Couric Slanders Coulter as 'Right-Wing Tele-bimbo'

NewsMax.com ^ | June 26, 2002 | Carl Limbacher

[Mudboy Slim]

Thanks for posting that link...Ann was GREAT all the way through, IMHO...MUD

[CreekerFreeper]

Massgengale helps that problem.

[SkyPilot]

And what didn't make the airwaves...

"And f_ck you too, Kaite," Coulter returned.

Perfect!

[Mudboy Slim]

"The big phoney smile from Katie was barely covering her seething contempt..."

Ms. Coulter was taking her to the woodshed, but doing it in such a subtle way I'm not sure Katie had the mental capacity to offer a counter-argument. Let's not forget, perkyKatie ain't no rocket scientist and has been suppin' at the trough of Lib'ral Bilge for all these many years...Ann, OTOH, is used to being introduced as a RadicalRightWinger prepared to do intellectual battle with a Lib'ral cohort.

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"Unfortunately, Rush did slam Chelsea's looks in a rather mean way, back in Clinton's first term. He immediately realized his mistake, and I believe he even offered an apology to his audience. I know he regretted it."

My bad...I listen to him all the time and never heard a single negative word said about the child, even when she went overseas and criticized America for our heartlessness--compared to her and her parents, of course!!

FReegards...MUD

[Palladin]

It was such a great pleasure to see Annie rip into that pissy-faced bitter hag Katie Couric. Ann Coulter rules!

[Randjuke]

I wouldn't throw her out of bed for eating crackers, either - I'd be afraid she would break.

For the record, IMHO right-wing tele-bimbo seems pretty accurate. I think half the time Ann is putting on whoever is talking with her - she gets that little crooked grin like she's the only one in on the joke; some of her conversations with Alan Colmes seem very much that way. I am looking forward to reading her book, though.

[Jhoffa_]

Couric Slanders Coulter as 'Right-Wing Tele-bimbo'

Hey, back off..

She's OUR Right wing, tele-bimbo..

(and don't you or your rump fondling doctor forget it either..)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Which one was doing the homewrecking?

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Coulter is right wing and she's on TV as much for her pretty blond looks as her writing and insight. Bimbo may a bit harsh but I am sure she has been called that before.

How kind of you to say so!

"Right Wing" by Hillary's standards, for sure--and "perky Katie's" as well. Are those your standards?

[SevenDaysInMay]

Ann's legs run all the way to paradise; Katie's to pair of dice, likely snake eyes. </tastelessness>

[cajun-jack]

yep she was so proud to be "probed" on nationwide t.v. she refused to do it until she heard the physician was dr. william jefferson clinton.....since she had been probed by dr. clinton many times in the past..she knew it wouldn't hurt as his "probe" was so small.

[meyer]

For the record, IMHO right-wing tele-bimbo seems pretty accurate. I think half the time Ann is putting on whoever is talking with her - she gets that little crooked grin like she's the only one in on the joke; some of her conversations with Alan Colmes seem very much that way. I am looking forward to reading her book, though.

Well, we probably disagree on at least one point here - "Bimbo" implies a lack of intelligence or dim-wittedness. Ann Coulter certainly doesn't lack intelligence. She quick with a witty reply when the liberals attempt to corner her. She bats down the embellishments of the left easily and smiles (that "crooked grin" is her taking pleasure at outwitting the opponent) as she does so. That's why I like her.

No, she's not the absolute perfect woman - in particular, I think as many others do that she needs to put on about 20 pounds. But she chose to be a lawyer and author, not a model. Besides, looking at her schedule for today, its a wonder she ever gets time to eat.

[Egregious Philbin]

Hey, thanks for the FR b-day greeting! I didn't even notice! Did you check because you thought I might be a disruptor?

You really think he never went after Chelsea? I find it hard to believe, but i'd be happy if it was true - commentators should draw the line somewhere before pol's kids, I think.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Did you check because you thought I might be a disruptor?"

Yea...yer comments about El Rushbo were so out of character for anything I've heard him say, I had my doubts. In fact, when I saw "June 27, 200_" I thought I had you nailed until I realized that wouldda been tomorrow...LOL!!

