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TAKE NO PRISONERS: THE ANTI-LEFTLIB CRUSADE OF ANN COULTER
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| July 8. 2003
| Murray Soupcoff (The Iconoclast)
Posted on 07/08/2003 11:04:58 AM PDT by Apolitical
ICONOCLAST DAILY NOTEBOOK....
TAKE NO PRISONERS: THE ANTI-LEFTLIB CRUSADE OF ANN COULTER
-- Please Ann, say it ain't so, about Joe!....
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July 8 2003: Wow talk about hot! Ann Coulter is sizzling. She's got herself another best-seller on the NY Times best-seller list ("Treason"). She's got thousands of enthusiastic conservative young men panting with lust every time she pops up on Fox, CNN, MSNBC or Good Morning America to flail the leftist establishment, flaunting her long blonde locks, her ever-present plunging neckline and her very tart tongue. And she's got liberal pundits steaming, as she takes after hypocritical liberals, Hollywood peaceniks and Democrats with a witty vengeance.
"Take no prisoners" seems to be the watchword of Ms. Coulter's war on the left. And whether it's Katie Couric or Chris Matthews, Ann usually leaves her interrogators spluttering with outrage and incredulity. In fact, while promoting her new book, nasty Ann even cattily told Diane Sawyer that Hillary Clinton would have an unfair three-to-one weight advantage over Ann in any dustup between the two. She made it clear there's a reason that dowdy Hillary sticks to pants suits, versus the slinky Ms. Coulter who prefers the miniest of mini skirts as her usual dress mode.
Of course, viewing Hillary in a Coulter-style mini skirt might be enough to put male voters off sex for several years -- it's bad enough that Americans have been subjected to the unflattering sight of Mrs. Clinton's thick ankles for almost a decade. So perhaps Diane Sawyer was judicious in quickly changing the subject.
However, if Ann Coulter, the sexy conservative Queen of Mean, has one achilles heel, it's her propensity for overstated hyperbole. Over the top doesn't aptly describe some of Ann Coulter's statements about politics and history. After all, it takes a certain inclination to the outrageous to transform America's most notorious psycho senator and D.C. drunk, Joe -- "there's a Commie in every American cupboard " -- McCarthy, into an American folk hero -- never mind implying that such stalwart anti-Communist Democrats such as John F. Kennedy and Harry Truman were the equivalent of wussy fellow travellers of America's commie traitors.
Now before we go any further, let's get one thing straight. In this case, one can indeed praise the message (from Senator Joe) -- that the liberal Democratic establishment of the 1930's and 1940's allowed itself to be naively infiltrated by communist (Soviet) sympathizers, many of whom were spying for the tyrannical and murderous regime of Joseph Stalin, or accepting financial support from the same repressive dictatorship. But surely if one wishes to remain loyal to the historical record, it's still appropriate to want to metaphorically shoot the messenger bearing that message, Senator Joe McCarthy -- a sociopathic Washington ruffian who wished nothing more than to gain further political advantage and power by terrorizing the innocent as well as the guilty through his Commiet-baiting crusade.
Talk about making it up as you go along. Even though his basic message actually merited attention, Tailgunner Joe sullied it with so many lies and exaggerations that today he would qualify for a job as a New York Times correspondent. Certainly, by the time of his downfall, Senator Joseph MacCarthy had become the Jayson Blair of American anti-communism, demeaning his message with a litany of falsified fantasy and fiction....
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To: Apolitical
SPOTREP
To: Argh
Ann's picture's out of focus. I'll keep my wisecracks about going blind to myself for once. My contact lenses steam up too.
To: Marysecretary
You saw her too? I couldn't agree more! Wasn't it great hearing her speak without hundreds of interruptions? Very informative and succinct information as well. Joe gave her plenty of air time which I thoroughly enjoyed!
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:48:57 PM PDT
by
Humidston
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
To: Rummyfan
Oh get real... Katrina always has her brow furrowed and her lips pursed like she's been sucking on lemons. I've never ever seen a more bitter looking female in my life!
64
posted on
07/08/2003 2:50:43 PM PDT
by
Humidston
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To: Rummyfan
Ok... You were being facitious. PHEW! Scared me there for a minute!
65
posted on
07/08/2003 2:52:48 PM PDT
by
Humidston
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
To: Apolitical
"Even though his basic message actually merited attention, Tailgunner Joe sullied it with so many lies and exaggerations that today he would qualify for a job as a New York Times correspondent."
Finally, an article that will detail the lies and exaggerations of Tailgunner Joe! Seems like everyone else makes this claim without backing it up, it's commom knowledge don't ya know.
