Video: Coulter at CPAC
posted at 2:02 pm on February 28, 2009 by Allahpundit
I tuned in halfway through, caught a bunch of well-delivered one-liners, and stuck around to the end of the Q&A to hear her tell Obama he’s kidding himself if he thinks we can win in Afghanistan. Evidently we’re the anti-war party now. Or the party that opposes The One just for the sake of opposing him.
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I don’t like her, and I will not watch her Sam I Am. She may have some good points here and there but her presentation is cocky, abrasive and contentious. She’s basically just a smart s$$. I’d take her more seriously if the tone was not so Howard Sternish.
scalleywag on February 28, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Exactly. It really annoys me when conservatives (or anyone else, for that matter) get out of sorts about the relatively few outrageous things that get said at these get-togethers, compared to the type of rhetoric that regularly occurs at the leftist equivalents.
Like for example when that nice Julian Bond threw out his “Taliban Wing of the Republican Party” comment, and the talking heads were tripping all over themselves to excuse it as “don’t get upset, you know, that’s the kind of speech you give at this type of event”.
Double standard. As usual.
Dreadnought on February 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM
I love Ann….she was there because she is clever and funny, and she delivered.
Why get into a snit every time there’s a Coulter post? Just relax.
surrounded on February 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM
That Mrs. Bishop is a luck woman. And your funny to.
Cindy Munford on February 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM
The problem is that this is the only video you will see from the whole event.
tomas on February 28, 2009 at 3:14 PM
I guess that’s were we disagree. I think Rush and Ann bring a net loss to the conservatives. Yes, they have millions of listeners/readers but compared to the amount of negativity they bring it amounts to more people thinking conservatives are mean.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:14 PM
“Watched a few minutes. I had to turn it off. Wow, is she abrasive.”
What a chicken. The reason liberals hate debating people like Ann is that they can’t win. Ann doesn’t let them get away with pretending to be offended and demanding apologies. (Read her book “Guilty” for more on this.)
All the apologies in the world will not convince liberals to embrace conservative principles — only age and wisdom will do that. We need to convince conservatives and independents, and that means we need to stop apologizing. John McCain, Bob Dole, and George Bush Sr. spent their entire careers apologizing for reason and principles, and look where that got them. Ronald Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt, probably the two most popular conservatives in US history, were also the two most “abrasive” to liberals.
Speaking the truth, and refusing to suffer fools, works.
joe_doufu on February 28, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Obama is pushing Afghanistan and Pakistan to distract from Iran. Everyone who has sense understands this. Now let him strike Iran and conservatives will line up behind him. It’s a shovel ready project too.
Also, he’s just sent additional troops to Afghanistan with no plan. Nobody has a plan. Without a plan and a clearly defined purpose, you can’t win.
promachus on February 28, 2009 at 3:14 PM
One is either a conservative or they are not, it isn’t something one ‘aspires’ to be. One can aspire to be a journalist or a ballplayer but that hinges on their talent in those endeavors. Being a conservative hinges on your beliefs and convictions in those beliefs.
JMTC
thomasaur on February 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM
My point is Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh make great targets when the Dems are trying to radicalize the Republicans.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:02 PM
So did Joe Plumber when the time was right, and now Michael Steele has been added to the mix. Next up: John the 14 year old. The dems would shred you too if you were to do what JTP did, as they do to ANYONE who gets in their way.
If the right needs to confine itself to the soft voices and slightly fawning attitude of Brooks and Noonan, then we might as well pack up our dignity, have ourselves neutered and spayed and join the ranks of the limp-wristed left.
