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Ann Coulter Challenges President of Iran to Insane-Comment Contest

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Posted on Jun 9, 2006
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By Andy Borowitz

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter today challenged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to what she called “an insane-comment contest” on live TV to determine who is the insane-comment champion of the world.

Appearing on Fox News this morning, the sharp-tongued darling of the right wing said that although she respects Mr. Ahmadinejad’s work, she believes he will be “no match” for her arsenal of crazy, unhinged remarks.

“I’ve heard Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nutty rants in the past, and while I think he comes off like a total banana head, in a one-on-one with me he will be the picture of sanity,” Ms. Coulter said.

In Iran, President Ahmadinejad accepted Ms. Coulter’s challenge and said that while he was “confident of victory,” he recognized that besting her in an insane-comment contest “would not be easy.”

“In any competition involving verbal lunacy, Ann Coulter is the favorite going in,” Mr. Ahmadinejad. “I will need to train for this for months.”

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But even as the rules for the insane-comment contest were being set, North Korean President Kim Jong Il and televangelist Pat Robertson expressed outrage that they had been excluded from the competition and demanded to be invited.

Within hours, Ms. Coulter apologized for omitting President Kim and the Rev. Robertson but said that the omission would be corrected: “Me, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Pat Robertson and Kim Jong Il: That’s the Final Four.”

Elsewhere, President Bush hailed the elimination of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, telling reporters, “The world has been rid of a tricky-to-pronounce name.”

Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz is author of the new book “The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers.” To find out more about Andy Borowitz and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.


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By xyzaffair, December 29, 2008 at 9:41 pm #
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Ann Coulter is Marilyn Manson meets Clairol

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By fewmss, October 31, 2007 at 5:13 am #
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By Blake, July 23, 2006 at 1:49 am #
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Thank you William,
You too, sound, at least your last post…grin.  Like a good man.
Blake

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By William, July 22, 2006 at 7:00 pm #
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Hey Blake,
I admire your fire and conviction even if (in my opinion) you don’t understand entirely.  Actually, I’m heartened to see we have (I surmize) young people such as you Lisa et. al. that invest emotion and thought in to what is going on in this world.  I despise apathy.  And, you are damn right, those young people (by the way there are people on active duty in Iraq that are not so young) serving this wonderful country DO deserve all…. every bit of our support.  I have a buddy that turned 59 about 5 days ago who has been in the Army National Guard since the dawn of mankind (ha) after being on active duty for several years back in the 70’s.  He was activated and attached to the regular army piloting a Blackhawk and just returned home a few months ago.  He is a hell of a man, but sort of nutty…he’s a republican.  Even though I disagree with you, probably on a multitude of issues, keep the passion going.  You too Lisa.  Man…don’t we get pissed with each other espousing our opinions’?  Incidently, please don’t interpret my prior note as an insinuation that you are not a patriot. People need not enlist in the military to love and promote the welfare and our democracy.  I was just yanking your chain.  Don’t take it personally.  Friends tell me I am good at “chain yanking.” 
Keep the fire going!  Oh…. about the shame and anger thing.  You are on the mark.  People need to let repressed anger go.  It contributes to misery and is self destructive.  Regarding shame… hell I’ve dealt with enough shame that a little more is like putting whip cream on shit.
Maintain your enthusiasm but be open to other ideologies.  Keep the furnace stoked.
PEACE!!
Will

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By Blake, July 20, 2006 at 7:36 pm #
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Dear good liberal William,
No sir, I’ve never been in the military.
Thank god we have those that are.  War is such a mess.  As you say: It can have you “Sh*ting your paints out of fear..”
Shouldn’t we give those people, at war, who face such fear, who risk death and mutilation, our support when possible? 
Shouldn’t those who are sh*tting their pants for us, be entitled at leased innocent until proven guilty?  Of course we should. 
To not, would be abating the enemy. 
Yes sir, they deserve that.  But Murtha made sure they didn’t even get that.  And you sir are guilty of the same thing.
Shame on you. 
The facts are: “The facts remain unclear”  (to everyone, but you and Murtha…).
It seems like something very bad happened there in Haditha.  Our young boys in combat, under fire, bullets flying from windows, IED explosions, a dead comrade laying in a pool of blood, a room to room search.  How can any of us understand how stressful and scary it was?  Who’s that?  Are they hiding a bomb?  Do I shoot?  Will I die?
Please, look at your pompous and prejudging comments “the Event of the rape”  “a phenomenon that did occur” “Publicly acknowledging that it did happen”...
Go-a-head accuses them!  Prejudge!  line up our boys and shoot them.  Get some of that old Vietnam anger out.. 
But, I will proudly support their right to a fair trial, they deserve that much from me.  If guilty, you bet, they deserve the punishment. 
PS **Or is the investigation complete?  If so forgive me, a was not aware.

