Posted on 03/16/2013 7:25:51 PM PDT by smoothsailing
March 16, 2013
Laine Milam
As she has done many times before, bestselling author Ann Coulter delivered an uncensored critique of the Republican party at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Her criticisms this year were harshest when it came to the party’s current divide on the topic of comprehensive immigration reform.
Following up on her column from last month, Coulter argued that the GOP needs to have a tough but cohesive message on immigration policy, but not the one that many party leaders have touted lately.
“One public policy that will harm average Americans, drive up unemployment permanently, and is supported by businessmen who will never vote for a Republican anyway, is amnesty for illegal aliens,” she said.
She went on to outline the consequences of Republican support for amnesty and how it could lead to the destruction of the conservative movement.
“If amnesty goes through, America becomes California, and no Republican will ever win another national election. The state that gave us Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan will never elect another Republican,” said Coulter.
Coulter’s tough stance on immigration reform helped attendees understand why she could not support a popular figure like Chris Christie, who is pro-amnesty, for president in 2016. She instead offered her thoughts on who the GOP should nominate for the top of the ticket in three years.
“You can’t run a congressman. I have learned that,” she said. “You can’t run a governor from a state that is as big as a congressional district. That’s the equivalent of running a congressman. And we can’t run businessmen, pundits, or candidates who have not won elections in at least midsize states.”
So who does that leave for the ultra-conservative pundit? Options that fit Coulter’s bill included Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan, Gov. Paul LePage of Maine, Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio. She was also willing to back the new kid on the block, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Just when and how does she think she learned that a governor from a single-congressman state can’t win and is somehow “just like running a congressman”?
The Dems were ready to take Howard Dean perfectly seriously before he himself imploded. I take it that’s one of her shots against Palin, since she didn’t dare to repeat her other, previous shot that the GOP has to run a white guy rather than risk a woman or minority.
And she has a height requirement, but no weight limit—as she clearly send Christie had to be considered a contender too?
I'm one of those who pulled the lever for Romney while fighting down my nausea. And look at the results----we ran another moderate/liberal, and we lost. The GOP never learns.
As for Ann, I have most of her books, but I won't buy another. After her Christie/Romney love affairs, she doesn't have the chops to preach conservatism to me anymore. Sure, she still hits the nail now and then, but where does it come from? An attempt to regain her lost audience? Probably.
"Or else that same 90% who complain about Ann likely weigh 300+ and have a grudge against fit people."
Right, that HAS to be it. /s Skinny does not mean fit. Ann is bony almost to the point of emaciation; there's no evidence of any muscle tone, which means she's not at all "fit."
Oh, and her made-up no-single-congressman-state-governors rule apparently doesn’t apply to VP, as Cheney and Biden demonstrate. I imagine she was a fan of Cheney for president at some point herself, but maybe she slid him in under a vice president exemption.
Still, she seems to be all for ignoring the natural born citizenship clause of the Constitution, but she declares we can have no presidents from VT, ND, SD, DE, MT, WY or AK?
She’s purely an entertainer.
“Regaining her lost popularity.” Maybe that’s why she wore such a low cut blouse at CPAC. It was not attractive. It made her look sort of slutty.
I’ll be stunned if we make it to 2016.
The battle is being lost today. :(
They've gotten so arrogant and stupid they ignored the fact Romney is one of their own!
This is the crowd we want tossed out of the Republican party ~ the Rockefeller Republicans and their hired guns in the GOP-e.
If you're not one of them the comments weren't directed at you!
Heck, I would dance a jig of glee if all the GOPe’s dropped dead.
TO THOSE OF YOU WATCHING....NO I AM NOT ADVOCATING THE DEATH OF ANYONE NOR WISHING ANYONE’S DEATH.
Just saying I wouldn’t mind. =)
hmm ~ you are giving me some ideas. We need a Conservative on one of those death panels ~ figure out how to focus on GOP-e and Democrats who smoke marijuana perhaps.
Lol.....remember, we are being watched!
Overwraught emotional ad-hominem rant blaming conservatives for your candidate’s failure to represent them... What other tools do you have in your liberal arsenal? Perhaps you could call them fat?
I vote ONLY for candidates who represent my values. Never wasted a vote “against” anyone, never will. If the opposing candidate wins, that must mean he actually represented the values of the majority of voters. Why don’t you get start educating those idiots who voted for Obama instead of ranting at conservatives who hold to their principles? You’re not changing any minds here, and although I find your rage deeply gratifying, this topic is old. Really old.
I voted for Romney, but I needed a gas mask when I went into the booth.