Bishop on February 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Nuance
Equanim1ty found on February 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Please accept my apologies for too falling into the ‘generalization trap’. I should have known better as it does make me a hypocrite in my children’s minds, as I am ALWAYS telling THEM not to categorize. (i.e. – not ALL Fiberals are bad, and not all Conservatives are good, not all atheists are bad, and not all ‘christians’ are good, etc). Again, to you and anyone else I may have falsely accused, I apologize.
pcbedamned on February 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM
You are right. I watched because I was curious about AP’s question (a good one), and got caught up in the Coulter-thread trap arguing with people who have never read or heard her. I’m exiting with a thank you to you :)
Spirit of 1776 on February 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM
“I think Rush and Ann bring a net loss to the conservatives. Yes, they have millions of listeners/readers but compared to the amount of negativity they bring it amounts to more people thinking conservatives are mean.”
They don’t bring the negativity.
Why don’t you spend some time listening to the two of them, and see for yourself?
joe_doufu on February 28, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Some tools are used for building and some tools are used for demolition. You can probably guess which Coulter is, and she is very good at her job.
DFCtomm on February 28, 2009 at 3:16 PM
That depends on which definition of anti-war you’re thinking of.
1: Hippy-ish louts in need of a barber and/or bath parading around in tye-dye.
2: Total isolationists/’defence only’ subscribers, whose idea of national security mostly amonuts to hiding under the bed when the boogeymen come knocking.
3: Clueless, hand-wringing anti-violence moms who often neglect home & children (and screw up the latter’s brains) in order to march with their fellow dimwits.
4: People who are sick and tired of America acting like it has some kind of God-issued magical ability to turn whole nations of inbred ragtag religious fanatics into ones of modern Americanized democracies. A practice which, BTW, has now turned into a bloody quagmire three times.
I would be in the #4 camp.
Dark-Star on February 28, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Ann doesn’t scare me. I could be her toy.
SDSquint on February 28, 2009 at 3:17 PM
For flavor of liberal mean, go to the “Michelle is fab on fashion” HA thread, and see what liberals post about Barbara Bush, why she turned gray so early, a true human tragedy, and report back to us. Why would I care what they say or write? Smart people know the difference from what they propagandize and reality. Here’s a news flash – peception is not reality, reality is reality. Only fools live by slogans.
Entelechy on February 28, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Sure, have a nice evening. Always enjoy your common sense approach.
surrounded on February 28, 2009 at 3:21 PM
You don’t like Ann. You don’t like Rush. I’m left to conclude that devastatingly funny, brilliant, conservatives with an extraordinary grasp of American History just aren’t your thing. Satire must be too mean an art form for you, or something. Are you sure you’re not a lib?
Buy Danish on February 28, 2009 at 3:22 PM
With all due respect, I think you’re overreacting. If the idea is to toss out all those who are perceived to provide ammo to the other side, the GOP wouldn’t be able to fill a hockey rink. Example: the nutroots are now demonizing and attempting to use as ammo Jindal, who is truly a good conservative and someone who could hardly be called abrasive. You want to toss him to the side as well? You’ve fallen into the trap of wanting to have spokespersons who will never cause controversy, when in fact liberals would try to turn Howdy Doody into Hitler if they thought it would help. Bottom line: any person who fires back at liberals will be portrayed as “controversial.” The only option is to not fight back at all, and if that happens, we’re dead.
Erich66 on February 28, 2009 at 3:22 PM
We need to take a hard look at how the Dems have handled “inclusion” over this past year; Everybody in that party hates one another, but they NEVER let that hatred get in the way of party politics- do you really think Bill or Hillary Clinton support Obama? Ha! Or Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t like to see Harry Reid fall down dead right in front of her? Or that Barry had one ounce of respect for Rick Warren? It’s all about inclusion. There are just as many people who think Ann Coulter is hilarious as there are people who love Whoopie Goldberg- those books don’t just walk out of the stores on their own! You can dislike her humor, or not turn on Limbaugh’s show but to whine that you want them excluded is silly.
anniekc on February 28, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Really, if Ann didn’t say anything bad at all the media would still say she did. To say anything different would be funny. We will always be evil in the eyes of these people no matter what we say. I could care less what they think anymore.
