# Why does Ann Coulter spew this... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152 "2005-01-05T04:33:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/121 "2005-01-07T16:01:45Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Don’t fuck with Cecil.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030411.html). OK, I won’t. He agreed with what I said: > [@Cecil](#): > > Bush’s enemies say all this proves he was a cowardly deserter. Nonsense. He was a pampered rich kid who took advantage That’s a long way from being A.W.O.L. What you’re still missing is that I don’t particularly care about what Bush did or didn’t do in the 70’s, my point is about the left attacking the right for dirty pool while doing the exact same type of thing themselves is hypocritical. Interesting how that little nugget keeps getting ignored in favor of a side topic, no matter how many times I mention that Bush or Kerry’s service record is not the topic I’m posting about. Misdirection: The refuge of magicians, scoundrels…and politicos:p. ---
**Author:** ![booka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@booka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booka)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/122 "2005-01-07T16:03:26Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > Well, without getting into the whole mess, I’d like to say that Canada is indeed lucky to be on the same continent as the U.S. > > Conversely, we’re lucky to be on the same continent as Canada. > > A long, undefended border, massive amounts of trade, military cooperation and healthy cultural exchange is a great thing for both countries. Agreed. There is an undeniable symbiosis between Canada and the U.S… Coulter’s style of delivery is pure entertainment and trolling. Yet, there is some truth buried in her spew, if you dig for it. But, like picking through warm vomit, it’s an unsavory task. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/123 "2005-01-07T16:32:29Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > That’s a long way from being A.W.O.L. In your dreams. He was never charged, true, but Clinton was never charged with perjury either. 🙂 > [@](#): > > my point is about the left attacking the right for dirty pool while doing the exact same type of thing themselves is hypocritical. Example of “the left doing the exact same type of thing themselves”, please? Or is this yet another example of the tight right’s endless _tu quoque_ crap? > [@](#): > > Misdirection: The refuge of magicians, scoundrels…and politicos:p. And well used by such as the Swifties, who neutralized Bush’s own disrespectable Vietnam-era behavior by trying to make Kerry’s disrespectable as well. Bought it, didn’tja? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/124 "2005-01-07T16:50:31Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > Anyway, Michael Moores portrayal of Iraqi resistance as ‘freedom fighters’ comparable to the forefathers of the United States is as ludicrous as any statement make by Ann Coulter. My God, but you are a useless little tit, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/125 "2005-01-07T16:57:26Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > My God, but you are a useless little tit, aren’t you? Not at all, **Miller**. He’s totally reinforcing my theory, which **Brutus** was kind enough to prove last night. Neo-cons’ sole defense of any egregious act on the part of any conservative politician or journalist is “XXX Democrat did this, which is comparable, so it cancels out.” And then, when you stand there in shocked amazement that anyone would actually use such a childish argument and expect to be taken seriously, they think they’ve won the argument. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/126 "2005-01-07T17:03:42Z")
Even more interesting was Coulter’s reaction to it – she shreiked that what Franken had done was misleading, before realizing that Franken’s whole point may have been to catch her admitting as much. It was like watching Ali demolish Foreman. It was then that I concluded that Coulter is dead earnest, as opposed to ‘laughing all the way to the bank’ – no one with any self-awareness would have fallen for Franken’s trap. > [@UrbanChic](#): > > I own _Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right_ and _Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations_. **His chapter in the former about Coulter and lying via endnotes was very interesting.** That doesn’t mean I have to take his commentary – and that’s what we’re talking about here, commentary-- seriously. Al Franken is an ass. Funny, but an ass nonetheless. What he calls ‘good natured ribbing’ (e.g. fucking with Barbara Bush, fucking with the Bob Jones University people and using Harvard letterhead to do so) I call being an ass. > > I’ve never read any of Coulter’s books and don’t plan to do so, either. I’ve read her weekly columns and that’s more than enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/127 "2005-01-07T17:05:55Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Example of “the left doing the exact same type of thing themselves”, please? Or is this yet another example of the tight right’s endless _tu quoque_ crap? Oh, Jesus, do you even read what you’re typing? Look up one line. See where someone said "In your dreams. He was never charged, true,(but I’m going to call him A.W.O.L. anyway) " Right there, that’s a fucking textbook example of “I’m putting my own, worst possible, spin on it, because I don’t like the guy” Your link to Cecil’s column said that it was nonesense, yet you keep shoveling the same shit and then responding with a big old Vinnie Barbarino “Wha?” grin! > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And well used by such as the Swifties, who neutralized Bush’s own disrespectable Vietnam-era behavior by trying to make Kerry’s disrespectable as well. Bought it, didn’tja? So much so that I voted for Kerry. How stupid do you have to be to ignore, for the fourth time, that _I am not talking about anyone’s war record_? I don’t care! It’s a non issue, as was Clinton’s draft dodging when I voted for him in '96! Jesus, read for comprehension. will ya? