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.
Ann Coulter fights the battles the ball-less GOP is to afraid to fight.
Sounds like Jennifer is suffering from Coulter envy.
Applause!!
I'm not buying it for a minute. Pure, triple filtered, freeze dried BS.
Girly man would have been much better.
Huge difference between a speech and FR.
The difference is class and no class.
I don't care if Hunter approves of such commentary. She's not his spokesman. PCism is poison for our republic. Ball less GOPers get run roughshod over. That's why 6th graders are learning about anal sex and condoms. Were the hell is the outrage about that?
Ann insulted gays by associating them with Edwards, to be quite frank.
"bow"
Game........Set.........Match..........PRO1
Next?
I'm pretty sure she will be shunned after this.
And she will have earned it.
I agree to an extent.
Rush Limbaugh and others do scorn successfully. And notice, this is foundational to their success and generally confident demeanor.
Nonetheless, despite Southpark and Rush, Global Warming remains "a serious problem." The Lenos and Lettermans and Holly woods will not allow us to dismiss Global Warming. It is Real. The media continues to treat it as real. Even John Stewart could not allow a global warming skeptic to speak freely on his show. He had to interrupt and re impose the tragic frame to shut up the debate-- even though this took him out of character.
The reason people talk about Global warming as being like a religion is because of its sacred disposition.
Media interpretations of the IPCC global warming report noted that "the debate is over" This is part of the Left's control of public dialogue.
They all like it, and are laughing behind closed doors. They just are too PC to say so. Betchya $$ Rush gets a kick out of it.
I was listening to a minor conservative talk show host upon a time. He suggested that you ask a person directly whether they loved the United States, or not. Apparently, the Leftists CANNOT say a simple "yes" to that question.
I was skeptical, but I tried it - and DAMNED if he wasn't correct! I even tried to let the Leftist qualify the "yes", nut they couldn't even do that!
I bet he doesn't.
They've called us all idiots and nazis for years. Why worry about one of ours firing back.
And she will have earned it.
These aren't the droids you're looking for, JRochelle.
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