Comments on: Memo to Ann Coulter: our engagement is off! http://www.bloggernews.net/18188 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:56:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: rampantman http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-772246 rampantman Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:26:18 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-772246 Sarcasm is lost on Democrats stiiiiillllll???? Sarcasm is lost on Democrats stiiiiillllll????

]]> By: rampantman http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-772241 rampantman Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:25:20 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-772241 Democrats are biblically sad and totally insane. Democrats are biblically sad and totally
insane.

]]> By: cmsix http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50468 cmsix Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:03:25 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50468 It there any truth to the rumor that Ann Coulter is also suing her dry cleaner for losing her pants? cmsix It there any truth to the rumor that Ann Coulter is also suing her dry cleaner for losing her pants?

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]]> By: T M Gore http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50284 T M Gore Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:05:23 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50284 Exactly when did Buckley call Gore Vidal a "faggot?" Exactly when did Buckley call Gore Vidal a “faggot?”

]]> By: Steveo http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50257 Steveo Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:58:06 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50257 First off, the "koolaid" remarks is atleast 15 years old now... get new material people! Secondly, the only reason this person gets attention is because people pay attention. Stop listening to the crap she says, and she goes away. Don't like tabloids? Don't buy them? Tired of spam, stop opening them!! Conservatives...a lot tend to defend her? Why, because they are the ones who buys her books. Some of these insane sad people actually look up to her. Its sick and sad... and she makes money... welcome to the new America. First off, the “koolaid” remarks is atleast 15 years old now… get new material people! Secondly, the only reason this person gets attention is because people pay attention. Stop listening to the crap she says, and she goes away.

Don’t like tabloids? Don’t buy them? Tired of spam, stop opening them!!

Conservatives…a lot tend to defend her? Why, because they are the ones who buys her books. Some of these insane sad people actually look up to her. Its sick and sad… and she makes money… welcome to the new America.

]]> By: Donaldd http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50256 Donaldd Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:51:01 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50256 Accused of committing 2 felony counts of voter fraud in Florida; Ann Coulter should be writing her books from prison. Evidently Florida can't find a Republican Prosecutor with the guts to charge her? Accused of committing 2 felony counts of voter fraud in Florida; Ann Coulter should be writing her books from prison.

Evidently Florida can’t find a Republican Prosecutor with the guts to charge her?

]]> By: Bob http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50022 Bob Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:11:41 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-50022 Best thing to do with Ann Coulter is to ignore her, she's like a bad date just chalk it up to experience. Neither her education, nor her looks, nor her improbable comments add to her shallow, ignorant, and foolish behavior. Tell her to e-mail me we'll see how smart she is? Best thing to do with Ann Coulter is to ignore her, she’s like a bad date just chalk it up to experience. Neither her education, nor her looks, nor her improbable comments add to her shallow, ignorant, and foolish behavior. Tell her to e-mail me we’ll see how smart she is?

]]> By: james LOOKRETIS http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49974 james LOOKRETIS Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:18:00 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49974 Ann verbalize a FREEDOM OF SPEECH,,Beats the shit outta Previous Administration removing and then putting back White House Furniture or was it from Blair House????. Darn If I took a wall picture anchor cost @ 1.98 at home depot, from either house I'd be on 6pm news, arrested ,arraigned , and no doubt applyin for banckruptcy protection ,How's Hillary? Now if i were a illigal alien ,would i get an attorney free?? Ann Keep Talkin Dear, america reverberates your spoken sentiments.Goody. Ann verbalize a FREEDOM OF SPEECH,,Beats the shit outta Previous Administration removing and then putting back White House Furniture or was it from Blair House????. Darn If I took a wall picture anchor cost @ 1.98 at home depot, from either house I’d be on 6pm news, arrested ,arraigned , and no doubt applyin for banckruptcy protection ,How’s Hillary? Now if i were a illigal alien ,would i get an attorney free?? Ann Keep Talkin Dear, america reverberates your spoken sentiments.Goody.

]]> By: Kenneth Moore http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49889 Kenneth Moore Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:19:36 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49889 By your own statements against Ann Coulter you are no better than she is. You blame the Right for everything but have no answers to correct the problems while allowing the Left to do anything they want under the name of free speech. Who is the real hippocrate here? Take your rose colored glasses off and have a wonderful conservative day. By your own statements against Ann Coulter you are no better than she is.

You blame the Right for everything but have no answers to correct the problems while allowing the Left to do anything they want under the name of free speech.

Who is the real hippocrate here?

