Posted on 11/09/2007 3:57:46 AM PST by Forgiven_Sinner
As far as she is concerned, Ann Coulter is a middle-of-the-road moderate and the rest of you are crazy.
If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann Coulter published by Crown Forum (October 2, 2007) Hdbk., 288 pgs. ISBN-10: 0307353451 ISBN-13: 978-0307353450
Conservative saleswoman of the year, Ann Coulter, believes that if Democrats had brains, they’d all be Republicans by now.
Looking for a laugh? Here are some of my favorite lines (from her book of quotations) you’ll be reciting for years:
• 1. My favourite: “Scratch a ‘civil libertarian,’ find a fascist.” – page 4
• 2. “Liberals will pass laws to protect children from ‘secondhand smoke’ but not from being doused with poisonous saline solution or having their skulls crushed in the womb.” - page 38
• 3. “Guns are our friends because in a country without guns, I’m what’s known as ‘prey.’ All females are.” – page 125
• 4. “Morality matters, not polls. In 1938, the polls were not very strong for doing anything in [the lead up to] World War II.” – page 138
• 5. “Luxuriating in the warmth of mainstream media admiration, liberal saints get crazier and crazier. They’re “beloved,” we’re ‘divisive’.” – page 183
• 6. “People who say ‘everybody does it’ are announcing nothing more than the implacable fact that they do it.” – page 211
• 7. “Mass murderers apparently can’t read since they are constantly shooting up ‘gun-free zones.’” – page 123
Funny and searingly controversial, If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans challenges the much-ballyhooed “Golden Age” of Clintonism too. Connecticut’s Confucius says (page 61): “What actually happened during the Clinton presidency? No one can remember anything about it except the bimbos, the lies, and the felonies. Fittingly, in the final analysis, Clinton will not be remembered for what he did as president, but for who he did.”
I’ll say. Moreover, Coulter is also reviving time-honoured Christian values, by selling Webster’s Protestant ethic in a cocktail dress. If Democrats Had Any Brains documents some terrible abuses which include (but aren’t limited to): Democrats sexually abusing women in their workplaces, Democrats accepting bribes from FBI agents posing as Arab sheiks, Democrats stealing classified documents from the National Archives, and, of course, Democrats running homosexual prostitution rings from their Washington townhouses (my guess, without free condoms).
Yoking politically incorrect research to satirical talking points, Ann Coulter, 42, also informs her readers that: “As far as I’m concerned, I’m a middle-of-the-road moderate and the rest of you are crazy.” Is she enjoying the ride? I think she’s laughing all the way to the bank.
Every year sees great progress in Ann’s message, and politically incorrect accomplishments (from six bestsellers to sellout events). If Democrats Had Any Brains is the conservative movement’s little red book. Regardless, to those who make a profession of rooting against Christianity, Coulter is the “enemy.” Thus, Susan Estrich, a University of Southern California Law Professor, sniffs in Soulless (Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate) that: “She knows exactly what she is doing. And she is scary because of it.”
Other Americans outside of Santa Monica aren’t so sure. Just look at her bestsellers. Just read the headlines. As a popular writer of non-fiction for nearly ten years, Coulter really just wants to share the truth with a smile – and liberals are helping out. The “outspoken” conservative’s work ethic is clever: Coulter simply winds up Democrats with a few controversial statements and they sell books for her, while she sleeps in until midday.
Oh yes, Estrich went on (page 41). “Ann damns people as whores, dismisses entire races (Muslims) as terrorists (well, maybe only 10 percent of them), but so long as she doesn’t use the ‘s-word’ or the ‘f-word’ to do it, then it is ‘fun’ and a ‘pleasure’ to have her on. Or so the host says when she is done.” Seriously. Amid the pretend uproar, however, nothing encourages public disrespect for elitism more than seeing those who enforce “speech code” rules flip out.
In Estrich’s case, her argument started to crack when it was revealed that Islam is not a race. But professors can hardly give sanctimonious sermons about “race” if they refer to Michelle Malkin as – I quote – “an Asian terrier Ann” (Soulless, page 208). Or support weird “affirmative action” adventures. “If I knew as little about Islam as [liberals] know about American Christians, I would be guilty of a hate crime,” notes Coulter (page 52). Needless to say, liberals hate the “Protestant race.”
There’s a lot to think about. There’s Coulter’s take on morals (“I’ve been interested in the Democratic Party ever since I read Lolita” – page 208). There’s the conservative blonde’s take on theology (“If you want something to complicate a belief in God, try coming to terms with Michael Moore being one of God’s special creatures” – page 52). But more importantly, Coulter promises to offend everyone. “Please be patient,” she writes, “I am working as fast as I can.” I’m sure she is.
If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans is available on Amazon.com.
Ben-Peter Terpstra is a freelance writer from Australia. His writing has been published in On-Line Opinion, an Australian e-journal.
Um, you know the rules.
Ann and Michelle should go on tour together.
Insightful and thought provoking as usual ... Ann has an overabundance of common sense.
I read the book and laughed constantly. Unfortunately about 60% is quotes from her weekly newspaper articles, but I can live with that.
This is a fun book that I highly recommend and it will definitely annoy the liberal sitting next to you on the plane to see our Ann bring such joy (trust me she [the liberal next to me] was really ticked that someone would read such a book).
I was a little disappointed with her last book, but this one more than made up for it.
Treason was definitely her best work with plenty of research. Not a laugh riot but well thought out. This new book is just fun.
The new book was fun - kind of an Ann Coulter’s Greatest Hits That You’ve Haven’t Heard.
I just wish that Republicans had the brains to be Republicans.
Ditto!!
I thought it was excellent although the quote that stuck with me the most wasn't even Ann's, it was from Joe McCarthy and went something like this:
"If liberals were merely stupid then the laws of probability would dictate that at least some of thier decisions would be in America's interests"
Man I love that one.
LOL bttt
Thanks for reminding me... :o)
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