The PBP has provided me with a lot of enjoyment the last several days. From a unflattering cartoon of Ann Coulter, to an editorial about her, the PBP really seems angered by her audacity.
Who is she to have opinions so blatantly heterodox in the face of all the mephitic orthodoxies assumed by the left?
Imagine the arrogance of a conservative woman hiring a lawyer? Who does she think she is?
What appears to have especially angered so many on the extreme left, the PBP included, is her statements about the women whose family members were murdered by terrorists.
In their objections, they prove the very point Ann was making in her book.
"...The Democrats hit on an ingenious strategy: They would choose only messengers whom we're not allowed to reply to. That's why Democratic spokesmen these days are sobbing, hysterical women. You can't respond to them because that would be questioning the authenticity of their suffering."
Let's see how the PBP editorialists repond to a woman of impeccable "credentials" when it comes to one who suffered every bit as much as the women who have tried to use the terrorist attacks for partisan political advantage.
From "The Telegraph" 06/27/04...
"Among the activist leaders of 9/11 families' groups it is safe to say that Debra Burlingame - whose brother, Charles, was the pilot of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon - is not a uniformly popular figure."
"Ms Burlingame, a staunch Democrat, has become the first public 9/11 "dissident" - a vocal critic of the "blame game" being played over the al-Qaeda attacks - and an unlikely defender of George W Bush. For good measure, the outspoken former lawyer describes some of the bereaved 9/11 families as America's "rock stars of grief".
I am looking forward to reading what the PBP has to say in response to Debra Burlingame whose thoughts Ann Coulter echoes.
Very good. It always helps to back up your assertions with facts and quotes. I am sure your letter will go in the circular file.
I'm not coulters biggest fan one way or the other. She's just another pundit among the herd.
Oh my the land of 'chads' complaining about methods of voting and hiring of legal representation.... liberals sure do have perverse minds.
The blame game goes around for all sides.....
But the question remains, did Ms. Coulter use a false address on her voter application form and sign the oath on the form certifying that everything was correct on the form? If she did then she needed to correct it. If she didn't then the election officials were in error.
Is Ms. Coulter still registered in Connecticut? I read on some blog that she was.
I read somewhere that Ann Coulter has a stalker, I can understand why she wouldn't want to reveal her actual home address when voting. There must be someway to handle a situation like that.
In 2000 a friend who had a very serious operation wanted to vote but the polling place was such that it was in an open muddy field and it was raining all day which made the field even more slippery, she went a few block away to another polling place that was on the inside of a church and asked if there were any way she could possibly vote there.
The ones in charge went to the other polling place called some who were higher ups and requested that the woman place her ballot right there in a closed safe place, after a hour or so of making certain they followed all the laws the woman was able to cast her vote, but every legal precaution was taken to ensure they followed the law to the letter.
Why is Jane Gorelick not in jail?
Slander, pure. Here it is: Coulter's voting address and any attempt she may have made to vote with a wrong address is an slanderous point to bring up in a discussion about her book. It's an unrelated issue, thrown in only for the effect of defaming her.
Yep.
That's gonna make a rhetorical impression. I wasn't aware that political hitmen had a school of higher education.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
"Rhett knows Gone With the Wind widows tapping their feet to dance music aren't treated the same... and so do we..."
The editorial reads like is was a lottery draw of random words written on small scraps of paper-Perhaps Chads.
Would not expect anything more from the Palm Beach MSM.
I'll bet the author of this article HATES Ann Coulter but LOVES Howard Stern.. Now thats a mental disorder..
I've never seen any attempt to attack someone over something so petty.
"mephitic orthodoxies" Oooohh. Good one.
My two grown hardcore conservative kids read, and both of them have bought Coulter's book. Of course, they buy all her books.
My liberal daughter is traveling the world with her boyfriend and doesn't read anyway. But two out of three ain't bad.
They're going to try to demonize Ann the same way they did Joe McCarthy. Conservatives cannot let that happen.