Posted on 01/21/2009 2:27:55 PM PST by DoughtyOne
Ann Coulter was in Hollywood, California this morning at Paramount Studios to appear on the Dr. Phil show. Southern California's RonDog coordinated a group effort to support Ann. About thirty members of Free Republic showed up at the studios around 7:30 am.
Jim Robinson, his wife Sheila, and thier son Chris came down from Fresno to join in. Also attending were a number of the Youngs Republicans from UCLA. Ann didn't have to want for more support. Thanks to RonDog, we had her back.
I would say we made up between 25 and 33% of the audience. Ann's contributions to the show were supported vigorously. Also appearing the same program were Alan Colms, Scott McLellan, and another gentleman whose forte was economics. Sadly, I am drawing a blank on his name and organization right now. Other contributors to this thread will let you know.
The topic of the program was what do Americans need to know to do well under this administration. Dr. Phil asked some pretty good questions, and moderated in a manner that allowed Ann to make a good presentation, even when other guests were appearing with her.
Deborah Norville made a video appearance on the program, that lauded Obama's speach considerably more than was deserved.
Dr. Phil wasn't a pushover for Ann, but he wasn't what I would call antagonistic by any means. He asked some pointed questions related to her style of writng, her opinons of Obama, and her overall outlook. All in all, I thought he did a very nice job. As for Ann, she hit the ball out of the park a few times. I thought she represented herself and our views quite well.
It was interesting for me to take note of the people who clapped in support of Obama. At times some of these same people were clapping at comments Ann had made. That was nice to see.
This program will air tomorrow, January 22nd, 2009. I would urge folks to take the time to watch the show. I think you'll find the presentation to be a nice one.
Ann touched on the topic of people who like to play the victim these days. The subject of the impact of single mothers was mentioned at one point, and Dr. Phil asked Ann to come back in the middle of February to participate in a pannel discussing that issue.
After the program, Ann joined us for an early lunch at a local restaurant. We packed the place to overflowing. Ann mingles with the attendees. She posed for lots of pictures and talked to most of the people who attended.
Much thanks to RonDog for coordiantion our support for Ann. Thanks to Jim, Shiela, and Chris for coming down.
A good time was had by all.
Thanks LV. I appreciate it.
Thanks Maurice Tift. Glad to hear it. Good times...
Could you explain to me who Jeffers Dodge is? I don’t know him.
Hey, more great pictures... very nice.
Jeffers Dodge was running for the California Assembly back in 2006.
In August he kicked off his campaign and Ann Coulter helped him with the effort.
Jim and Shelia and I drove down to join the party.
I posted A Thread on it with lots of pictures, click on the link in this sentence.
Some of my favorite pictures from the event:
I have posted some videos there under the name of PunditDoc
Thank you. I appreciate the link to thread. That explains it.
Sounds like Dodge is someone we need to support again. I take it he didn’t make it. Correct?
Your photos were nice, again.
Btw, Ann seems like she has such a good heart.
Good to know Syncro. Thanks again.
Yes, she does.
Thanks for stopping by this thread.
And, yea we had a great time!
Could you explain to me who Jeffers Dodge is? I don’t know him.LOL! That would be THIS guy:
JEFFERS DODGE was the driving force behind this morning's "FReep." Without Jeffers, it simply would not have happened.
We used HIS relationship with Ann to set it up in the first place, and HIS (massive) e-mail distribution list to get so many non-FReepers (or, perhaps more precisely, "not-yet-FReepers") to this event.And, although my very good FRiend Jeffers doesn't actually post here, he really is "FReeper" -- in the same way that Ann Coulter is: We share many of the same convictions, and work well together as a team -- building on each other's strengths.
And, he helps to DOCUMENT much of what we do, since as we say, "If you don't get pictures of your FReep on the Internet -- it didn't happen."Good photos -- and now also VIDEO -- are the very best way that we have to LEVERAGE what we do locally, so that everyone ELSE out there in Internet-land can see (and be influenced by) what we do -- NOT just the people who were at the event.
And Jeffers does some AMAZING videos!Plus, he now "hosts" DOZENS of videos on his new CONSERVATIVE answer to YouTube, popmodal.com:
Check it out!
You're gonna LOVE his AnnTV section!
Yes, veddy intarestink. Between repeater coverage, or in your case, lack of, and the fringe coverage off the main transmit antenna, for various stations, I would suggest that viewership of network television will take somewhere between 10 and 25 percent drop because of coverage alone, content is another issue entirely.
GREAT PICTURES, guys!! Wish I could have been there!
Here’s the transcript to add to the thread:
Transcript of Ann Coulter on Dr. Phil Show - Thursday, 01/22/2009
http://www.drphil.com/slideshows/slideshow/4922/?id=4922&slide=0&showID=1204&preview=&versionID=
Dr. Phil introduces some political opposites. From the “right” is controversial TV commentator, Ann Coulter. She is the author of seven books, including, Guilty: Liberal “Victims” and Their Assault on America. Joining the show from the “left” is Alan Colmes, one half of TV’s Hannity and Colmes, and host of his own show on Fox News Radio.
