ZOT! I Ann Coulter good for conservatism?

The New York Observer ^ | 02/18/04 | Joe Conason

[Rummyfan]

Me, I'm just waiting for Ann's latest column, which will be posted on World Net Daily in about ninety minutes!

[Moby Grape]

Let's see, democrats lie about republicans starving children, throwing grandmothers out of nursing homes, poisoning the air, label them as Nazis, and Joe "Clinton-butt-boy" Conason is worried about little ole Ann....Since when would Joe REALLY care if someone was HURTING our side?

He KNOWS she is effective and thus his "advise" to the GOP....If only 90% of the GOP membership had the backbone of Ann Coulter.

[WL-law]

...and tried to give Pat Robertson the flu by licking the doorknob at Robertson's campaign headquarters back in 2000.

That wasn't Conason, that was a jerk named "Dan Savage" as I recall. The first part, about spreading rumors regarding GHWB, is true, however.

[wylenetheconservative]

Max Cleland and Larry Flynt are the same person.

[Williams]

Two points: Ann Coulter had the Cahones to take on a sacred cow in Max Cleland because Cleland was out there viciously attacking George Bush. Bravo for having the guts to do it. Second: Conason takes the "right" approach by striking back with (feigned) outrage.

The REPUBLICANS should learn from both. Politics ain't bean bag. It's worth fighting over. My take on Max Cleland is "if you don't want none, don't bring none." He was tough enough in Vietnam, he's tough enough to savage the Commander in Chief in time of war, so he should be tough enough to take Ann Coulter's response. The democrats love to ravage you to pieces and then cry about how "mean" you are to them.

[Jim_Curtis]

It looks like the left has given up on the "Coulter lies" fight and has settled for the "Coulter is mean because she exposes the truth" angle.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Maybe I'm going senile, but hasn't this screen name been in use before?

[reagan_fanatic]

[wylenetheconservative]

The gloves have to come off, no doubt about it. Cleland gets no sympathy from me because he has marginalized himself by becoming this poster boy for the far left. He lost in Georgia because he voted against the Dept. of Homeland Security at the request of big labor and because 2002 was a GOP landslide in Georgia. Instead of acknowledging that he lost because he put big labor ahead of America, he blames GOP "attacks" and seeks sympathy for his injuries. He already has been given his sympathy by the people of Georgia who elected him to a job he wasn't qualified for, US Senate. One only gets so much sympathy for blowing oneself up. He voted against America and was punished by losing re-election.

[SaveTheChief]

Looks like you picked the wrong day of the week to start sniffing glue.

[4mycountry]

Wrawr! Get 'em!

[TheGeezer]

Cleland was a worthless dip who voted against defendiung the nation. He is of Kerry's ilk, who were heroes, yes, but whose patriotism is, nevertheless, of very low quality.

I do not trust Cleland, and I trust Conason even less. I'll take Coulter's interpretation of events, which I've read elsewhere as well, as the truth.

[backhoe]

Ann Coulter's vitriolic views may give conservatism a bad name.

Whoops! You're gone- but I'll answer you anyway.

We on the Right have been routinely, reflexively slandered, slurred, and villified for so long that the statement is meaningless to me. I'm tired of your childish nonsense.

I like Ann well enough, though she doesn't necessarily speak for me- her standing up to the Loony Left is always welcome, however.

Far as Joe goes? He's among this August Company:

-Liars-- and Sleaze, Incorporated... ( my files on the clintons and friends )--

[eureka!]

An article by Joey "Sink" Conason. LOL. Such an angry man. I almost feel sorry for him as his peers laugh at him behind his back....

[js1138]

If Joe Conason
opens his mouth without saying a word, is it still a lie?

[NYCVirago]

Funny how Joe Conason had no problem smearing a war hero (George H.W. Bush) in 1992.

[lugsoul]

I have no problem with her lambasting him for his policies as a Senator. But to suggest that he was sitting back at Saigon getting ready to grab a brew when his horseplay with a grenade cost him three limbs - which, btw, is exactly what she suggests - is an affront to this man's service. Of course, she also doesn't mention that the mission that took Cleland to Khe Sanh, and that led to the fateful helicopter ride, was one that he volunteered for. She owes him a correction and an apology. If she wants to paste liberals for playing fast and loose with the truth, she needs to show a bit of responsibility about printing the truth herself.

[Hon]

"But Ms. Coulter considers him deserving of scorn and denigration -- and lies about his service, despite his sacrifice -- for one reason alone: Mr. Cleland is a Democrat who dares to speak out against the President."

This is the mantra. But as will soon be revealed she did not post a single lie. Everything she said in her column was quite true.

[lugsoul]

No, but I did. As has everyone who has actually looked into the matter. Go read Cleland's Silver Star citation for starters. Then go check where he lost his limbs. And check your history books and read up on a place called Khe Sanh.