Ann Coulter Speaks, Crowd Erupts

Human Events ^ | 02/10/06 | Ivy J. Sellers

[george76]

Ann Coulter...was definitely Friday’s biggest draw at CPAC 2006.

From the get-go the conservative columnist had the crowd cheering and was frequently interrupted by applause.

Many of Coulter’s talking points came from recent news events -- such as “the great Danish cartoon caper” and President Bush’s Supreme Court nominees.

“Muslims are the only group who kill because people call them violent,” she said of Islam’s rage over the printing of Muhammad cartoons.

Speaking about the nation's highest court, Coulter not only expressed elation at Justice Samuel Alito’s confirmation, she also shared her feelings on Chief Justice John Roberts ...

She had fun impersonating Sen. Hillary Clinton, mocking Clinton’s MLK Day remarks on “the slave plantation” in the House of Representatives, adding: “And you know what I’m talkin’ about, girlfriend.”

“I can say that by the way,” Coulter said. “My party freed the slaves.”

Democrats have three major planks, she explained: “Abortion on demand, gay marriage and banning the Boy Scouts.

Someday they’ll find a way to combine them all and figure out how to abort all future Boy Scouts.”

[Incorrigible]

That is so wrong!

[ohioWfan]

Well, I pretty much stayed off the Miers threads because the harsh anti-Bush crowd makes me lose patience and sanity.

And if you step into those brouhaha's with a voice of reason, you get attacked mercilessly.......and since I am a vocal (and logical and rational) supporter of the President, it is the haters who descend on me like ugly on an ape.

Stellar knows all about that, because for some bizarre reason, he has me on a much undeserved blacklist, and won't be adult enough to explain his position. He just ignores me when I ask.

If you are his friend, perhaps you could ask him for me, what in the world he has against me, or why he is afraid to debate someone with whom he both agrees and disagrees (that would be ME).

I stand up for my beliefs, but I am voice my opposition to the President where I have it, and I haven't drunk Kool-aid since it was served as a 'treat' at Bible School. I abhor the stuff.

[Das Outsider]

If I had the choice between a pro-choice Republican and a pro-life Democrat, I'd take the second. I cannot in good conscience support any candidate that stands by "a woman's right to choose." The problem is that there are too many of the former and not enough of the latter, so it's an unlikely--and tense!--scenario.

The President will be either a Democrat or a Republican for some time, but that isn't to say that third-party candidates can't make inroads via smaller elections. If you have to violate conscience by voting for the lesser of two evils and there is a third option, why not take that one?

Yes, I do understand that the adjective 'third-party' is synonymous with 'treasonous,' 'laughable,' and 'nutty' to some.

[Czar]

"Do you poor people realize how stupid and outdated that Kool-aid stuff is?"

Keep telling yourself that. It helps dull the pain that comes with the realization that you are unable to think for yourself. It really does make you feel secure doesn't it, knowing that you too are a party-above-principle GOP Big Tent RINO. Kinda clubby, and all.

"Cause right now, you just look dumb....."

But not nearly as dumb as you and the rest of the GOP Big Tent RINOs. You'll swallow anything so long as it has an RNC stamp on it. Not very bright, I'd say.

Of course, bedrock conservative principles never was a big part of the lets-pretend conservative philosophy.

[Czar]

"Like I said, you won't be missed."

It's all you have, I know. I suggest you hang onto it like a life preserver.

[Czar]

"Yes, I do understand that the adjective 'third-party' is synonymous with 'treasonous,' 'laughable,' and 'nutty' to some."

For the moment...

It's amazing what can happen when 30%+ of the conservative base finally recognizes there are no beds at the inn (RNC) for them.

We shall see.

[Das Outsider]

And if you step into those brouhaha's with a voice of reason, you get attacked mercilessly.......and since I am a vocal (and logical and rational) supporter of the President, it is the haters who descend on me like ugly on an ape.

Part of that may be due to the way you give your defense--or not. I get very suspicious of those who use the party lines, almost verbatim and loaded with generalities, as though they read daily RNC talking points like Holy Writ. It's a good thing many of the President's supporters do not just recite borrowed opinions, but the sound or likeness of it may send off alarms.

Not that there isn't a real anti-Bush contingent out there. It's a very liberating feeling to know that George W. Bush doesn't singlehandedly control the fate of the country, cannot control your life, and is a passing figure; when all is said and done, you will have only God to answer to. There is so much more to life than politics.

Don't get me wrong: issues like immigration are very heated and do affect individuals on a personal basis, particularly in the hot zones. The things we were talking about earlier--malice, lies, slanders, etc.--won't fix the situation. Activism will.

