Posted on 11/02/2006 8:52:48 AM PST by marc costanzo
Lots of things are possible. Maybe her lawyer is a space alien and he has already eaten Ann Coulter's brain so she is now a robot controlled by space aliens and late at night she barks like a dog at the moon which is her way of communicating with the mother ship. See - unsupported accusations and "making sh*t up" can be fun (but of little value).
I have observed that Ann Coulter is especially reviled at forums where former or faux Conservatives gather, sites such as Huffington Post and ClownPosse. If you check out these sites out, you'll see that they are populated by angry curmudgeons and malcontents, and/or leftwing naifs. In the case of CP it's a handful of posters - so few they could all fit in a telephone booth. :) In the case of Huff Post, quite a bit more. What these sites have in common is they are fueled by anger. The recent John Kerry flap barely caused a ripple at these kooksites, but a mention of Ann Coulter will spawn mega-threads. :) It's naive to think that there aren't left-leaning public officials also similarly fueled, especially in FLA.
If there was nothing to this, it could be disposed of in two hours of work. Ann's lawyer is demanding special treatment that no one else in this situation would receive. He's let this thing gather trouble for nine months. Now, either (a) he's not serving his client's best interests, and his client is dumber than a box of rocks, or (b) he is serving his client's best interests. The only way (b) is true is if Ann's in a heap o' trouble.
In July, Anderson said, he received a letter from Coulter's attorney, Marcos Daniel Jimenez D'Clouet. The letter said the attorney would only discuss the matter in person or by telephone because, he complained, Anderson had given details to the media. Anderson said the matter had to be discussed in writing.
I think this a fair request. Does anyone seriously think if this was about Ann Jones that the case would be pursued with such vigor?? Lawyers negotiate. That's their job. Her lawyer is doing his job in trying to protect her.
I wonder how many dead people and felons will vote in FLA. Will Anderson pursue THAT "scandal"? I doubt it...
There's no facts here as far as I can see...only speculation about Coulter. And the magic legal word is "knowingly". This was a Town Council election. Ann's vote was important??
There's no way they can prove it if she did - it's against the law for precinct workers to ask for ID, courtesy Democrat and liberal judges.
Democrats and liberals are full of $h!t.
True McCarthyism this time - only it's against people opposed to the democratic party.
Prolly not HIDING a thing, just Ann's a hothead. Cute, but when she gets mad she goes off like cats at a busted airhose. It wouldn't surprize me a bit to read her remark, relayed by her attorney as "K.M.A."
Nice picture .
I first found that one at StrangeCosmos.com
And it is called "mail fraud" when they do. Is there anybody in this world that deserves the rights that law enforcement are required to respect? Like the right to remain silent and the presumption of innocence? Do you expect the prosecutor to be charging Ann's attorney with mail fraud?
No, it isn't. They simply send letters to people on behalf of their clients. Writing those letters takes time and effort. That time and effort are billable. Now, the recipients of those letters may not do what the lawyer wants them to do, but that's up to them.
Is there anybody in this world that deserves the rights that law enforcement are required to respect?
She has a right to a presumption of innocence in a court of law. Outside of a court of law, I'm free to conclude that, if she isn't guilty, she sure is acting as if she is guilty.
Do you expect the prosecutor to be charging Ann's attorney with mail fraud?
No, for the reasons stated above. One is paying the lawyer for his time, not the results.
That decision is up to the precinct chairman. If there were Republican poll watchers there, they could have called their designated attorney/representative, he would call the office of elections and the matter would be addressed. Whether it would have been resolved or not is another matter.
I hope something gets done. Its shameful to see people leave without voting because they can't stand in line for over an hour. Guess I'll find out Tuesday, but the last few elections have been this way. Very discouraging.
Voters leaving without voting because of poor logistics is very bad and often has become a scheme to negate certain voting blocks. It is a fact that low voter turnout hurts most Republican candidates. If the opposition knows certain polling places are historically Republican, they may try to frustrate and discourage voters in that area. If nothing else, if you see a problem with your polling place, call your local headquarters - you need to be outside the immediate polling place to make the call - and let them know what is going on.
This side of the state is historically Republican. How do you find the number to call and not having a cell phone how do stand outside the polling place and call? I have complained to the works over the years, but nothing changes. I saw several leave the line before voting during the 2004 election.
Says you - a person that knows little about the case. Your opinion of the lawyers actions is of no value. You assume a heck of a lot. You might want to wait for the charges before you draw conclusions - all you have now is a few sentences from a hostile media and a partisan Democrat DA saying he might bring charges after spending nine months "looking into this case" and just happened to release his non-statement statement less than a week before an election.
Been there, done that. Did not vote from the address I was officially domiciled in, and the fact that I was working a political campaign at the time got noticed. Got a fine for my trouble. then again, I didn't drag it out for nine months.
Your opinion of the lawyers actions is of no value.
Well, then, neither is your opinion on this issue.
You assume a heck of a lot.
Yes, I do. I base it on a lot of life experience. When people make demands that they know are going to be rejected on the spot, it's because they know what the final disposition of the case will be once the facts are in.
If Ann didn't do anything, she needs to get that information to the elections supervisor immediately. If she screwed up and voted in the wrong precinct because of simple error, she needs to 'fess up and sin no more. If she gave a straw address, she needs to have her attorney plead it down to a misdemeanor. But, first of all, she needs to ditch the "I'm a star" mentality that demands special treatment from the civil authorities because she's famous. She's stuck with the fact that her residence information is public information in Florida (you can get it in a matter of seconds via the Internet, and that has nothing to do with voter rolls). Whining about it will not help. She needs to just get this done with. Yes, some things in life really are that simple.
That is all you got - nothing. Why not wait for actual charges before you start with all your assumptions of guilt and other nonsense. Maybe even wait for a conviction before you assume she is guilty - of course that would be fair and clearly fairness does not seem to be your goal. I am no big fan of Ann Coulter (she seems to have fallen off the right wing deep end - but she does sell books and I think that is her goal) but these weird attacks are....weird.
What is it - the blond chicks would never go out with you so now you are pissed at all blonds?
Her non-negotiable demands for special treatment over what should be a very minor thing only makes sense in the context of guilt.
So, if I am to not assume she's guilty, I must assume that she is suffering from diminished mental capacity.
Come to think of it, that's a viable alternate explanation.
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