[jraven]

I hate to agree with the Guardian (ARRGAHHHHHHH!) but I do. AC is a horrendous person in terms of swing voters or a role model for consistency. Throughout her lively book and in her appearances she uses EXACTLY the same tactics she lambasts liberals and Demcrats for doing. She provides "read meat" to some of us conservatives. Why? Because she lashes out effectively. But she is not consistent, does not practice the standards she demands of the left in her book, and is very predictable. She is not exactly the person to win over swing voters -- but is the person to cheeer on "GET EM ANN!' Nothing wrong with that....but I agree with the Guardian in a lot of this.

[Publius6961]

But she is not consistent, does not practice the standards she demands of the left in her book, and is very predictable. She is not exactly the person to win over swing voters -- but is the person to cheeer on "GET EM ANN!' Nothing wrong with that....but I agree with the Guardian in a lot of this.

Look beyond the trees, dude... there's a forest there.

That is exactly what makes her so effective.
She is a parody of the classic leftist technique, but she doesn't take herself seriously.

Take a good at her when she's on camera. She can hardly keep from busting out laughing at the irony of it. She is always in control. She is blessed with instant wit, even when on the defensive.
She does not take herself seriously: a lethal weapon in the right hands.

Contrast that with the shrill, painful rantings of the wicked-witch-of-the-west, and Ann's efectiveness becomes obvious.

[Paulus Invictus]

You may have a RAT-induced tendency to avoid the truth. AC is one of the few Pubbies that tells truth like it is consistently and most of us agree with her consistently.