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By William, July 20, 2006 at 2:06 pm #
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Blake,
Murtha was a Marine for over 30 years.  I believe he aware of the realities of killing and seeing one’s comrades being killed.  The event of the rape of the young girl and the killing of her family has already been publicized around the world as well as what transpired in Haditha. His comment reflected where the evidence so far has led.  He was not providing our enemies with a “propaganda” tool.  He was pointing out a phenomenon that did actually occur. He has also in the past said the vast majority of or military are good people, and would not engage in this type of heinous behavior.  This type of behavior is what gets MORE people killed, not publically acknowledging that it did happen. The truth is, we must hold individuals accountable for their sociopathic actions. 
Murtha is looking for the truth, not sticking his head in the sand…not promoting propaganda.

By the way Blake, which branch of service did you serve in? Has Coulter been in the military?Have you been in combat?  I have found in my own 55 + years that people who have NEVER experienced combat or have NEVER shit their pants out of fear tend to be more gung ho about going to war.  I have also found that people that glorify war and brag about their experiences are in a lot of cases liers.
Have a PEACE filled day.  And as a proud LIBERAL, God bless America.
Will

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By Lisa, July 20, 2006 at 1:42 pm #
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Blake,
Hey ironic, something I finally don’t disagree with you on, and that IS Murtha’s comments. Of course he was WAY out of line going public with those comments, and that should have been discussed behind CLOSED doors if he had those concerns or felt he had info with regards to those Marines. I personally feel with regards to what goes on in the Military should not be up for public grabs, unless the Military themselves or the President decides to make something public, for the same reasons you despise what Murtha said, that is the reality. But, it still does not change my views on Coulter, she has had a history of trashing others over and over, she was even fired at by one of her employers for going over the line with her so called journalism, and guess what, they were conservatives she was writing for. So lets just say we will have to agree to disagree on Coulter.

I like factually based journalism without vile comments, there are many great journalists out there, and they seem to get their point(s) across without hurting others by digging a knife deep into their soul. They stick to the facts, and most people want JUST that, facts with sources that back those same facts up (Legitmate sources), not vile, disgraceful, hurtful comments just to propragandize selling a book. So, that is where you and I will never come to terms, and thats ok.

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By Jack, July 20, 2006 at 1:42 am #
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Well Lisa…
    In your post you talked about others who respect you. It’s not hard to see why. Maybe you can bring some respect back to the Republican Party. I tried honestly so very hard and very long being a conservative, fundamentalist Baptist who voted for Bush in 2000 while in the middle of my ex-gay nightmare. The only time in my life I have ever voted Republican.

    Now I can assuredly say it was the last time I will ever vote Republican. In 2004 I went door knocking for Kerry. I will always remain a Democratic Gay Atheist Activist now, but I will also respect and treat with kindness good people like you.
        Have a great summer!

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By Lisa, July 19, 2006 at 9:00 pm #
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Wow, I need to quit typing so fast. Correction

I typed to Blake: “that this woman caused many pain, but that doesn’t matter to you, do it? “

it should say DOES IT?

I also spelled agree, agee- sorry for the typo’s.

This gives me a chance to add: The division between Conservatives and Liberals, along with increasing attacks on each party WILL utimately determine the next President. JUST AN FYI: The next President may end up being a moderate from either party. Shall the moderates sit back and shed tears for you then?

Lets face it, if the BASHING would stop and someone with ENOUGH INTEGRITY would begin to focus on the positive changes they want to ensue, along with not using Rhetoric as their tool- change Rhetoric to sincerity that people know to be true, then this will be the candidate that will ultimately win.

Stay focused on :
On making promises that can be followed through. Otherwise, if the candidate isn’t sure, don’t bother making a promise that may turn out to be a false one.
Thats the short version.

Oh and denounce Ann Coulter, ha!

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By Blake, July 19, 2006 at 8:01 pm #
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Here’s the “realities”
Murtha’s comments = Really, really could get many people killed, including women & children!
Ann’s really won’t get anyone killed.  Trying to get Murtha to think before talking might even save someone.  Yet you attack Ann?  Think Lisa, Think!!
I’m pullin’ for you!
Thank for the prayer.  Yes, I could probably use it.
I’m OK that she attacked the Jersey Girls, As we discussed before if you go political, you must be fair game.  Maybe unfortunate but true.

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By Lisa, July 19, 2006 at 6:20 pm #
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Jack,
Thanks, I try to treat others as I, myself would like to be treated, and I also try to really walk in anothers’ shoes, and imagine what it must be like when experiencing extreme situations. But, its never possible to fully feel or understand anothers circumstances, I only pray when someone that is so hardened and can’t think for themselves, because they would rather back their right wing or far left wing party members that they are left out in the cold, with someone telling them, just get over it. Or too bad, so sad for you… Yes, I am a moderate, and I have many conservative friends that respect me, as I respect them too, not all conservatives are hardened, and they can see the truth for what it is, including Coulter and her hate filled book/mouth.

