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Originally posted by onetime2
Al Franken, James Carville (on occassion is just as wacky as Coulter), Al Sharpton, Hillary (on occassion goes to extremes but keeps it in check for the most part because she needs to get votes), Susan Sarandon & hubby, Barbara Streisand, the list could go on and on. They get plenty of press coverage and have been at it a lot longer than Ann.
Gotta disagree about her having an effect on conservative politics though since anything that goes a little too far left or righ doesn't play with most Americans. She's a good guest on shows because she throws out some wacky ideas that semi-literate hosts can attack without a script.
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I'll give you Carville, I've met him a couple of times and while he is a real hoot, he can go a little too far. Franken is a satirist and I think too many conservatives have too little humor and miss that he is trying to get their goat. Hillary whether you like her or not, is not as liberal as she is painted and come on she was First Lady and is now a U.S. Senator so she gets to have the press. And Sharpton, come on you threw that in just get my goat. As far as the Hollywood crowd, they have every right to state their opinions, just like Charlton Heston, Arnold and Tom Selleck.
No I don't think she is a force to be reckoned with within conservative politics, but I live in a very conservative state and people I know and people I hear on talk radio are begining to spout more and more of her tripe as fact. People like her have brought this country further to the right than it has ever been. Do I have to remind people that Richard Nixon was for welfare programs and universal health care. Now, I am not sure even moderate Democrats are really for that.