Frontpage Interview: Ann Coulter

"...she called for an invasion of all Moslem countries with the goal of converting their one-billion inhabitants to Christianity--two days after 9/11!.."

It's an option that we could have taken, if we'd been willing to go all out. It's called going "meideval" on their a$$e$. It worked in the meideval days, and has, in fact, worked quite well in several cultures (see Croation Muslims, for reference). We may, in fact, wish that this is the option we had taken, in the future.

"...What's the best way to encourage democrats to re-think their convictions? Brand them treasonous mental defectives, of course!.."

We will never convert the truly liberal. Those who are merely fooled, thinking that democrats are the party of freedom, however, are a different story. I voted for Bill Clinton in his first election, and was converted by just such rhetoric, which I could not find logical refutation for. This is as good a strategy as any, considering the source. And, like everything else Ann says, it is the unvarnished truth. If you deny that, you are preaching to the wrong choir.

"...This venom-spewing, Bible-thumping, anorexic Elmer Gantry makes some of us qualify our use of the term "conservative."..."

OK, I'm starting to get the flavor of where you're coming from. You don't like the number one conservative diva, because she sounds, well, too conservative. So, you insult Christians, and make some idiotic comment about Ann being "anorexic." If she gains 2 pounds, will you call her "that fat" Elmer Gantry? Also: How dare you use the term "bible thumping?" What a telling comment.

"...it's not her ferocious powers of intellection, which consist largely of hyperbole, ad hominems, and non sequiturs held loosely together with sticky tape. She's pretty. She writes what she's knows you want to hear..."

Is intellection a word? But I digress. You seem to have a great deal of trouble in understanding what lies at the root of what Ann is saying. In essence, she is speaking the truth. She may not pull her punches, or bow to political correctness, to the degree you would approve of, but somehow I doubt that you would agree with any of her points, no matter how benignly they were phrased. Please don't make the mistake of confusing yourself with a conservative. It will only confuse you. Even a true conservative might (MIGHT, I reiterate) confuse Ann's theses with simple self-serving vitriol, but I'm unable to find flaw with her logic. Your skepticism is not only unwarranted, it is, in fact, quite a curiosity, coming from a Freeper. You do, however, have one solid, unarguable point: she is pretty.

Bob, you are so wrong about Ann. I have read all of her books, and never miss her articles, and readily admit to being an uber fan. She rose to prominence because she appealed to conservatives, when all the cards were stacked against her. The Clinton years, early on, before the internet, before Fox News, were very trying for Ann, who never wavered. She's so popular now, not because she's a phony, but because she is the genuine article. She's been tested under fire, and come through smiling, and now she's reaping her reward. More power to her!! For heaven's sake, stop being such a skeptic. Just because it's a requirement to be a phony, to be a liberal icon, don't compare conservatives to this. It's like apples and oranges.

Many conservatives lap it up but I seriously doubt she's winning any converts with her approach. And winning converts would seem to be the most important mission.

"Winning converts" may be an important mission, but it is not Ann's mission any more than it is James Carville's mission is to win converts, or the mission of a MOAB dropped on Tora Bora to win converts.

Sometimes the "mission" is to energize, galvanize, and provide ammunition (information and witty articulation) for your base. I love Ann Coulter and I enjoy every word she writes and every appearance on TV.

Let the RINOs and "moderates" waste their time trying to win converts.

Go and read Mr. Bob_Dobbs' previous postings. There aren't many (only 23) and they do tend to have an unmistakable flavor to them

And you're damned right I'm a fan of the inimitable Miss Coulter. Her writing isn't meant to convert the liberal (anyone who honestly thinks there is any hope for them is deluded). Her tongue cuts those on the left because she returns their vitriol with the same ferocity and backs her words with incontrovertible fact.

A feat the lying libs can't accomplish.

Bob, what you've said about Ann Coulter does not follow from her words but from your own secular bias, which is certainly not a superior position.

She said, "Apart from the Holy Bible, I don't have a favorite."
You responded:
When something seems to good to be true... She's a charlatan folks, cashing in on P.T. Barnum's vile estimate. Am I the only one who senses this?

I challenged you to go on record and state your own relationship to the Bible because your attack on her as a "charlatan" is certainly not warranted from what she said, unless you are a rabid secularist.

We're supposed to agree with your attack on her as a charlatan because she states her admiration for the Bible being in a category by itself? You are simply revealing your own prejudice as a secularist, not pointing to any fault of Ms. Coulter's.

And then you confirm my suspicions when you repeat your secular attack on her:
This venom-spewing, Bible-thumping, anorexic Elmer Gantry makes some of us qualify our use of the term "conservative."

What is your problem with her statement of admiration for the Bible? "Bible-thumping" Bob? What's the basis for this derogatory label other than your own personal viewpoint that being a secularist is superior?

If Ann Coulter is a "Bible-thumping charlatan" what are you?

I was trying to make the point that a criticism aimed at A.C. raises much stronger feelings than one aimed at other columnists

In a world of political discourse where far too many people still use such mealy-mouthed words as "falsehood" instead of "lie", and qualify what they say with such phrases as "although well-intentioned", Ann does not mince words. And further, she is extremely quick and sharp-witted, and she backs up what she says with facts, footnotes, and evidence. (Being really easy on the eyes helps, too.)

Best be wearing your flame-retardant pajamas if you post anything negative on an Ann thread, because I will be there. By the way, I'm going easy on you because I smoke Camel straights, too.

Regards,
LH

"...And with this splash we have hit the low water mark: "Oh yeah, well you're not a real conservative!.."

So, you are a partial conservative. A "fiscal" conservative, as opposed to a social conservative? So you are a social liberal? Or maybe, a centrist moderate? OK, that's fine, and explains your attitude perfectly. I don't quite know how one straddles a fence his whole life, if that's the case, when so very many issues are either "your fer it, or agin it," but you are what you are, and I pretty much suspected it, and am merely pointing it out.

"...And we demarcate one group from the other how, Solomon? What was the point of this rambling paragraph?.."

We demarcate one group from another by what their viewpoints are. The point of this "rambling" paragraph is to demarcate those who want to convert the undecided, from those who speak to us in the conservative base. Ann does the latter, in case you hadn't noticed. Are you being purposely obtuse here, or do you really fail to understand? And, no need to be formal... just call me Sol.

"...there are some folks who wish to conserve the restraints on government found in the Constitution. Go check with Ann and get back to me..."

Well, apparently Ann isn't taking calls at the moment, so I'll be forced to do my own thinking again. Darn it. This last idea is just... well, odd. What are you talking about? Do you mean to suggest that Ann is in favor of government restraining our actions? OK, put the joint down, step away from the bong...

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