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By Lisa, July 19, 2006 at 6:08 pm #
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Blake,

You actually make me laugh. You read or hear what YOU WANT to. I just joined this forum not that long ago and I DID not join it to speak out against Murtha, I joined to express my feelings RE: Ann Coulter, and it DOES not matter what you say to me, my convictions will stand strong when it comes to this insensitive person that I consider a journalist that is far from professional.

Now to address Murtha: I wrote how I felt RE; what he did when I copied and pasted the email interview- I was (and not that you will ever agree or understand) making a point with regards to her statement about FRAGGING. It’s people like you that actually scare me, because you are so far to the right, you can’t get your head out of the sand long enough to wake up and see the realities of what this woman promotes and that is HATE. I dont care if she makes valid points, it is the way Coulter goes about *trying* to make her points that nauseates me, but should I be surprised that an ULTRA conservative as yourself would try to be a bit more open minded and understand that this woman caused many pain, but that doesn’t matter to you, do it? Do you care that she attacked the 9/11 widows or is that irrelevant, that they endured a great loss due to the terrorism on that day that killed over 3000 people. I am proud to be a moderate, at least I can think for myself. Oh and by the way, I have tried hard not to place personal attacks on you Blake, because I have written that I detest liberal or conservative bashing, due to the fact that is is DIVIDING our country even more in a time that we should all be trying to find some common ground with each other, even though we may not agee on all issues, but you keep throwing small digs my way (Dear Lisa and Hypocrites), so to that I say, Dear Blake and those who are incapable of compassion, I will say a prayer for YOU.

PS: If I want to discuss Murtha and what he did, I will find a forum RE: Murtha… like I said I threw that comment in because Coulter brought up the idea of fragging. I wouldnt even wish that on Coulter, even though I despise what she says.

Good day.

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By Blake, July 19, 2006 at 5:17 pm #
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Truth & Hypocrites,
“So don’t go there with me.”  Oh yes, I’ll “go there”  So now you don’t agree with Mutha’s dangerous comments.  Did you come out and blog against Murtha when he made them?  If so, then you’re consistent, make some sense, and can Ignore the rest of this..
If you did not share concern about Murtha’s “cold blooded Murderers”  statements, than you Lisa are the hypocrite.  You can’t decry one and not the other, can you?
And just a heads-up If you’re praised by liberals… It might feel good Lisa, but re-think what you are saying.
Attacking Ann and not Murtha is supporting Murtha and the liberal agenda.  Simple.

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By Jack, July 19, 2006 at 3:48 pm #
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Lisa,
    Ann Coulter could take lessons from you in decency, human empathy and compassion.
  Thank you for being a human being who does not forget we are all humans with feelings and life struggles.
      I guess I could only describe Ann Coulter as….well, a Right Wing Robot.
  I am going to (hopefully correctly) describe you as a compassionate moderate Republican, and I wish you much peace and happiness in your life.

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By Lisa, July 18, 2006 at 11:25 pm #
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Fadele,
I don’t see why Republican’s are clapping thier hands in FAVOR of Ann, and her current book. I am Republican, and she does not speak for me, along with many other Republicans in the government and media that have publicly spoken out against her. One Republican source called her a disgrace. Yet, we will always have radicals, that love to hate, yet claim they are Christians, go figure?? Oh, by love to hate I should clarify, by liberal or conservative bashing to the degree that it is hurtful is hateful. People just DO NOT know how to stick to the facts anymore when it comes to promoting their parties interests, they would rather bash the other party just like a teenager would do. The bashing nauseates me, and sickens many, both Republican’s and Democrats alike!

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By Lisa, July 18, 2006 at 11:10 pm #
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Blake,
I guess you didnt read my ENTIRE post: Here is a blurb from one of my posts-JUST FOR THE RECORD:

When Coulter made an inuedo RE: Senator John Murtha and fragging, even her right wing friends on a radio show called redstates.org were disgraced by her comments, and made that public knowledge as well. So, there are many conservatives just staying in the closet afraid to speak out against Ms. Coulter for fear of looking like a liberal as you coined me. I don’t care what others think with regards to my opinion, I would rather speak the truth than walk with a bunch of hypocrites. I am not referring to you as one. Oh and for the record, I don’t agree with the statements Murtha made either, but I wouldnt make a comment about fragging with regards to any fellow human being.

So, in defense of myself of course I DONT agree with the statements Murtha made, but I dont agree with radicals making statements about fragging someone either. I understand how his statements or any negative statements with regard to OUR military affect them and the war. SO, dont go there with me.

