t she get naked and pour various things over herself like a normal performance artist? Sir, you piqued my interest. Alas, a Google image search for [Anne Coulter naked](http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=anne%20coulter%20naked&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi) is terribly disappointing. Cute terrier, though! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/63 "2006-02-13T21:22:50Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Sir, you piqued my interest. Alas, a Google image search for [Anne Coulter naked](http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=anne%20coulter%20naked&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi) is terribly disappointing. Cute terrier, though! Try Michelle Malkin. Much more attractive, IMO. Now I dunno if any pictures of her nekkid actually exist out there, but I’d much rather see those than pics of Coulter. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/64 "2006-02-13T21:26:20Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Wow, this bit of sarcasm has made me see the light. You’re absolutely right, **Shodan**. It is ridiculous to get mad about this, because Arabs are nuclear-armed terrorists. Thanks for showing us all the error of our ways. Iranians aren’t Arab. 🙂 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/65 "2006-02-13T21:28:50Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Mebbe. But this conservative hasn’t said anything about it, for the simple reason, he pays no attention to Coulter’s blatherings. I suspect many others ignore her, too. She’s nearly offensive as Pat Robertson - and has been for some time now. Same here. I don’t even know what station she’s carried on locally (if she is at all), nor do I care to know. Hard to get outraged at someone you don’t listen to in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/66 "2006-02-13T21:33:15Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > That’s why bother. Y’all conservatives, to the extent that you’re active in the movement, need to clean house, need to make it very clear that racists like Ann are despicable to conservatives and unwelcome. If you ignore her, her influence will continue to grow. > > Daniel Well, the _National Review_ severed their ties with her years ago, and nearly all conservative commentators have denounced her remarks, as do I. So it isn’t as if we aren’t doing this. It is just a question of whether some members of our movement haven’t gotten the word yet. Given the vast number of wackos and lunatics who crop up on either side of the aisle from time to time, and attract some attention, I fear her ilk are just an unpleasant side effect of American politics, borne largely from the fact that parties can’t formally kick people out. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/67 "2006-02-13T21:36:16Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > Given the vast number of wackos and lunatics who crop up on either side of the aisle from time to time, and attract some attention, I fear her ilk are just an unpleasant side effect of American politics, borne largely from the fact that parties can’t formally kick people out. I thought they could, at least in some sense. Didn’t David Duke run as a Democrat first? Then the Dems kicked him out, or in some way repudiated him, and he ran as a Republican for whatever-it-was because you could list any party affiliation you wanted on the primary forms. IIRC. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/68 "2006-02-13T21:36:23Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Try Michelle Malkin. Much more attractive, IMO. Now I dunno if any pictures of her nekkid actually exist out there, but I’d much rather see those than pics of Coulter. She is getting to the point where the cigarettes are starting to show on her. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/69 "2006-02-13T21:38:14Z")
Geez folks, lighten up on **Bricker**. Do you stand outside of AA meetings to point and laugh at the first timers? He’s taken a step that far too many conservatives, on this board and elsewhere, have yet to take. And I commend him for it. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/70 "2006-02-13T21:39:00Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > Given the vast number of wackos and lunatics who crop up on either side of the aisle from time to time, and attract some attention, I fear her ilk are just an unpleasant side effect of American politics, borne largely from the fact that parties can’t formally kick people out. Is CPAC a fringe group, a side effect? Honest question: I thought they were a pretty major conservative group. It seems vaguely akin to Farrakhan being the most popular speechifier at a [Take Back America](http://ga3.org/caf/events/tba06/details.tcl) rally. (it took me awhile to come up with a figure that could be considered both liberal and even jokingly advocating racial violence on a scale similar to what Coulter does; if someone has a better suggestion for an analogy, I’m all ears). Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/71 "2006-02-13T21:45:03Z")
Well, this group was small enough to fit into a hotel ballroom. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/72 "2006-02-13T21:48:27Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Well, this group was small enough to fit into a hotel ballroom. Are you saying therefore that this isn’t a major event for conservative politicos? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/73 "2006-02-13T21:51:09Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > She is getting to the point where the cigarettes are starting to show on her. Is she? Ugh. That’s too bad. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/74 "2006-02-13T21:51:30Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > If I may nitpick, [it doesn’t come close](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6753134&postcount=4). If I may nitpick your nitpick, **Shodan** ’s been way, way lower than that. However, unlike Anne, he apologised, so I’ll have the decency not to link to it. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/75 "2006-02-13T22:05:47Z")
> [@LHOD](#): > > Are you saying therefore that this isn’t a major event for conservative politicos? Had to be; it’s the annual bash of the American Conservative Union, billed as the “largest gathering of conservative political activists in the country”, and their [featured speakers and panelists](http://www.cpac.org/sponsordraft.asp) included > [@](#): > > Speaker Dennis Hastert - Senator George Allen - U.N. Ambassador John Bolton - > Senator Mitch McConnell - Texas Governor Rick Perry - Newt Gingrich - > Ann Coulter - Ken Mehlman - Wayne LaPierre - Bob Novak - > Grover Norquist - Congressman Mike Pence A glance at the [agenda](http://www.cpac.org/agenda.asp) reveals dozens of other prominent figures too, including George Will, Bob Barr, Emmett Tyrell, Oliver North, several current and former Republican congresspeople, and Vice President Cheney. This is not some fringe group. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/76 "2006-02-13T22:09:16Z")
Isn’t Michelle Malkin the one who praised the Japanese internment camps? (Even though, being Filipeno, she probably would have been detained in one had she lived during that period). ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/77 "2006-02-13T22:18:51Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Isn’t Michelle Malkin the one who praised the Japanese internment camps? (Even though, being Filipeno, she probably would have been detained in one had she lived during that period). I’m sorry, but I just have to ask… why does Filipeno = Japanese? ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/78 "2006-02-13T22:42:23Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I don’t know about that - I seem to remember a remark about how God intended New Orleans to be “chocolate” that seemed roughly at the same level of offense. > > I know, I know - that’s _different_. So… do you stand by this comparison, even after it’s been pretty effectively shown to be invalid for various reasons? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/79 "2006-02-13T22:49:46Z")
> [@Waverly](#): > > I’m sorry, but I just have to ask… why does Filipeno = Japanese? It doesn’t. But IIRC, wouldn’t Filipenos have been interned as well? (If I’m wrong, I appologize!) ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299/80 "2006-02-13T22:51:44Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] Geez folks, lighten up on **Bricker**. Do you stand outside of AA meetings to point and laugh at the first timers? I don’t see that anyone in this thread is being especially hard on Bricker, quite frankly. As far as the sentiments he’s expressed in this thread are concerned, I agree with them wholeheartedly. Ann Coulter’s particular brand of hate has been given far too much legitimacy by organizations like CPAC and the Republican National Convention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299.md?page=5)