Take your rose colored glasses off and have a wonderful conservative day.

]]> By: Roger Russell http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49875 Roger Russell Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:59:11 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49875 She didn't say she wanted Edwards killed, she said that she was critized for something, and since the liberals (Mayer) call for assassenation of our vice president to be killed by terrorists with no criticism, she would resort to that. Why not hold liberals to the same stanards as conservatives? I think intellectual integrity is dead. She didn’t say she wanted Edwards killed, she said that she was critized for something, and since the liberals (Mayer) call for assassenation of our vice president to be killed by terrorists with no criticism, she would resort to that. Why not hold liberals to the same stanards as conservatives? I think intellectual integrity is dead.

]]> By: Preston Lewis http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49867 Preston Lewis Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:52:28 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49867 As a lifelong Republican, it is becoming increasingly difficult not to change to an independent. People like Ann Coulter make me ashamed of my party. No civility, no manners, just hateful/hurtful words that are usually lies. It's pathetic that she is able to represent the Republican party and shows how low my party has sank. As a lifelong Republican, it is becoming increasingly difficult not to change to an independent. People like Ann Coulter make me ashamed of my party. No civility, no manners, just hateful/hurtful words that are usually lies. It’s pathetic that she is able to represent the Republican party and shows how low my party has sank.

]]> By: john http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49810 john Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:43:13 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49810 steve. your argument is that because Bill Mahr said something vicious that 1) the comments referred to, made by Miss Coulter were somehow "out of context", and 2) that it makes it ok for her to continue with this continual invective-diahrrea. In short, your argument could be expressed: "Two wrongs DO make a right." Here are some of the other Coulter gems in case you want to correct the contexts in which they were made: "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 "I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote."---Politically Incorrect, 2/26/01 "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 "Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president" "Would that it were so!" (That the American military were targeting journalists.) CNBC 2/7/05 Certainly Elizabeth Edwards was not incorrect by stating that hateful diatribes like Ann's do nothing but detract from any serious political discussion. If her speech is reflective of the Christianity she'd like the rest of the world to be converted to... I think we need more Atheists. steve. your argument is that because Bill Mahr said something vicious that 1) the comments referred to, made by Miss Coulter were somehow “out of context”, and 2) that it makes it ok for her to continue with this continual invective-diahrrea. In short, your argument could be expressed: “Two wrongs DO make a right.” Here are some of the other Coulter gems in case you want to correct the contexts in which they were made:

“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

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

“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

“Press passes can’t be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president”

“Would that it were so!” (That the American military were targeting journalists.) CNBC 2/7/05

Certainly Elizabeth Edwards was not incorrect by stating that hateful diatribes like Ann’s do nothing but detract from any serious political discussion. If her speech is reflective of the Christianity she’d like the rest of the world to be converted to… I think we need more Atheists.

]]> By: Dean http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49716 Dean Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:14:13 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49716 Coulter and Paris Hilton have a LOT in common! Both are spoiled brats with big mouths, rude, arrogant, STUPID. The fact that she's been fired from so many top jobs in the past just proves she "just doesn't GET IT!" She and Paris H. should go run their foul mouths down a drunken freeway! Coulter and Paris Hilton have a LOT in common! Both are spoiled brats with big mouths, rude, arrogant, STUPID. The fact that she’s been fired from so many top jobs in the past just proves she “just doesn’t GET IT!” She and Paris H. should go run their foul mouths down a drunken freeway!

]]> By: steve http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49663 steve Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:13:16 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49663 Here's what Ann REALLY said:"I did not call John Edwards the F-word. I said I couldn't talk about him because you could go into rehab for using that word. But about the same time, you know, Bill Maher was not joking and saying he wished Dick Cheney had been killed in a terrorist attack. So, I've learned my lesson. If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot." But of course the liberal media who hate her conviently took her out of context (as usual). So go ahead and jump on the bandwagon and make sure you keep drinking the coolaid. Here’s what Ann REALLY said:”I did not call John Edwards the F-word. I said I couldn’t talk about him because you could go into rehab for using that word. But about the same time, you know, Bill Maher was not joking and saying he wished Dick Cheney had been killed in a terrorist attack. So, I’ve learned my lesson. If I’m going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.”
But of course the liberal media who hate her conviently took her out of context (as usual). So go ahead and jump on the bandwagon and make sure you keep drinking the coolaid.

