Ann Coulter Worries Donald Trump Is Mental

Source: The Federalist
Published: Mar 30, 2016
Author: Ben Domenech
Post Date: 2016-03-30 13:37:33 by Tooconservative
Views: 2639

When your most loyal media supporter is saying you’re mental, it should send a message to any normal campaign that you ought to reconsider your course.

On Face the Nation on Sunday, I argued that prior to the past week, Donald Trump had made just one tactical mistake: skipping the last debate before Iowa.   This past week they made two: failing to grasp the importance of delegate operations and engaging in a misguided and unnecessary attack on Heidi Cruz.

The former is the bigger mistake: the Cruz delegate operation is forcing Trump to get to the delegate majority by working to ensure in states like Louisiana and elsewhere that Trump could lose on a second ballot. In the context of checks and balances, the arcane nomination is yet another way the institutions protect themselves and the people from demagogues and hucksters. Trump’s response has been a typical one: threaten lawsuits over the lost Louisiana delegates. But that won’t amount to much. And actually, should he prevail in decertifying Louisiana’s results, it would lead to fewer delegates for himself, and he’d still have to get to 1,237. Sad!

But the latter mistake speaks to Trump’s personality, and his inability at this stage to become a unifying figure without reversing course – just listen to what happens when Trump gets asked real questions by Charlie Sykes, and the degree to which he falls back on his typical attacks even in the face of demands for evidence not in existence.

At exactly the moment Trump ought to be transforming himself into a unifying figure, he is ensuring that is all the more difficult by stooping to baseless personal attacks and driving down his numbers among Republican women and social conservatives. In failing to recognize the importance of delegates and in engaging in these unnecessary personal attacks, Trump decreases his potential to win the nomination on the first ballot. If Trump is actually beaten because of these decisions it shows he’s not ready to lead a party anyway.

And lest you think this is just typical anti-Trump tendency, listen to his supporters: Ann Coulter, a more dedicated Trump defender than any, is getting frustrated with Trump for his late night Twitter shenanigans: 

“I’m a little testy with our man right now. Our candidate is mental! Do you realize our candidate is mental?” Coulter said jokingly during a taping of an episode of the “Milo Yiannopoulos Show,” which is scheduled to air in full this weekend. “It’s like constantly having to bail out your 16-year-old son from prison.”

“For Coulter, Trump’s attacks on Cruz’s wife may have crossed a line, and she wished he, “would be a teensy bit less low-brow.” “This is the worst thing that he has done,” she said as her host laughed. “Everything else I could probably defend.”

The hilarious but occasionally terrifying Yiannopoulos, who Kevin Williamson described as having “done more to put homosexual camp in the service of right-wing authoritarianism than any man has since the fellows at Hugo Boss sewed all those nifty SS uniforms”, disagreed, defending the man he calls “Daddy”.

“The trashier he gets, the more I love him!” the host said. “I think it’s so outrageously funny. People are so sick of earnest pearl-clutching from the establishment. A presidential candidate — and not just a presidential candidate, but somebody who’s probably going to get the nomination is saying ‘you’re wife’s ugly and my wife’s hot’ — I think that’s amazing. It may not scream ‘presidential material…’ But some people are going to think ‘what a boss!’”

“Coulter responded, saying, “You know, I love him so much on immigration I’m not even going to argue with you. I say low-brow, you say amazing … Let’s just talk about what he’s good on. He’s the only one who’s going to build a wall, but please stop testing our patience on the rest of this stuff.”

Coulter is a lot of things, but she’s no dummy. She understands that by politicizing Heidi Cruz’s depression and her appearance, Trump is hurting his ability to ever receive the support of a growing portion of Republican women, particularly social conservatives and evangelicals. D.C. McAllister:

One thing I’ve learned through my own struggles with depression is those who don’t suffer from it can’t possibly understand what you’re going through. They think you’re just sad, but it’s so much deeper than that. Only you know the pain in your own heart. The window to your soul is closed to the world. This is why exploiting Cruz’s suffering is so wrong. It cheapens the real struggles of millions of people and exposes the personal pain of a lovely woman who has struggled to overcome a terrible illness and has done it with grace. We should show her, and anyone else wrestling with depression, that same grace.

When your most loyal media supporter is saying you’re mental, low-brow, and that these latest attacks are the worst thing your candidate has done, it should send a message to any normal campaign that you ought to reconsider your course. The acolytes Trump surrounds himself with, however, seem to have little capacity for such reflection. We shall see if they prove me wrong.

Poster Comment:

Domenech runs the Federalist, appears as a pundit on a lot of shows, and has a podcast. He's becoming a media star across different media formats.

A recent podcast has Domenech plotting at length with neocon Bill Kristol on the mechanics of a contested convention and how (and who) to run as a third-party challenger to Trump if he does become the GOP nominee. Some genuine Deep GOPe plotting against Trump in this interview.

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#1: ConservingFreedom    To: TooConservative (#0)

When your most loyal media supporter [Coulter] is saying you’re mental, low-brow, and that these latest attacks are the worst thing your candidate has done, it should send a message to any normal campaign that you ought to reconsider your course.