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By William, July 18, 2006 at 7:19 pm #
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Blake,
Do you still have your brown shirt in your closet? Do you spew hate towards gays like Ann.  You know, there is a lot of emperical evidence indicating homophobes have very strong latent homosexual tendencies.  Do you have wet dreams about men?  Or do you have a piece of limp tissue like your other hero Rush near your pubic area?  Rush probably didn’t need the Viagra because he is insecure about his manhood, its probably all that dope he is shooting and snorting.  I bet Ann would admire this writer for the above trash in this paragraph.  Don’t you just love it too? 
Will

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By Blake, July 18, 2006 at 6:18 pm #
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Dear Lisa and those with limited scope.
Your last post is an awful lot to respond to but lets take Murtha…
I believe with my whole heart that Ann is desperately try to help save soldiers lives (just ask them).
Murtha has slandered our troops: Accused Marines of “Murder in Cold Blood!”, accused the military of a cover up (No not covered-up, we know about it because of our military’s own investigation)
By your own standards, you too should condemn him.  We are at war, when he proclaims: “Marines Murder in Cold Blood” it makes headlines around the world it’s played over and over on Aljezera (sp),This emboldens the extremists and confuses Iraq’s moderates…And GETS OUR BOYS KILLED.  He’s created propaganda, big time, for the bad guys.  It’s that simple. Is it that hard to understand?  It’s easy for me to see.
“Frag” him becuase he’s responsible for more killings.

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By Lisa, July 18, 2006 at 3:47 pm #
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Hi again Jack,

I couldnt agree with you more. It’s people like Coulter in Specific (and I dont always agree with Sean Hannity either, btw), oops another reason for ultra conservatives to attack their moderate Republican so called “friend.” Anyhow, It’s not up to me to judge others, only God knows each of us personally, and if Conservative Republicans kept that in perspective they would remember that God does not expect us to judge one another.

The conservatives SHOULD be worried when it comes to our next election, because if they continue on thier path of verbal destruction, they are pushing more people away from what the party truly stands for, and they tend to forget that their are just as many MODERATE REPUBLICANS as their are conservatives. Actually the moderates may out weigh the conservatives.

I guess some people feel they have a direct hotline to God (himself, itself)- and that is how they are able to get the *truth* out to the rest of us?

Im sorry you experienced what you did, and I give you credit for trying to change. I am not a gay hater by any means, there may be things I disagree with in regards to gay rights, but once again that has nothing to do with how I feel about you or anyone for that matter. We are all Gods children and I pity those that forget that.

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By Lisa, July 18, 2006 at 3:26 pm #
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Dear Blake and those that claim to be Conservative:

You sound like an intelligent man Blake, so why is it you are so determined to defend a woman IE: Ann Coulter that could care less about anyone other than herself. Here is an excerpt RE: Her remarks she made during an email interview (they are ultra conservative, yet they do not back her)

By E&P Staff

Published: June 15, 2006 11:55 PM ET


NEW YORK With the brief debate over Iraq in Congress producing such acrimony this week that one congressman suggested opponents of the war support al-Qaeda, it should come as no surprise that columnist and author Ann Coulter would top them all.

In an email interview with John Hawkins at the Right Wing News web site, Coulter was asked, among other things, to offer short comments on several individuals. After harmlessly dismissing former Ambassador Joseph Wilson as the “World’s most intensely private exhibitionist,” she said of Rep. John Murtha, the hawkish ex-Marine and now antiwar congressman: “The reason soldiers invented ‘fragging.’”

Fragging, which became a well-known expression—and occasional occurence—during the Vietnam war, means soldiers attempting to kill their own officers for one reason or another.

This was so over the top that conservative Mike Krempasky at RedState.org posted, “I’ve said before that’s its kind of ironic that just about every phrase Stewie from Family Guy uses to describe Lois could easily be applied to Ann Coulter. Well—once again, Ann proves us right.” He went on to call her “fragging” remark absolutely “disgusting. ... there’s no excuse—NONE—for the allusion to soldiers who kill other soldiers. It’s despicable—and frankly, so is Coulter.”

And, let it be known the widows helping the Kerry Campaign were not the only widows from 9/11 with a political agenda, so why is it Ann only attacked them? Furthermore, there should have been no verbal attacks on ANY of them- God be with any of you that agree with this person that calls herself a writer, should you ever walk a mile in their shoes. It’s pitiful that ANYONE would defend her. Read below:

Although Coulter also criticized 9-11 widows for “cutting commercials” for Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA) during his 2004 presidential campaign against Bush, Lauer failed to note that other 9-11 widows made campaign appearances for Bush. As Newsday reported September 25, 2004:

[A]t the Republican National Convention, Debra Burlingame, whose brother piloted the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Pentagon, was one of three women who spoke in highly personal terms of their loss. She told the Associated Press yesterday she, too, was willing to make campaign appearances for Bush to outline her differences with the pro-Kerry families. “They want people fired, and I think we’ve moved on from that,” she said.”