The same people who said Obama was nuanced with his distortion and lies are the same people that say we’re lying when we aren’t. The only time this will change is if there’s another revolution.
By the way, how many Republicans have been attacked here by the same people this week? We’re going down in flames and we’re still shooting at each other. Jindal. Palin. Romney. Ann. Rush.
roopster217 on February 28, 2009 at 3:23 PM
I think Rush and Ann bring a net loss to the conservatives. Yes, they have millions of listeners/readers but compared to the amount of negativity they bring it amounts to more people thinking conservatives are mean.
Basis? You’re being fed by the same media whores that would love to see Rush and Coulter exiled to Antarctica for the rest of their lives; those MSM dolts would love nothing better than to make you believe Rush is hated and it isn’t true.
Rush is so popular it hurts and Coulter’s books routinely beat the ever-lovin’ shiite out of her liberal competitor authors.
Bishop on February 28, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Coulter, Limbaugh, etc. are damaging to the conservative cause not because they are loud and abrasive, but because they didn’t have a single word of criticism for George W. Bush until 2008.
Passion isn’t bad, but deluded passion is.
The Dean on February 28, 2009 at 3:25 PM
“4: People who are sick and tired of America acting like it has some kind of God-issued magical ability to turn whole nations of inbred ragtag religious fanatics into ones of modern Americanized democracies. A practice which, BTW, has now turned into a bloody quagmire three times.”
I will give you credit for forming an opinion based on analysis of history. This elevates you above the other three groups you mentioned, people who champion an opinion just because they want to fit in with their stupid friends.
However, you’re wrong in thinking this is why any conservative has taken us to war. We didn’t go to Iraq to build a democracy; we went to cut off the resources of a global Islamic terrorist movement. If we were going to go to war just because Saddam Hussein was evil, we would’ve done that in 1991. We had to have a real national security interest.
That having been done, we couldn’t just kill Saddam, prop up another dictator, and then leave. You have to understand, we aren’t still in Iraq because it’s a “quagmire”. It’s not a quagmire. We won the war in 2003. We are still there by choice because it is in our strategic interest to have a stable democracy, a US ally, and US military bases in the heart of the middle east, next to Iran.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, is another Vietnam. Like Vietnam, it’s a war that could increase our national security and deal a blow to the major malevolent force in the world. It will fail, because the attack is being led by a Democrat who has no plan for winning, hasn’t given any thought to what strategic goal he wants to achieve, and will probably surrender as soon as public opinion turns against the war.
joe_doufu on February 28, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Are you really going to argue that perception doesn’t matter in politics? We just got are booties beaten last year by a junior senator who brilliantly played the media like a fiddle so right now is not the time to argue perception doesn’t matter.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:27 PM
You promise?
DFCtomm on February 28, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Ann is venom for venom. Don’t Tread On Us. That’s why I Love her.
If we want another MSM Republican “conservative” nominee in 2012 (that they used to love) who’s all about “God’s Children” etc., then by all means, muzzle her.
Teddy on February 28, 2009 at 3:28 PM
“By the way, how many Republicans have been attacked here by the same people this week? We’re going down in flames and we’re still shooting at each other. Jindal. Palin. Romney. Ann. Rush.”
Yeah but Romney really is a tool.
joe_doufu on February 28, 2009 at 3:28 PM
I don’t know how to win in Afghanistan. I’m not sure anyone knows exactly what we want to achieve or what would we settle for as an achievement. However, i do know that obambi is not the one strong enough to lead on this issue.
stop arguing about ann coulter & focus on the big picture here.
kelley in virginia on February 28, 2009 at 3:28 PM
This is why I love you Annie!! This quote is a keeper.
Maxx on February 28, 2009 at 3:29 PM
I missed this:
You know, for a journalism grad, you certainly failed to learn that statements need to be taken in context, and propagandists purposely take things out of context to advance their lies.
