Ann Coulter I know, but who's Florence King?
um...she's a real gem, who knows her way around a gerund. You should go out, say to a library, and check out her books, most notably "Southern Ladies and Gentlemen" and "With Malice Toward All". Her books on misanthropy make Bob Tyrell look like a kindergartner.
This is one smart cookie and Ann should perk up and listen to what she says.
Then again, your responses, if meant seriously and you could well be kidding, would be just what Ann has decided will play and what Florence is lamenting is the state of even conservative education.
I'll opt for the chance you're kidding, though and just consider this one of those times when I can give Florence the nod she has richly earned.
um...she's a real gem, who knows her way around a gerund. You should go out, say to a library, and check out her books, most notably "Southern Ladies and Gentlemen" and "With Malice Toward All". Her books on misanthropy make Bob Tyrell look like a kindergartner.
This is one smart cookie and Ann should perk up and listen to what she says.
Then again, your responses, if meant seriously and you could well be kidding, would be just what Ann has decided will play and what Florence is lamenting is the state of even conservative education.
I'll opt for the chance you're kidding, though and just consider this one of those times when I can give Florence the nod she has richly earned.
Florence King is a Virginia lady of very mature years, a lesbian, a humorist, and a professional curmudgeon in the style of a female Andy Rooney who has written with incising humor about her Southern heritage, among other things. She is not in competition with Ann because she's not principally a political writer (though her columns are carried by NR) and because she's twice Ann's age and semi-retired. She quotes Dorothy Parker because Dorothy was the reigning wit of her youth, and was unquestionably very sharp in her use of the English language to make her points.
I admire Ann Coulter very much. Dorothy Parker unquestionably came up with some zingers, but only occasionally in her career. But unlike Ann Parker was not required to produce them on TV on the spur of the moment, rebutting for an hour the uninformed and unfair hysterics of spitty Chrissy Matthews and similar louts.
Florence King is one of the most esteemed contributors to NATIONAL REVIEW who retired a few years ago. I've personally never appreciated her as much as many other readers, I find her writing a bit too nuanced (dense) for my enjoyment. I think she used to always have her articles inside the back cover.
If you don't know who Florence King is..you can't understand a word said. Florence King invented the persona Anne now inhabits. Florence is the orginal, Anne is her progeny. I suspect Florence is jealous that she can no longer be Anne.