Posted on 11/17/2011 11:41:45 AM PST by jenk
You know, if it weren't for Romney supporters, I might be able to support the guy.
On Tuesday night, Ann Coulter was a guest on the Sean Hannity Show where she said this: COULTER: I think the candidate, it is going to be and is the strongest candidate to beat Obama is Mitt Romney. And, you know, I'm a little tired of these Johnny-come-lately conservative purists.
She's talking about us, the tea party. She is calling us Johnny-come-latelys, saying, basically, "Where were you when we were fighting all this time, you just showed up on the scene in 2009, who are you to deign to come in and pick our candidate for us, you tea party morons." Then she has to go and throw in the "conservative purists" label. That got me angry.
Where were we, Ann? We were buying your books, learning. We were raising our families, trying to make a better life for them than we had, driving our trucks until gas cost $100 a fill-up, figuring that hard times were just a bump in the road, as usual. But then came Obama, and we can see, because we are parents and understand a little better how life operates, that no matter what we do to try to make our kids' lives better than ours, this spending and agenda for America means they will never have it as good as us. So yeah, we are going to pick your candidate for you. We are the ones who have the most to lose. We own property, work hard, and we aren't going anywhere. And you know what else, for somebody who is a lawyer and purported to be a great thinker, you couldn't come up with a more accurate phrase than 'conservative purists' to describe mainstream America? I'll give you a hint. We are Americans, and in America, the people are constitutionally mandated to be in charge of their government.
Coulter: Where were they when we were running John McCain? For Pete's sake, Romney is a million times better than McCain.John McCain isn't running. I agree Romney is better than John McCain, but you're not! You have decided to snipe at regular American people who have bought your books and learned the ropes while raising our families, and you call us Johnny-come-latelys?! Who the hell do you think reads your stuff?! So now you get to sit right next to McCain, who calls us hobbits.
Coulter: Romney speaks absolutely beautifully, he's been magnificent in the debates. I think he's a little bit of a country club Republican, too, but let's just get a Tepublican in there and get Obama out and as long as we have a Republican Senate -- by the way, Tea Partiers, that's what we need to be working on, Republicans picking up the Senate.Alright, what she is saying now is the same thing they said about O'Donnell, and Angle, and Palin, and anyone that the American People prefer over their pick. She is regurgitating verbatim what I heard on last November when my candidate won. All the little twenty-something consultants and beltway hacks were dumping on O'Donnell for losing the Senate. But the beltway and the Republican establishment in Delaware worked against her the entire campaign. Now, the mere mention of O'Donnell to these beltway losers creates convulsions. So that shoots a huge hole in the idea that Coulter is an original thinker.
HANNITY: But here's a problem he's facing. And this is important. He has had a hard time up until now. Now, it's fascinating in the polls, he's the one guy that has remained a frontrunner, has not lost that status from the very beginning. It seems like he is having -- it doesn't seem like, he's having problems with some of the conservative base in the polls there.This constant beating-up of Reagan by beltway losers is supremely irritating to me. I was a kid when Reagan was in office, and Coulter acts like 'Reagan was a one-timer, get over it.' No, it is conservatism we need, and your guy Romney is not one. He evokes zero ambition, zero emotion and zero faith that he will not acquiesce to those terrible, mean, nasty, Marxist, xenophobes that you have been writing about, and are running the government right now! For crying out loud! Oh, and Romney's such a nice guy, gee, he doesn't want to say those incendiary things that those crazy tea partiers say...that is exactly what McCain did. You cannot win a campaign against a Marxist that way, who will stop at nothing to get elected. Romney is getting such velvet glove treatment, that he'll be turned into mincemeat, and you know what else? When we are up against people who are trying to destroy America, nice guys finish last. How do you think Romney will react when they go for his short-and-curlies? Hmm, Coulter? Ever think of that? To think that you have been laying the case for years about how liberalism is destroying America, and how to talk to libs, and their agenda is Demonic, yet you say, hey everybody, let's throw some oatmeal at him, that'll really get him!COULTER: Right. That's what I'm saying. What the reason for that is, and I understand this, I agree, this seems, feels like 1980. If we had a Ronald Reagan out there, we could probably win with the Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan is not available this year. We have to -- and Romney is well-known to --well the electorate generally and conservatives -- we know what his negatives are but we have to keep cycling through these other conservatives to find out what their negatives are. And boy, the Obama White House is loving this, keep Republicans fighting.
COULTER: What I think Republicans should be and conservatives, people who care about this country should be looking at, is not just can you check off this issue, this issue, this issue, but who can you send in, in the debates against Obama? I think hands down that is Mitt Romney.