And why is it Blake you are so determined to call me a liberal because I disdain Ann Coulter and the book she wrote?? Just because you are of one party affliation does not mean you are going to like EVERYONE affliated with your party, nor do you have to agree with them. I find it scary if those that are members of either party claim they agree with and like everyone that is a Republican or Democrat. Furthermore, I dont like to see liberal or conservative bashing going on, it serves no purpose yet to divide us more as a nation, is that what people want? I will not condemn a liberal, unless that is they are in the public eye, writing a book like Ann has done (yes, she is a conservative), and God forbid I should disagree with a party members OPINIONS and Negative statements, but that is where I draw the line. Oh and don’t use the 9/11 widows as an example to be in the public eye with regards to the “so called fame” they recieved because they lost loved ones, that isn’t fame- they didnt chose to have a disaster hit their families, and maybe what they have done or continue to do is helping them to have closure during their grieving process, did you ever think of that? Coulter on the other hand, lost no one during 9/11, so dont compare the two!

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By Jack, July 18, 2006 at 2:06 pm #
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Hi back at you, Lisa…
I appreciate that you said hello, and that you value human life as well as respect others feelings.
Respecting that you are a Republican and nost likely much more conservative than myself,I do wish we could all get to some sort of “common ground”.
I know, “wishful thinking”. It seems that to me that Rush, Ann, Sean and the other pundits seem to end up dividing this country more and more.
I will be fair and say that Al Franken, Michael Moore and Molly Irvins are probably not easy for you to take either.
I would like you to know that I became a conservative and a Baptist Fumndamentalist when I went into something called the “ex-gay” movement where I went through considerable pain and self anguish in trying to “change” my sexual orientation. I honestly did not need to worry about hell after I die, I WAS LIVING IT. Many gay men and liesbians have killed thmselves in these groups, because you cannot change orientation. 
That is why it hurts really bad when Ann Coulter makes comments that when asked by a reporter if she ever had a child who was gay, she would say to him.her” “did I ever tell you were adopted?”

It’s tragic to see someone who xompltely ignores any sense of christian love and yet proclaims herself a “christian”. I think she is the worst possible spokesperson for the republican party..and conservative? I wonder why she is wearing a leather low cut dress on the covers of her books? Why does she plagerize in her books and not provide accurate facts?

  Hypocrisy and Hate have a new name: Ann Coulter. It’s sad someone can make money like this.

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By Lisa, July 18, 2006 at 12:11 am #
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Hi Jack,

Your welcome! Your right, I don’t agree with some of the democratic views, but none the less, lets call a spade a spade! I do however, value human life and others feelings, so I guess that counts for something!

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By Lisa, July 17, 2006 at 11:28 pm #
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I should do a grammer check before I hit submit. I wrote in my blog to Blake RE: Ann Coulter that “I do agree with the way she BASHES others, slanders their names etc… I MEANT TO SAY ” I DONT AGREE”

And I wrote “almight” instead of “Almighty” dollar.

One more thing: I read that someone mentioned that Coulter plagerized parts of her book. I researched this comment and found it to be true according to the web source. Here is the link:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200607060003

Any conservative must ask themselves if Jesus would promote Ann Coulter’s book?

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By Blake, July 17, 2006 at 10:28 pm #
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Dear Libs and Lisa,
According to what I’ve read, the “Jersey Girls”  (Kristen Breitweiser, Lorie Van Auken, Mindy Kleinberg, and Patty Casazza) attempted to turn their personal loss, into political gain. 
Once they’ve done that, are they fair political game?  Or untouchable?  Everyone including you makes them untouchable.  Isn’t that the point Ann Coulter was making?
Once you go political and actively campaign for agendas and candidates “the gloves must come off” it’s just the way it has to be…
PS there’s certainly a lot of hate for Ann Coulter here in this “Progressive & Enlightened & Book Banning group..

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By Lisa, July 17, 2006 at 7:51 pm #
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Blake, I left a comment or two for you, but forgot to click on your ID, so you will have to search for it. I left it today (7/16/06) RE: Ann Coulter.

