Don’t rock the boat. Let them continue to feature her. The fact that she didn’t get big approval for her remark at the meeting is meaningless. No matter what she says the true believers won’t leave the party. If they continue to give her a prominent role all she will do is drive away independents and those who are called Reagan Democrats.
I want more Coulter at these affairs.
Those weren’t “boos,” those were “woos.” And she had to wait a good three seconds for the room to die down before she could continue.
Sounded like a pretty good response, to me.
I believe you when you say that you don’t like her. When Bricker, or Sam Stone say the same thing, I believe them, too. What I don’t believe is when they try to tell me that their attitude is representative of conservatives in general. Anne Coulter is hugely popular with conservatives in this country, and however much you might dislike her, sooner or later you’re going to have to own the fact that your political party heartily endorses her.
I do believe them. What I don’t understand is why Coulter continues to be so successful in mainstream conservative political circles. Are conservatives like you who find her “faggot”-type comments outrageous not representative of majority conservative thought? Or are most other conservatives also outraged by her, but simply unwilling or unable to express their disapproval?
Because I would think that if her antics generated a significant negative response on the part of conservative audiences and supporters, the organizers of these gigs would pretty soon stop inviting her to participate in them.
I do believe them, and i’m glad that you think the applause was wrong.
I was simply commenting on the speech in light of the more general theme of this thread, which is, essentially, “Why is it that Ann Coulter apparently gets so much attention and support from mainstream conservatives, when just about every conservative i’ve ever encountered claims not to take her seriously?”
Furthermore, many of those conservatives have also claimed, in the past, that intelligent and influential conservatives as a whole don’t take her seriously either. Yet here she is, speaking at a major conservative event and getting considerable applause for calling a former United States Senator a faggot.
And, on preview, Kimstu beat me to the punch. And Miller.
I don’t buy that association for one second, Miller. There are lots of conservatives around, and for some of them Ann Coulter isn’t on their radar screen at all. Others, like I said, are disgusted by her.
National Review continues to be the flagship journal of opinion of our movement, and they cut Coulter loose years ago.
I could by your reasoning ask whether you endorse anti-Semitism and incitement to riot, seeing as how Al Sharpton was an invited speaking guest at your national party convention.
Republicans aren’t going to lose votes by using words like fag, nor by promoting intolerance against immigrants. It’s only recently they stopped using nigger. (That mostly happened when the folks who used the word changed from Democrats to Republicans during the civil rights movement.)
The sad part is that every election cycle, a few of the power brokers have to reassure the racists, and jingoist that the Republican Party isn’t going to let all those libruls shame them out of speaking out against queers and wetbacks. So, just remember there are no political consequences in party politics, only sacrifices. If you want to be a Republican, you get these guys on your team, and they do represent your party.
We get the anti religionists, commies, and elitists. They suck too, by the way.
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I think some of them just like her because she’s “hot”. (Although I think she’s too harsh and emaciated looking). The Free Republic morons have a rule that any Ann Coulter thread has to include pictures.
I think even Condoleezza Rice could have imagined the results of booking Coulter. If CPAC could not, that reflects very badly on their leadership. On the other hand, if they did expect Coulter to deliver a helping of raw meat, it reflects badly on the leadership, and the members of the organization.
Why is it that I get the feeling that the Republicans would like to talk like her all the time? BTW, what’s up with her and men? I’d say she’s got dyke written all over her, judging on her lack of a man. But oh god…can you IMAGINE living with her? Yeeech. They should stop playing games and just give in to the Dark side so we wouldn’t have to act all surprised when they say things like this. Do Republicans see Democrats in this way? I can’t really think of a situation where some democratic dude say something and a Republican would think, "Well that’s what most democrats think anyway. I think our fanatic base is much smaller than the Republicans.
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What a diverse world I live in.
The conspiracy theorist in me wants to believe she’s a hired gun for Old Money, Entrenched Republicans who want to make guys like Mitt Romney look bad.
Really, how big of a fuckup do you have to be to call a (relatively) well respected presidential candidate a faggot right before endorsing someone else?
Pretty goddamn big, that’s how big. I’d like to say I can’t wait for her first DUI, but it probably wouldn’t even put a dent in her image. I just can’t wait for her to be totally irrelevant, only making headlines like Zsa Zsa smacking a cop.
Social programs such as Welfare? Public Social Security? Environmental restrictions on industry?
Notice the difference?
Yeah, because only fanatics don’t want industry dumping toxic waste into rivers and lakes.
Or helping the poor or old.
In real life, I only know of one, single person described as a “conservative” or “Republican” who likes Ann Coulter, or believes in her message and tactics, out of a sample size of perhaps 40.
Why does anyone get airtime like they do? I rather think that Coulter gets her airtime in the same way that Britney, Paris, Anna Nicole (used to), Al Sharpton, and all the rest of the loud, flashy, stupid attention whores do.
I’m not sure, but I think you may have just proved that, somehow, Al Sharpton is actually a blonde-haired white woman.
I look forward to the sex video.
Good thing I’m going shopping today; I’m all out of brain bleach.
All I know is that I’m not going to Google on “Al Sharpton’s aversion to panties.”
ETA: My goddess, it gets 355 hits without the quotes, none with.
And the Culture War rages on! It appears that the Republicans are winning, and that culture is losing.
I think CPAC and other conservative groups and boosters invite Ann Coulter because she can get up there and say outrageous, crass comments that wind up bloodying specific Democrats. Since Democrats aren’t about to start looking under rocks for a Coulter equivalent to recruit, they can’t fire back in kind, so Coulter’s thuggery goes unchallenged. Meanwhile, Republican candidates get to enjoy the benefit of keeping quiet on the issue unless someone asks them about it, when they can say, “Oh, that’s inappropriate. I’m not a fan of Ann Coulter; she isn’t typical of conservatives.” But is there any Republican attempt to clean house and chase Coulter from their gatherings? I’m still waiting for it.
If there were someone like this flashing such bigoted comments at Democratic functions, you’d see Democrats denouncing these people and marginalizing them.
This all comes back to the fact that with their party’s approval in the toilet and an extremely unpopular lame duck standard bearer leaving office next year, the Republicans realize that now they need to get meaner and dirtier than usual. Expect more of the same from them over the next couple of years, or longer. Their best hope is to discourage as many decent citizens from voting at all, because if the louts outnumber the level heads, the Republicans win.
Did anyone catch that tax-cutting radical at the CPAC event who came on after Giuliani spoke? The one who referred to the victorious party in the 2006 elections as “the bad guys”? I thought that was offensive enough. I didn’t stick around long enough to catch Ann Coulter, the Battle-Axe of Evil.
For the record: I object to the “dyke” comments as an attempt to diss the Battle-Axe of Evil. No need to descend to her level by resorting to her brand of bigotry. How is calling her a dyke any better than her calling John Edwards a faggot? You either take the high road or the low road; you can’t take both.
Yea, and nobody here voted for Bush either. :rolleyes:
Makes me wonder how he got elected twice and her books are always on the best seller list.