Buy Danish on February 28, 2009 at 3:30 PM
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:27 PM
The fools who fall for it deserve the consequences. You’ll learn to live independently, which is hard and exhilarating, or like mooching gnats and plankton, lead by slogans. It’s entirely up to you.
Entelechy on February 28, 2009 at 3:30 PM
that is just a flat-out lie. I remember rush criticizing bush about the steel tariffs…
right4life on February 28, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Oh yeah. Sure. That’s really how Ann argues. Who is the twit who wrote this?
joe_doufu on February 28, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Buy Danish, I admire your fine mind,
Entelechy on February 28, 2009 at 3:31 PM
How was Rush’s comment taken out of context? He said, “I hope he fails.”
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Wake up! Obama didn’t brilliantly play the media…the media brilliantly played him! They are in bed with the guy. If you think the GOP can change it’s perception via the media, you are absolutely deluding yourself.
Erich66 on February 28, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Do you like just making stuff up? Coulter said, during the shamnesty debate, that whe felt sorry about ever having said anything good about Bush.
If you don’t know what you’re talking about then why don’t you put down the keyboard and just go sit in the corner. You’ll be better off, and so will the rest of us.
progressoverpeace on February 28, 2009 at 3:33 PM
so in other words, conservatives should not speak at all, because it may be used against them…pathetic.
get a clue, no matter what, the liberals are gonna lie about you…
right4life on February 28, 2009 at 3:33 PM
I don’t want to belong to a Republican Party that would shun Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh, and the idea that they will be to blame for every nightmarish thing the Democrats shove down our throats is ridiculous.
We cannot tiptoe around political debates trying to avoid giving the Left soundbites with which to distort or attack us!
Having hideous reptiles like Michael Moore, Joy Behar, Janeane Giraffelo and Keith Olbermann didn’t stop the Democrats from taking it all. There’s more to it than what the most outlandish pundits say. On top of that Ann and Rush are usually spot-on in their analysis of things, which also sets them above the people I mentioned above.
Kensington on February 28, 2009 at 3:33 PM
If you’ve ever listened to these people, you’d realize how stupid the comment you just made is.
roopster217 on February 28, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Now you really have embarrassed yourself, especially the ‘reporter’ in you. He said that he wishes O to fail at implementing socialism/communism. If you can’t analyze that, you have a long way to go. You’re really better off joining the liberal media because you’d fit right in and it would be more lucrative and satisfying, a big lie as it is.
Entelechy on February 28, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Really? Am I? Conservatives favorite hero, Ronald Reagan, was brilliant at photo-op, speeches and media events. He knew that perception mattered.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Its become apparent to some of us that “AMMO” in this era of Hopey, Changey, Chimpy, Communism falls into the category of USE IT OR LOSE IT
Ie. Fairness Doctrine, Card Check, Gun/Ammo control.
Come take me to the “Gimme Someone Elses Money Party” when I am out of ammo until then, Sparticus!
dhunter on February 28, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Do you think the libs that now dominate Washington are there because people thought they were nice? They are ruthless and will do anything and say anything to attain and hold on to power. The libs will say we are mean spirited regardless of what we do or say, or who among us says it.
The reputation of Conservatism for being “mean” has more to do with the fact that we are for holding people accountable for their actions and do not engage in rewarding failure while penalizing the strong.
The libs buy votes by giving our money away to dead end causes. We are always going to have people say we are mean because of what we stand for, people don’t like to be told that THEY are responsible for THEIR OWN FATE. Tough love is hard to sell when you have people being programmed that no matter what they do there should be no negative consequences.