"You really think he never went after Chelsea? I find it hard to believe, but i'd be happy if it was true - commentators should draw the line somewhere before pol's kids, I think."

I listen to him a lot and I'd never heard him attack Chelsea and I know he's cut off some callers who started to...Chelsea's fair game now, but I agree we ought to let kids have a childhood despite what field of endeavor their parents may have chosen.

FReegards...MUD

[glorygirl]

As usual, any discussion of females on TV on FR devolves almost immediately into a looks comparision by the guys. But that's par for the course and okay in this case.

More now, from the psychological analysis perspective: Katie is brighter than most of the women on TV. But she has been losing it ever since her husband died. A couple of weeks ago she broke up with her still-married boyfriend because he wouldn't put the finishing touches on the divorce.

Ann, of course, is used to coping without a man. All that agression needs a place to go --and Katie is the perfect recipient.

Some might say all that money is going to her head. But I think it's time for her to realize she can't buy herself a decent husband at age 45 and is now in the same boat as Ann, only older.

And it probably wouldn't hurt Ann to tone it down a bit. She would have scored some points by mentioning the "attack."

The Eva Braun comment isn't really fair (Eva Braun never had anything to say publicly), but it is funny. Lighten up,ladies, and work together. (Katie might be a bit more of a closet conservative than we think.)

[pittsburgh gop guy]

I refrained from commenting on which one was hotter, but since you brought it up, will do so now.

I do find Ann's intellect very appealing. She is a smart woman, and if she gained some weight, I would find her very physically appealing as well.

Katie is perky as the day is long and pretty cute to boot, though she is liberal to the core, and I find that unattractive. Something about that $62 million paycheck though, don't know what it is, but it would help in making me unconcerned about her leftist attitude.

So, Katie, call me!

And Ann, please eat something!!!!!!!

[Pennsylvania_Farmer]

I saw the interview. I think we all expected Ann to bulldoze Katie, but she didn't. Ann, it seemed, was on the defensive, and not able to strongly answer Katie's questions or refute Katie's assertions. Nor was Ann able to force a concession from Katie about anything. So, as an effort to confront liberalism/liberal media and embarrass it, I think the interview failed. However, the main cause of the failure was the very structure of the interview: It can be difficult to take the initiative in an interview when someone else is conducting it. Another cause was that Ann was (justifiably) reluctant to give simple, indeed simplistic, answers to the questions. But that reluctance made it seem like she had no answer, or that her only answer was that something was "taken out of context" which can easily be viewed as a weak excuse. I don't fault Ann for not being able to trounce Katie like we all expected, and that the interview basically was a bickering session. More important is that neither today's interview nor any other can invalidate Ann's arguments in her book, which are exactly right. I'm a fan of Ann's, and want her ideas to permeate political discussion as much as anyone. I think more truth is contained in one of Ann's columns than in all of Clinton's speeches combined. But, the Couric interview was not a success. But, ultimately, it really doesn't matter whether it failed as a promotional attempt, since most thinking conservatives will read Ann's book, and few liberals will, since liberals refuse to be reflective, or accept criticism. They are intellectual cowards.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

What she said was that no conservative had ever said anything about other people's looks posing as real news, instead of opinion pieces. She refered to news items about Katherine Harris by libs that insulted her looks.

C'mon Ms. Coulter, that's a bunch of baloney.

no conservative had has ever said anything about other people's looks posing as real news, instead of opinion pieces.

That's a stronger statement; if you can't refute that then you can't refute what Ann was saying, either. And you cannot refute that, because journalism is anticonservative (only censored journalism is conservative)--and because herd journalism presumes to have a patent on objectivity.

If you insinuate that a journalist is not objective, you will learn that you have picked a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. Geting along and going along on the "objectivity" front is the cardinal rule of the journalists' guild.

Why Broadcast Journalism is Unnecessary and Illegitimate.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I think we all expected Ann to bulldoze Katie, but she didn't.

It is naive to expect a guest to be able to bulldoze a show host; they make sure they have all the home court advantage they think they need. And in any event, anything unpleasant goes down the memory hole.

The most a guest can do is what Ann apparently did--keep smiling, and keep returning the ball to the host's end of the court.