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.
Screw your courage to the sticking-place.
"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."
Do you consider yourself a serious person with real life solutions?
People can read your posting history here, you know.
Yours reads like a 14 year old on crack.
You've called Coulter everything from a "whore" to "Michael Moore" and here "Sister Souljah" and anything else that springs into your tiny brain.
Tell us some more about how much you hate name-calling. I'm always in the mood for a laugh.
You nailed it. She is flushing out a lot of Rino's and bringing more attention to the double standard we live with in the MSM and sadly some on our side.
I don't understand the problem with Ann Coulter's joke about Edwards. The homofaschists and liberaltistas should get over themselves and their mock indignation. The left which openly hopes for the death of President Bush and VP Cheney and says all forms of hateful and slanderous things should get a spine.
I thirst for the day when we can round them up and put them in the insane asylums they deserve. The pussified sycophants can chew on that.
"edState is actually one of the more influential conservative blogs in D.C. and elsewhere..."
Never mind that little plagiarism problem... LOL.
i nominate you to be the "opener" for Ann!
yor're pretty darn good at just laying it out there
really, i like your clarity
I love you Ann. I have your back.
Oh PLLUUULLEEAAZZZEE!!!
This is a standard, braindead liberal argument. "If you oppose 'Piss Christ' we'll end up censoring art!"
No, you have all the freedom in the world to create "Piss Christ," and I have every freedom in the world to denounce you for doing it.
Coulter can call anybody she wants a faggot. And I can call her a shrill, rude, unserious noisemaker, unworthy of being taken seriously, and unworthy of being representative of a good movement.
Bump!
....huh?.....I didn't write anything and claim it was mine from anywhere else?....dont' follow you
Now there are calls for her to longer be invited to Conservative events. That is all that the movement can do.
True enough, I'm just agreeing that she should not, in fact, be invited to any more events. Nor should we buy her books or watch her on TV.
Matter of fact, if I am invited to an event she'll be speaking at, I either will not attend, or will loudly leave the room when she gets up to speak.
"And I can call her a shrill, rude, unserious noisemaker, unworthy of being taken seriously, and unworthy of being representative of a good movement."
It's funny you should say that, but your posts are reminding me of a good movement. They are very representative of some I have had.
"Because it makes us feel good to see a gutsy conservative lady kicking liberal @$$, the way our conservative politicians should, but are too chicken sh*t to do."
If the politicians would learn how to kick liberal @ss, they'd win more battles. Take no prisoners attitude.
Well, thank you. Believe me, I'd love to be Ann's opener...
Red State did.
That's why they were bounced from the Washington Post within three days.
No wonder AC's jokes go over your head. You have to keep up with the news.
"Matter of fact, if I am invited to an event she'll be speaking at, I either will not attend, or will loudly leave the room when she gets up to speak."
Try to stay out of bell towers, okay?
(What a nutjob.)
I find it interesting that someone who refers to me as a '14-year-old on crack' has the gull to lecture me about name calling.
I didn't call Coulter a whore. I merely said that calling her a whore is no more unjust then calling Edwards a faggot is.
If you object to her being called a whore, you should object to Edwards being called a faggot.
And I didn't call her Moore or Soulja either. I compared her to them. Big difference.
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