The message we need to get out is that liberty and a free market ALWAYS helps more people than government giveaways. REWARDING (or at least not penalizing) good, productive behavior will pay more dividends. For that we need conservative, articulate people (like Rush and Ann) to get that message out. They have millions of people already in their corner, for us to kick them to the curb because they might be a little politically incorrect at times would be a disaster. EVERYONE is politically incorrect in their daily lives, we need to stop accepting the image of ourselves based on the left-wing media and be strong.
echosyst on February 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM
we need some mean conservatives. the libs are gonna lie about you no matter what you say…you just want us to surrender…
right4life on February 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Love Ann
Streecar on February 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM
If General Petraeus thinks we can win in Afghanistan then I will believe also. It’s going to be a totally different fight but I am positive he knows that.
Cindy Munford on February 28, 2009 at 3:37 PM
From Harriet Miers, to the amnesty debates to the prescription drug entitlement to playing footsie with Ted Kennedy, anyone who reads Coulter or listens to Limbaugh knows that you are dead wrong.
The question is: are you merely mistaken or actively lying?
Kensington on February 28, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Negativity isn’t the problem. That’s silly. The left has been nothing but negative the last eight years (longer, actually) and it worked out for them, didn’t it? Negativity is fine-it just needs to been done the right way.
Rush gets it particularly hard from the media because his words are often bent, or taken out of context, to change their meaning.
It’s unfair, but I wish Rush would be more cognizant of the potential for that happening, and say what he has to say, but in a way that makes it difficult for the left to twist his words.
It can be done, and he’s smart and talented enough to do it, but seems unwilling for whatever reason. That’s my main complaint with Rush.
Dreadnought on February 28, 2009 at 3:37 PM
There are (at least) two big problems with conservatives communicating to the voting populace: A) Our message, and 2) The delivery. As correctly pointed out earlier many in the liberal media will attack anyone at all with a conservative message. For TerryAnn to complain that Rush and Ann draw criticism from the left is meaningless. The left will criticize all who don’t spew forth the lobotomized left’s loathing for self-reliance and responsibility. They will attack the messenger regardless of the delivery. Following that inevitability, if our message is not delivered with any degree of palatability it’s merits will never be known. Even within a forum such as this a commenter who fails to distinguish one’s self will not garner the same attention as the more gifted contributors. Coulter’s ability to research and refine her delivery is a product of brilliance. Take her wit away from the delivery and one has yet another historically accurate yet forever unread textbook. And please help me if I ever became so afraid and timid that I worry more about potentially offending than speaking the truth, as some would apparently prefer.
Tom_OC on February 28, 2009 at 3:37 PM
I suggest you actually red the whole statment he made when he said that. Cherry picking is really more of a liberal thing…
roopster217 on February 28, 2009 at 3:37 PM
The attack on the socialists would be enjoyable to watch except that there is potentially really dumb stuff here:
1. The Republican Party cannot be the anti-war Party and be, as it should be, the pro-military Party of national security and responsibility. It is one thing to be cautious about what we are doing in Afghanistan because it is a different situation than Iraq. John McCain gave an excellent talk this last week to the American Enterprise Institute about the difficulties. McCain says it can be won, but is not now. But it is another thing to be anti-war in order to oppose Obama. The response to Obama should be that if we are going to win in Afghanistan, you are going to have to listen to John McCain, not the left wing crazies.
2. The attack on “moderates” is O.K. as to Senators Spector, Snowe and Collins for voting for the Democrat pork barrel spending bill falsely called a stimulus bill; that was a betrayal. But it does not make sense at this point to hit any other Republican who is staying loyal in opposition to Obama. I write this because Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh have been unfairly attacking John McCain, even though McCain has been a visible and vocal opponent of the Democrat spending bill and budget, calling it generational theft, and has had as good a voting record this year as any Republican. Of the 18 votes this year, McCain voted with the Republicans against the Democrats 16 times, and the other 2 times, he along with most Republicans voting to confirm Hill ary (Senatorial courtesy) and Holder (no one wants to vote against an Afro-American this year); McCain voted against Geithner as well as the pork barrel spending bill. We need to keep the fire on Obama and the Democrats and not senselessly eat our own who are with us.