Why can’t some FReepers just agree with conservative pundits when they are right and disagree with them when they are wrong? Seems some Freepers slobber all over a favorite pundit or candidate at first but when they make a mistake or take a wrong stance on an issue they completely write them off.
I remember when Newt was a favorite, then a traitor, then the only acceptable candidate for president with some of the schizo conservative peronalities.
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Sarah Palin, Marco Rubio, etc. are all from the Tea Party wing, are on the same side, and all support each other. Yet some posters here who favor one over the others will tear apart the others, paving the way for another candidate who will be chosen by a united GOPe establishment.
Same with pundits. Levin, Coulter, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, etc. are all on our side yet some will completelt trash them when they are wrong on a particular issue.
The struggle within the GOP is now between the Tea Party and the old GOPe. We should reserve our fire for the Roves, Bushes, McCain’s, etc. instead of turning on those who are basically sympathetic to our cause because they have some flaws of their own.
First and foremost, it was the 12 million or so primary voters who gave the nomination to Romney. He was near bottom of my preference list. Cain, Perry & Newt were at top of my list.
Second, those who claim it was GOPe who pushed Romney down our throats, the truth is in spite of all the claimed help from GOPe, Romney never broke the 30% barrier until his nomination became inevitable. That is clear proof one on one any conservative would have defeated Romney nomination.
The problem with Romney abstainers is they are not honest about why Romney got the nod. The real reason he won nomination is because the more conservative candidates formed a circular firing squad and destroyed each other. Whereas the moderates displayed unity by staying out of Romney’s way, the conservatives let their ego’s get in the way and refused to drop out. One on one, Newt or Santorum or even Cain defeats Romney.
But of course I am holier than thou conservative abstainers have never commented on the circular firing squad aspect.
Now look at Romney versus Obama.
Obamacare, tax reform, regulations on private enterprise reform, Keystone, fracking, SCOTUS appointments....on and on.....if you can’t see the difference, you deserve to be financial failures in life. Have fun with deteriorating conditions all around for 4 more years.
If I remember correctly, Newt was on my ballot. I voted for him in the Primary.
I did not take part in the Conservative firing squad. I DO remember getting my a$$ kicked though all 3 Conservative primaries.
The 1st I could not get over, when Sarah made her announcement on the Mark Levin show she was not running.
It took me a while to recover. I had ALL my eggs in her basket. I know a lot of people were ticked off at her because of that, but the one thing I remember, SPEAKING ONLY OF MYSELF, is that I did not listen to her.
She kept on telling us she was praying for guidance; therefore, could not say yes or no. What happened between her and God Almighty is between them.
I have learned NOT to question His judgement.
Sometimes, we ALL need a smack down. Our country as a whole is no different.
We have allowed God to be removed from every aspect of society (in which our country was built upon) and are ridiculed when we speak His name.
It is time for us to stand proud, not be so polite, speak your facts and argue with those based purely on emotion. DEMAND they provide facts to back up their assertions.
See how quickly that conversation ends.
Small factions that refuse to get along with the larger factions are doomed to allowing only milky-toast, mindless candidates to run on the Republican ticket. Since the two small factions here appear to be irreconcilable, it's best that one of them just leave.
The GOP-e having fewer ideas, should probably leave.
“”The bottom line is quite simple, our party, our cause, and our country will be doomed if we can’t break the race barrier.”
The bottom line is quite simple, our party, our cause, and our country will be doomed if we go along with amnesty, no matter what it is called.”
That may be so, but somehow i doubt we have the ability to make a relevant difference on that front anymore. 5-10 years ago we might have done something decisive but today too many of them are here with roots and activate with connections.
We could build a 10 foot wall and deport everyone of the 11 million illegal immigrants and it would make little to no difference at this point.
That's not too many.
We had 13 others ~ some of whom had actually been Democrat candidates, or campaign workers, or candidates for OTHER parties.
In effect, the 12 non-lifelong Conservative republicans were always out there picking up their 1% or 2% totals and making Mitt's 20% readings look good!
Without those 11, Mitt would have been scoring in the low to mid teens in the primaries.
When he ran in Virginia ~ after his boy Bolling had manipulated things so that he faced only Ron Paul, he did get something like 60%, but it was of a record low turnout barely 20% of a normal Republican presidential primary ~ or, 12%!!!!!!
We must make sure the RNC accepts candidate declarations with an eye to the integrity of the party credentials brought by the candidates.
I believe it will take a leader with charisma and political savvy, just having the right ideas is not enough.
Certainly everyone who supported Reagan didn’t agree with every one of his ideas, they may have been diametrically opposed to some of them....but what they saw in him was a great leader and could articulate those things that were most important to them.
It would probably make a difference in cable tv bills, all those damn spanish channels. :o)
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