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By Lisa, July 17, 2006 at 6:47 pm #
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In Response to Blake:
Blake, because I have an opinion with regards to Ann Coulter, does by no means make me a liberal, although I am a MODERATE Republican, not a conservative. I respect your values, morals, and insight, but no one will ever change my mind with regards to how I feel about Ann Coulter. You would be surprised to hear how many of your conservative *friends* have sent me mail (not via this site) telling me they feel the same, going on to say the media should not promote her agenda, since she DOES not speak for the majority of the GOP. They just wont go public with their comments out of fear of retribution from their conservative friends that feel her book needs to be read. It amazes me that conservative Republicans, that claim to be Christians etc… would condone a book as hateful as Coulter’s is. Its one thing for Coulter to stick to the facts, but it’s another thing when she slams women that lost their husbands during 9/11, and even goes as far as to say with her smirky chesire cat grin, well maybe they would have divorced them anyhow. Talk about POURING salt in to the wounds these women already bear! And, I am just using ONE example from her book, or I would be here writing a book of my own right now. Please dont group me with Liberals (because you do have no idea what my belief system is), so to judge me based on remarks made about Ann Coulter is very biased and wrong. It actually frightens me to hear people actually defending this woman- because she does incite hate against RADICALS, both on the left and the right, simple facts. You stated that because I said she was insane that I must hate her, wrong I do not like what she stands for, I do agree with the way she BASHES others, slanders their names etc… I actually feel sorry for her, because in the end she she may make her almight buck, but may be left with little else of substance. I would rather have my integrity, than to get rich off of others’ tragedies and the utter non SENSE she writes about. When Coulter made an inuedo RE: Senator John Murtha and fragging, even her right wing friends on a radio show called redstates.org were disgraced by her comments, and made that public knowledge as well. So, there are many conservatives just staying in the closet afraid to speak out against Ms. Coulter for fear of looking like a liberal as you coined me. I don’t care what others think with regards to my opinion, I would rather speak the truth than walk with a bunch of hypocrites. I am not referring to you as one. Oh and for the record, I don’t agree with the statements Murtha made either, but I wouldnt make a comment about fragging with regards to any fellow human being. By the way, I agree with the statement you made about the “far left, its media, the ACLU and UN”... but do you realize the media is promoting Coulters ignorance too- she may have many things right, but the way she goes about “writing” is very un christian, so I say the media, far left or right is justifying her cause. And, yes the “almighty dollar” was built in this country, but I wouldnt want one cent of it if it was at the expense of anothers’ pain! It’s wrong and I won’t change my views on her or her books no matter what anyone has to say about it.

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By Blake, July 17, 2006 at 3:43 pm #
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Hi Lisa,
I am completely and utterly mystified by liberals. 
I was raised to be progressive and was so, until my college years and the black basketball team.  I was even named after a civil rights leader in the 60’s.  Eugene Carson Blake.
I’m thankful that I was once liberal, because I understand how unrealistic and ultimately harmful it is.
You claim that “Ann [Coulter] incites hates amongst groups such as radicals”  Then you describe her as “insane”  Sounds like you hate her?
Lisa, take a look at the Israel situation.  What started the whole mess?  The UN in 1948.  The UN, by vast accounts, a liberal organization. 
You are walking the fence between the Left & Right and “positive changes” you seek will come once you see the danger of the far left, it’s media, it’s ACLU, and it’s UN. 
Unfortunate we conservative are under a constant threat of liberalism   Thank god we have people like Ann Coulter to address things directly and clearly.
PS You claim to be a Republican?  Then you should realize that “almighty dollar” built this country.  It’s not perfect, but the dollar has given us the best of nearly everything.

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By marti, July 17, 2006 at 1:02 am #
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I have never been able to get past that huge adams apple, the gawky appearance, the prominent masculine brow and the male sounding voice of Anthrax Coulter.

I think her “book”, much of which was plagarized and for which she is now in deep do-do over, is a shining example of the far right.  It shows them for what they truly are:
dishonest, bigoted, intollerant and totally without any concern for our country and the quality of life for most Americans.

I find it odd that this obvious drag queen would be against gay marriage….....it leaves he/she without any opportunity for an approved committed relationship. 

I personally believe that the day will come when he/she is exposed for what it really is.  Anyone who finds this surreal charicature of a woman sexy, or desireable is most likely not straight anyway.

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By Lisa, July 16, 2006 at 2:10 pm #
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To Blake #11870