Phil Byler on February 28, 2009 at 3:38 PM
How was Rush’s comment taken out of context? He said, “I hope he fails.”
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:32 PM
That’s so ignorant, it makes me think you’re a plant! I heard the show the day he made the original comment- he hopes the socialist policies fail! As all conservatives do. If I wanted to live in Europe, I would- by the time Obama’s into his 2nd year, it’s going to be a mild comment to wish his policies to fail; People will want much worse for him.
anniekc on February 28, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Ronald Reagan loved Rush Limbaugh, and that was in the early days when Rush was a lot more like Ann Coulter.
Kensington on February 28, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Right, but Reagan went above the media, straight to the people. Do you really believe the media was on his side?? They thought he was an ignorant fool and tried to portray him as such. It didn’t work because he bypassed them altogether.
Erich66 on February 28, 2009 at 3:39 PM
“If you want to go somewhere and if you want to be somebody you’d better stand up and pay attention.” That means paying attention to what is really said and correcting anyone trying to mislead others by warping someone’s message.
thomasaur on February 28, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Allah,
I think you miscalculate the Afghan situation. When we went into the country it was practically a Spec Force op. Less than 5000 initially. History has shown that due to the terrain occupation is a long term loser. The British and Russians learned that the hard way. So Obama is making the same mistake with a troop build up.
So is it sane to repeat the same mistake yet again and expect a different result?
The other irony is, the Dims have for years talk of ‘No more Vietnams’. Yet they are setting themselves up for one.
Pakistan == Laos and Cambodia
Afganistan == S. Vietnam.
Drones replace B52 sorties.
Damn, I feel like I am having flash backs….
Dr. Dog on February 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Since you have been posting here I have not agreed with one thing you have said. And that’s weird because I have even agreed with Mr. Rywall a couple of times. Obviously we enjoy all posters but I am not sure you are someone I would take advice from on what conservatives should do.
Cindy Munford on February 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM
terryann doesn’t read much before making idealistic and naive claims. I congratulate her, though, on generating more HA comments than the trolls do,
Entelechy on February 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM
A lazy conservative “journalist”, to boot.
Click on the little blue linky thingy to get the entire segment in context.
Buy Danish on February 28, 2009 at 3:41 PM
They day Rush or Ann runs for Potus , you’ll have a point , now not so much.
Remember the left called Peterus “Betray us”? Should Bush have dumped him to ?
the_nile on February 28, 2009 at 3:41 PM
…and without a teleprompter…he was a true communicator.
Entelechy on February 28, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Really? Am I? Conservatives favorite hero, Ronald Reagan, was brilliant at photo-op, speeches and media events. He knew that perception mattered.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Rush has been vocalizing his message since 1988, and his popularity and listenership has grown every single year. If the guy is such a drain on conservatism, Dubya never would have been elected once, much less twice.
Rush isn’t running for President and he won’t sink a GOP candidate. Morons like Olbermann and Matthews didn’t keep Ogabe from being elected because of their stupidity, America chose him in spite of it. Again, give your fellow Americans some credit for separating pundits from politicians.
Bishop on February 28, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Didn’t Reagan say that he handed over the leadership of the republicans to Rush, or something like that.
the_nile on February 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Very, very well said.
roopster217 on February 28, 2009 at 3:44 PM
I actually agree with Coulter on Afghanistan, we need to be there but the mission should be modified. Rooting out the Taliban and Al Qaeda there and in Pakistan is a *good* thing, but trying to civilize a tribal wasteland with no institutions and no real economy is quite another.
At least in Iraq there were basically all of the building blocks present for success, oil revenue, infrastructure, schools, hospitals etc. and a somewhat educated middle class (at least their version of that), not so in Afghanistan. That is not to say that we couldn’t have some success in some of the larger cities like Kabul but overall it would be a gargantuan effort to control the whole country.
echosyst on February 28, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Obama has our men and women in Afghanistan to show what a big tough guy he can be, because liberals are well known to be soft on defending this country. I have a son in the Navy and a daughter in the Marines, and it scares me to know that their commander in chief is this limp-wristed Chicago thug.
