The World Is Ending: Ann Coulter Compliments Democrats

[crabby_lioness]

There's been a lot of signs lately that it's the End Times for the political world as we know it with Santorum, birth control, Rush et al; but none surer than this one:  Republican hate-monger extraordinaire Ann Coulter said the Democrats are better than the Republicans at something important -- keeping con artists and charlatans from stealing the limelight.

At a Lincoln Day Dinner event in Florida, she was asked about the possibility of a brokered Republican convention.

“One of the ones promoting that is Sarah Palin, who has suggested herself as the choice,” Coulter replied. “I think as long as it’s between us girls, I’ve been observing something about her. I don’t think it’s likely to happen. I don’t know what these people are cheering for.”

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“And just a more corporate problem is I think our party and particularly our movement, the conservative movement, does have more of a problem with con men and charlatans than the Democratic Party,” Coulter continued. “I mean, the incentives seem to be set up to allow people, as long as you have a band of a few million fanatical followers, you can make money. The Democrats have managed to figure out how not to do that.”

“Dennis Kucinich, he’s a nut, he has fanatical followers, [but] he doesn’t gets a show on MSNBC. He doesn’t get any kind of gig on MSNBC. He’s road kill. Howard Dean doesn’t get a show. Howard Dean was fairly respectable for a Democrat. No, you embarrass us and drag this thing out, and you are finished in the Democratic Party.”

She noted that Republicans had been asked to sign a number of controversial pledges, such as Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge and The Family Leader’s marriage pledge. But the only pledge, Coulter joked, that she would support was one that said: “If I lose the nomination, I pledge I will not take a gig with Fox News or write a book.”

Looks like a death match is brewing between the Randian Republicans and the Fundy Republicans.  Coulter has picked her side.

Comments

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I am GOBSMACKED.

Srsly.

Thanks for sharing this.

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Amidst all the other lunacy the Republicans are offering up these days, this bit really stands out.

[qara-isuke.livejournal.com]

THE END TIMES ARE HERE.

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Howard Dean was fairly respectable for a Democrat.

Why does nobody ever call them on this kind of comment? It smacks of a lack of respect for colleagues, for the business of governing the country, and for a good chunk of the electorate. Unless it was said very, very much tongue in cheek, I can see that leading to a scandal over here; and we have the slimiest, least trustworthy politicians in the world. They've still got to be polite to each other, though. Get your act together, GOP.

Although for all I know the other side are just as bad.

Sorry. Focusing on the wrong thing here, I know!

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

No, no, it's all right. You simply haven't spent enough time avoiding Ann Coulter. She's the equivalent of Rush Limbaugh for right-wing pseudo-intellectuals as the following list of her books reveals:

Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right
Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism
How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter
Godless: The Church of Liberalism
If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans
Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America
Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America

"Lack of respect" doesn't even begin to cover her usual attitude. Her statements are usually nothing but high-vitriol attacks. That's why for her to say anything the least bit complimentary of Democrats (even by inference), let alone saying the Democrats do something worthwhile better than her precious Republicans is such a tectonic shift that it has us utterly gobsmacked.

[qara-isuke.livejournal.com]

And yet, hiliariously, she's dated liberals in the past. One wonders if she actually believes half the nonsense she spouts.

(On the other hand, my favorite story involving her is as follows:

A dear friend of mine is in the Army. At this point, she is pretty much Career since she's considering her fifth re-enlistment. Awesome woman, and a democrat/liberal. On Ann Coulter's claim that Liberals hate America, she said:

"Oh, damn! That must be why I signed on the doted line for the Red, White, and Blue!"

Her family is a military family, and all Liberals to the core.

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Amen for your friend!

Yeah, Coulter is a professional clown in the same circus ring as Rush. The only difference between them is that she plays to a different section of the crowd, but they're both working the same gig.

Dh (home for spring break) adds that both Coulter and Palin have attitudes that are complete turn-offs.

[qara-isuke.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the faces of Republican Women just......wow. They're such complete trainwrecks. If they aren't unintelligent, they're hateful and really give both Republicans and Women a bad name.

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

We were listening to one of the NPR nightly interview shows last week while the Fluke debacle was breaking where they talked to a bunch of women about the Republican response. Two women were Republican. One spouted the party line. The other one said, "I always thought my party was gender neutral, but that was gender stupid."

It's a start.

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Do the Democrats field their share of loonies, or is it just a Republican phenomenon?

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Yes and no.

Are there Democrats whose ideas are too far outside the mainstream for national elected office? Yes.

Are there Democrats who commit financial crimes? I think so. I can't think of any names at the moment, but I wouldn't say there aren't.

Are there Democrats who commit sex crimes? No, certainly nowhere near the level of the Republicans. I'm thinking of making a post called "Name that Republican Sex Criminal"; I've got a list of about 30 so far. It's worth remembering that the list not only includes a ton of closet homosexuals but also the former Assistant Director of the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Commission, former Assistant Director of the Washington State Republican Party and the author of a very detailed official Washington State Rape Prevention pamphlet for women, Ted Bundy.

I'm reminded of Neil Gaiman's line, "When angels go bad, they go very, very bad."

[qara-isuke.livejournal.com]

the author of a very detailed official Washington State Rape Prevention pamphlet for women, Ted Bundy

That one always gets me. Just.....the story of crime writer Ann Rule talking about working with Bundy at a volunteer emergency suicide hotline. And he would walk her to her car every night, because he was concerned about her safety because there are bad people out there.

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Eeee -- yeah. Who would know better?

[acechan.livejournal.com]

...And on the few occasions when one of ours does have a sex scandal, it's something like Elliot Spitzer's hiring hookers or Anthony Weiner cheating on his wife via sexting--about as bland as sex scandals get.

When the worst crazies our party puts forth are irritating and underinformed protest groups like Code Pink, it's kind of amazing that it's the Republicans who claim the country's moral high ground.

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Methinks they doth protest too much.

Especially since, according to Evangelical Christian counseling services, ECs have the highest divorce rate in the country and over 50% of EC men are addicted to pornography,.