Ann Coulter joins Board of Gay Conservative Group GOProud

Towleroad.com ^ | 08/09/2011

[hattend]

Barbara Olson

FReeper BKO? Killed in 9/11 Pentagon plane? Wife of Ted Olson?

Are you thinking of someone else?

[abigail2]

Well said. I don’t know what she is thinking.

[Guenevere]

I don't know what BillyBoy actually meant..

..but my understanding of his post is Ann wanted to be well known & articulate for conservative issues/policies like Barbara.

[Moltke]

Lady Gaygay?

[Stepan12]

Coulter has jumped the shark.

I certainly wouldn't call for the harassment of men who have sex with men (and neither would any other Conservative), but homosexuality is a deadly perversion and/or a deadly sex addiction.

One should not join these organizations and one should not regard the sex addiction as an identity as Ann implicitely did by joining this group. :(

Incidentally, I read her book,

Demonic and as regards the "birther" chapter, Ann raises the strawman of whether the Messiah was born in Kenya or not.

A lot of people just say the LFBC is phony or questionable and don't necessarily believe he was born in Kenya. Obama could even be witholding any true information about him just to give people the finger as he did to McCain and Hillary during the campaign.

[iopscusa]

AC is interesting as a phenom who has positioned herself in the political spectrum very astutely. She fooled a lot of traditional Conservatives into believing she actually supported their TC principles but her goal all along was to develop her Brand and enlarge her niche. She is another Beltway creature, a shimmering light in the distance but something quite ugly up close.
This screening type of disinfo is very similar to how the Republican Conservatives refuse to acknowledge that MLK was a fraud and a Communist, Affirmative Action is not rascist, Islam is Peace, Immigration is good, and much much more.

[NCLaw441]

KTM, I personally believe that homosexual behavior (as opposed to orientation) is sinful. That is my belief. Of course, I have my own share of sins to deal with, so I leave it at that. I reject the concept of same-sex marriage (but would be ok with civil unions).

In my view, conservatism is multi-faceted. There are conservative positions on many/most areas of discussion. Following a libertarian principle on homosexual conduct doesn’t seem absolutely counter to conservatism, provided that no special treatment of homosexuals is advocated. Let them live their lives (even though I believe the conduct is wrong). If they are for smaller government, pro-life and fiscal responsibility, I can tolerate (not approve of) their lifestyle choice (I don’t believe it is determined at birth).

As for Ann’s orientation, I don’t know, although I hope she is straight...

[Cboldt]

-- Anybody ever see a pic or hear a story about AC on a date with a guy? --

Bill Maher.

[hattend]

I guess I misunderstood him.

...maybe he meant Peggy Noonan? (wannabe? ... harpy?)

[HereInTheHeartland]

Ann seems to have a thing for this. Maybe she has something she is not telling everyone?
There are many issues and groups to support. Why this one?

[longtermmemmory]

jumped it and rejumped it.

I don’t want to see her on tv.
I don’t want to read her books, there are others who now say the same thing.

Harvard is a liability not an asset to free thinking.

[Boomer One]

Just ran through many of the comments, most about Ann. Are we missing the point here? Who is to say that Gays can’t be fiscal conservatives? While I may not agree with a person’s sexual orientation, I will welcome any ally on my side in a fight. Wars are not won in one big battle but by strings of small victories. Unless you’re in a coma you realize the U.S. economic system, the best the world has known for almost 200 years, is in a major battle for survival. Let’s put differences aside and focus on the major issue for now. If our economic system collapses, ALL is lost.

[Texas Songwriter]

Is coulter breaking queer?

[ReformationFan]

“Let’s put differences aside and focus on the major issue for now. If our economic system collapses, ALL is lost.”

JMHO, but I think that the economic system collapse along with the rise of socialism and Islam are part of God’s judgment upon the West for rejecting His standards and opposing Biblical views of marriage, family and life.

[ReformationFan]

“Let’s put differences aside and focus on the major issue for now. If our economic system collapses, ALL is lost.”

JMHO, but I think that the economic system collapse along with the rise of socialism and Islam are part of God’s judgment upon the West for rejecting His standards and opposing Biblical views of marriage, family and life.

[OldNewYork]

Fag hag?

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

I am not a fan of Coulter at all, but this is a tempest in a teapot. For those who think Coulter herself may be gay, talk to any folks you know who move in conservative political circles in D.C.. If anything, her rep is that she likes guys a bit too much.

And I don't see anything in this where she is changing her substantive positions on political issues. If she's lining up with a bunch of small-government conservatives who are gay, but hasn't changed her position on gay marriage, I don't see much of a problem.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

I am not a fan of Coulter at all, but this is a tempest in a teapot. For those who think Coulter herself may be gay, talk to any folks you know who move in conservative political circles in D.C.. If anything, her rep is that she likes guys a bit too much.

And I don't see anything in this where she is changing her substantive positions on political issues. If she's lining up with a bunch of small-government conservatives who are gay, but hasn't changed her position on gay marriage, I don't see much of a problem.

[BillyBoy]

>> ..but my understanding of his post is Ann wanted to be well known & articulate for conservative issues/policies like Barbara. <<

That was exactly my point. After Barbara Olson died, Coulter's career took off nationally and she tried to inherit Olson's legacy. But I said WANNABE because Coulter has nowhere near aura the respectability that Olson had. The fact Coulter is a shrill harpy that resorts to ridiculous stunts is one of the reasons why (Coulter's sloppy research is another). Olson was classy and likeable even with those who disagreed with her, Coulter isn't.

A bunch of freepers might buy into Coulter's act and buy books like "Treason" and "Godless" because they remind them of "Hell to Pay" and "The Final Days", but Coulter isn't nearly on the same level of Olson.

[Larry Lucido]

Who’s the queer in that graphic?