Hello fellow Liberal moonbats! A random thought about Ann Coulter...

[tjwash]

I actually read her book "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)" and came to the conclusion that she really isn’t a very good author. Her prose is nothing but the use of ridiculous and fabricated points, while talking down to the reader as if to say that if you see her hate filled diatribes for what they are, you "simply aren't smart enough to get it."

But that's not why I am writing this. No one seems to have mentioned the 800 pound gorilla in the room about her book "Godless." She attacks 9-11 widows as "witches" who have "been shamelessly profiting from their spouses deaths."

So, let me get this straight then. In her little world, it's shameless and disgusting profiteering. Yet, she is completely missing the irony, that she is guilty of the same profiteering she accuses them of, only a hundred fold. In her case, the profiteering is at the expense of those who will forever be scarred by the death and horror that they incurred during a senseless and preventable tragedy. She’s profiteering at the expense of the people who were actually touched by the tragedy, and actually incurred a loss and pain that will never disappear. I don't know what world she lives in, but to most rational people, that's a hundred times worse than anything she could dredge from the depths of that diseased soul of her's, to accuse anyone else of.

What’s appalling to me, is not these neo-con shills like her doing all of this so effortlessly, as much as the very PRIDE that they take in it. These disgusting, neo-con vultures jumped on the 9-11 dead years ago and picked the corpses clean. Ann Coulter discovered that there was still a little rotting marrow in the bones left to suck on. HOWEVER. I will absolutely fight to the death to allow these people to talk, write, and speak their mind, no matter how disgusting their prose is. Why? Because unlike them, I'm an American, and I happen to think that freedom to speak ones mind is a pretty darn good thing. Unlike the "authors" that write garbage like she does, and are vocal proponants of censorring people, oevrturning civil rights legislation, and regulating the internet, I prefer the good old fashioned first amendment of the constitution:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

The thing that gets missed in the shuffle and amidst all the arguing and posturing, is that Ann Coulter is merely a symptom. Much like Zarqawi was nothing more than a symptom of Middle Eastern terrorism, Ann Coulter is merely a symptom of our domestic disease of hate, bigotry, and intolerance. You remove or silence one, and a hundred more are waiting in the shadows, chomping at the bit to take their place. The disease will continue to march merrily along, until we get to the root of the problem; undoing generations of programming, that have taught us, and our children to hate something, simply because they are somehow "different than us", or "not our kind." It's also the oldest trick in the book, and used by the ruling classes ever since before the Pharaohs ruled in Egypt. Simply find a small, insignificant difference among the population, and find a way to get everyone to hate it. That way the masses don't have the time to notice that the ruling class is getting rich on the common man's blood and sweat, taking away their rights, and sending their children off to die in far off lands to expand the empire. It's a simple principle, that happens to work extremely well.

Let them talk. Let them rant. Let them hate and vilify people. That's all they have, and all they have ever had. Hatred as the glue, that holds the neo-cons together. I don't want to censor them. I prefer to use their prose against them instead, and show the world how ignorant and spiteful as an ideology that they really are.

[benburch]

1. Well done! nt

[theboss]

2. My theory is that Coutler is nothing but an act

I don't think she believes 95 percent of what she says. She is essentially a pro wrestler and is playing a role to sell tickets (or books).

At least, that theory allows me to dismiss her completely. I no longer want to waste any thought on her.

[Benhurst]

4. I can't wait until Coulter does the "Tootsie" bit

and takes off the blonde wig on live TV and tells all.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. I agree...

I've heard a few things from some who actually know her that she's not all that bad in person, and even dismisses her most outrageous stuff as just part of the game. And, you can see in interviews how she chokes ever so slightly when hit with some of the more outrageous stuff. Her body language shows she a little embarassed-- not much, but she knows she's been caught.

She's simply a comic with a very bad act. An act that everyone is taking far too seriously.

[theboss]

9. The Bill Maher relationship is the key to me

As is the Grateful Dead fandom. And the fact that she is still unmarried at her age.

I just find it impossible to believe that an educated person who seems to have an interesting collection of interests and friendships outside of her bizarre career actually believes all the nonsense she spouts. I think she figured out a great gig and is going to ride the money train for as long as she can.

