Coulter's Crudeness

Boston Globe ^ | 6/19/06 | Cathy Young

[GOPJ]

You didn't seem to think I was "defending" Rather back then.

You got me on this one - you were not defending Rather... More comments soon.

[bray]

I thought her book was named godless not Harpy Jersey Gals?? Apparently Conservatives have to write as boring as her or they are over the edge. Heck maybe the Saint Jersey Broads will send their money back?

Pray for W and Our Troops

[sausageseller]

And where did AC use that line to promote here book? Truth is she did not. HER DETRACTORS DID!

And you have sided with the one line detractors!

Go sell some more AC books. I love it!

[GOPJ]

Here's our problem - you're talking "tree", I'm talking forest. You will win particular battles -- finely drawn and ever so carefully detailed, but you will not win the "war" of this debate. What Ann did was wonderful on the "forest" level. As I see it. Not as you see it.

I can respect your intellect, your debate skills, your analytical mind, but I'm not going to agree with you because we're not debating on the same playing field. That's the best I can explain it -- We will talk again on different subjects. Not this one. (Oh, and your type of voice is needed - very needed to keep some of us from going to far afield - but on this issue, your cautions are noted, and that's it. You and I will never agree on this one... )

[ChildOfThe60s]

A good friend of mine is extremely leftist. In all other aspects he is nice man and a gentleman to others.

When Ronald Reagan was be being buried, he bemoaned the "excessive spending" of taxpayer's money to send him off. He even said "they should just dig a hole and chuck him in". When I called him on it, he pretended he was just joking. But it was clear he was not, these were his true thoughts.

The Wellstone funeral is another notable example of the complete lack of class the left frequently displays. Peronally, I considered the behavior of the attendees and speakers at that to be much worse than what AC said.

My point of course is that crudity is a lot more prevalent on the left, they have absolutely nothing to complain about.

[bray]

Michael Mooreon got lies out that are still parroted today. Ann is being non-PC to get the truth out. You may not agree with her tactics, but the basic point is you cannot criticize the left's "saints" because of thier "sainthood" and she kicks down that wall by calling them money grubbing political hacks. Now they are all being exposed from the Jersey Broads to Kerry which is critical for debate.

Who knows maybe someday we can talk about race and racism??

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Non-Sequitur]

And where did AC use that line to promote here book? Truth is she did not. HER DETRACTORS DID!

Yeah right.

[soccermom]

Fair enough. Thanks for being decent about it.

[soccermom]

Moore may have his lies parroted by those on the left, but they are the types that will believe the worst of Bush no matter what. What counts is election day and the bottom line is, the majority of the voters did not fall for his lies. As a matter of fact, I think his attacks on Bush actually garnered sympathy for the president. (That is why I cringe when Ann personally attacks the Jersey Girls.) Ann went beyone being "non-PC" and you know it. It amazes me how many people can defend her smear tactics as if she "had" to use them to get the truth out --- as if the "human shield" were some top secret "strategerie" that could only be exposed by Ann making personal attacks. As I have said ad nauseum, the voters were able to look beyond this tactic long before her book was published. The Jersey Girls campaigned for Kerry and he lost. Most people paid no attention to them. Thanks to Ann, now people are paying attention to them. Furthermore, as I have noted repeatedly, there were people like Bill OReilly taking on the "victims" before her book came out. Bill got a lot of headlines for standing up to Letterman over Cindy Sheehan -- but he was able to criticize her without personal attacks. Sorry, but the repeated line that she had to do these things to get the truth out is wearing thin.

[ChessExpert]

And where did AC use that line to promote here book? Truth is she did not. HER DETRACTORS DID!

That is right. Certainly, “that line” has been quoted extensively by her detractors on FreeRepublic, in the press, and on T.V. Her response is usually to point out that Liberals have no problem with her claim that they are Godless. The line plays a small part in chapter 5 which is titled Liberals’ Doctrine of Infallibility: Sobbing Hysterical Women. They get someone who fits a sympathetic profile and says the most outrageous things, but you can’t reply. It’s kind of like terrorists who shoot from behind women and children, trying to incite return fire for the benefit of NYT editorials.

[Polybius]

Once you use the grave of your loved ones as a bully pulpit for your political attacks, you become a legitimate political target yourself.

Sorry, Jersey Girls, but you can either claim "poor innocent victim" status and be immune from attack or claim "political attack dog status" and be fair game but you can't have it both ways.

[GOPJ]

Sorry, Jersey Girls, but you can either claim "poor innocent victim" status and be immune from attack or claim "political attack dog status" and be fair game but you can't have it both ways.

Great comment.