Posted on 10/11/2007 4:32:09 AM PDT by Josh Painter
Those who read here often know I like Ann Coulter. She is frank and harsh but more often then not, right on the mark when she goes after the liberals in America.
But not infallible, as this piece shows. In this article she attacks people who dislike the front runners (Guliani and Romney) for not being conservative enough and are gravitating to Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson.
I admit that neither of these two are flashy and they are certainly not neo cons, but they are often solid and sensible, and do reflect conservative values. I think that she is missing that in her desire to promote a hardline conservative candidate.
And in Thompson's case, her dislike of him is centrally based on his vote in the Clinton impeachment, and in my opinion, she is cutting off her nose to spite her face...
And had they ALL voted for removal, it would have NOT made a difference, as they were no where close to reaching a 67 vote majority required.
I won't defend his vote, he made the choice as he saw fit. Let him answer to it or not.
But all this deep seated bitterness on her part is useless. So he cast his essentially wasted vote in line with his principles, not her principles. So what? The point had been made about Clinton and all they were going to get had been done. At best they would have failed with 55 votes which is still a failure...
She is playing the same game that Dobson is. If the candidate is not perfect, then run away. In this case Thompson is a viable candidate, and she is so enraged at his not voting to support what she considers the paramount legal issue of the century that she will villify him out of hand.
My exit question to her and Dobson is this: Who would you like LEAST in the Whitehouse? Hillary or Fred?
Actually, you’re right. I’m mistaken on the exact words.
Here’s the exact quote:
Host Alan Colmes:
“Now, Roe versus — now, you are pro-choice. How important is it to you as a pro-choice Republican to have a pro-choice on the court as someone...
Giuliani:”That is not the critical factor. And what’s important to me is to have a very intelligent, very honest, very good lawyer on the court. And [John Roberts] fits that category, in the same way Justice Ginsburg fit that category. I mean, she was — she maybe came at it from a very different political background, very qualified lawyer, very smart person. Lots of Republicans supported her. I expect, and listening to Senator Nelson, I expect that John Roberts will get support from a lot of Democrats.”
He has, however, clearly and publicly waffled on the definition of ‘strict constructionist’.
An analysis of that is here:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/04/giulianis_abortion_folly.html
Yes it’s hard to believe Coulter is being so lackadaisical with the facts.
Thompson indeed threw the book at Clinton on obstruction and voted to convict. He voted to acquit on perjury, not because Clinton was not guilty of perjury, but because the perjury did not involve an abuse of Presidential powers, whereas the acts of obstruction were certainly connected with abusing those powers.
Thompson knew the perjury crime would be followed up in a court of law, not a Senate trial. Senate trials are to investigate and determine facts regarding crimes that involve an abuse of Presidential powers such as using White House employees to cover up a crime.
Regarding the Clinton Senate trial Thompson’s legal analysis and summation were brilliant, showing his intellect to be on par with Lincoln’s.
http://australianpolitics.com/usa/clinton/trial/statements/thompson.shtml
If they bother to get their facts right they should apologize.
For Dobson it will be his second apology. I do not expect too much from him as I believe he is not a very bright individual.
But frankly Ann surprised me with her lack of due diligence as to the facts. I expected much more from her.
I can see a reconcilation down the road regarding Fred. I wouldn’t look for one where Rudy is concerned.
Right now everyone is playing a game, getting their chips in.
'Nuff said.
Ditto as to his comments on the FairTax.
I am curious as to your take on how FDT would structure his amendment idea to restrict federal judges from using Full Faith and Credit to strike down say DOMA and other matters.
He offers a few details in the following internet video clip:
http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2007/09/political-video-of-the-day-fred-1.html
Careful, those on FR with posters of Ann that serve as wallpaper will attack you saying you are : Gay, A whinny liberal, you lack courage, You don't know what you're talking about, and finally, Ann may not be "X", but she sure is an expert in "X".
Just a fair warning.
In the end Fred DID vote the man guilty. It only took one charge to impeach him. It was not because of Fred’s vote the impeachment failed.
He had his reason on the perjury charge and while they were debatable, they were legally sound.
So, she's frank and harsh, but then she's not?
People who write for a living, or even a serious hobby, should really really get the differences between commonly mistaken homonyms: then and than; to, too and two; there, their and they're.
“Its been quite some time since someone from the Northeast.”
That’s because the rest of the country can’t stand Yankees.
I think I’ll let the rest of the readers judge who is ‘all pissy’. Hope that helps. Have a nice day.
OK, I laughed. Too true. FReepmail incoming.
To use a casino analogy: Giuliani and Romney are Vegas, Thompson and Huckabee are Carson City (or Reno).
I fail to see how Romney is more conservative than Fred. Fred made a mistake on campaign finance reform, and admitted it and his reasoning a long time ago, not conveniently for this election. As for the impeachment vote he did vote for obstruction. He has a long solid pro-life record plus other strong conservative values. I was very very surprised by her comments the other night in favor of the so-called front runners.
I don't think there is anything wrong with that. The problem with NOT supporting a "true" conservative is that moderates always get more moderate, imo.
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