Balls and clarity of mind? Wow, now this is what really scares me, to think others like yourself feel she has clarity of mind, when in actuallity, she appears insane by the comments she has made not only in her most recent book, “Godless,” but other books as well. Someone with clarity, uses facts without degrading, hateful smear campagains. Ann incites hates amongst groups such as radicals, and then it spreads like a fungus. This is not healthy for our country, we are more divided now than ever before. We need to find common ground and focus on that. Ann bashes Liberals as if they are the scum of the earth and should have no rights in the US, that is wrong and once again I will state for the record, I am a Republican, but I dont agree with liberal or conservative bashing. We have more important things to put our energies into rather than bashing each other. Lets face it, the left will never agree with the right and vice versa, so why can’t people just let it go, take the high road and talk about the postive changes that their own party can make when it comes to OUR COUNTRY, and promoting the next President of the USA, because this is time is more crucial than any other time in the history of our country as we continue to watch the news unfold in light of what is going on in Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine. Oh, lets not leave Syria, Iran and N. Korea out… they are on the sidelines just waiting for their chance to jump in on this too. So, for those of you that want to keep supporting Coulter’s cause (which is helping her to make the almighty dollar), then keep buying her books, and furthermore for those of you that are Ann “groupies,” I hope you are happy that you are helping her to promote HATE! By the way, she DOES NOT speak for the majority of the Republicans- they laugh and scoff at her too! The media only has her on, because they KNOW people will watch (broader viewing audience), haters and groupies alike… so they are boosting their ratings!

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By Blake, June 15, 2006 at 9:56 pm #
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Thank you Ann Coulter.  Someone with balls and clearity of mind
explaining the hypocritical liberals.

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By Fadel Abdallah, June 15, 2006 at 3:56 am #
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Ann Coulter’s name and image makes me feel like throwing up!
She is the epitome of verbal lunacy, insanity, volgarity and fascist thinking all wrapped together. In other words, she is the epitome of evil and I am so ashamed and so inconvenienced to have to share the same planet with such degenerate savage.

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By Stanley Rogouski, June 12, 2006 at 1:41 am #
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I read the same colum by Paul Mulshine.

He’s definitely onto something. I see the same tendency on the left when it comes to lawyers writing about politics.

But I still think there’s a difference. I see people on the left trained as lawyers who will dogmatically defend anything Al Gore or the Democratic party do.

But Coulter and Glenn Reynolds add a touch of hard core racism to their lawyerly partisanship.

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By fran, June 12, 2006 at 12:37 am #
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I hope when the rapture comes, she is the first one to be wisked away.  What a degenerate!

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By Hilding Lindquist, June 11, 2006 at 9:39 pm #
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Paul Mulshine, a REAL conservative columnist at New Jersey Star-Ledger, has a column today on Ann Coulter titled “No defense for these lawyers” that is well worth reading at:

http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/mulshine/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1150000640240730.xml&coll=1

I follow Mulshine because he is consistently rational from a conservative point of view ... which provides a perspective that I need to get the full picture, plus he’s a great writer with a reporter’s roots (he does his homework ... personally) ... and covers the local (New Jersey) and national political scene with honest insight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mulshine

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By rachelle, June 11, 2006 at 9:10 pm #
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Sorry. It turned up 2+ hours later.

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By rachelle, June 11, 2006 at 8:32 pm #
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I *think* I’ve been censored suddenly, not because I wrote anything pro-Coulter, but because whoever read it did not understand my point.

Gee, I thought the ‘left’ was more liberal.

“Two wrongs do not a right make.”

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By Kurt, June 11, 2006 at 7:57 pm #
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Well, I am reading “Godless” and it’s really entertaining… Ann Coulter combines lippy comments with decent research to cook up an interesting and endlessly amusing book. And if you don’t like her, then don’t buy her books.

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By Pete, June 11, 2006 at 7:10 pm #
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Has anyone noticed the acronym for Coulter’s new organization in comment 11499? W omen for H ateful O nerous R ightwing E stablisment. Very clever William.

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By killer butterfly, June 11, 2006 at 6:41 pm #
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hey jack no11539 i have some good news for you.
god was looking at ann coulter the other day and
died laughing.

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By rachelle, June 11, 2006 at 6:19 pm #
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I must be missing something here.

““I’ve heard Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nutty rants in the past, and while I think he comes off like a total banana head, in a one-on-one with me he will be the picture of sanity,” Ms. Coulter said.

She agrees that she is insane, more so than Ahmadinejad?

A parody… Oh, ok.

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By Stanley W. Rogouski, June 11, 2006 at 5:22 pm #
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Wow, Coulter is on a power trip, and is full of hate. Again, her book should be banned.

On the contrary, I want a copy of Ann Coulter’s book put into the hands of anybody and everybody with the stomach to read it because it shows the true nature of Bush supporters’ attitude towards their fellow Americans.

Question the decision to go to war? You’re a traitor.

Serve in Vietnam like Max Clelland or John Kerry and dare to run for office against the Republicans? You deserve to be smeared by a professional outfit dedicated to nothing else.

Be an American political activist who gets killed in the Gaza Strip? Well then let’s have a 2 year long internet hate campaign by the far right designed to completely dehumanize you.

Criticize the President if you’re a female musician? Let’s destroy your whole career.

Ann Coulter is over the top but she does in fact speak for the majority of people who support Bush. The only difference is that they mutter “commie” or “moonbat” under their breath and she wears it on her sleave and laughs all the way to the bank.

