04-18-2005, 10:08 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Ann Coulter on the cover of Time Magazine
Time magazine this week has Ann Coulter on the cover, plus several articles and a photo essay about her:
http://www.time.com/time/ Interestingly, the magazine appears to have been fooled by the G.O.P. satire group Communists for Kerry, taking it at face value in a photo caption. Is this a really, really slow news week? Who cares about the life of a third rate editorialist? |
04-18-2005, 10:37 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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I actually tend to agree with her, although she goes off the deep end every once in a while.
"It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact." - Ann Coulter, May 17, 2003 I think you'll agree that she at least got that right. |
04-18-2005, 11:14 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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I'm happy to see that the poll Time is running with regard to this cover (Does Ann Coulter make a positive contribution to American political culture?) shows that most people appear to know how worthless Ann really is: 76% of a quarter of a million people say no, she is not.
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04-18-2005, 11:25 AM | #5 (permalink) | |
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but, that aside... B.) I'd be very interested in hearing your take on why women should not be given the vote.
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04-18-2005, 11:34 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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She ( Coulter ) crunched some numbers, and concluded that absent the female vote the Republicans would have won every Presidential election for 50-odd years. It's lunacy, but what does one expect? She's the Michael Moore of the right; shrill, disingenuous, totally lacking in credibility, and a recurring PITA.
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04-18-2005, 11:36 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Time runs covers of interesting and influential people. Coulter, but barely, qualifies in that regard. She may be a third rate hack, but she gets star treatment by fox news. Besides most third rate journalists don't write best sellers.
My favorite thing about her is that she makes ridiculous public statements and then tries to hide them under the hyperbole umbrella.
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04-18-2005, 11:38 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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I've seen magic 8 balls with better information than Anne Coulter. She has no buisness bing on the cover unless it reads: "Anne Coulter: Let's All Ignore Her from Now On, Okay?" or perhaps, "Dumbest Woman in America", or maybe "A Case for Deportation?".
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04-18-2005, 11:46 AM | #9 (permalink) | |
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As for Ann Coulter, I never quite worked out if she was for real, or she is a satire (like The Onion or something) ... cos she seems like she means it, but then she just comes out with things that you think "no way"... I dont know, does anyone genuinely follow this women?
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04-18-2005, 11:46 AM | #10 (permalink) | |
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What's up with those freaky long and thin hands though?
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04-18-2005, 11:49 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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I mean, look at this... is this real? Can we really believe that any ordinary American's follow someone who's publically says things like this?/
I cant take this seriously, because if she means it, and she actually has an audience... in the most advanced and wealthiest nation in the world... thats just too frightening
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04-18-2005, 12:04 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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Didn't Britney Spears have a NYT best seller? What about the wrestler Mankind? How many shmucks with zero respectabilit have gotten to the #1 spot?
Anne Coultier is like a zit. We pick at her because it bothers us, no reason beyond that. Some of us simply shrug and say it's a part of the world, but most of us only pay attention because it is a blemish. |
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04-18-2005, 12:25 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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I just watched a documentary the other night on CBC, had Ann Coulter on it arguing with a CBC reporter that Canada sent combat troops to Vietnam, sorry Ann but no go on that one Canada had troops as part of the ICC but not as combat troops.
Here's a link to the CBC documentary I am referring to, there's a place at the top where you can stream the documentary if you choose to http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/sticksandstones.html Then she says that Canada is lucky the US lets us live on the same continent as them, and that Canada better hope the US doesn't roll over and squish us. Now this doesn't sound like a woman who has a grip on reality, I mean in a normal situation this whack job would be locked up where she belongs. This just shows how slow the news has been lately I guess when she gets a cover spot, I hate this woman, she should just go away.
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04-18-2005, 12:26 PM | #17 (permalink) | |
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04-18-2005, 12:28 PM | #18 (permalink) | |
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04-18-2005, 12:41 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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Let's keep this respectful. Don't ever treat me with disrespect.
Anne Coultier is to journalists as Jean Cladue Van Dam is to Shakepearien actors. She is nothing more than a big neon sign that means nothing. She attracts plenty of attention, thus all the book sales, fox news and column, but she is nothing of meaning. Her words are simply there for shock value. She is a slighhtly feminine Howard Stern. She is not here to help people or to report news or valid opinions. She is here to say "Look at me!! I'm crazy!!! Women are stupid and Canada is working with Iraq!! Please, look at me!!!!" |
04-18-2005, 12:56 PM | #20 (permalink) | |
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And I'll sass you as much as I goddamn please. At least when your analogies are way off base.
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04-18-2005, 01:02 PM | #21 (permalink) | |
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But I'm also not sure if she is for real. I wouldn't be surprised if she uses such idiotic statements to be in the spotlight.