“I’m not a political analyst. I don’t get into all the ideologies of the two sides,” Dr. Phil tells his guests. “What I’m interested in and the only reason I talk about this is I want to know what this means to the average person. Is Obama equal to these promises he’s made, Ann?”
“I don’t know, we’ll see,” she says. “Since he’s been elected, he has been talking a lot more like George Bush than he did during the campaign, and so he may well. And by the way, even though Alan and I disagree about a lot of things, that’s why we care about public policies too, for how it affects real people. If Obama raises taxes, for example, as he claimed he was going to do throughout the campaign, that would throw us into the worst it’s the last thing you want to do in a recession. It would be an economic disaster. And then you know, after he’s elected, two weeks later, he’s saying, ‘Oh, no, we’re not going to roll back the Bush tax cut.’ So if he’s playing the Daily Kos kids and the New York Times editorial page for fools, we’re going to be a lot better off than I thought we were going to be, and that would affect real people.”
“So, you think what he had was a bunch of campaign rhetoric, but now he’s going to pretty much moderate and get back to somewhere ”
“Well, I hope so. That is my hope. That’s our theme: Hope,” Ann says.
“What do you think?” Dr. Phil asks Alan.
“I’m happy to see Ann come a little over to my side. This is very exciting,” he jokes. “Look, this is a guy who obviously reacts to changing conditions. The fact that he’s not necessarily sticking to what he said ideologically during the campaign, it would be nice to have a president who actually reacts to changing conditions and isn’t stuck in some ideological box, like we’ve had for the last eight years, so I think this is great. This in and of itself is a great change.”
“You refer to him in your book as B. Hussein Obama, and you say that he is oily. What do you mean, he’s oily?” Dr. Phil asks Ann.
“Yes. Well, Barack sounds so foreign. I was trying to help him out. And he’s reaching out to Muslims. This was his first State of the Union address where Muslims were mentioned, so I’m helping him with that,” she jokes. “No, the truth of the matter, is, for one thing, it makes Alan hysterical when I call him B. Hussein Obama, so I have to keep saying it.”
“I’m so glad to hear that golden oldy, Ann. That’s so nice to hear that again,” Alan says.
Dr. Phil asks Ann, “What do we need to watch about this new president, about this new administration, because you have said, ‘We don’t really know anything about this guy because the media didn’t really ask him anything’?”
“Right. I mean, people say I go after Barack in the book. I don’t really go after Barack; I go after the media. He is very young,” she says. “Here’s a guy who’s like 14 years old, has been in public service for 10 minutes. This is when you needed a watchdog media. I mean, I could talk about almost any issue and give you seven different positions he’s had on it, so we need to watch which ones he’s going to take now, and like I say, at least two big areas, national defense and taxes, he seems to be a lot more to my liking than to Alan Colmes’ liking.”
“That’s not true,” Alan says. “I’m glad to hear you like what he’s doing so far. Look, this is guy who’s willing, as I said, to look at things as the world has changed tremendously, even since election day. Look at what’s happened to the economy. Look what continues to happen, and he’s not stuck in an ideological mold. I think that’s very important to underscore, because, you know, we need someone who’s able to focus.”
“What do you mean it’s changed?” Dr. Phil asks Alan. “The economy is in the ditch. If we were surprised that the Big Three, that they’re running out of money, if we’re surprised that earnings are off, that banks are going under why should we be surprised? Haven’t we been paying people to pay attention to this?”
“They say they were surprised,” he says. “They didn’t see [Hurricane] Katrina. They didn’t see the breach of the levees. They didn’t see what was happening in Iraq, that there would be an insurgency. They didn’t see the economic unfolding taking place. So, you talk about the lack of experience of Barack Obama, look at what the so-called experienced people in Washington have brought over the last eight years. So, it’s not what you have on a resumé; it’s whether you’re competent and can focus on the future. That’s what’s going on here.”
Dr. Phil asks Ann, “Why don’t we know anything about Obama? Why didn’t the media ask him any questions?”
“They love him. They have a crush on him,” she says. “I mean, we did need to get answers to some of the these things!”
“You say about Obama, that he was Muslim when he needed to be and not when he needed to be, that he was black when he needed to be and not when he needed to be,” Dr. Phil says. “What do you mean?”
“Right. He is a chameleon that way, and I’ll give you another beautiful illustration that affects real people, as you say: his position on guns,” Ann says. “He has been in favor of a national ban on concealed carry weapons, he has been in favor of the District of Columbia law that bans citizens from having guns, and then when the Supreme Court overturned that ban, he said he agreed with the Supreme Court decision. He said Americans, out of bitterness, cling to God and guns, but he agrees with the Supreme Court decision?”
Any of you have any idea?
Now there is an explanation worthy of thanks, keep it up, and thanks for the thread.
Thanks for the photos - would have loved to have joined you.
I knew that was him Ron, or I wouldn’t have been asking who he is.
Unfortunately, I hadn’t heard of him before. Thanks for the info. I’ll check out his sight.
You guys do such good work for FR and make us Californians,
in the land of the fruits and nuts, very proud. A big thanks.
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