Censorship is always bad. Let it out. Let the light shine on it so we can all see what it looks like. Ann Coulter, the true face of American conservatism.

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By Jack, June 11, 2006 at 1:30 pm #
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As a lifelong Democrat, I wish to THANK YOU, Lisa the poster above who I understand is a Republican, for her great post above. It is wonderful that those who may not share our Democratic views will still not harken or support the hate filled clammering of Ann Coulter.

    Thanks Lisa, and I wish you the peace and common ground I hope we are all seeking.
        —Proud Liberal Gay Atheist Democrat
      (I guess Godless was written for me, I am proud to say having done the research on the fact of evolution and the history of religion and man’s invnmtion of God…I am happliy “godless”.)

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By Geronimo, June 11, 2006 at 1:26 pm #
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Why do we pay attention to the likes of this fascist spokeswoman?    They win when we react to their vitrio, because it distracts us from
the task at hand, which is to put out our vision of a world in whch their is justice and peace and everyone lives happily ever after.  Utopian?  Yes, of course.  No reason why not.  The earth’s GDP in around 60 trillion buckaroos.  Divide that by six billion & what do we have?  Enough for a good life for one & all, that’s what.  We may not be able to reach egalitarianism but we’ll be moving continuously in that direction.  “Oh, but that was tried in the last century & what a bust!”  No, it wasn’t tried.  It was always top down, trust those in charge.  This time it’ll be we the people in charge, made possible by the great equalizer, the Internet.    Out of the way, representative government, direct democracy here we come!

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By Martin, June 11, 2006 at 11:06 am #
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I am trying to avoid Ann Coulter whenever she appears on my event horizon, but this week it is not quite possible.
I think she personifies to a extent of becoming a caricature the Christian right.  She really gets Jesus’ message like all the other Bush supporting, church going Christians, who are against their instinct of love forced to take arms and defend their message of forgiving and love against infidels. She is the spokesperson of the GOP and we should all congratulate her for it.
Republicans, show your colors: Draft Ann

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By Colonel, June 11, 2006 at 10:41 am #
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Pat Robertson will win, hands down.

Better get on with the contest before hurricane season, though. Otherwise, Robertson might bring down hurricanes on his opponents, and that wouldn’t give them a fair opportunity to lose.

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By Hilding Lindquist, June 11, 2006 at 9:18 am #
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Ann Coulter is the wardrobe malfunction of Republican politics. Bring her on! You go, girl!

My god, what are you going to do when your once-thought-brilliant Neocon ideas are being flushed down the commode? Attack the 9/11 widows!

Of course.

It’s like Janet Jackson upping the ante (was she doing it on purpose?) for attention at the Superbowl. Can you top this?! (Followed in the same breath by some obscene expletive.) Forget the football game.

And Matt Lauer feeding Ann her lines on the Today Show? Can’t you just see them rehearsing that little give’n'take shake’n'bake?

Or it’s like carnival time in Duluth, Minnesota (my old home town) ... bring on the tatoo man and the two-headed calf ... come see the free show courtesy of the Neocon wing (wing nuts) of the Republican Party.

Does anyone still question how we got into this mess?

You know, a carnival may come to town ... but you don’t let it run the town, for chrissakes! It gives us some diversion for a week or so and them moves on ... doesn’t it?

“Meeting the demands of the Roman citizenry for mass public entertainment on a lavish scale, Julius Caesar expanded the Circus around 50 BC.” From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Maximus

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By Lisa, June 10, 2006 at 11:52 pm #
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Ann Coulter is probably one of the most insensitive people I have seen on the media in a very long time. Coulters book should be banned. I believe she is inciting her own kind of terrorism, and has taken the first ammendment (which by the way she said she was not a big fan of anyway), too far. People like Coulter should not be recognized by the media- she is trouble with a Capital “T”, and insane, it appears! I am a republican, and Coulters remarks make me feel ashamed to say so. She does not speak for the majority, people are out raged, and I hope they do not buy her book. If they want information, all they have to do is look up exerpts from her book on the net, because thats enough info as far as I am concerned. I think Coulter should have to pay the wives that lost their husbands during the 9/11 attacks, that SHE attacked in her book- a nice hefty fine for abuse and defamation of character. Wow, Coulter is on a power trip, and is full of hate. Again, her book should be banned.

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By William, June 10, 2006 at 5:38 pm #
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I heard Ms. Coulter is working to head up a new organization that she intends to to make a world wide endeavor. I think it is called Women for a Hateful Onerous Rightwing Establishment.  I think she will fit well in the organization and certainly qualifies for the top spot.
Will

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By JP, June 10, 2006 at 9:07 am #
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I love Luckovich!

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