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04-18-2005, 01:06 PM | #22 (permalink) | ||
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04-18-2005, 01:10 PM | #23 (permalink) | ||
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04-18-2005, 01:21 PM | #24 (permalink) | |
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Not if you want to stay here. If there is a problem with a post, REPORT it. But last time I checked the forum rules, off base analogies are not against the rules. "Sass" directed at other members, however, is.
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04-18-2005, 01:25 PM | #25 (permalink) |
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poor Ms. Coulter seems not to be too happy with her picture:
COULTER RIPS MAG PHOTO 'DISTORTION' http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3act.htm Well a distorted picture fits her distorted views.
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04-18-2005, 01:26 PM | #26 (permalink) |
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I sincerely apologize for calling you insane. It was just your analogy that glimpsed the world through a lens of madness.
Love, Mbwuto.
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04-18-2005, 01:38 PM | #27 (permalink) |
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I think I might have said this in some other long obscure Coulter thread, but I (like Strange Famous) can't take her seriously. Mostly out of the fear that in 10 years a bunch of insiders will come out of the woodwork and admit that she was just a Kaufman-esque joke perpetrated by someone in the radical left, "I can't believe you guys actually listened to that crap! We were up for days writing most of her material, and now we're millionaires! We still can't believe you bought those books by the thousands!"
Other than that I think that anything she says is an attempt to draw attention to her next book sale, which the wizards are working hard behind the curtain to finish.
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04-18-2005, 02:08 PM | #28 (permalink) | |
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I doubt she really means like 95% of the truly idiotic stuff that she spews forth.
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04-18-2005, 02:09 PM | #29 (permalink) |
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I wouldn't go so far as to believe she is a puppet of some kind of pop-journalism conspiracy group.
But I wouldn't be shocked in the least to find she is but a variation of a Gail Wynand figure: well aware of the absurdity of her persona, and well and satisfied with the profits associated with it. Whether there is anything deeper to her than that is both irrelevent to me and likely to never be known. |
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I thought I'd assemble some of Ann's highlights, not because I think they are worthy of debate or outrage, but because they are genuinely entertaining:
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04-18-2005, 02:48 PM | #31 (permalink) |
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Nice collection Guy44. I think the cliche "you never go broke appealing to the lowest common denominator" applies to her. Conservatives like to say that she is their version of Michael Moore, but she's far more nuts.
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04-18-2005, 03:03 PM | #32 (permalink) |
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In another thread someone thought she was an attractive lady. After seeing her picture I have no idea what they were talking about.
Isn't advocating violence or bodily harm against the law? As "funny" as her comments are, I'm amazed no one's sued her for libel or slander yet. Regardless of your political leanings, alot of her statements seem "erroneous". Isn't publiching falsehoods against the law. You know, Mbwuto did have a point: Four bestsellers, a "hot seat" on Fox is pretty "influential". I want to know who's buying her books, that's the real question and that's scary. However, recognizing that she is influential doesn't mean you support her or agree with her politics, nor does it necessarily ascribe value to her "influence". The Pope is influential as is Howard Stern. You can make up your own mind there on the "differences". The scary thing is, it appears there are many people who agree with her views. |
04-18-2005, 05:23 PM | #33 (permalink) |
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Ann Coulter could never dream of being as influential as Britney Spears, that's the truth in today's America. Make of it what you will.
please dont encourage Time by buying this issue here's the cover: Really she's not that bad looking...a little duct tape over the mouth... Last edited by Locobot; 04-18-2005 at 05:27 PM.. |
04-18-2005, 05:39 PM | #35 (permalink) | |
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Hillary and Bill, to name two. At least I THINK they hit #1 at some point. |
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04-18-2005, 05:47 PM | #36 (permalink) | |
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I noticed someone said Ann was wrong about Canadian combat troops. If Michael Moore had been trying to make the same point, he'd have shown some film of Canadian troops marching, and claimed it was shot in Iraq. I'd much rather deal with her opinions than Moore's lies. |
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04-18-2005, 05:50 PM | #37 (permalink) | |
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04-18-2005, 05:52 PM | #38 (permalink) | |
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man, did you read guy44's post above? Moore's not entitled to an opinion? Moore might decide to eat ten babies over this Time cover... then again...some would say... |
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04-18-2005, 06:18 PM | #39 (permalink) | |
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Everyone should be able to vote electing representatives. Only those who own property should be able to vote in local bond elections that result in a property tax increase. and Only men should be able to vote in matters concerning war, because only men can get drafted and fight in the military. I consider Ann's quote as a shorthand for this because ALL of the guys I know read the newspaper/know about current events, when only about half of the girls I know do. Do you really want the fate of the world being decided by someone who won't drop 25 cents for a newspaper? That said, all news is entertainment nowadays, and Ann is simply an entertainer. Don't give her anymore thought than that. Time would be better spent debating the issues rather than Ann, because the only person who will totally defend and agree with Ann Coulter is Ann Coulter. |
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04-18-2005, 06:44 PM | #40 (permalink) | |
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Did I ever mention that I love living in a country where the right to vote is pretty much unconditional?
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