What if Obama refuses to have a debate? His supporters don't watch debates, we do. Debates are for us to decide and discern, and weigh options and measure the candidates because we are thinkers. The leftists and anarchists are emotional. I actually think you were the first one to teach me that. So why the hell would Obama not just sidestep the debates? He is, after all, ignoring every proper and ethical way to run the nation, throwing separation of powers in the ditch, shredding the Constitution, WAKE UP! By the way, any Republican can win a debate against Obama, because it would only be watched by us!! But let's say Obama gives in and only has one debate, we'll all say for months that our guy won the debate, while him and his pukes pick Romney apart, pitting all groups of people against one another, making everyone afraid of everything, as usual.
The beginning of the segment on Hannity talks about Chris Christie warning Republicans not to underestimate Obama's campaign, and then Ann Coulter, Christie's biggest supporter, trips on in, and underestimates it completely.
Way to make an argument. Jerk.
We've seen our share of battles lately. I'm tired of the circular firing squads as well.
My purity test is pretty simple. The candidate must be Pro-Life. It is the one issue I won't waver on. I have a whole bunch of preferences after that and the candidate that fits most of them and has the experience/charisma to do what he says he will do I support. We keep losing on policy to the Rats because they are so much more pragmatic then we are. They will take a little bit of the loaf rather than waiting for the whole loaf.
I like the field of candidates except for Romney and maybe Cain. I would like to vote for Perry, but if it's Newt, Bachmann, Santorum, even Paul I would vote for them.
An example of how the purist's play into the Rats hands is immigration. We appear to be a bunch of hateful nativists and it's really not true. The problem is not being solved, which benefits the Rats, and we keep shooting down good candidates because they aren't perfect on the issue even though the solutions they offer would solve the problem.
I don’t hate her, do you?
Sorry....too much coffee today :>)
That’s true, she did support Christie. Personally, I think Gingrich stands a better chance of betting Obama. I don’t think of Mitt as the anti-Christ, but Romneycare will be his albatross as well as his waffling.
Best to realize that any republican candidate will not be treated fairly. And I believe the Veep slot will be even more important in this election. So whoever the nominee is, had better choose very carefully and very wisely.
Who are you calling a jerk?
Ann says this because she is a northeast conservative. Typically, they are fiscal conservatives that are also pro-defense. They lack the religious element in their conservatism and are not Pro-Life, Pro-Marriage, Pro-Family. If she was able to stand back and look there isn't a single Pub running who can't beat obama in a debate.
obama will make one emotional appeal after another and create strawmen in the process demonizing his opponent. The response to this is simple, "the facts tell a different story". What is the misery index? What is the unemployment rate? Why have your supporters received special treatment while the rest of the country has suffered?
Newt is clearly the best debater, but that also raises the bar for him in people's expectations. Perry has had the most criticism of his debating but he is everything we could hope for on the issues. I like Perry and that's who I'm giving money to. I think the importance of the debates is overblown and I think the "skill" our teleprompter in chief has debating is overblown as well.
I know I’m pure. My Mom said so and she never lied.
I don’t remember, but it was a brilliant point.
“And boy, the Obama White House is loving this, keep Republicans fighting.”
Conservatives, on the other hand, know what they want. The Republicans are on their own.
Exactly...I learned my lesson from 2008, when they foisted McLame on us....I'm not falling for it again. They'll lose anyway if they go with Romney, so I really don't care.
We’re a force to be reckoned with. Fair, firm and consistent.
Good luck getting what you "want" without the Republican party. Its imperfect, but conservatism dies and the country is doomed without it.
Fine. Let the Pubs stand on their own then. I’ll sleep just fine.
What’s pathetic is selling out your integrity. It hasn’t worked yet - or haven’t you looked around lately?
You might be my sister. :)
I’m saying I’m not sure the uniform she is wearing says which team she is on.
I’m sure of it. I found you!!!
The Fonz jumped the shark, Ann landed on it.
Really? You think that? To these eyes, the woman doesn't approach even middling good looks. So thin that the breasts are just barely there. And that elongated face? Oh gee. Some peoples' tastes.
;-)
HowTo: Spot A Transsexual
Adam’s apple
The apple got stuck in Adam’s throat, not Eve’s, so if she has one, she’s probably a transsexual. Ann Coulter and Sandra Bullock are both transsexuals, although they’ve both been able to pass, at least in some circles, as genetic women. Bullock, despite the masculine sound of her surname and her obviously masculine throat, has succeeded well enough to be accepted as female by much of the world’s population and is always referred to as an actress rather than as an actor.
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