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In Support of Ann Coulter
Monday, March 5, 2007 | Kristinn

Posted on 03/05/2007 12:51:58 AM PST by kristinn

It is with growing dismay and frustration that I am watching so many of my friends and acquaintances in the conservative community attack Ann Coulter for her comments pointing out that saying the word 'faggot' can get you sent to a rehabilitation clinic.

That she said it in the context of primping pretty boy Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards has sent conservatives to the fainting couch in an episode of 'why I never!' mass hysteria.

Ann Coulter has walked point for conservatives for almost a decade. She has been assaulted, threatened and stalked. She requires bodyguards for protection. Liberals believe they are justified in physically attacking Ann. I heard one say so at CPAC--not in response to her rehab joke, but because Ann 'insults people.'

Ann has been an early and loyal friend of Free Republic. She is one of the few prominent conservatives who regularly breaks bread with FReepers. Her friendship is now being repayed by FReepers who want her driven out of conservatism.

That so many conservatives want Ann banned from CPAC is a sad indicator of the state of conservatism. It is not Ann Coulter's fault that Republicans lost both houses of Congress. It is not Ann Coulter's fault that President Bush is not popular. Sacrificing Ann Coulter on the altar of political correctness will not win the elections of 2008 nor will it prevent conservatives from being sent to rehab for uttering politically incorrect words and ideas.

After Ann uttered the words that have given so many conservatives the vapors, the line for her booksigning at CPAC was just as long as usual. I know, I was standing in that line. If CPAC attendees were so outraged about Ann's remarks, it was not manifested there. I didn't learn about the controversy until I read about it online later that night.

I spent the next day at CPAC. Ann's remarks were not a hot topic. I know because the only time I heard it talked about was when I brought it up. Those I spoke with about it were not upset.

I do not wish to speak ill of my friends and acquaintances who are dumping on Ann, other than to express my disappointment. I do wish they'd reconsider and stop attacking a friend who has walked point for them. Liberals must be laughing themselves silly as they watch us take out someone they've been wanting to eliminate for years.


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To: kristinn; carlo3b; stanz; gakrak; massfreeper; hosepipe; Donald Rumsfeld Fan; MadLibDisease; ...
Since this Ann imbroglio started only one squishy FReeper has asked to be removed from the AC ping list. Five have been added.

We still love ya, Ann!

Let me know if you'd like to be added to the Ann Coulter ping list.

241 posted on 03/05/2007 11:08:24 AM PST by jellybean (FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT! Proud to be an Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
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To: Irish Rose

I "ditto" your post.


242 posted on 03/05/2007 11:13:00 AM PST by trillabodilla (Jesus Saves)
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To: kristinn

Well-said, kristinn! Thanks for this outstanding post.


243 posted on 03/05/2007 11:20:52 AM PST by seanmerc
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To: seanmerc
As proud conservatives, our job is to frustrate one liberal a day.

God Bless Ann Coulter.

244 posted on 03/05/2007 11:22:59 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: kristinn

Ann Coulter is an entertainer. Her job is to attract attention to herself - and she's succeeded.


245 posted on 03/05/2007 11:24:28 AM PST by blowfish
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To: kristinn

246 posted on 03/05/2007 11:25:45 AM PST by genew (Fact: Political correctness is a deadly social disease.)
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To: kristinn

I support Ann too. I think her words just made it so much more easy to see how the Dems can say anything with no outrage, but conservatives certainly can't! Ann does not need to make an appology. Lets first hear one from Bill Maher for saying it was too bad Cheney didn't get killed in the bombing!


247 posted on 03/05/2007 11:26:40 AM PST by seekthetruth
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To: blowfish

To some extent you may be right, but the fact is, nobody out there does a better job of ripping apart liberal arguments than Ann, not even Rush.


248 posted on 03/05/2007 11:27:07 AM PST by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Championship U)
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To: dfwgator
Could not have said it better.

Fellow GATOR FAN!

249 posted on 03/05/2007 11:28:06 AM PST by agincourt1415 (The Sum of all Fears: Democrats running the war or trying to run away from the war on terror.)
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To: LibWhacker
What ever happened to: "I may not agree with him, but I'll defend to the death his right to say it?"

