Posted on 03/03/2007 8:01:55 PM PST by llevrok
Ann Coulter is not African-American, does not sing and never said “If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” However, she is the closest the Republicans will get to Sister Souljah.
Coulter has made a career of interspersing insightful and cutting political criticism with outrageous and morally repugnant remarks. She attracted considerable attention with her crack about the group of 9/11 widows dubbed the “Jersey girls,” with a line in one of her books, “These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. These self-obsessed women seemed genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them. ... I’ve never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much.”
Then, there was her crack about Muslims at last year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC): “I think our motto should be post-9-11, ‘rag head talks tough, rag head faces consequences.’” At CPAC on Thursday, in endorsing Republican presidential aspirant Mitt Romney, who needs more bad press like a hole in the head, she piped up with this one: “I was going to say something about John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot.’”
It's about time for a presidential contender, perhaps all of them in the spirit of Newt Gingrich’s crusade for improving public discourse, to say “enough.” Coulter’s never-ending stream of venom is not amusing, unhelpful to Republicans, and not in keeping with the ideals of a party that fancies itself as the proponent of a colorblind society and heir to Lincoln.
It is not “caving” into political correctness to distance and indeed condemn such remarks as unworthy of a political event like CPAC. To the contrary, it is altogether fitting that a group that ostensibly searches for the best in conservative ideas, rewards political courage and encourages intellectual debate, should be able to differentiate the amusing from the offensive, and the clever from the vile.
Conservatives take great glee in condemning ideological opponents who share stages with Al Sharpton or give a convention seat to Michael Moore. It would certainly boost their credibility to toss their own baggage out.
Would it be a stunt to call out Coulter, who obviously revels in the attention of provocative pronouncements? No. Excommunication is not being suggested, just a public rebuke. By clearly stating her comments are beyond the bounds of civil discourse and her presence not a welcome addition to a mature political party, the Republicans could do themselves a world of good. How often does a party have the opportunity to display some measure of dignity, restraint and self-reflection.?
So who will play the role of Bill Clinton to Coulter’s Sister Souljah? It would be a sad commentary on the GOP if the answer is “no one.”
Jennifer Rubin is a writer who lives in Virginia. Her columns appear in the Weekly Standard, the American Spectator, Human Events, abc.com and National Review Online.
That's been a reflex action around here for quite a long time.
I use the term sparingly, myself.
Yes, Ann gets attention.
If you want the conservative movement to be seen as a bunch of hypocritical name-callers, as opposed to serious people with real life solutions, then by all means, let her keep getting attention this way.
That one's a keeper!
Denounce her for what? And who is the "we" you are talking about? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
She didn't call him anything, it was you that did!
GREAT IDEA,I"M ALL FOR IT !!!
"...She IS our Sister Soulja. And if we want to be taken seriously, we'll denounce her."
And we'll wind up like France with no real 1st Amendment rights. Brigit Bardot got hauled into court for just speaking her mind about the Mohammedan treatment of animals. It is getting closer to having that sort of thing happen here.
When they say don't say it. Say it!
None of them are nearly conservative enough for me.
So why exactly did you call Edwards a "faggot"?
you may have won me over...
Oh I know....it really has no meaning after most around here use it for just about everyone one time or another.. a long with traitor and POS.....hilarious
Okay, I'll bite. What is your real life solution to faggots?
LOL.
BTTT!
"And if we want to be taken seriously, we'll denounce her"
Go ahead and denounce her, but then I can't take you seriously.
Which is why they fear her. She knows exactly how to pnetrate their thin skin and get a self-rightous reaction. Ann is the heretic in the Church of Liberalism.
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