Has she no shame? [Conason on Coulter--Some Men Just Can't Handle Blondes]

Salon ^ | July 4, 2003 | Joe Conason

[publius1]

Let's see if I have this right: Coulter's a liar, her readers are dumb, McCarthy's bad, and--and... and then what? What's striking is the failure to engage the subject, other than by claiming that Coulter's book is a smear, which is, is it not, an example of argument-by-smear?

[norraad]

Ouch, I'm an avid fan, & dang proud of it, yahooooo!

[gunnedah]

After seeing this came from Salon, I did not read it. It is a given it is trash or propaganda.

[friendly]

Conason on Coulter: he behaves EXACTLY as Coulter describes disreputable liberal vermin in Slander.

[glock rocks]

wassa matter, little joe, Ann strike a nerve? BWAHAHAHA

[CholeraJoe]

I skipped breakfast, so this one only rates two bags.

[CaptRon]

"His targets were Soviet sympathizers and Soviet spies," Coulter proclaims without qualification. But elsewhere she says that he wasn't even really trying to find either communists or spies, but only seeking to expose "security risks" in government jobs.

Geez Joe, I read that mean that his targets turned out to be Soviet sypmathizers and Soviet spies, even though he was looking for security risks, but hey, your version makes for a better, if misleading, column.

[Tax Government]

This piece is in Salon, and cat did its duty in the cat box. The world is in order; all the crap is being deposited in the right places.

[onyx]

Ann brings out the venom in the ugly people! Scumbag democrat, Conason is more loathsome and snarly than a rabid dog.

[Reactionary]

It's going to be fun seeing Coulter destroy another liberal idiot.

And Conason is a liberal idiot.

[Mr. K]

don't forget us 'duped readers'

geez I didn't know I was so dumb

[etcetera]

All this mention of Ms. Coulter...and no pictures...violates the primary rules of FR.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Joe: Were there Communist spies at some of the highest positions in our government or not? Please answer that question before you attack the messenger.

[longtermmemmory]

Its just a book. What is the left scared of a book with a few ideas. Oh yeah, the left fears the truth. Time to buy the book for friends.

[LS]

By definition, it is impossible to slander a lib.

[John H K]

What's striking is the failure to engage the subject, other than by claiming that Coulter's book is a smear, which is, is it not, an example of argument-by-smear?

There's actually some pretty detailed analysis of specific lines and footnotes in the book, if you bothered to read the article.

I'd rather read one sentence of Mark Steyn or PJ O'Rourke than every word Anne Coulter has ever written.

The whole premise behind Anne Coulter seems to be that since the left is filled with rabid insulting liars whow write poorly like Michael Moore, gosh, we need one of our own too.

[Loyal Buckeye]

BTW, Joe, please have those in your party stop calling some in our party racists.

[onyx]

There's actually some pretty detailed analysis of specific lines and footnotes in the book, if you bothered to read the article.

Have you bothered to read Ann's book?

[gedeon3]

'Some Men Just Can't Handle Blondes'

Handling blondes? I did when I was single, and would not mind trying again! The ones I could not handle very good were the red heads.

[null and void]

Trouble handling blondes? Naaaaahhh, it's the redheads...