More power to Ann Coulter. Playing nice with liberals never gets us a thing, unless you view being spit on as a positive. Neither does apologizing. I’m glad somebody has the guts to just say it and refuse to back down.
hachiban on February 28, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Its amazing that ALLAHPUNDIT thinks that he has a better grasp on our waging war in Afghanistan then Annie does.
Given Obama’s current actions and plans for Afghanistan do you seriously think that it will lead to success in that area?
And why get more troops out of Iraq so early when we are doing SO WELL THERE NOW and building up Iraq’s own national defense and security forces?
We sould always oppose in all ways the mega-tax raising, debt-gorging, infanticide-defending abortaholic that is B. Hussein Obama.
TheMightyQuinn on February 28, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Yes, you are absolutely right the American people can separate the pundits from the politicians. Correct. But let’s face at least liberals can laugh at their nuts. I’ve heard several jokes about Olbermann and Matthews. Ben Affleck (a liberal) ripped Olby a new on Saturday Night Live.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM
And they laugh at our heroes to. In fact they laugh at everything we believe in. Sorry, no cigar.
Cindy Munford on February 28, 2009 at 3:51 PM
“It’s amazing the media keeps comparing Obama to Lincoln and Reagan. The press apparently can’t think of a Democrat worthy enough to compare him to.”
You got to love Ann Coulter.
Falz on February 28, 2009 at 3:53 PM
C-Span is showing CPAC Friday if anyone missed anything.
Cindy Munford on February 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Ann says what many of us are thinking. It’s a dose of their own medicine forced down their whining yaps.
Ann Rocks.
Kevroy on February 28, 2009 at 3:57 PM
But let’s face at least liberals can laugh at their nuts. I’ve heard several jokes about Olbermann and Matthews. Ben Affleck (a liberal) ripped Olby a new on Saturday Night Live.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Because they ARE nuts, in every sense of the word except for having a shell. Tingly legs, “Worst Person of the Week”, expecting Garofalo to be taken seriously, Matthews and Olby are so achingly stupid it boggles the mind.
Both Rush and Coulter have said stupid things, (who doesn’t) and I don’t always agree with them, but to expect the left to have the warm fuzzies about the right if Coulter and Rush were silenced is naive. The libs eviscerated a plumber over a simple question, their hatred knows no bounds.
Bishop on February 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM
My point is that conservatives need to be able to laugh at the cooky people in our party. I didn’t hear liberals call Ben Affleck a traitor to his party or liberalism because he made of Olby.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Isn’t she great? Shes funny, smart, sharp and fearless. I always suspect that conservative men who don’t like her just wish they had her b*lls. It goes without saying that liberal men certainly feel this way.
CarolynM on February 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Ann is funny, entertaining and hard hitting but not my cup of tea. Rush is good as well. I think both are an asset to conservatives. However, I prefer to read/listen to our Michelle, more intuitive, more concise.
Zorro on February 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM
That is a VERY disingenuous comment considering the justification she gave, which was that, the Russians couldn’t win there, Peter the Great couldn’t win there. That sounds like pretty good reasoning to me.
But anything at all is a good excuse to take a swipe at Coulter… right Allah?
Maxx on February 28, 2009 at 4:00 PM
And so do I – because (and this is only a month into his term) he has shown himself to be nothing more than a product of the Chicago political machine; he and his Democrat budzos are interested in only one thing – making America dependent upon big government. I DON’T trust him, not with the budget, not with homeland security, and damn sure not with foreign policy and the prosecution of the war in Afghanistan. He’s doing everything in his power to ruin my beautiful nation. And I hope he fails.
uncivilized on February 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Beta males fear Alpha females.(Allah)
thomasaur on February 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Because, at the end of the day, Affleck is still sitting in front of his TV watching Countdown and shouting “YOU GO, GIRL!!!” at the Worst Person In The World bit.
