Ann Coulter... is she for real?

[Garbarsardar]

Let's see ...

Ann Coulter is a political entertainer, in the mold of Rush Limbaugh.

"[Clinton] :wub:s in the sinks."---Rivera Live 8/2/99

"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"---Hannity & Colmes, 6/20/01

To a disabled Vietnam vet: "People like you caused us to lose that war."---MSNBC

"Women like Pamela Harriman and Patricia Duff are basically Anna Nicole Smith from the waist down. Let's just call it for what it is. They're *****s."---Salon.com 11/16/00

On Princess Diana's death: "Her children knew she's sleeping with all these men. That just seems to me, it's the definition of 'not a good mother.' ... Is everyone just saying here that it's okay to ostentatiously have premarital sex in front of your children?"..."[Diana is] an ordinary and pathetic and confessional - I've never had bulimia! I've never had an affair! I've never had a divorce! So I don't think she's better than I am."---MSNBC 9/12/97

"I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote."---Politically Incorrect, 2/26/01

"Clinton is in love with the erect penis."---This Evening with Judith Regan, Fox News Channel 2/6/00

"I think we had enough laws about the turn-of-the-century. We don't need any more." Asked how far back would she go to repeal laws, she replied, "Well, before the New Deal...[The Emancipation Proclamation] would be a good start."---Politically Incorrect 5/7/97

"If they have the one innocent person who has ever to be put to death this century out of over 7,000, you probably will get a good movie deal out of it."---MSNBC 7/27/97

"The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail."---Hannity & Colmes 8/24/01

"I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood to be flogged publicly."---MSNBC 3/22/97

"I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn't."---TV Guide 8/97

"Let's say I go out every night, I meet a guy and have sex with him. Good for me. I'm not married."---Rivera Live 6/7/00

"Anorexics never have boyfriends. ... That's one way to know you don't have anorexia, if you have a boyfriend."---Politically Incorrect 7/21/97

"I think [Whitewater]'s going to prevent the First Lady from running for Senate."---Rivera Live 3/12/99
"My track record is pretty good on predictions."---Rivera Live 12/8/98


"The swing voters---I like to refer to them as the idiot voters because they don't have set philosophical principles. You're either a liberal or you're a conservative if you have an IQ above a toaster. "---Beyond the News, Fox News Channel, 6/4/00

"My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism."---MSNBC 2/8/97


Are you entertained?

[Oldgamer]

"[Clinton] :wub:s in the sinks."---Rivera Live 8/2/99

"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"---Hannity & Colmes, 6/20/01

To a disabled Vietnam vet: "People like you caused us to lose that war."---MSNBC

"Women like Pamela Harriman and Patricia Duff are basically Anna Nicole Smith from the waist down. Let's just call it for what it is. They're *****s."---Salon.com 11/16/00

On Princess Diana's death: "Her children knew she's sleeping with all these men. That just seems to me, it's the definition of 'not a good mother.' ... Is everyone just saying here that it's okay to ostentatiously have premarital sex in front of your children?"..."[Diana is] an ordinary and pathetic and confessional - I've never had bulimia! I've never had an affair! I've never had a divorce! So I don't think she's better than I am."---MSNBC 9/12/97

"I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote."---Politically Incorrect, 2/26/01

"Clinton is in love with the erect penis."---This Evening with Judith Regan, Fox News Channel 2/6/00

"I think we had enough laws about the turn-of-the-century. We don't need any more." Asked how far back would she go to repeal laws, she replied, "Well, before the New Deal...[The Emancipation Proclamation] would be a good start."---Politically Incorrect 5/7/97

"If they have the one innocent person who has ever to be put to death this century out of over 7,000, you probably will get a good movie deal out of it."---MSNBC 7/27/97

"The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail."---Hannity & Colmes 8/24/01

"I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood to be flogged publicly."---MSNBC 3/22/97

"I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn't."---TV Guide 8/97

"Let's say I go out every night, I meet a guy and have sex with him. Good for me. I'm not married."---Rivera Live 6/7/00

"Anorexics never have boyfriends. ... That's one way to know you don't have anorexia, if you have a boyfriend."---Politically Incorrect 7/21/97

"I think [Whitewater]'s going to prevent the First Lady from running for Senate."---Rivera Live 3/12/99
"My track record is pretty good on predictions."---Rivera Live 12/8/98


"The swing voters---I like to refer to them as the idiot voters because they don't have set philosophical principles. You're either a liberal or you're a conservative if you have an IQ above a toaster. "---Beyond the News, Fox News Channel, 6/4/00

"My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism."---MSNBC 2/8/97


Are you entertained?

