Little Annie does it again
It’s time to take that skinny little bleach-blonde with a taste for leather and vitriol and teach her a lesson.
Ann Coulter, the darling of those who hang so far from the right they have lost all touch with propriety and reason, dropped the F-word the other day.
No, not that one. If it was only the four-letter F-word it wouldn’t be so bad. But Coulter used a derogative term related to gay men to describe Democratic Party presidential hopeful John Edwards.
Will little Annie next drop the N-word in a description of Barack Obama? Will she use the D-word on Hillary Clinton?
The sick thing is she got a good response from the Republicans in the audience that night.
Now, she has the right to say whatever she wishes, but we have the right to condemn her lack of dignity and crude language. For a writer, she seems to have little command of the English language.
This really exposes the far right for what it is: A bunch of rude, crude bigots with deep pockets and little sense.
In "Ariel Sharon: An Intimate Portrait," a new book by Uri Dan, Sharon says George Bush promised him he would commit a certain homosexual act on Osama bin Laden when he captures him.
Where was little Annie on that one?
Or would she, if she was ably equipped, try to do the same?
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Please do not forget to mention that Gov. Romney introduced Ms. Coulter by saying: “I am happy to hear that after you hear from me, you will hear from Ann Coulter. That is a good thing. Oh yeah!” http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/02/coulter-edwards/
Now obviously he didn't know what she was going to say, but he should know what she has said in the past.
This event has changed my opinion of Romney from mild disdain to utter contempt. Romney should abhor hate speech and hate speakers; the fact he has sold his soul to Coulter Conservatives is disgusting.
Posted by: Davis Didjeridu | March 4, 2007 01:24 PM
You can tell a lot about a person by the kind of jokes one laughs at. The people in the audience (The Conservative Political Action Conference) gooed and awed and giggled over her comments, and Romney wants to be aligned with these people? Gross.
Posted by: Emily | March 6, 2007 08:20 AM
Give me a break. The far left doesn't hold the legal right to propriety. The thing that bothers me about your post, Ed, is that you are making a blanket condemnation of the far right using standards that determine human behavior.
There are idiots on both sides of the coin.
As for Ann Coulter, I'm sure she will make no apologies, although she should--to her own party, for her stupidity. In this case, Ed, she's not always stupid.
I'm a moderate, no party affiliation and this party line rhetoric makes me as sick coming from you as it does from Coulter.
Condemn what she says, don't condemn every conservative. There are good and bad people on both sides of the aisle.
Dang, I find your hyperbole perturbing. This is the problem of "na-na-na-na, we're good, you're not." Dang. It bothers.
Could you not have given a more intelligent criticism of her words? Well, I know you can. Heck, I could.
Posted by: Arlene Ball | March 7, 2007 05:55 PM
Anne Coulter doesn't speak for every conservative anymore than Bill Maher (who I actually like) speaks for every liberal. Ed, we've had this discussion. You hate Ann Coulter.
But your description and depiction of conservatives as a "bunch of rude crude bigots with deep pockets" is not fair. There are just as many rude crude bigots with deep pockets in the Democratic party.
Again, I say, I am so sick of party rhetoric.
Give me a better argument against her than party lines, Ed. Spare me your deep hatred and give me a good definition of why you dislike Ann Coulter, why she's not good for our country.
Convince me. Jumping up and down and screaming (in print) "I hate Ann Coulter" is a debate tactic that is beneath you.
Posted by: annegb | March 13, 2007 06:12 PM