They aren’t shunning Olbermann or disavowing him the way you think Coulter and Limbaugh should be treated.
Kensington on February 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Yeah, but were you laughing at Coulter? Doesn’t seem like it; you referred to her and Rush as damaging. And who called you a traitor?
Erich66 on February 28, 2009 at 4:06 PM
I’ll also note that SNL’s Olbermann sketch had almost nothing to do with politics. It was about Olbermann freaking out over his co-op board wanting him to get rid of a cat or something.
Kensington on February 28, 2009 at 4:07 PM
We are coming at this from different directions. I don’t think Rush or Ann are the kooky people of our party. I don’t think you are a traitor. I just don’t think you are comfortable enough in conservatism to ward off any attacks on your beliefs based on what Rush or Ann say. You shouldn’t have to worry about justifying you beliefs certainly not by what a pundit of any stripe says.
Cindy Munford on February 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
I was called a Socialist.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
And don’t forget… beautiful.
Maxx on February 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Actually the very beginning of the skit starts with Olbermann’s over the top hatred of G.W.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Obama Scorecard;
$350 billion TARP-II (approved)
$787 billion Pork Fest – I (approved)
$410 billion Pork Fest – II (approved)
$275 billion Mortgage bailout ($75 billon for deadbeats, and $200 billion for Freddie & Fannie, umm two more dead beats.)
$687 billion Universal Health care (down payment)
$750 billion TARP – III
$3.26 TRILLION —
YES I HOPE OBAMA FAILS.
WE CAN’T AFFORD HIM
Dasher on February 28, 2009 at 4:12 PM
My attitude exactly. There are many conservative pundits that are off putting to me based on personal preference. But those same pundits bring others to the tent and that’s fine with me. And I will never bash them because I understand different things appeal to different people.
Cindy Munford on February 28, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Ok, that’s over the top. Those are the types you should be laughing at.
Erich66 on February 28, 2009 at 4:12 PM
And most of the liberal media called him a third-rate B-movie actor and a dangerous warmonger until the day he walked out of the White House. When he called the USSR the “evil empire” the entire editorial board of the New York Times had a collective stroke. When he told Gorbachev to tear down the wall he was laughed at.
Reagan often painted with a very broad rhetorical brush, and even used ridicule to great effect. Maybe not as much or as often as Coulter, but he certainly did not trim his rhetoric just to be the toast of the liberal media.
rockmom on February 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Really? Not to me.
I don’t know who’s correct, Coulter or AP, but since I have no idea who Allahpundit really is or what he’s done in his life it occurs to me that maybe he might be more authoritative on this, or some other, subject.
Or not. Not enough information. It’s got to remain indeterminate I guess.
Gilda on February 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
So with all the real KOOKY fools on the left, Olberman, Shehan, Rosie Odonel(sp?), Sean Penn, Sharpton, etc…why then do no conservative organizations use thier own outrageous statments to influence popular opinion against the leftist ideology? Why is it only the right’s so callked KOOKS out of context statements receive 24/7 spotlight attention and discussion from cable news, the View, and the Daily Show?
It appears to me that your take is to never say anything mean about the left, but my take would be to go even further as to put their own statements on primetime television and expose as much as possible, and to ridicule as often as possible. Problem is that conservatives will NEVER become that organized to create their own Moveon.org so I give up worrying about it.
it is pointless
ClassicCon on February 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Ann Coulter said something outrageous? Who knew?
I wonder how many books she will sell and how many paid appearences she will get?
William Teach on February 28, 2009 at 4:18 PM
I laughed hard at the Olbermann impersonation.
terryannonline on February 28, 2009 at 4:18 PM
I stand corrected. You are right about that.
Kensington on February 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
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