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MrScorpio

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3. Is she saying that white people have those opportunities in spite of the lack of Affirmative Action?

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 09:19 AM

Apr 2012

That this kind of thing happens all the time, if you're white and rich?

Is that her argument for equivalency, that Affirmative Action is the same as class and race privilege?

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No, Ms. Coulter. Affirmative Action Was No 'Silver Spoon' for Barack Obama [View all] bigtree Apr 2012 OP

Ann, you dumb shit, you just made his case. Scuba Apr 2012 #1

Coulter can stick her silver spoon up her scrawny ass n/t deutsey Apr 2012 #2

Is she saying that white people have those opportunities in spite of the lack of Affirmative Action? MrScorpio Apr 2012 #3

Wow......just Wow lukkadairish Apr 2012 #4

Don't forget the AA voters. DCKit Apr 2012 #11

Ann, you also rode the back of affirmative action Fresh_Start Apr 2012 #5

Exactly...n/t whathehell Apr 2012 #6

Coulter's as full of shit as Nugent's pants. xtraxritical Apr 2012 #38

Such a way with words, lol! whathehell Apr 2012 #44

Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #24

Please have an edit on your post. joshcryer Apr 2012 #30

+1, affirmative action helped women big time. joshcryer Apr 2012 #29

i don't listen to what this woman has to say. it's irrelevant to everything. spanone Apr 2012 #7

it's irrelevant to everything. AlbertCat Apr 2012 #34

people, people, people!!! If standards were applied to Conservatives/Republicans as they were zbdent Apr 2012 #8

Is this the same Ann Coulter who likes to mock Keith Olbermann... GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #9

Affirmative action was a "silver spoon" for white women, too rocktivity Apr 2012 #10

Don't insult dogs. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2012 #57

Did it not also open the door to Cornell for Coulter? Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #12

kick bigtree Apr 2012 #13

who cares what she thinks. closeupready Apr 2012 #14

it's actually not a notion that's limited to her own thinking bigtree Apr 2012 #15

No, I understand, I wasn't directing that at you - closeupready Apr 2012 #17

In a just country this hag would be on the street soaked in her own urine yelling at traffic... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #16

If Coulter's remarks are supposed to be about PotatoChip Apr 2012 #18

LOL.....as opposed to Dubya, who got into the Ivy league base SOLELY on his intellect Skittles Apr 2012 #19

Now why did that very thought occur to me? gratuitous Apr 2012 #20

"Skinny White Woman Flaps Ignorant Lips About Black Male Privilege" LadyHawkAZ Apr 2012 #21

idiot marshall gaines Apr 2012 #22

What a moron. Just go away. n/t Fearless Apr 2012 #23

Affirmative Action SemperEadem Apr 2012 #25

More "Ann?" MyOwnPeace Apr 2012 #26

I know... right? SemperEadem Apr 2012 #28

Great post. Number23 Apr 2012 #43

Oh good lord. She still around?! Zax2me Apr 2012 #27

I believe her father made his living as a union-busting lawyer NICO9000 Apr 2012 #31

Last 3 Republicans Are Legacy Folks DallasNE Apr 2012 #32

So, what was Coulter point again AlbertCat Apr 2012 #35

Affirmative action just gives you an opportunity, not a degree. SunSeeker Apr 2012 #33

Not in the rightwingoverse nxylas Apr 2012 #36

The second hand whore The Wizard Apr 2012 #37

Ironic, coming from a woman who used peroxide and growth hormone to make McCamy Taylor Apr 2012 #39

could you elaborate on what you mean here? maddezmom Apr 2012 #42

Do you think she knows that the RW uses her because she makes women look dumb? McCamy Taylor Apr 2012 #40

Obama vs. Bush/Cheney/McCain deurbano Apr 2012 #41

That affirmative action silver spoon largely helps blonde white women, Ann Generic Other Apr 2012 #45

I don't believe that aff. action came into play with Obama getting into Harvard. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #46

'undoubtedly benefited from affirmative-action programs' bigtree Apr 2012 #48

I see. I hate to hear this. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #51

I've always thought this is the problem w/Aff. Action. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #47

I just posted a quote of Obama's from Remnick's biography. Here's the letter Barack Obama wrote bigtree Apr 2012 #49

I still think that's the general perception of aff. action. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #50

who is to decide whether there's a stigma? bigtree Apr 2012 #52

Why should only racial preferences be stigmatized? deurbano Apr 2012 #53

I didn't use the word "racial" at all. I guess that's what you assume aff. action is? Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #54

Coulter was referring to race-based affirmative action. deurbano Apr 2012 #55

But according to Ann Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2012 #56