66
posted on
07/08/2003 5:31:04 PM PDT
by
TheDon
To: Apolitical
All of which prompted communist-turned-conservative Whittaker Chambers to note, in a letter to Henry Regnery on January 14th, 1954, his doubts about McCarthy:
"All of us, to one degree or another, have slowly come to question his judgment and to fear acutely that his flair for the sensational, his inaccuracies and distortions, his tendency to sacrifice the greater objective for the momentary effect, will lead him and us into trouble. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that we live in terror that Senator McCarthy will one day make some irreparable blunder which will play directly into the hands of our common enemy and discredit the whole anti-Communist effort for a long while to come."
Hmmm...perhaps he missed the more definitive quote from Mr. Chambers:
"Though McCarthy is sniffed at even by conservatives for his flamboyant rhetoric, in 'Witness', Chambers explains the importance of a fellow such as McCarthy. Referring to the Hiss hearings, Chambers writes that theatrics were 'almost the only weapon the commitee possessed.' Without a 'flair for showmanship,' the committee's extremely important work exposing the Communist conspiracy would have been smothered in silence and reduced to nullity."
67
posted on
07/08/2003 5:35:35 PM PDT
by
TheDon
To: Paulus Invictus
Like your tag line, the peseudo conservatives are everywhere..
For example the armchair generals who are out in force after Ann's latest book...
Here is what I think so many so called conservatives or anti- left/ liberals overlook..
Somebody has to carry the can for allowing things to become this bad. If the battle between the "left" and "right" was compared to a real battle, there would need to be an inquiry into why the right has lost so badly, and what the hell were its commanders thinking and doing to allow such a comprehensive defeat.
The people on the co called anti-left side who are critical of Coulter are the very people who are responsible for losing the war.
These are the incompetent generals who have been completely out- guessed out-smarted and completely routed by a more aggressive and well organised force.
To hell them. They are the navel gazing losers who through their spineless compromises, got us into this mess.
Ann's not a navel gazing back room general, she is out there on the front line firing rocket launchers and tossing grenades.
And compared to so many of the left, Angelic Ann is a mere pussy cat. Many of the immoral vermin leftist liberals will only be defeated by fire that has ten times the power of Ann's heroic efforts.
68
posted on
07/08/2003 5:35:56 PM PDT
by
wistful
To: Apolitical
"But geeez! Tailgunner Joe McCarthy, an America hero?
C'mon Ann. Tell us that maybe that's a wee bit of an exaggeration...that perhaps you got carried away in making your point about the merit of the McCarthy message. But surely you don't really mean it about the man being a political hero.
Please Ann. Say it ain't so, about Joe! "
What? That's it!! Where's the beef!
Iconoclast.ca "Puncturing Today's Prevailing Wisdom?"
They need to change their motto to:
"Patching up Today's Liberal Prevailing Wisdom"
A very disappointing oped piece. I guess it had to be posted for completeness sake, but what a waste of bandwidth!
69
posted on
07/08/2003 5:39:47 PM PDT
by
TheDon
To: Apolitical
I'm not the biggest Coulter fan, but her quip about being at a 3-1 weight disadvantage against Clinton was pretty mean. And funny.
To: TheDon
Having lived through the McCarthy era I can tell you that he was not the devil the libs made him out to be. Think Newt Gingrich. He was right and the libs were frightened to death of him, just as they were of Newt, so the only thing to do was to demonize him. It's always been the tool of choice for liberals. Destroy a person's reputation. Monica was a stalker...etc.
71
posted on
07/08/2003 5:49:13 PM PDT
by
WVNan
To: johnb838
My God, the man died young (48).
To: Apolitical
One of my ancestors is described in the history books as a "Baronial Ruffian."
I am kind of proud of that, in a wierd sort of way.
(He was the Baron of Ashby de la Zouche, Humberside, England)
73
posted on
07/08/2003 6:08:36 PM PDT
by
patton
(I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
To: wistful
When combating the libs one has to fight on their level, because subscribing to the Marquis of Queensbury rules will only encourage the libs to fight dirtier. Get in the gutter with them and they collapse, since they are totally unfamiliar with fighting anyone who fights back with a vengeance. When dealing with the libs, the maxim should be "go for the jugular!"
To: WVNan
Destroying a person's reputation is THE WEAPON OF CHOICE for libs. It is the only thing they have in their arsenal because they cannot win on logic or the facts.
To: ought-six
Amen.
76
posted on
07/08/2003 6:19:04 PM PDT
by
WVNan
To: Rate_Determining_Step
Did someone mention the
Buffinator?
Enjoy
To: WVNan
Thanks for the insight, as one who lived through the era in question. I think it would be great to have more first hand accounts of the times. Any other FReepers want to add your two cents here?
78
posted on
07/08/2003 6:43:21 PM PDT
by
TheDon
To: patton
Hmmm...a fun idea for a thread might be for freepers to talk about their famous (or infamous) ancestors and relatives.
79
posted on
07/08/2003 6:53:52 PM PDT
by
Hugin
To: Humidston
Sorry .... that I added a 'sarcasm off' to that post!
80
posted on
07/08/2003 7:06:09 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
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