Coulter: One last flip-flop

TownHall.com ^ | November 4, 2004 | Ann Coulter

[RabbitMan]

Of course, we could have done it a lot earlier on election night but for "Boy Genius" Karl Rove. It's absurd that the election was as close as it was. If Rove is "the architect" – as Bush called him in his acceptance speech – then he is the architect of high TV ratings, not a Republican victory.

[radicalamericannationalist]

"Rove did not permit Bush to stump openly for the Defense of Marriage and Partial-Birth Abortion issues."

That is seriously insulting to Bush. If you think that his advisers don't "let" him do things, you're buying into Michael Moore's spin.

[Vision Thing]

Michael Barone speculates that the sites of exit polling were leaked to the Democrats, and Democrats sent large numbers of voters to those polls to take exit polls and throw the results.

Interesting! Vey (sic) interesting!

[bowzer313]

Sorry to disagree with all of you Ann-bashers, but she's right on the money with this one, again! All of her points make complete sense. There's no way this election should have been this close. Since Rove was the "architect", he clearly ALMOST blew it for President Bush! Ann's a razor! And right!

[Darth Gill]

If the pubbies put a pro-choice candidate on the ticket in '08, I will not vote for him and channel all my campaign energy into a third party candidate. If Bush puts a pro-choice guy on the Supreme Court I'll be extremely disappointed.

[radicalamericannationalist]

If you attribute their effectiveness to Rove, why didn't 4 million Christians vote last year?

[Vision Thing]

That is seriously insulting to Bush. If you think that his advisers don't "let" him do things, you're buying into Michael Moore's spin.

I didn't say it. I was merely pointing out what Ann said in her article.

I personally do not know if Bush says only what Rove tells him to say.

[unspun]

If you attribute their effectiveness to Rove, why didn't 4 million Christians vote last year?

It's simply that for once, there was a national plan to put Christians to work in a campaign. That's all. And that's a great deal.

[Batrachian]

It's funny. When I heard that those issues passed in every state, I thought it meant that the president was going to be OK, and he was. The issue really helped him, although he didn't push it. He got it by default because Kerry was a liberal.

As for Specter, I don't believe that he'll be as big a problem as people might think. I know he's pro-choice, but he's not going to buck the president. The real question to me is what kind of SC nominees that president will send up. I'll bet anything he gets the chance over the next four years.

[Straight Vermonter]

this is not a time to be ashamed of conservative values, it is time to embrace them and move this country forward. Explain to me how the gay marriage ban can pass and someone can then vote for Kerry? Only when the difference is not clear.

Anna grees with you. She is saying Bush should have embraced conservative values instead of embracing "civil unions".

[NATIVEDAUGHTER]

Karl Rove has always been over-rated...If social conservatives don't get the dessert, they need to bolt from the GOP in droves...And as for the follically-challenged Gulianai....for get about it....

[radicalamericannationalist]

If Rove was a genius, why did that plan not exist 4 YEARS AGO?! It's not as if Christians are some heretofore undiscovered demographic or part of the Dem base that he cleverly lured away.

IMO, Bush owes his election to Gavin Newsome, Michael Newdow and the Massachusetts Supreme Court, not Rove. Rehnquist's health problems were a wakeup call for religious conservatives. Are you going to claim that Rove orchestrated that?

[Huber]

Ann is looking toward the next election, and she is right. Rush has argued for years that the moral issues are winning issues -- and that Republicans should run on them and not from them. We must not learn the wrong lessons from this close election, or we'll slide back into the party Democrat Light. The celebration is over, and it is time to prepare for the next battles... Your first point is right on. The most significant flaw of W's presidency is his weak communication ability. When he fails to effectively articulate an issue, he begins to fall back to a more "moderate" position and tries to stake out a bi-partison approach. Educational choice and perscription drug benefits were great examples of this.

Your other point is dead wrong. The celebration is far from over, and won't be until after the inauguration!

[John Lenin]

The world demand (China) has outstripped supply at the old low prices.

China was one of the factors in the high oil prices I read somewhere that there was a spike in Chinese oil buying in the last few months. We will find out in a few weeks if the oil market crashes.

[Faithfull]

"You Christians failing to recognize this are sending the wrong message to Washington"- You said it best.
I think Ann is correct on this and that we must keep the issues of moral values on the front burner.Part of the success story of this election should be shared between the Bush team and those who were fighting openly for the moral values issues. I believe if President Bush had made this a key issue in every stump speech, other than a brief mention, he would have won several other states. Ann...you go girl!

[kylaka]

Even the best home run hitters are entitled to a foul ball now and then

[Doctor Stochastic]

I was hoping the GOP would at least wait until Monday to start their annual feast of self-destruction. Perhaps the feast has become movable.

[AnnaZ]

I strongly disagree.

And I disagree with you. Karl Rove has never been a friend to the "values" folks. Rove's brilliance was in resurrecting the community campaign camps (gosh, all those smelly city folk wandering around places they'd normally never visit, getting out the votes of people they normally disdain, must have gotten pretty annoying in Ohio and Iowa...)

 

Bush won because of Bush, Rove has never "gotten" the base.

[RaceBannon]

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Goodness you guys, 137 posts with no pictures??

[CONGHUNTER]

On this one, Anne, you are way off base. Considering the laundry list of things against Bush it did take a genius to keep it close.

[RaceBannon]

you sober yet?