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Posted on 02/06/2009 11:58:23 AM PST by RonDog
Thursday, February 5, 2009 YORBA LINDA – Despite it being her first visit to the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, Ann Coulter seemed right at home. Never being one to shy away from controversy, the conservative author and TV commentator thrilled the capacity crowd Thursday night with her hourlong speech of punchlines and jabs – all at the expense of the left. "This is more fun (than TV)," Coulter said before entering the library's East Room to a standing ovation. "Although, the hostile TV interviews are fun, too. This is like the cherry on top. Though, I do enjoy toying around with liberals." Coulter started off her appearance with a couple of minutes of one-liners in the overflow room, where 283 people paid $10 to $12 a person to watch her give her main speech on a closed-circuit broadcast. She then made her way to East Room, where 778 people laughed and applauded for nearly every joke, most of which were taken from her new book, "Guilty," which was released in December... -- snip --
...Some of her jokes were even a bit bold for her sympathetic crowd, including a jab at President Barack Obama's father's African heritage. "Obama may be not only our first black president, but our first son-of-a-slave-trader president..." -- snip --
...Coulter acknowledged her status as an instigator, concluding her speech with a wry smile and her last one-liner: "If any of my speech here today offends you, my work is done."Author Ann Coulter on O.C.: 'Insurgency in enemy territory'
Conservative commentator makes her first visit to Nixon library, birthplace of man whose legacy she often defends.By ERIC NEFF
The Orange County Register
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
‘If any of my speech here today offends you, my work is done.”’
Change that to ‘any of my posts’ and I have a new tag line.
It’s odd to think of OC as “enemy territory.” Not so long ago, that was Reagan country.
While Obama’s heritage shouldn’t be off-limits, we’ve had plenty of slave-trading Presidents.
It’s odd to think of OC as "enemy territory."Sorry. I had to EXERPT this article, at the request of the publisher.Not so long ago, that was Reagan country.
In context, here is the FULL QUOTE referred to in that headline:
...As for Coulter's feelings about Orange County, she said that the first thing she thinks of is "Republican."This would mean that Ann believes ORANGE COUNTY itself is the "insurgency" within the "enemy territory" of CALIFORNIA."An insurgency in enemy territory is always an exciting place to be," she said.
I think. :o)
That would be all of them since the sixteenth amendment passed.
I was there last night, and I got her to sign my book.
Darn, ....
I was there a week too early.
If only I had known.
I would have gladly made the drive from Long Beach in the rain.
Just did a little checking. OC went 51-47 for McCain, so that makes sense.
[ANN COULTER at the NIXON LIBRARY]See also, from www.nixonlibraryfoundation.org:
If only I had known.Not to worry. She will be back. Someday. :o)I would have gladly made the drive from Long Beach in the rain.
>>While Obama’s heritage shouldn’t be off-limits, we’ve had plenty of slave-trading Presidents.<<
SOME may have been slave OWNERS, but unless I was asleep in history class that day, I cannot recall any President being a slave TRADER.
None of them had slave-trading as their primary vocation, but slave-owners routinely bought and sold slaves, so that slave-trading is indeed a valid description of their activity.
Ann is right about one thing in her book- people did not go to Africa to kidnap black people to make slaves, they went there because THAT IS WHERE THE SLAVE MARKETS WERE
Black people sold other black people.
ANd the USA was the nation that put a STOP to slavery
Actually, upon investigation, it turns out that Andrew Jackson was indeed an active trader of slaves in the 1790s, not just a buyer or seller for use in planting, as most of the others were
The Royal Navy of the U.K. did far more to stop the African slave trade than the U.S.
>>None of them had slave-trading as their primary vocation, but slave-owners routinely bought and sold slaves, so that slave-trading is indeed a valid description of their activity.<<
Wow, now that’s a leap in logic. First, you claimed that Presidents were slave TRADERS. Now, you switch to include all the Presidents in with slave OWNERS who bought and sold slaves, calling them all slave TRADERS.
By that logic, since I own a car, I can be considered a car OWNER and a car TRADER. Nice try.
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