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.
I agree with you, Lott was innocent, because his comments clearly did not mean what they said they meant, and they were made off the cuff, and they were not part of a pattern.
Had he said, "You know, it would have been great had we elected Strom, because he would have kept all the n!@@ers in their place", he would have deserved his fate. Since he didn't do that, he didn't deserve his fate.
Had Ann's comment been off the cuff, or had it been isolated, it 'might' be excusable. But it wasn't off the cuff, and it wasn't isolated.
"and a million fewer like Jennifer Rubin."
A million more or a million fewer, I doubt anybody would notice either way.
faggot
A. noun
1 fagot, faggot:
a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
So what's wrong with calling John Edwards a bundle of sticks?
...haha.....well everyone makes mistakes...so you are saying that anyone that makes a mistake can never ever be trusted to give good advice or have an opinion?....LOL... must be fun being perfect......I do have one question for you though...honestly...I may be on alot of posts like this, but I notice that on EVERY post you insult people constantly....is that an insecurity thing or just that you are still a teenager?????...just curious because that is usually the tactic of the left.....but you do it well I must say.......
"I like Ann. The trouble with her "faggot" comment is that it's not funny, in my opinion. The word "faggot" isn't funny. I've heard some funny ways of describing Edwards, but that isn't it. "Silky Pony" is a good one. "Slip and Fall Lawyer John Edwards" is another."
For the thousandth time (maybe you missed them) Coulter's comment was A JOCULAR REFERENCE TO THE ACTOR WHO WENT INTO REHAB FOR HAVING CALLED ANOTHER ACTOR A "FAGGOT."
Can people at least get up to speed on the basic facts.
Do you know I do when I think something is not funny? I don't laugh!!
Personally, I believe that we need more venom. Being "PC" is too liberal for my tastes. Maybe that's why I'm a Michael Savage fan.
And as far as I'm concerned, Edwards is a faggot and a socialist slime ball. Oh... sorry... "socialist slime ball" maay have offended some people... like I care.
(Why am I bothering?)
What I am saying is that Michele Malkin and the rest have made many far more important, far more discrediting to the cause mistakes -- than Coulter's joke.
And yet I don't recall seeing Coulter or anyone calling for their heads.
Was that simple enough for you? Or should I run through it a dozen more times?
...why do you offend and insult almost everyone to disagree with?.....I'm curious....
No kidding!
Just wait until Hillary Clinton unleashes her minions on the pantywaists. They can either learn to fight or keep losing.
I am not going to let the lefty kooks tell me what I can say about anyone. That is their goal. Call everyone a hate-monger, homophobe, etc. and make people crawl in a hole and let them takeover. They say things ten times worse everyday.
They can go to H*LL!
Exactly!!!
I must have missed that minute. Ann, on the defensive? Quite properly, when the liberals (or the girly boys on the semi-right) huff and puff that she's not showing good dhimmi manners, she always takes the opportunity to twist the knife a quarter-turn more.
I like that in a girl.
I also don't follow the argument that "faggot" is "tone-deaf" talk for a political humorist. She's not running for office, last I checked. You might prefer she refer to Edwards as a "metrosexual twit," but hang on, I'm sure she will.
I don't. I just call people as I see them.
You have been trolling on a lot of threads where there are a lot of stupid people -- or other trolls.
I'd rather be elsewhere, frankly. Talking to more rational sentient beings.
Then by all means go there....don't let the likes of little old me stop you....but I seem to annoy you....meaning I have control over your emotions....very weak minded
She was previously a labor lawyer in Los Angeles
You haven't said anything right today. Everyone else sees it but you.
Calling Ann a whore and then denying it and then being outed is what - protesting? rude? being a liar?
The fact is that homosexuals have been referred to with derogatory in virtually any healthy society. There is a good reason for this: Homosexuals lead tragic, self-destructive lives. All manner of self-destructive behavior has been legitimized simply by accusing anyone pointing out the destructiveness of the behavior of being "mean".
Alcoholics, adulterers, the promiscuous, etc, just like homosexuals are people healthy societies show disdain for in order to discourage people from going down those roads.
Removing the shame from those behaviors will only encourage them.
It's not you that is stopping me. I can multi-task.
But admittedly your endlessly stupid posts are a great target for derision.
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