Is Ann Coulter good for the conservative movement?

Catholic Exchange ^ | Jan. 2007 | James Fitzpatrick

[Ronaldus Magnus Reagan]

You should read the book before you say anything so stupid.

What book? I wasn't talking about any book, just fundamental beliefs.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Uh, no. Of course she isn't.

Everyone knows that liberals are those most concerned about furthering Conservative ideals. Isn't that what "new spirit in Washington" and "bipartisan" and "working together" mean, that I should trust them to represent me? Obviously, a very articulate, strong, independent-minded and articulate conservative woman would just be working against us.

Do I really need a sarcasm tag?

[Calpernia]

She had a speaking event here in NJ. I tried to get tickets to it to bring my daughter.

Unfortunately, she (Ann Coulter) couldn't make the event due to being sick

[OESY]

The points Ann Coulter makes in her books are well documented. If leftists were held to the
same standard, they would lose every argument. On top of that, Ann delivers her jibes
with wit and wisdom. Outclassed and called to account, the left-wing recoils in horror.

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[Killborn]

No, I think for myself. That's why I didn't say "He's the greatest thing since slice bread" or say "he's the worst thing since Clinton because he's not the omnipotent Washington/Reagan clone incarnate".

[ozzymandus]

Read "Godless". It isn't a fundamentalist tract, it just slices and dices the knee-jerk down-with-God crowd. Ann doesn't claim the earth is 6,000 yrs old, or that God created the earth in 6 days. She just points out some obvious flaws in the theory of evolution.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Only 2 pictures??

[ChessExpert]

Yes.

I don't actually like the question as it seems to put her on the defensive.

Ann Coulter is one of the best conservative pundits in my opinion. She is a one person deprogramming machine. Many of us have accepted falsehoods inadvertently as though through osmosis. Socialism by any name (communism, socialism, Marxism, Nazism, Fascism, liberalism, collectivism, etc.) was the big thing in the 20th century. It dominated our news reporting (MSM) and movies. It made great intellectual inroads in the higher echelons of academia, government, and perhaps even organized religion. Most conservative pundits are careful to take small swipes at the beast, then duck and cover. Ann unloads multiple times in a single article. It is as though she is not of this time. I often find her writing harsh. Six months later, it all reads like common sense: one example, the Jersey girls. I'm within the system. Somehow, she stands apart.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

No. She's a slightly less ugly, conservative version of Michael Moore or Al Franken.

So, you have a comparative measure of attractiveness for both sexes???

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Only 2 pictures??

[Bullish]

She's a flame thrower, but the left richly deserves a thorough flaming. In fact, I wish some elected Republicans could dish it out half as good as our Ann.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

That's interesting...

[subterfuge]

No. She's a slightly less ugly, conservative version of Michael Moore or Al Franken

You need to see a doctor for your eyes, for starters, then ask him or her about your limited intellectual capacity.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Is a brilliant satirical sword good for conservatives?

ABSOLUTELY!

[Calpernia]

bump

[RobRoy]

I did not like her writing style in the past, but I have noticed significant improvement in the last year. She is becoming more and more relevant.

She will be VERY scary to these people as the years roll by.

[Dante3]

Ann Coulter is good for the country. She dares to speak her mind and express opinions that the Thought Police and UCLA fear and try to censor.

Attacks, including physical confrontations, by the left have failed to silence her unlike with far too many others who after making some minor comments have been forced to undergo sensitivity training, apologize for their thoughts, and even resign from their jobs.

Somebody on FR posted that nobody has the constitutional right not to be offended.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Coulter will expose Hillary all the way to the election. Worth her weight in gold just for this!

[IrishBrigade]

...deniers will be castigated...

...guess you've never read some of the pro-evo's responses to pro ID'ers, even those like myself who simply belive it hurts nothing but someone's pride to mention ID in a clssroom...usually it takes about three posts before the name calling starts...

[IrishBrigade]

...last night on 'Hannity&Colmes' she appeared totally unhinged, and allowed the empty-headed actress Daryll Hannah and the oily Alan Colmes to make points against her...if that performance was the first I'd ever seen of her, I'd have thought her a very poor spokesperson for any cause...