ANN COULTER: THE NEW YORK TIMES VS. HELMS, PART 529,876 (Free Republic Quoted)

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[Syncro]

THE NEW YORK TIMES VS. HELMS, PART 529,876
July 9, 2008


Last Friday, on the Fourth of July, the great American patriot Jesse Helms passed away. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson also went to their great reward on Independence Day, so this is further proof of God.

Helms is now the second great American patriot I've always wanted to meet and never will, at least in this lifetime. The only other one is the magnificent Reagan aide Lyn Nofziger. (Wikipedia quote: "I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said.")

After a week of hundreds of Helms obituaries -- one or two of which were not completely dishonest -- I will mention just a few items that were not addressed or given sufficient attention.

The two most obsessively discussed topics among Senate staffers are: (1) Who is the stupidest senator? (Sen. Barbara Boxer pulled into the lead when Sen. Lincoln Chafee retired), and (2) which senators are beastly and which are wonderful to their staff?

When I worked in the Senate in the '90s, the two senators famous for being absolute princes to work for were Sen. Helms and -- it pains me to tell you this, so you know it has to be true -- Sen. Teddy Kennedy. (He was so nice to his staffers, he frequently offered them rides home in his car after parties.)

I never knew -- and you never knew, unless you read one of the two honest obituaries this past week -- that in 1962 Helms and his wife "Dot" adopted a 9-year-old orphan with cerebral palsy. They already had two daughters and Helms was 41 years old at the time. But it was Christmastime and they read about Charlie in a newspaper. He said all he wanted for Christmas was a mother and father.

In the 1976 North Carolina Republican primary, Helms engineered Ronald Reagan's upset victory over Gerald Ford, the sitting president. That victory carried Reagan to the convention and made him the front-runner in 1980. The night Reagan won the 1980 presidential election, Helms famously uttered the beautiful words: "God has given America one more chance."

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[Syncro]

Oops, a slight correction to my post #58:

A listener had heard an interesting conversation with Andrew and Coulter, Ann mentioning that about half the posters on freerepublic liked the idea of getting drunk to vote for McCain and the other half said even liquor couldn't do it for them.

And then she had a long on-air chat about Jim Robinson and how he created this massively important website , but gets no credit from the MSM, who are too busy writing encomiums about that little twit "kos."

Ann is a big fan of Free Republic, and she hung out with Jim and Shelia before.

OK, I was there too...

Obviously, we are BIG fans of Ann Coulter!

[Syncro]

Ann's a good Zingerette!

Fer sure

LOL

[Zevonismymuse]

Ann is a Deadhead

I read that interview as well. I was not surprised. I live in California and there are all kinds of cool conservatives. I admit I am not a typical Republican but there are other Conservatives with an edge.

[Ciexyz]

Most interesting.

[rogue yam]

You can’t fool me, that’s David Crosby!

[7thson]

A great laugh out loud line.

[nonliberal]

An arch conservative who drinks Coors Light? Is your daughter single?

[Zevonismymuse]

An arch conservative who drinks Coors Light? Is your daughter single?

Not only is she single, she is a hard-core capitalist. No candy for my kids on Easter. They slug it out for cash filled Easter Eggs. And there is no Title IX in our house. The daughter must use her brain to out perform her brothers speed and strength. These are both determined competitors and will no doubt perform admirably in November when they lead our team to victory with their enthusiastic willingness to Get Drunk and Vote for McCain.

[itsahoot]

[LiberConservative]

"Ann was born in December of 1961."

I didn't stop to think she's in her mid-40's by now. Oh, well. Then I guess there is nothing left for her to do than hook up with a guy like me (close to her age and my parenting days are behind me as well) and make each other very very very very very very happy. :)

[LiberConservative]

Maybe it's the way you put it, but I have to agree with you Syncro. Leaning towards 50 is dangerous for a woman to start having children. Not just for the child but for the mother as well.

[Christian4Bush]

Not Guilty!!!!!!!!!

[nonliberal]

Capitalist too? I’d make a great son-in-law.

[Syncro]

You can’t fool me, that’s David Crosby!

Please pass the liver

[steve-b]

No — that’s one to make rational people’s heads pop, not leftists’.