"From way downtown... BANG!"
Posted on 06/06/2006 5:13:56 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
June 6, 2006
While considerable attention focuses on Ann Coulter's more superficial charms, from a conservative perspective Ann's real beauty is her absolute refusal to buy into liberal logic, no matter how pervasive. That independence of mind was on display this morning during her interview with Matt Lauer. Ann was on to tout her new book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, released today on . . . 6/6/6 - sign of the devil and all that.
The first example came in the the context of President Bush's current push for a constitutional amendment that would prohibit gay marriage. The liberal mantra on his initiative, as exemplified by Ann Curry's performance on yesterday's Today, is that this is a cynical political ploy and a waste of time when there are myriad 'real' issues out there to be addressed.
Right out of the box, Lauer invited her to buy into that logic. Lauer:
"David Gregory said if you ask people what they care abou they say Iraq and gas prices. Gay marriages are way down on the list, but that's what the president is talking about and what the Senate is taking up. Why?"
Coulter would have none of it:
"I don't know what people are talking about or how David Gregory knows that. But I do know that gay marriage amendments have been put on the ballots in about 20 states now and passed by far larger numbers than Bush won the election by."
Lauer then hit Ann with a classic bit of perceived liberal truth: "Here's how E.J. Dionne puts it in the Washington Post:'The Republican party thinks its base of social conservatives is a nest of dummies who have no memories and respond like bulls whenever red flags are waved in their faces.' Do you agree with that?
Coulter: "That the base are dummies or that Bush thinks that?"
Lauer: "That he can wave a red flag and they will run to the polls to respond to him?"
Coulter: "They don't need to respond to him. He's not running again."
Lauer: "They want the voters to turnout in the mid-term elections. They don't want to lose control of the congress."
Coulter: "Maybe they want to do what the voters want. Whatever you can say about whether or not Bush has a mandate, the mandate against gay marriage is pretty strong. It passed by like 85 percent in Mississippi. Even in Oregon, and that was the state that the groups supporting gay marriage fixated on and outspent their opponents by like 40:1, it passed even there. There is a mandate against gay marriage."
Lauer: "Do you think George Bush in his heart really cares strongly about that issue?"
Coulter: "I don't know what anybody cares in his heart."
Lauer: "Would you take a guess?"
Coulter: "I know what Americans think because they keep voting, over and over and over again overwhelmingly they reject gay marriage. So why is that a bad thing for politicians to respond to what is overwhelmingly a mandate?"
Ann's rejection of Lauer's liberal logic was again on stunning display a bit later in the interview. Lauer suggested that Pres. Bush's low approval ratings are attributable to Iraq. That in turn engendered the following exchange.
Coulter: "I don't think so. That's the one thing he is doing right and that the Democrats are incapable of doing. That is fighting the war on terror."
Lauer: "But I am talking about the war with Iraq, not the war on terror."
Coulter: "I consider them the same thing. We didn't invade Guatemala."
Cue the rim shot!
Thanks a million for posting this. It would have been worth my time to watch the Ann/Matt catfight.
I'm hopeful Ian will have the video on his site.
You do a great service GLGB. Thanks.
Sorry I missed it. Sounds like Ann was on her game. She deserves to be lauded louder than Lauder.
She'll be a best selling author, Today Show or no Today Show.
Lauder = Lauer
Glad you enjoyed it - it's really my pleasure.
ratings, ratings, ratings - she attracts conservatives who respect her, and liberals who hate her.
#3 doesn't count. Has a liberal nutjob in it......
That Ball is Outa Here! Check for Steroids on that lady!!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
There are a lot of liberal freepers. We've all assumed we were all of similarly like minds, but that isn't so. There are a bunch of left wingers, especially the open borders gang with their invective against Ann Coulter.
We may have a more peaceful thread than usual because Ann defended Bush, keeping the Bushbot roar to a minimum. They usually trash her too.
Just close your left eye ;-)
Lauer is a complete moron. You only have to have seen him and Perky play, "Where in the World is Matt Lauer"? and you clearly understand what a flea brained pathetic fool he is.
LOL! Wake up Matt!!
"From way downtown... BANG!"
There is some sort of unspoken rule in the big networks that if you have a book to hawk, you get facetime on the shows most likely to be of interest to your readers. Lib or Con doesn't seem to matter. It's like, "One day I might need to hawk my new book, so I'm gonna let you hawk yours."............
That was awesome!
Everyone in the White House, everyone who represents conservatism the public face of conservatism, needs to watch this--- THIS is how you conduct yourself with the MSM!
Sure, Ann has that flowing, golden hair and those sexy, slinky legs, but what really makes her attractive is her piercing intelligence. Plus, her flowing hair and long legs.
Wow, I hate I missed this. She is so cool and calm. I would just stammer...
Again Lauer showed up to a Battle of Wits unarmed.
Lauer: "What does Bush need to do to turn things around?"
Coulter: "Read my book!"
LOL - well put!
LOL! Very funny line. :)
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