Posted on 01/05/2005 12:53:33 PM PST by Phantom Lord
New Year, Same Ann Coulter
It's 2005, and Ann Coulter is still Ann Coulter, cuttingly witty, always ready with devastating comments about liberals and Democrats, who she says are pretty much the same, and still capable of inflicting deep wounds in the twisted psyches of both species.
In a recent interview with the New York Observer published in the current issue, Ann displayed her utter contempt for political correctness, firing verbal salvos at the nation's most sacred cows and complimenting Bill Clinton on being "a very good rapist."
The interview was vintage Coulter, and here are some of the highlights:
On liberals - "I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid. They’re so pathetic and sad. They can’t come up with a fight. I mean, if the best you’re going to give me to argue about is Rumsfeld’s auto-pen ..."
On the peace-loving left - "Forget what they say, they are violent. They were slashing tires on Election Day. I was physically attacked this year. It is a funny thing, that they ended up in prison—enjoying the benefits of gay marriage. Let ’em try it again, they’ll end up dead."
On Democrats - She's rooting for the Nancy Pelosi faction of the Democratic Party ("I think this is the dominant faction," she says) taking the position that Democratic ideas are fine - no need to change anything, even though the Dems got stomped on Election Day. Mocking Pelosi, Coulter lampoons, "We just need to advertise RU-486 at NASCAR or something — that’ll do the trick!"
"Democrats always have these open public discussions on how they can fake out the American people, so that’s one wing — 'Let’s not tell them what we believe' — and the other wing is, 'Our message is perfect.'"
On why 2004 was a great year - "I’m thinking about putting up a reward on my Web page for any liberal who will mention either Afghanistan or the Kurds. I mean, 85 percent of Iraq is free ... Kurds are free, are happy, are dancing in the streets, and liberals simply won’t mention them. They’ve had elections and women vote, and they didn’t vote for some crazy, lunatic mullahs. So that’s a pretty good year."
On Iraq, where Christmas wasn't very merry - "We’re going to transform the Middle East by the time Bush leaves office, or it will be within shouting distance of there. I think Arabs flying planes into our skyscrapers will be as likely as a Japanese kamikaze pilot."
On North Korea - "I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning ... despite that wonderful peace deal Madeline Albright negotiated with the North Koreans, six seconds before they feverishly began developing nuclear weapons. They’re a major threat. I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to the rest of the world."
On another invasion - "Iran. Though that’s the beauty part of Iraq: It may well not be necessary."
On President Bush - "We have a President who can do what he thinks is right, whether or not there are a bunch of liberals carping, and no matter what the letter writers to The New York Times have to say about being ashamed for their country."
On Hilary Clinton - If the Dems nominated her for president "it would be a lot of fun. The advantage Hillary has is the crazies — which is to say, the base of the Democratic party — love her, adore her, no matter what she says or does. She can come out for curbing illegal immigration. She could come out for parental notification and against partial-birth abortion and the crazies will still say, ‘No, she’s our gal. She is Madame Hillary.’"
Asked if she had a perverse admiration for Hillary, Coulter shrieked: "Ewwww, no. As with John Kerry, I generally don’t admire people who get ahead on somebody else’s coattails. She’s like the anti-feminist. No, except she isn’t — because all feminists behave that way and pretend to be, ‘Oh, I’m a strong woman.’ They’re all weak and pathetic ... "
On a possible TV show - With Al Franken? "No, he’s physically repulsive. I have friends I trust who are smart who would put together a good TV show, and I can tell you straight out, we’ve basically given up. There is no liberal worthy of debating me, and I won’t do a TV show unless I have a liberal counterpart." With Maureen Dowd? "No. I promise you, she wouldn’t do it — she’s whiny, she’s not funny. What we’re looking for is good-looking, male, liberal, half a brain. They don’t even have to be smart.
Who, then? "The one person I really want to sit down with and figure out why he thinks he’s a liberal is Larry David [co-creator of "Seinfeld," star of HBO's hilariously nasty "Curb Your Enthusiasm"] ... that’s the most brilliant TV show — it is conservative humor, and you can’t tell me it’s not. It’s all politically incorrect. And people I know who’ve worked with him say he’s really sweet, so there is nothing about him that should make him a liberal — and yet he flew from Los Angeles to Boston to sit at the Democratic National Convention. He can’t be a liberal! I would bet you anything if Larry David were 20 years old, he would be a right-wing lunatic."
On what to remember about Bill Clinton - "Well, he was a very good rapist. I think that should not be forgotten. I don’t think it’s fading.
"Clinton talk[ed] on the phone with Congressmen about sending American troops to the Balkans while being serviced by Monica Lewinsky under the desk. And liberals didn’t mind that — but they’re upset that George Bush waited 48 hours to fly back from Crawford, Tex." to make any announcements about tsunami relief.
On Rudy Giuliani - "I love Guiliani, but I just think he needs to switch his position on abortion. We’re a pro-life party. And I don’t think half the country realizes he claims to be pro-choice. These New York Republicans, they don’t have a feel for the red states like I do. They say, ‘Oh, now, we could run a pro-choice candidate and that would get moderates in the Northeast to vote for us — and those right-wing Christians, they’ll vote for us anyway.’ No, they won’t!"
On what it was like to spend Christmas in New York - "Oh, it was so much fun this year, because saying ‘Merry Christmas’ is like saying ‘F... you!’ I’ve said it to everyone. You know, cab drivers, passing people on the street, whatever. And they come up with the ‘Happy holidays.’ ‘Merry Christmas,’ I mean, it really is an aggressive act in New York."
