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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:45 PM
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The Shame Of Ann Coulter
The Shame Of Ann Coulter (Extensive Blog Opinion Roundup UPDATED)
by Joe Gandelman

Hasn’t it come time to finally say it? Commentator Ann Coulter has gone way beyond being a provocative speaker and writer and has evolved into someone who is no longer just a verbal bomb thrower but someone who demeans those who invite her to speak.

What more can you conclude from her latest explosive device– something marking yet another new chapter in the ongoing vulgarization and cheapening of American political debate. Coulter has now dropped the bar down so far there’s a sign that says “WELCOME TO THE SOUTH POLE.”

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We know this site has readers who are left, right and in the middle. So all of you folks read that again (or watch the video at the link) and think about it:

(1) She in effect did call him a “faggot” (a cabbage on the shelf at Stop and Shop would get her drift.). So we are now in an era when if you disagree with a candidate you just call him a “faggot” in a transparently indirect way, rather than outline how you differ from him and why you have better ideas.

more:

http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/the-shame-of-ann-coulter/
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:51 PM
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1. "Hasn't it come time to finally say it?" That ship sailed a loooonnng time ago.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:55 PM
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2. MSM Misanthrope , Kkkarl vixen , All-Star Wrestling , corn syrup
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:57 PM
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3. there is no bottom to the pit she's in...
...there is NOTHING she will not say.
half the time she doesn't even believe the things she says.
her sleazy formula: say something outrageous; it gets reported, causes outrage and that gets coverage and she's gotten public relations air time you couldn't buy.

she will not participate in a debate because she knows she'd get her bony ass kicked. (Franken, remember?)

she'll do this to sell a few more books and get the warm applause from the conservatives when she uses her slurs....

she'll say anything.
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Martin Eden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 08:49 PM
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4. The Shame of the Republican Party
for featuring her as a speaker
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checks-n-balances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 08:55 PM
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5. Great line from the article...
"The larger issue is that in our talk-radio, cable talk shows, weblogs, blog comments, the 21st century shows that we’re in the era of shock language. The idea is to throw an audience red meat.

"In this case, Coulter didn’t just throw red meat. She hurled the entire cow."
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