Posted on 06/15/2006 10:12:05 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
Let me ask you this: when, prior to last week, was the last time you heard of the Jersey Girls? I cant give a definite answer, which in itself is telling. Not that I was paying any large amount of attention, but there was a lot of noise in between the Afghan and Iraqi campaigns, intense media play building up to the 2004 election, which they did their damndest to throw to Kerry, and then nothing.
Theyd shot their bolt, they had their fifteen minutes and more, and that was the end of it. Until last week when Ann Coulter, acting unilaterally, put them back on the front pages with an attack so obnoxious that it immediately (and unjustly it was the Girls themselves, after all, who debased their victim status for political purposes) threw all sympathy in their direction. A free ticket to a second act. Not to mention providing Madame Hillary with an opportunity to pose as, of all things, the defender of civility.
Thanks a lot, Ann.
Conservatives used to be known for this kind of thing. Much of this was the medias doing at any conservative gathering, be it a gun show or a political convention, reporters will make a beeline for the guy in full camo gear or wearing two dozen anti-UN buttons. But conservatives played their part.
The classic figure here is Coulters idol, Joe McCarthy. Bellowing about Communists you couldnt produce (and it cannot be repeated often enough that McCarthy bagged nobody the Party infiltrators had been cleaned out by the time he showed up) was bad enough. Doing it in an ill-cut Chicago gangland suit with a five-oclock shadow and fifth of Jim Beam under your belt simply turned it into a circus.
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Exactly. Except that it wasn't a slow news day/week. We killed Zarqawi, Bush went to Iraq, Rove was not indicted. The leftist, fifth column MSM just wanted to keep good news off the airwaves and out of print. They instead needed something to distract from conservative victories and something with which to attack conservatives.
Never.
Good answer. Frankly, I had forgotten about them. Bunch of whiners.
Ann Coulter for President!
Since when is civility in the face of treason a requirement?
I have never before read any of Ann's books. When the democrats started suggesting that she do everyone a favor by killing herself, I felt compelled to purchase a copy. Her points have been proven by the reaction that she has received. Now we have a choice. We can stand behind her and attempt to put an end to this morbid tactic of the left, or we can abandon her and let the traitors and bush haters have their victory.
I'll stand behind her on this one.
Ignoring the fact that McCarthy WAS RIGHT about communist infiltration. And, now, because everyone is so scared of being compared to McCarthy the communists operate in the open and our nation is infested with them.
"Jersey Boys", on the other hand, just won several Tony Awards.
J.R.Dunnce ?
Better yet, when have you heard the Jersey Girls since then?
Never.
The only people who listen to this are liberals who need their daily boost of confidence, in order to press forward with their crazy causes. The Jersey Girls preach to the choir so who cares what they say, or how much press they get. They aren't converting anyone. If anything Ann has opened the eyes of some people on the fence.
Two words: Whateva
Ann helps the cause far more than she hurts it! : )
You're right. On the contrary we need conservative Free Speech ACTIVISTS, and that's what Ms. Ann Coulter is.
JR--you are dunn.
Ann hasn't hurt my cause.
The lamestream media tried to blunt Ann's point about using victims the only way they knew how--BY TRYING TO REESTABLISH AND REINFORCE THAT THE WIDOWS ARE VICTIMS!!!!!
They made Ann's point for her.
"Conservopussy" - A Conservative who is afraid to attack Liberals on the basis that Liberals might find something in the attack to complain about.
The author is a Conservopussy.
I've been onto this trope by the left for some time, as many of us here. Ann just defined and elucidated it nicely. Take the Sheehag. The first couple of times she opened her grill I gave the standard disclaimer about "honoring the loss..." blah, blah, blah until it became apparent that she wasn't honoring his memory, she was trading in it... she was TRAFFICKING in the memory of her son, and she needed to get the treatment that Jane Fonda got when she was signing those books and the fellow shot the stream of Red Man in her eye.
Let me make sure I understand this logic...
If I speak of Hitler and his evil today I'm giving him another 15 minutes of fame...even if I'm warning a complacent and forgetful world
Sounds like liberal logic...
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