Think about it. We also have the right to EXPRESS that we do not agree.

Ann can say whatever she wants.

I can criticize it.

250 posted on 03/05/2007 11:32:35 AM PST by paulat (I'd rather vote for someone who CAN ACTUALLY BE ELECTED)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg

I posted this once before but I'd like to put it on this thread:

Am I the only one who thinks Ann, in an exquisitely executed statement, revealed the craven hypocrisy of her "conservative" audience, which is preparing to embraced Rudy, who is the crown jewel of the gay lobby?


251 posted on 03/05/2007 12:24:00 PM PST by donna (NMMFF! - No more moral free fall!)
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To: radar101
For a lot of people, to say "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building," is a lot worse than responding that such a remark makes someone a "terrorist sympathizer."

What if it was Rosie O'Donnell, Keith Olbermann or Janeane Garofalo or Bill Maher saying that his or her only regret about McVeigh was that he didn't drive his truck to Fox News or the White House? Wouldn't you get angry about that?

The thing about Annie is she inspires people to adopt double standards. For her defenders whatever she says is justified by some already existing internal political war. If someone on the other side spoke as she did, they'd condemn her, but for Annie anything goes.

Also, I'm still trying to figure things out between the people who say that her comment was alright because "faggot" didn't necessarily refer to homosexuals and those who say that her comment was okay because "faggot" only refers to homosexuals. Get on the same page, people.

252 posted on 03/05/2007 1:43:29 PM PST by x
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To: kristinn
Ann Coulter has walked point for conservatives for almost a decade.

A decade too long, IMO. She's a crude, abrasive provocateur who does what she does for the benefit of her book sales, not for the conservative movement. She does us more harm than good.

253 posted on 03/05/2007 1:49:59 PM PST by ForOurFuture
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To: ReignOfError
You win it by bringing people to your side, not by killing them.

First, who said anything about killing people? I'm talking about calling a spade a spade.

Second, I don't want "bring people to my side" by tip-toeing through the PC mine-field of nonsense. The only people I see that you bring "to your side" by not using the word faggots, is PC sensitive weaklings.

There are so many people who have given up on the political system, because no-body wants to truely take a stand and lead. It reminds of Braveheart where Wallace is imploring the leader to just lead. Ann is leading, maybe with her head, but at least she calls it as she sees it.

Sincerely
254 posted on 03/05/2007 2:02:26 PM PST by ScubieNuc
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To: kristinn
Ann has been an early and loyal friend of Free Republic.
From a previous thread:



Ann Coulter at Free Republic's March for Justice (10/31/98)

255 posted on 03/05/2007 2:08:44 PM PST by RonDog
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To: RaceBannon

256 posted on 03/05/2007 2:09:34 PM PST by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8...down to 3..GWB, we hardly knew ye...)
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To: Sally'sConcerns

Are we all getting just a little to sensative? It's just a fricken word for heavens sakes! It's just ridiculous. You go Ann! He does act and look light in the loafers anyway!


257 posted on 03/05/2007 2:11:58 PM PST by LYSandra
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To: donna
While I can't respond to your point, it is possible. Ann is an incredibly intelligent person and is undoubtedly capable of layering many subtle meanings into her words.

While I didn't personally take away such a thing from her speech, I would not be surprised in the least if it were so.

Unfortunately, if she did intend her jab at the weak kneed PC crowd to carry more than a simple double entendre, most are too obtuse to catch it. Which has directly lead to the firestorm of whimpering and cowering and streams of yellow dribbling down trembling legs that have come to symbolize the republicans of recent days.

But with all things, this will blow over as soon as the next outrage du jour is ginned up by the media and spoon fed to the mewling masses.
258 posted on 03/05/2007 2:13:13 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: taxesareforever

"Anyone who attacks Ann Coulter is not a conservative. They might say they are but they aren't." Okay, so now the litmus test for a 'true' conservative is that they can't condemn ad hominem attacks? I guess Reagan isn't a conservative because I don't recall him ever sinking to the level of personal attacks.


260 posted on 03/05/2007 2:18:16 PM PST by soccermom
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