The scary thing, though, is that a lot of people seem to agree with her nonsense. That's where I would have a moral dilemma.

(By the way, I think that Michelle Malkin is completely legit. She's an evil, sexless, self-hating little thug).

[TreasonousBastard]

10. I see her as losing control....

she was a lousy lawyer and worse writer until she hit on this routine, and she has to top herself each time out.

I get the impression she's not all that thrilled about having to do what she does, but she's stuck in a very well-paying rut she can't, or won't, get herself out of.

Not that that excuses her, but I see her as more tragic than evil.

And, yeah, there are others who are far worse because they are serious. Coulter is getting the play because, like many rude comics, she's saying the things her fans are afraid to say in public.

[El Fuego]

12. I read in Time magazine that she considers herself an "entertainer"

Which would explain a lot. Either that, or she is certifiably insane.

[treestar]

13. Rushbo said something along those lines, too, didn't he?

They thrive off of a controversy industry. Like lawyers on opposite sides of the case, I can picture them going out to dinner together and laughing it up. They are like colleagues.

Rushbo and Mann need the "liberals." Without them, they would have nothing.

[zbdent]

3. Wouldn't doubt if the Reichies had an "exit strategy"

(with numbered bank accounts in the Caymans) if their asses went up against the wall over the war crimes . . .

Hmm, wouldn't Argentina be a fitting rest area for retired war criminals?

[Mz Pip]

5. Coulter validates

right wingers bigotry and hatred. Her venom is embraced because it reinforces those beliefs that decent people try to fight. Why fight your demons and work to become a better person, a more tolerant person, a more caring person when you've got Ann Coulter out there all high profile being cheered on for saying what you feel? She makes it ok. And because of that she is dangerous.

It really doesn't matter if she believes her crap or not. Plenty of people do. A relatively intelligent person recognizes hyperbole, but I suspect most of her fans take her tripe at face value. One woman on the Larry King show (some overly made up Repug) said Ann resonated with people. Of course she does, because people love to have their beliefs validated.

I find it curious that there has been so little opposition to her statements from Republicans. Oh, sure a couple came out, but she has many more defenders than detractors. The Dems should be all over this but instead seem to be playing defense instead of offense.

And then there's the other side of it. She makes BushCo look good in comparison. Moderate Republicans can look at Ann and think that BushCo isn't at all like her. Sure they are. They are just more subtle about it. It's the lipstick on a pig routine.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[tjwash]

7. "She makes it ok. And because of that she is dangerous."

I don't really buy into that, simply because, as the point of my post was, it is not her that is dangerous. She is simply a symptom of the disease of hatred, bigotry,and intolerance that so permeates our culture. It has always a great divisive tool, but really started to blossom under Ronald Reagan. I remember Reagan specifically, because he was the one that actually made people feel proud of their intolerance of others, what with his many speeches about "welfare queens" and "lazy unemployed people" and the way he ignored AIDS for years because "only gays caught it."

I look at it like this; every 4 years during the Presidential campaign, the aryan nation and the ku-klux-klan come out publicly in support of the Republican candidate. The have been doing so for a long time now.

The Republicans then say they do not want their endorsement, but it is always a one sentence refusal, and both the endorsement and the refusal of, are always buried on page 24 of the local paper where no one ever reads it, and the votes always go to the Republican candidate anyway.

It's a little game that the Republicans play, and was perfected by Lee Atwater. Point the fingers at the Dems and say that we are full of hatred and intolerance, and keep us on the defensive answering McCarty-eque accusations that they pull out of thin air and with absolutely no basis is fact. It serves to take the focus off of the fact that they are the worst offenders of the very intolerance and hate that they are pointing fingers about.

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. I believe the REAL story of Coulter are the media enablers

Lying, vicious people like Coulter are not hard to find in America. There is one or more in every city and town. What makes Coulter's fame so infuriating is the volume of coverage she gets in the media. NBC has bent over backwards to feature her on several of their shows and cable loves her as well. It isn't an accident that she is able to pimp her poison so freely. The true villains are the producers and network executives that give her a gigantic media megaphone to spew her hateful rants.

[arwalden]

11. Rhymes With "Witch Hunt"