Ann Coulter: 'Will of Allah' pre-empts Iraq invasion

TownHall.com ^ | Thursday, February 6, 2003 | by Ann Coulter

[laurav]

Coulter's view on the drug war matters not at all to me. I dislike her columns because she's given more to making smarmy wisecracks than cogent arguments. I first read one of her columns about 2 years ago. I thought it was decent. Then I read another ... and noticed she was a one-trick pony. Especially now that's she's made media bias her beat. Anyone who refers to "The media" as some kind of organized conspiracy has obviously never been near a newsroom. People may have their biases but they're too disorganized to be getting marching orders from anyone.

And the crack about Kerry was really out of place. You can tell that Coulter just felt she needed to work it in to her column this week. It has nothing to do with anything about Scott Ritter or the Columbia.

By refusing to do actual reporting (instead of just surfing Lexis-Nexis) and cracking smart-alecky one-liners instead of doing deep analysis (which can be tinged with humor!) Coulter has managed to get herself dropped from mainstream news outlets where she could convince people. Now she writes almost entirely for conservative news outlets where everyone already agrees with her. The function of op-ed writing is to convey ideas and persuade, not make the writer look clever.

[Kip Lange]

Now she writes almost entirely for conservative news outlets where everyone already agrees with her. The function of op-ed writing is to convey ideas and persuade, not make the writer look clever.

This is my problem. I agree with her. I especially agree with her on culture war issues. Unfortunately, sometimes her style actually *makes me want to disagree* just because it's so...annoying, I'm sorry.

I get worried that she'll turn into a Dowd for the libs to kick around. That would stink. That would be absolutely rotten. She needs to go to Rush Limbaugh Affability School. I've replaced her with Michelle Malkin, myself. ROWR! ;-)

Fitting that we talk about communicating views on the birthday of the Great Communicator, eh? God Bless Ya, Ron...

[Terriergal]

I got some good feedback from some geek friends when I sent it around!

[Kip Lange]

Maybe it's cuz I'm a guy?

[Travis McGee]

Yes indeed.

[Terriergal]

Did you mean to reply to me or to someone else?

[Kip Lange]

In general, was sort of speaking out loud. :-) Sorry.

[Terriergal]

Plus there was one other instance when I heard her use the phrase, "You're invading my personal space!"

LOL I think that would have been hilarious. Sounds like a reference to Hillary's suggestion that what's his name threatened her when he waved that sheet of paper in her general direction.

[Mr. Mojo]

I must say that I, too, didn't lose a wink when the Challenger went down, nor when the WTC went down. If it were up to me, Iraq would already be glowing in the dark.

The first thing that came to mind on that morning of 9/11 was that Baghdad would be a smoking ruin by week's end, so convinced was I that Saddam was behind the attack. (And as it turns out, he probably was....to a certain degree). I may not have been frightened or devestated by 9/11, but I sure as hell was ticked off. ....But nothing that a 2 hour session firing my .308 Springfield M1A rifle down at the local outdoor gun club couldn't (temporarily) cure :)

As for the people - at least the non-NYC residents who didn't suffer any personal losses - who were too affected by 9/11 to go to work for at least a week afterward, and who still suffer nightmares to this day, all I offer them is contempt. Where is the American fighting spirit? By way of comparison, the response to Pearl Harbor was endless lines at the local military recruiting stations and righteous anger, and was immediate. But 9/11 was all about mourn, mourn, heal, heal, understand, understand.

And you're right, Lee's Ghost, about how lucky we are to be able to express our thoughts on the internet (FR in particular), and that many of us would otherwise think that we're relatively alone with these opinions.

[Marysecretary]

Shhh. It's NOT PC to go after the Muslims. Don'tcha know?

[Kip Lange]

No, actually, I can now say EXACTLY what I didn't like about it -- she reminded me of Hillary when that happened. It was pre-Lazio, btw, that much I'm sure of. I barely even remember it. I just remember wanting to change the channel quickly. ;-)

[Terriergal]

Yet her punchline from that column shouldn't be forgotten by those worshipers who are touting the savage, abusive Coulter as (may the gods forgive them) the next Mencken: "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity."

Wow... even Ann Coulter gets misunderstood by conservatives.

To me that seems an obvious slam at Islam's method of evangelism.

[Kip Lange]

I will not comment on this issue out of respect for Mrs. Olson.

[Marysecretary]

Somehow, Hartpence suits the man.

[Terriergal]

She may really have been ticked off. But 'invading my personal space' = lay off in libspeak. She is very adept at using their own jargon. I guess I'd have to see it to be sure, and no, she's not perfect, like none of us are, but she has biting wit, and she for the most part has her head screwed on straight. And she's nice looking I admit. Not that I care.

[Kip Lange]

I go for brunettes. Maybe that's it. :-)

[Roscoe]

The Gettysburg Address of liberal idiocy was a letter to the editor from a Jim Forbes of San Francisco two days after the crash. The Times titled his contribution to Liberalthink: "A Time of Mourning for Shattered Dreams: A Period of Healing." In full-dress sanctimony, Forbes wrote: "The loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven is a national tragedy. Time is needed for Americans to mourn. I hope that President Bush will do the right thing by slowing down his march to war and focusing instead on the healing that such a blow to national pride requires."

Coulter's once again exposes the America-haters.

[He Rides A White Horse]

I know what was intended by that, and so do you. I think those types of comments are more suited for Democrats, not conservatives.

[Terriergal]

In general, was sort of speaking out loud. :-) Sorry.

It was a little confusing - I was saying I got good feedback on the binary joke tag line when I sent it around. :-)

[BostonCajun]

Ann,
Will you marry me?
- :)