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Title: Ann Coulter: War Whore
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http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/war_whore/
URL Source: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/war_whore/
Published: Mar 30, 2007
Author: Paul Gottfried
Post Date: 2007-03-30 14:47:27 by continental op
Keywords: None
Views: 288
Comments: 13
A young friend of mine, Chris Preble of CATO Institute, recently recounted to me an incident in which Republican controversialist Ann Coulter made a statement on FOX (where else?) that Chris found 60;particularly disgusting.61; When asked whether the U.S. should launch an attack on Iran, Ann, true to bad form, responded 60;Think how much fun it would be to blow up Iranians.61; Having heard this Republican equivalent of Alec Baldwin say equally scandalous things for years, I was not surprised to learn of her most recent infantile outburst. Like Chris, I despise Ann but the reason for my distaste may be different from his. What disgusts me most about this loudmouth is the function she faithfully serves. Ann shills for the Republican Party, and the reason that she is the darling of FOX is that she is good at what she does. Far from being a 60;right-wing extremist,61; as one might imagine from reading about her in the New York Times and the French press, Ann keeps the American Right from taking off as an electoral force. Her predictable answer to 60;godless61; and cowardly Democrats is to go out and vote for generic Republicans or for Lieberman Democrats, a course of action that would allow us to kill more 60;towel-heads61; while giving the social Left a more or less free hand domestically. I am still waiting for Ann to attack W and Rudy for their views on immigration with the same savagery she regularly unleashes on Democrats. If Dame Coulter were a right-winger, instead of a Republican shill, she would be doing exactly this. Instead she exposes her listeners to endless tirades against 60;antiwar61; Democrats, without even telling us that there are people on the social Right who disapprove of the present neocon-incited war in Iraq as much as the leftist bloggers. It is also never explained why starting a war against Iraq to bring its inhabitants women57;s rights and the current American version of 60;democracy61; is a 60;conservative61; enterprise. I might find Ann minimally bearable if only she had the honesty to point out that the two parties are for the most part indistinguishable. They are both big-government, welfare-state parties, which truckle to designated minorities and which engage equally in such moronic rituals as pulling down Confederate flags to please black race-hustlers and the liberal media. If Ann told us that she hates both parties but considers the Stupid Party slightly less obnoxious than the Evil one, I would find her diatribes less disgusting. Unfortunately she spends her time whipping up her fans to vote for one of the two parties, as a serious conservative alternative to the other one. And she plays this game by impersonating what we are supposed to take for an authentic right-winger. Coulter57;s recent expression of pleasure at the thought of blowing up Iranians brought to mind the reaction of Mussolini57;s son in 1936, as he watched bombs fall on Ethiopia, a country that the Italian army was then trying to conquer. The young Mussolini, a fan of the Italian Futurists, dwelled on the 60;beauty61; of modern warfare, which he considered a source of aesthetic pleasure. Such musings raise the question of whether something that is artistically satisfying can nonetheless be morally offensive. But in Coulter57;s case, there is no need to consider such a dichotomy between the ethical and the aesthetic. She and her sponsors are simply not subjects for intellectual debate. What they are about is not the unity or disunity of the beautiful and the moral but drumming up votes for Republican placeholders and hacks. In pursuit of this end, Coulter appeals to the vulgar and easily duped Right.
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#1. To: continental op (#0)
Ann Coulter ROCKS, pinhead...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, This thread was deleted at LP.
Used to be I couldn't stand Free Republic. Now I can't stand FR or LP. Nevermind Bin Laden, a lot of these war-mongers are a clear and present danger to our Republic.
Bucks too hard plays too rough, 2000 pounds of dangerous stuff, The way he looks he wants to tear me apart, But the way he throws me nearly stops my heart,-Buck and Roll.
Ann Coulter ROCKS...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, A lot of people want to throw rocks...at her.
Anybody who can piss off the RATS that much can't be all bad...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, How can you tell just who is the rat?
Sorta...not 100%, but pretty much, I think...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Keep your eye on the bouncing ball.
You really believe that, co-op? I think it's the SurrenderMonkeys who present the danger to America...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, I'm not interested in your opinion.
Bucks too hard plays too rough, 2000 pounds of dangerous stuff, The way he looks he wants to tear me apart, But the way he throws me nearly stops my heart,-Buck and Roll.
Shush yo mouth, cretin!!
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States,
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#2. To: continental op (#0)
#3. To: Don (#2)
#4. To: Don (#2)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#5. To: Mudboy Slim (#4)
#6. To: Don (#5)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#7. To: Mudboy Slim (#6)
#8. To: Don (#7)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#9. To: Mudboy Slim (#8)
but pretty much, I think
#10. To: continental op (#3)
"...a lot of these war-mongers are a clear and present danger to our Republic."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#11. To: Mudboy Slim (#10)
#12. To: continental op (#11)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#13. To: continental op (#11)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
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