So, you quote a lot of Coulterisms as "proof" that she's dangerous ... and I note that they are taken completely out of their context, including the laughter of audiences. She says shocking things to entertain audiences and get them to buy her books. But she will never be President.

Algore might, and that's scary ...

[Garbarsardar]

So, you quote a lot of Coulterisms as "proof" that she's dangerous ... and I note that they are taken completely out of their context, including the laughter of audiences. She says shocking things to entertain audiences and get them to buy her books. But she will never be President.

Algore might, and that's scary ...

Al Gore is too stupid to be scary anyway...But wait, I said the same thing about Dubya sometime ago...

The quotes were no proof that AC is "dangerous". On the other hand an audience entertained by those, probably is...

[danzig]

Are you entertained?

Yes because the comments are so out there how can you not be amused by them? Coutler is actually alot more like Ted Rall then she is Rush Limbaugh. Rall in case anyone doesnt know is basically a left wing version of Ann except he also draws cartoons as well as commentary. Funny too cause Rall made a similiar comment about 9/11 widows preening for cameras while they pocket money but no one cared then.

[Red Harvest]

Ann Coulter is a political entertainer, in the mold of Rush Limbaugh.

Unfortunately, neither she nor Rush Limbaugh consider themselves entertainers as such. They are serious when they say these things. I used to laugh when Rush appeared to be an entertainer, when I realized he took himself seriously, as did his listeners, I quite laughing.

Algore is a guy who wants to be President, whose book speaks about the human race being the greatest threat to the envrionment

And he's right. You don't have to be a greenie to realize we are by far the single greatest threat to the environment. Or do you think it's Martians or Jovians are wiping out all those species, pumping up the CO2, cutting down the rainforests, damning rivers, pumping out aquifers, introducing non-native species all over the world, and the like?

and who desires ... in his book ... for all food exporting nations (like the US) to stop subsidizing farmers so that the human race can "adjust" to a more normal level of population. In other words, he wants to starve about 5 billion people to death.

Hadn't heard that, but it makes a lot of sense. We are artificially manipulating the market price which therefore encourages the number of mouths to increase...so long term it is self defeating. Forgive me if I suspect your interpretation of his message here is incorrect and subject to a lot of spin.

If you want to fix many of the problems of the world: reduce the birth rate in nations with high birth rate. It would solve a lot of immigration issues to.

Do you wish to reconsider the matter of Algore's unthreatening nature?

You've merely shown that he's smarter than most of us give him credit for, not that he is threatening.

[Ecthelion]

So being a bored, somewhat politically interest male, I see this "Ann Coulter" person on CNN and I'm like, "I'd do her", followed by, "I wonder what she's all about?".

So I look her up on Wiki and... WTF?
I firmly believe she is the only women ever to actually support male only sufferage. Her other comments about Islam, the Jersey Girls and Democrats are so "ZOMG I can't believe she actually said that" that I don't see how she's not already dead at the hands of some PETA person or something.

What's interesting is what she represents. The very fact that someone as blatantly right wing extremist as her can get so much press and support (her books sell like hotcakes) almost makes it seems that there is a new wave of conservatism and mainstream acceptenace or formerly extremist ideals.

Or is she able to get away with and still sell books cause she's hot? She is dressed in that sexy black dress on all her books... and that frontpage shot of her in Time magazine was... sexy legs FTW

[Sétanta]

Her books are good. Thats why they sell.

[Atheist Peace]

Seriously? You find her attractive? I mean, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but, wow...

I guess if you like Giraffes, then she is pretty sexy, though.

[Sétanta]

She is not good looking.

[Rapax]

She looks scary, she even moves scary.

[Nationalist_Cause]

Her books are good. Thats why they sell.

