SOUTER IN ROBERTS CLOTHING, ANN COULTER

Ann Coulter.com ^ | 7-30-05 | Ann Coulter

[ninenot]

You dangerously assume that FR is not perused by DU types and the NYT reporters. Run a Google and you'll get FR posts on the names.

Having said that, I'm still not convinced. Your advocacy of tact is admirable, and I generally utilize it--but there are many occasions on which I've called a spade a f*(&^% shovel, loudly, in mixed company.

They get what they earn.

Coulter's column makes the point, historically accurate, that conservatives have NEVER been pleased, long-run, with a 'stealth candidate.' I hope she's wrong this time.

[sirthomasthemore]

I believe the thesis of this column went right over most of the heads of many on the board.

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Conservative, I don't think so. These are just the misguided Dubya supporters exhibiting cognitive dissonance. They couldn't denigrate the message, so they denigrated the source.

DUBYA would never have tolerated this character attack on Ann. If these assassins don't know that, then they don't know him.

I hope Ann doesn't let it effect her because she expressed the view of many conservatives [in fact, I think she plagiarized my post from yesterday -:)] The negative response
came from a fringe, that doesn't reflect the real opinion of this conservative Board- at least in my view.

But, in any event, what happened in this thread was disgraceful. Regards



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Pzifer: “Viagra won’t cause dementia or blindness". (Except if one wears a Black Robe)

Clean your muskets and sharpen your pitchforks and get ready to ride to the sound of the guns.(KELO) :o}-

Dems, hello??? We could get out of Vietnam; we can’t GET OUT of terrorism.

[John Lenin]

I look forward to the confirmation question and answer session. He seems like a solid pick but you have to beware of the unknown. The only negative about Bush is he has grown government by 25% in 5 years. I think this guy was chosen to protect the Patriot Act.

[newzjunkey]

AMEN ANN! Give 'em hell!! No more Souters!

[WorkingClassFilth]

I'm not shooting the guy. I'm just not planting wet slobbery kisses all over his rear end like so many are willing to do. I have not seen, or read, all the details of his career, but it will all come out in time. Seems that some of the "conservative" positions people are touting in his favor are positions he took as an attorney on behalf of clients. We'll see...and I truly hope my skepticism is unfounded.

[Rummyfan]

I can't believe I'm saying this but.... I disagree with Ann! Roberts has served Reagan, clerked for Rehnquist, and in the elder Bush's DOJ. I don't think there is any way he could be a liberal in conservative clothing.

[Rummyfan]

Ann MUST write a column every day -- and this is her daily offering.

Ann writes a weekly column.....

[Rummyfan]

Believe it or not, they hyperventilated against Souter too when he was nominated. But, he has turned out to be their most reliable vote on the court.

[FreeReign]

Seems that some of the "conservative" positions people are touting in his favor are positions he took as an attorney on behalf of clients.

Roberts argued 24 cases before the SC. Now of course, as you pointed out, that was his job, but I'd be very curious to see what he argued in those 24 SC cases. If he was knowledgeable enough to make strict constructionist arguments, then why wouldn't he make decisions based on the same as an SC judge.

Hard to imagine a lawyer being hired who doesn't believe in the Constitution who makes strict Constitutional arguments before the SC.

Those 24 cases would say a lot about Roberts.

[WorkingClassFilth]

We can hope, but time will prove.

[FreeReign]

"I believe the thesis of this column went right over most of the heads of many on the board."

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Conservative, I don't think so. These are just the misguided Dubya supporters exhibiting cognitive dissonance. They couldn't denigrate the message, so they denigrated the source.

Certainly no denigration in these two posts.

[sirthomasthemore]

Certainly no denigration in these two posts.

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Free Reign, you're wrong- at least, as to me. I did disparage and denigrate those who would call Ann Coulter ugly, skinny, a hooker, a drunkard, and all the rest of personal invective that was spewed in the thread-

We are here engaged in what I hope is civil discourse. I never engage in ad hominen attacks- I can effectively communicate my views based on the issues.

And I will disparage a poster, who in an effort to support his views, attacks another poster on nothing more than a personal basis.

Many of the posts herein above did not address the issues that Ann espoused, they merely attacked her personally - and in a most vicious way. Yes, I denigrate those who did that; and I would hope as a fellow conservative, and hopefully a gentleman or gentle lady, you would likewise join me in denigrating those who proceed in such a fashion.




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Pzifer: “Viagra won’t cause dementia or blindness". (Except if one wears a Black Robe)

Clean your muskets and sharpen your pitchforks and get ready to ride to the sound of the guns.(KELO) :o}-

Dems, hello??? We could get out of Vietnam; we can’t GET OUT of terrorism.

[LibertarianInExile]

What were you thinking, posting this?

Nearly 800 posts, and Ms. Coulter's opposition almost never stops going after the woman as a chicken-legged drunkard who never loved Bush to begin with. How proud they must be to have demonstrated the "big tent" under which they claim Roberts falls, especially when the only argument Ann raises is that the GOP base deserved assurance and they got temperance, that the tactics here were not her own preference and that those chosen tactics have failed to satisfy constitution-loving supporters of the GOP in the past.

Surely their extended vituperation must have proven her wrong. These cannot be just the all-too-typical attacks on the person that seem to have become common in this forum whenever Bush's actions are disagreed with by anyone, regardless of their conservative credentials. Thank goodness we can expect moderators to correct such discourteous postings where they went over the line. I hope that Ann enjoyed her little foray into the FR forum to see this and appreciated how much those moderators did to ensure she wasn't Slandered herself.

[sirthomasthemore]

Great post!!!Proud to know you, Reb. -:)




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Pzifer: “Viagra won’t cause dementia or blindness". (Except if one wears a Black Robe)

Clean your muskets and sharpen your pitchforks and get ready to ride to the sound of the guns.(KELO) :o}-

Dems, hello??? We could get out of Vietnam; we can’t GET OUT of terrorism.

[kpp_kpp]

i barely got through the first page of 50, i'm not sure how you made it through 450.

silly childishness... i'll be taking an extend break from fr for now.

i can't stand all the enthusiasm over a blank page nominee.

[Revel]

Scary thing is that on the radio today I heard that this guy later said that Roe Vs Wade was in fact sound law. If that is true then someone here should be able to find it.

[LibertarianInExile]

You liked that one, you'll probably like this one, too.

[LibertarianInExile]

I don't think he ever said it was 'sound law.' What he said on point that I know about was in a footnote in a law review article he wrote, which pointed out that he'd argued against Roe because it was his job, and to my understanding, he said in his Senate inquisition for the D.C. job that Roe was 'settled law.'

[Shortstop7]

Hey......I was wondering why it got pulled too?

I didn't get to see your responses.....

Bummer.

[Shortstop7]

Ann let us down. Shame on her. She's entitled to her opinion, and I sure hope she's wrong.

Sounds to me like she just gave the Dems their "talking points".

Wonder why?