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/128 "2005-01-07T17:34:39Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > You castigate the Republicans for not playing fair while at the same time vilifying Bush in terms not supported by facts. Yet when shown the facts you scream that you don’t care about them. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/129 "2005-01-07T17:36:29Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > My God, but you are a useless little tit, aren’t you? Did I hit a nerve? Must of gotten pretty close to the mark to get you all rattled up like that. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/130 "2005-01-07T17:41:50Z")
No, I think he just realized the futility of attempting to explain anything to someone with their eyes squinched shut screaming “LALALALALALALA!!!” at the top of their lungs… ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/131 "2005-01-07T17:47:33Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > No, I think he just realized the futility of attempting to explain anything to someone with their eyes squinched shut screaming “LALALALALALALA!!!” at the top of their lungs… Good, then I succeeded. Look, I don’t see how you really don’t get Michael Moore saying a statement such as ‘Iraqi fighters are comparable to American forefathers’ laughable as it may be, cannot be comparable to anything Ann Coutler has said. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/132 "2005-01-07T17:54:22Z")
And apparently, you don’t want to get it, either. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/133 "2005-01-07T18:15:45Z")
No I don’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/134 "2005-01-07T18:57:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > . . . As for the Ann Coulter of the Left, I really can’t think of anyone. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t someone on the left who acts like her, just that I’m not aware of them. That’s because we generally have enough sense to keep such people locked in the attic. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/135 "2005-01-07T19:04:10Z")
Am I the first person to link to [this?](http://observer.com/pages/world.asp) On North Korea: “I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to the rest of the world.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/136 "2005-01-07T19:18:31Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Yet when shown the facts you scream that you don’t care about them. :wally You’re the one ignoring facts to grind your own political axe, as I’ve demonstrated. Even the link that you provided to bolster your case doesn’t say what you said it said, I suppose you’re not used to debating with people old enough to read. There’s a putz here, alright, but it ain’t me. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/137 "2005-01-07T20:24:23Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > Did I hit a nerve? Must of gotten pretty close to the mark to get you all rattled up like that. Oh, yeah. Your biting wit and incisive commentary has me all rattled. :rolleyes: You want to hit a mark, you have to have a couple of darts. You got jack-shit. You have no argument. You have no evidence. You have no perspective. You’re an idiot with an opinion and delusions of relevance. > [@](#): > > Good, then I succeeded. Look, I don’t see how you really don’t get Michael Moore saying a statement such as ‘Iraqi fighters are comparable to American forefathers’ laughable as it may be, cannot be comparable to anything Ann Coutler has said. Is it comparable to _anything_ Coulter has said? Yes. Not everything she has said has been an endorsement of genocide and gun-barrel group-think. Is it comparable to the _worst_ things Coulter has said? Not even remotely. Which, for the terminally slow of thinking (that means you, **Ryan** ) is the point of this discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/138 "2005-01-07T20:25:00Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Not at all, **Miller**. He’s totally reinforcing my theory… Your ‘Michael Moore as Libertarian’ theory? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/139 "2005-01-07T20:36:50Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > Anyway, Michael Moores portrayal of Iraqi resistance as ‘freedom fighters’ comparable to the forefathers of the United States is as ludicrous as any statement make by Ann Coulter. > [@Miller](#): > > My God, but you are a useless little tit, aren’t you? I’m surprised (but only _barely_) that **Ryan\_Liam** hasn’t condemned [this _earlier_ comparison of the forefathers of the United States](http://www.bartleby.com/66/11/46111.html) to folks who [targeted schools, destroyed health clinics, killed elected officials and civilians, bombed doctor’s offices, blew up school buses, and killed police officers](http://mediastudy.com/articles/av6-24-04.html). And he had _far_ more influence than Michael Moore could ever dream of… ---
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152/140 "2005-01-07T20:42:50Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > And buzzed on coke. For the millionth time… CITE?!? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152.md?page=8)