Well, in their own special way they are. They aren't exactly the books of ideas, of great intellectual thought. They are simply more of the partisan crap we see on 24 hour news stations but in written form. She vehemently defends Republicans and berates Democrats. Its just mudslinging.

I won't argue that that kind of stuff doesn't have its audience. It does. Ann Coulter is good at what she does. But she isn't a giant of 20th or 21st century political philosophy either.

Ann Coulter, by following all the characteristics of the uber-extremists of the conservative world, made a product that is sure to sell among them, and thus spread to the entire conservative consumer market.

Ann Coulter is a neocon. Please don't confuse her trash with traditional American conservativism.

[Sétanta]

Well, in their own special way they are. They aren't exactly the books of ideas, of great intellectual thought. They are simply more of the partisan crap we see on 24 hour news stations but in written form. She vehemently defends Republicans and berates Democrats. Its just mudslinging.

I won't argue that that kind of stuff doesn't have its audience. It does. Ann Coulter is good at what she does. But she isn't a giant of 20th or 21st century political philosophy either.

Again, thats why they sell. Most people eat it up, they can't get enough from other sources so they buy her stuff. She is no political genius, but her books, in my opinion at least, are still pretty good.

[Maron]

Im glad that there is a well-know public conservative that is speaking for the rest of conservatives and saying what the rest of our public figures dont have the balls to say.

btw i love this coulter quote:

"Perhaps, in a bid for the Catholic vote, Democrats could demand that those Masonic symbols be removed from the Great Seal of the United States. And how about the American eagle? The eagle is a bird of prey and hence offensive to rodents, a key Democrat constituency."

[Sidus Preclarum]

Well, in their own special way they are. They aren't exactly the books of ideas, of great intellectual thought. They are simply more of the partisan crap we see on 24 hour news stations but in written form. She vehemently defends Republicans and berates Democrats. Its just mudslinging.

I won't argue that that kind of stuff doesn't have its audience. It does. Ann Coulter is good at what she does. But she isn't a giant of 20th or 21st century political philosophy either.

I agree.
I'm a leftist, but for various reasons I more and more read and enjoy rightist litterature. For exemple, I hold Burke's "reflections on the revolution of France" to be a much superior book to Paine's "Rights of Men", despite the later being entirely correct when spotting the countless factual inaccuracies and contradictions of the former...

That some people hold Coulter as some kind of intellectual Egeria to the right, is a really sad sign of the times.

[JANOSIK007]

Her books are good. Thats why they sell.

Really? What are they about?

[IronBrig4]

Really? What are they about?

They all pretty much express the same idea: liberals are responsible for everything wrong with this country, they hate God, they love Communism, and they're the reason why puppies die.

[Ahiga]

They all pretty much express the same idea: liberals are responsible for everything wrong with this country, they hate God, they love Communism, and they're the reason why puppies die.

Don't forget sacrificing virgins. Since us liberals are sexual heathenists who do not follow the sexual principles set in place 2,000 years ago, we take all the virgins from the right.

[RusskiSoldat]

But Stalin insisted on a military that is actually as strong, and no soviet leader dare steping down from that. Which is why I said that Stalin lost the cold war.

1. A military can easily be reduced.
2. Stalin built up the military for the Cold War right after being invaded by Germany, and before the USSR developed the atomic bomb.
Besides, a man of 70 can hardly be expected to be forward thinking.
The fault lies on the shoulders of his succesors.

Now I can't name any attractive liberal famous individuals but it does seem like there are more attractive liberals (look at protests against this administration or for abortion vs protests against abortion or for the administration). Ann really contradicts the stereotype of how a republican looks.

Good looking politician is more or less an oxymoron.
Unless we take into account monarchs who ascend to the throne at an early age.
But she's not even a politician, at that.
And seeing as how most people have a political affiliation, I'd say there's a large number of both good looking liberal and conservatives.
In fact, I'd say it's about equal, since each side has the support of about half the population.

[Rhinosaur]

I wouldn't say she's outright hot, but her looks are definately the main driving force behind her success imo.

[Rhinosaur]

I didn't say she's hot for the record. Imo she's doable, but what I'm saying is that you rarely find any good looking conservative women in media, so any decent looking looking one espousing far right views will be whole heartedly embraced by both media and conservatives.