Ann seems to be lost in some sort of hero worship of Romney. Anybody who disagrees with her is wrong. I used to respect Ann’s conservative views but I can’t understand her blind allegiance to Romney.
“I can’t understand her blind allegiance to Romney.”
I will hypothetisize that Ann was never a true conservative. She said and wrote what she did to sell books because it was the market she could break into. Or, she has simply turned and forsaked what she claimed to believe. Or, she realises she is becomeing passe and must adapt to a new audience.
Anyway, persons should stop reading her columns - even when she does say something worthwhile - she is an unstabel and loose cannon. Anyway - that is my opinion.
One possibility other than a more socially liberal ideology on her part is the Drudge/Coulter connection. We know Drudge and Coulter have been BFFs for years. Drudge offers enormous promotion for Coulter’s books and I’m pretty sure they have consistently been promoted on there. We know Drudge is in bed with the Romney camp, which has been widely reported in the press and is obvious from the constant slant against anyone challenging Romney in the race. Drudge may simply be promising Ann more promotion of her books if she backs Romney publically or she may feel she needs to return the favor for past promotion.
More evidence she has altered her views on Newt...
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2004-07-21.html
“Never Trust A Liberal Over 3” by Ann Coulter, published July 21, 2004
“This is what Republicans are like today. They swear up and down not to trust the liberal media, but as soon as that very media demonize some Republican, half our party is ready to dump him... Another candidate liberals told us was a disaster for the party was Ronald Wilson Reagan... Other Republicans we’ve been told were a disaster for the party are Newt Gingrich who produced the jaws-of-life to tear Congress from the Democrats”
http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=107
“LIBERAL WAR ON TERRORISM HEATS UP: DELAY FINALLY CAPTURED” by Ann Coulter, published April 5, 2006
She defends Newt against the frivolous ethics charges that Democrat opponents slapped on him:
“at the urging of the Democrats, the Internal Revenue Service spent 3 1/2 years investigating Gingrich’s
college course. After all the hullabaloo, the result was: No crime. The classes “were not biased toward particular politicians or a particular party” — thus distinguishing Gingrich’s class from every other college course in America.”