]]> By: Gary Gerrard http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49633 Gary Gerrard Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:31:11 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49633 I could not help but notice the caveat to comments on this site: Commenters are asked to refrain from personal attacks, insults, or profane language. Spam comments and/or trackbacks will not be published to the site. Apparently Ms. Coulter would not be allowed to comment here. The sad part is not that Ms. Coulter says the things she does, but that so many people listen to them. It is even sadder that by saying them, more people by her books, pay her speaking fees to hear her, watch the TV shows she appears on thus increasing their ratings and advertizing revenue. If no one paid attention to her either she would stop, change her MO or she would fade into oblivion. Just like Paris Hilton. If no one paid attention, she would be just like all the other insignificant, unknown people in jail that no one cares are there. Moral of the story: the fact that Ms. Coulter says such things and gets rewarded for them is proof that there are a lot of people for whom she speaks, even if they would not be as articulate and mean-spirited if they could speak, and she will continue until it no longer gets her what she wants, whatever that is. I suspect it is not the money but the celebrity and attention. Ann: An incisive, even biting wit, is welcome to expose the inconsistencies of one's opponent's positions, but a sociopathic, blitzkrieg tongue only fans the fires. Why don't you say similar things about Mohammed and take the heat off of Salman Rushdie? I could not help but notice the caveat to comments on this site:

Commenters are asked to refrain from personal attacks, insults, or profane language. Spam comments and/or trackbacks will not be published to the site.

Apparently Ms. Coulter would not be allowed to comment here.

The sad part is not that Ms. Coulter says the things she does, but that so many people listen to them. It is even sadder that by saying them, more people by her books, pay her speaking fees to hear her, watch the TV shows she appears on thus increasing their ratings and advertizing revenue. If no one paid attention to her either she would stop, change her MO or she would fade into oblivion. Just like Paris Hilton. If no one paid attention, she would be just like all the other insignificant, unknown people in jail that no one cares are there.

Moral of the story: the fact that Ms. Coulter says such things and gets rewarded for them is proof that there are a lot of people for whom she speaks, even if they would not be as articulate and mean-spirited if they could speak, and she will continue until it no longer gets her what she wants, whatever that is. I suspect it is not the money but the celebrity and attention.

Ann: An incisive, even biting wit, is welcome to expose the inconsistencies of one’s opponent’s positions, but a sociopathic, blitzkrieg tongue only fans the fires. Why don’t you say similar things about Mohammed and take the heat off of Salman Rushdie?

]]> By: T. Barr http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49627 T. Barr Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:03:34 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49627 Thank you for this article. As Saul Alilnsky noted, “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” It is the ideas that Coulter uses such tactics in the service of (reinforcing vicioius and ugly stereotypes, pounding the poor back into the ground on behalf of the powerful) and the cruel and bigoted depths she will plumb to do so (up to and including the ridiculing of John Edwards’ dead son) that should disqualify her from taking part in any meaningful discussion. I agree with Firedoglake: Her eliminationist rhetoric is vile, and she says shockingly ugly and painful things simply to elevate her walking freak show in the public eye and generate book sales and outrageous speaking fees. Nobody is saying, as she claims, that she shouldn’t be allowed to speak (as if she cared about the rights of anybody but her vicious harpy self). But she should be permanently relegated to the hermetically sealed wingnut ghetto where her pestilential nonsense will not be mistaken for rational thought by virtue of the legitimate platform being granted to her. T. Barr Scottsdale, AZ Thank you for this article. As Saul Alilnsky noted, “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” It is the ideas that Coulter uses such tactics in the service of (reinforcing vicioius and ugly stereotypes, pounding the poor back into the ground on behalf of the powerful) and the cruel and bigoted depths she will plumb to do so (up to and including the ridiculing of John Edwards’ dead son) that should disqualify her from taking part in any meaningful discussion.
I agree with Firedoglake:

Her eliminationist rhetoric is vile, and she says shockingly ugly and painful things simply to elevate her walking freak show in the public eye and generate book sales and outrageous speaking fees. Nobody is saying, as she claims, that she shouldn’t be allowed to speak (as if she cared about the rights of anybody but her vicious harpy self). But she should be permanently relegated to the hermetically sealed wingnut ghetto where her pestilential nonsense will not be mistaken for rational thought by virtue of the legitimate platform being granted to her.

T.
Barr
Scottsdale, AZ

]]> By: jane http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49577 jane Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:59:52 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18188#comment-49577 Seriously--"she's a babe" -- check out that Adam's apple - she's a man. Seriously–”she’s a babe” — check out that Adam’s apple - she’s a man.

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