Why hate someone for something that may have some substance and much sound and fury?

[Das Outsider]

It's amazing what can happen when 30%+ of the conservative base finally recognizes there are no beds at the inn (RNC) for them.

When "you conservatives" is used pejoratively by one Republican against another, it may be time to reassess the relationship before you're sleeping on the couch.

[ohioWfan]

How wrong can one post be??

I DO think for myself..........that's why I'm a solid conservative, and have been for more years than most freepers have been alive.

I have nothing to fear from anonymous ignorant attacks like yours because I am very secure in knowing how very conservative I am.

I guarantee you that the holier than thou conservatives on this forum are not as consistently conservative as I am.

I don't 'swallow' anything, son. Your assumptions are making you look foolish. You'd better stop while you're behind......

[epow]

come to you and say, ‘ We’ve got to run a pro-choice Republican if we’re going to be Hillary.’ That’s not our party.”

I'm with Coulter on that score, that's certainly not my party.

If the GOP nominates a pro-choice, pro-sodomy, anti-2nd Amendment RINO like Giuliani or Romney I will not vote for him or her no matter who the Jackass party nominates. I recently learned that Condi Rice, who so many FReepers idolize, is also pro-choice, and AFAIC that makes her unfit to be president of the USA. A pro-choice or anti-2nd Amendment Repub nominee will lose the 08 election, period.

[ohioWfan]

It's annoying to be accused of doing things that you don't do, and of thinking things that you don't think, and to be belittled for being part of a 'cult of Bush,' being a 'kool-aid drinker' (as seen by an ignorant voice on this very thread), 'a 'blind follower,' or any number of mindless insults that one gets routinely WITHOUT having expressed party lines or RNC talking points.

I think very independently, and call 'em as I see 'em, and I see a lot of DNC talking points coming from the far right, and agreement with anything the MSM says, as long as it makes the President look bad.

It's a good thing that our President understands your point that the only thing that matters is how he will have to answer to God..........for me, that makes all the difference, and is the root of my immense respect for him as a man, regardless of whether or not he does what I like politically.

[Das Outsider]

I think very independently, and call 'em as I see 'em, and I see a lot of DNC talking points coming from the far right,

Part of thinking independently is being able to distinguish between a real criticism and an imagined one. If the "far right" is saying the same thing as the DNC, there are at least two possible explanations:

1) There is a legitimate criticism, or,

2) There is a political hackjob in the works, and one is stoking the other's fire.

I've often wondered if some of Pat Buchanan's points don't originate at MoveOn.org. However, it's also conceivable that Democrats could try to exploit a weakness in the Republican party based on a real criticism from some faction of conservatives.

I guess the difference is discerning what's an in-house fight and what isn't.

[ohioWfan]

Yes..........and when you call a legitimate in-house poster on the inconsistency of siding with the left, he will usually back off.

I have no doubt that, especially in emotional situations like the Miers case, that DU'ers are ready to jump in and emulate angry freepers and stoke the fires.

At times like that, unless you know the poster, it's impossible to tell the angry conservatives from the trolls.

The first day of the Miers nomination was the ugliest, least rational mess I have seen in my five years on FR.........so I don't have a lot of respect for those who continue to bring it up as some sort of 'victory' for conservatism. It was a food fight, and it was beneath us.

[Das Outsider]

so I don't have a lot of respect for those who continue to bring it up as some sort of 'victory' for conservatism. It was a food fight, and it was beneath us.

It was a mistake that got fixed. The President did the right thing. The melee was the worst part, and what's funny is that conservatives outside of FR were so united (against the Miers nomination) towards the end!

[JerseyDvl]

I think the President did very well with his appointees to the SCOTUS. Like everyone else, Ann had a right to her opinion and got to the thin-skinned once again.
All's well that ends well. No stealth candidates ever again.

[NeoCaveman]

All's well that ends well. No stealth candidates ever again.

58 - 42

And so the era of stealth candidates dies.

[Das Outsider]

All's well that ends well. No stealth candidates ever again.

Adios, El Stealtho. And may we never again have to witness such nonsense again.

[JerseyDvl]

And what goes arounf comes around. We are going to reverse those #'s if a Dem. is ever elected President again.
I don't believe they can overcome such a large deficit and take the Senate back anytime soon.
Not with their Agenda, or lack thereof.

[Das Outsider]

*only one 'again'

[JerseyDvl]

I can't imagine the Dems will be civil if a Republican appointee comes again this soon.
Everyone needa a good cooling off period if there is any hope for civility.
Hell, what am I even saying. It will be a fight to the death.