King could have used the example of the affable Eva Clinton who once said with charm and grace, and a dash of feminine humor, "You F.....G Jew Bastard!"
Ann Coulter I know, but who's Florence King?
The envy of Coulter's intelligence, awareness, and achievement is quite obvious. What a loser [female dog].
I don't know how Dorthy Parker would have stated that - forgive me.
The truth is that Florence has been trying for decades (?) to be what Ann is now. But Ann is actually very stilletto - every column contains many wonderfully clever barbs. Same for live interviews. Just her line at the end of the MSNBC interview where the woman remarked to Ann, after viewing a video of her ten years after her first appearance, 'your hair was much blonder then,' Ann replied, without missing a beat, 'I lived in Washington then.'
Florence... really. Ann's column has more intelligent, clever lines in her weekly column than you do in a years worth of Misanthrope's Corner.
"At her best, Coulter writes well, but the chief source of her success is that she is a perfect match for the American ideal: smart as a whip but dumb as a post, educated but not learned, sexy but not sensuous, all at the same time."
Meow. I smell the fumes of jealousy here. Ann is a true American, she takes these issues personally and undertands the danger we're in from leftist ideals - THAT'S the reason for the straight talk. And, THAT's the reason she's so successful with the average American.
People used to double talk and 'nuance' like leftists, and obviously Ms. King, get distinctly uncomfortable with directness and confrontation. Which is of course the entire point.
Flowery self ingratiating BS.
People who write like this love themselves.
"...dumb as a post..."
Doubtful!
Preferring a sledghammer over a stiletto is a very American thing. The stiletto, when used as a weapon vice the tool used in needlepoint, is a cowardly weapon. It is used by sneaking up behind and driving in to pierce the heart, or into the neck to pierce the brain. A sledgehammer used as a weapon power and passion harkening back to hearty warriors facing one another on the field, intentions and motives clear.
The writer of this article should just go back to sipping herbal tea and trading droll, pithy banalities with other droll pithy tea sippers. I prefer discourse with Americans.
Top sends
"...lead a horticulture indeed."
King's writing reminds me of the Monty Python line "Smart people like me who talk loud in restaurants -----"
Eva Braun is a woman who saw Hell from the inside, and laid down next to it every night, preferring the elixir of notoriety and access to the deserted integrity of anonymity.
Which sums up Couric pretty well, if you ask me.
Pretty straitforward: The intellectual snobs at NR don't like the fact that she has more followers than they do.
Did someone say Anne Coulter + stilettos? Any pix?
Obviously the author spends a lot of time with the History Channel on the tube.
Florence King does make a point. Not so much about Ann as about today's American audience. Many of them are not well read, and cleverness is not their strong suit. Look at Leno's crowd or Letterman's crowd. What appeals to people is brash confrontation, boorish insults and crude and childish humor.
Ann is doing a public service, and in a way that most people will listen. Florence King may lament the loss of more refined humor, but she can't single-handedly change the world. It may not be great, but it's where we are. You won't get on CNN with references to Boudicca.
(Boudicca: "tradition tells that all of south east Britain came to her side, ready to die for the Queen who was fierce enough to take on the Roman Empire." AD 62, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/boudicca.shtml)
The "posts" on this thread illustrate Ms King's point re La Coulter's fans.
I liked some of the intelligent quips King attributed to other people, but didn't really see any originals in the article.
I wonder why not?
Sometimes a Sledgehammer is the proper too; especially when dealing cement-headed democrats that can't grasp concepts not draw in crayon.