And how many books and radio shows and TV appearances have you had over the past few years ??
She might not be as "UP" on the gay "issues" like you are, but hardly makes her "ignorant of facts" nor "not very bright".
But then, you provide some good infotainment yerself, toots.
=== You are getting to be our very own Maureen Dowd;
Oh, you do crack me up! That's pretty funny, Howlin.
=== you have major issues with women AND men, I see.
I have major issues, only, and I stick to those. That's why liberals think I'm an medieval authoritarian, Pubbies think I'm a commie pinko and I'm a Superior Chick hatin' men one day and a misogynist who slavishly lauds men the next.
I can't really win ... =)
Trust you are enjoying a Merry Christmas octave and have already embarked on a Happy New Year, Howlin. It's been a very good run of the holidays for me ... just hoping I can whip up a costume in time for Twelfth Night tomorrow. One last dance and it's down to brass tacks for me.
Would it be just great that at her next speaking engagement, Ann would reach into her purse or pocket and lay down some handgun and permit on the podium and state "If I am approached in a hostile attack, I will be in fear of my life and I will protect myself!"
Anyone holding themselves out as a "constitional scholar" who ignores the 600-pound Patriot Act, Intel bill, biometric National IDs, etc. etc. in the middle of the living room to riff on liberals (as if ANY of her premises were correct) and heighten the hate rhetoric of this alleged Holy War is either duplicitous or bone-numbing stupid.
There's just no other explanation.
Save for her being bought and sold such that it's all "pics" and "appearances" instead of substance. That much could well be true.
=== And how many books and radio shows and TV appearances have you had over the past few years ??
Given the state of the media and the American populace in general, I guess I have a hard time believing that anyone who IS this popular can possibly be a person of any integrity whatsoever.
But that's just me. =)
Pray for W and Our Troops
You are getting to be our very own Maureen Dowd
Congrats.
You just have this rediculous "bone-on" for anything/one who is associated with the Bush's, Kissinger, Nixon, Stem-Cell, Geneva Convention related...or republican related for that matter.
Sorry toots, I'll take her "Premises" over yours anyday.
I'm not a 100%er, but nothing in life is 100% guaranteed, even life itself.
Given the state of the media and the American populace in general, I guess I have a hard time believing that anyone who IS this popular can possibly be a person of any integrity whatsoever.
So anyone who lives in the USA and has any popularity rating, whatsoever, is lacking in integrity, ACCORDING TO YOU.
ROTFLMAO....you ARE SUCH A CARD.
Not necessarily ... but you'll notice that those -- like Keyes or Barr or Klayman or Hackworth -- who make use of their popularity to mention the Truth on occasion tank pretty quickly where "popularity" is concerned.
I simply would have more respect for Coulter if she didn't dumb herself down to the liberals' level and even OCCASIONALLY touched on the truth of the matter ... particularly where the GOP's deconstruction, abuse and re-forming of the Constitution is concerned.
Patriot II is only just this month ripening into law. I suspect the truth's going to dawn on folks sooner rather than later. And, further, I suspect one day those with integrity who realize they were duped like fools will view "symbol over substance" shills like "Ann Coulter, Constitutional Scholar" in a different light.
As do I.
It's not like I don't back up all my arguments. I fail to see how my protest of Human Farming or my zeroing in on those ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE for the most heinous of the federal government's crimes is a problem.
If all I did was sit around regurgitating Mainstream Media "facts" and taking potshots at liberals (based on tired and absolutely untrue premises), you and Howlin would be absolutely right to pin the Dowd label on me.
As it is, that's Coulter's specialty.
I can see where you view me as a wacko infotainer ... the hyperbole does get a bit much at times but the fact remains that I diligently do my homework and the links and facts I offer from sources like the Congressional Record (or Barbara "The Beard" Bush's own biography) speak for themselves.
I figure that's one reason that those who incessantly dog me for my "obsessions" with the right to life or the self-evident truths of the Declaration never touch my sources with a ten-foot pole.
I wouldn't either if I -- like Ann Coulter -- were sucking wind as a rule.
like Keyes or Barr or Klayman or Hackworth -- who make use of their popularity to mention the Truth
Are you SERIOUSLY comparing Ann Coulter to Larry Klayman, Hackworthless, etc?
Now that is just plain bizarre.
That's my little pumpkin...
Well, only in that they were once darlings of the "right" in general (and this site in particular) until the Executive Branch changed hands. By remaining consistent in their attention to issues of gross corruption or excess in the government, they were suddenly pariahs.
It's perfectly understandable.
The great thing about Coulter being that she's not hampered by any consistency of thought so is better able to go with the flow and stick to those subjects where she can score the most points as an entertainer.
I think she herself would admit she's no Phyllis Schlafley ... even if, in a way, her admiration for the Real Deal like Phyliss is precisely what catapulted her into the niche she now occupies.
Folks like Phyllis Schlafley don't end up as popular as Ann Coulter.
Ann made her choice and only Ann truly knows how off the mark she's ended up.
I don't think so. Maher is over paid, not over sexed.
It's all about the "O"...
Good analysis. And the balls to say it out loud.
I think the only one missing from that list is Scott Ritter.
or 
I met him a few times.
I have a book he autographed for me.
Its somewhere in a pile of books I have no desire to read.
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