Ann Coulter knows how to get attention in our ADHD world; just be outrageous. Say whatever comes into your mind. Use whatever epithet will get the biggest laugh. It’s a simple formula that works every time.
It certainly worked at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where she used what she called “a joke” to refer to John Edwards as a “faggot.” Yea, it worked well. She got big laughs. Got wild applause. She gave ‘em what they came for, that potty-mouth mindless drivel that has kept Ugly Ann in the spotlight for the past several years. You go girl.
And the problem, my friends, is not with Ann Coulter. The problem is with those you pay her to speak, who buy her books, who listen to her on the radio. The problem is that people actually eat this stuff up!
Don’t be fooled by Coulter’s remarks. This wasn’t some ill-thought-out “macaca moment,” this was a win-win from the perspective of her supporters. It allows Ugly Ann to be a Greek chorus for them, publically spewing the kind of hate-filled rhetoric they normally only use when they are amongst themselves or in hushed tones on the 16th tee.
The second part of the win-win equation is that Coulter and her enablers have smeared John Edwards. It may or may not get any traction, but it certainly will not be forgotten. THAT is the big story here. The GOP knows that Edwards is a strong candidate running a smart campaign and this was the first volley in what will most certainly be a full court press against him by the regular cast of conservative character assassins.
If you thought they’d learned anything from their resounding defeat last November, think again; like bullies in the playground, they only know one way to play…and that’s dirty.
maddening
I know the best course of action is to ignore her, but her tactics and rhetoric are so over the top that it simply gets to me. Whats really sad is that she’ll still sell her books.
She is just a terrible person.
Of course....
she sells her books. Her remarks are very calculated and meant for one audience only…. the wingnuts who buy her books. She could care less about what you think, what I think, or what any rational, sane person thinks. In fact, the more outrage generated by the left, the more she likes it.
dg/blogus
Couldn't agree more..
You are both right. Coulter is a calculated money machine. She does what she does because it sells books and raises her speaking fees. What’s particularly sad and maddening, of course, is that she isn’t marginalized like she might have been 30 years ago. Back then, someone as rapacious as her would be seen as a fringe “nutball.” Today, she’s a mainstream “commentator.”
If she is a mirror on our society….
Pilt
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