Particularly when that supporter is an unprincipled whore who cares only about backing a winner.

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-03-30 13:43:07   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Tooconservative    To: ConservingFreedom (#1)

Particularly when that supporter is an unprincipled whore who cares only about backing a winner.

Like Romney? That didn't work out so well IMO. I did vote for him though.

Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-30 13:45:33   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Vicomte13    To: TooConservative (#0)

EPA carbon restrictions. Semi-auto weapons bans. Registration and licensing required to own guns. Union closed shops. No religious exception to laws. Reparations for slavery. Anti-Islamic speech is unprotected hate speech. State abortion clinic laws: struck down. Executive Amnesty. Voter ID checks are unconstitutional. Restrictions on homeschooling.

Coming soon to a Supreme Court near you. With President Hillary, you will get one set out outcomes from her Democrat- dominated Supreme Court.

With President Trump, you'll get the opposite set of outcomes, from his Republican-dominated Supreme Court,

#NeverTrumpers, like you, hate Trump more than you love the 2nd Amendment and babies and private enterprise and free speech and God.

Vicomte13 posted on 2016-03-30 13:56:14   Reply   Private Reply

#4: SOSO    To: Vicomte13, TooConservative (#3)

With President Trump, you'll get the opposite set of outcomes,

There is no hope for a Trump dupe.

SOSO posted on 2016-03-30 14:01:04   Reply   Private Reply

#5: misterwhite    To: TooConservative (#0)

“For Coulter, Trump’s attacks on Cruz’s wife may have crossed a line"

I see. And Cruz posting that picture of Melania? That didn't cross a line? Do you think Trump would have ever "attacked" Cruz's wife had Cruz not posted Melania's picture?

Bunch of whiny pussies who think they can go after a candidate's wife without any repercussions. Well, they were wrong.

misterwhite posted on 2016-03-30 14:20:14   Reply   Private Reply

#6: ConservingFreedom    To: TooConservative (#2)

Like Romney? That didn't work out so well IMO.

I never said she was good at it. ;-D

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-03-30 14:24:45   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Tooconservative    To: misterwhite (#5)

I see. And Cruz posting that picture of Melania?

But Cruz didn't post it. And it has been around in public and all over the internet for 15 years.

Did Trump really think someone wasn't going to drag that out at some point? You may be that stupid but he isn't.

Bunch of whiny pussies who think they can go after a candidate's wife without any repercussions. Well, they were wrong.

You'll notice that Coulter didn't mention this at all. What she is obviously very uncomfortable with is Trump himself directly attacking Heidi Cruz on her looks (after he attacked Fiorina the same way) and her bout of depression, possibly of the postpartum kind.

Most men just don't get how much that offends women.

Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-30 15:47:13   Reply   Private Reply

#8: misterwhite    To: TooConservative (#7)

"But Cruz didn't post it."

His PAC did and don't tell me Cruz didn't know about it and approve. If the PAC is that independent, you're saying they'll do it again?

Yeah. Right.

"And it has been around in public and all over the internet for 15 years."

Not with the denigrating language and not in a campaign ad.

"Did Trump really think someone wasn't going to drag that out at some point? You may be that stupid but he isn't."

Trump probably figured the other candidates were better than that. I guess he was wrong, huh?

Secondly, Trump probably figured that no one would be that stupid, given that he has a reputation of responding to his attackers 10 times as hard. Turns out they were that stupid. Now they're crying that Trump is a meanie.

"You'll notice that Coulter didn't mention this at all."

You? Citing Coulter? You ARE desperate.

The anti-Trump ad used a photo of his wife, with disparaging comments, out of the context in which it was intended, and with the intention of insulting both of them.

Trump's response could have been much worse.

misterwhite posted on 2016-03-30 17:06:25   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Tooconservative    To: misterwhite (#8)

His PAC did and don't tell me Cruz didn't know about it and approve.

It wasn't one of Cruz's PACs. It was a PAC that was established explicitly early on as an anti-Trump PAC.

Again, what about these pix of Naughty Melania which have been splashed all over the interwebs for the last 15 years was such a yuge secret?

Apparently the Trump fanbois are the only ones who hadn't seen them before. They were on the cover of GQ magazine for God's sake.

Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-30 17:28:12   Reply   Private Reply

#10: A K A Stone    To: TooConservative (#9)

Whose nudes did you like better Trumps wife or Cruz's wife?

A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-30 18:00:15   Reply   Private Reply

#11: A K A Stone    To: TooConservative (#2)

Romney is way more liberal then trump. So of course someone like you who supports abortion rights would vote for him. Cocks of a feather cock together.

A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-30 18:16:29   Reply   Private Reply

#12: Tooconservative    To: A K A Stone (#10)

Whose nudes did you like better Trumps wife or Cruz's wife?

I've only seen the pix of Naughty Melania. I think her teats look like some transplant from a dairy animal.

I think she was probably far more attractive before she got that awful boob job. It looks unnatural and declassé.

Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-30 18:22:07   Reply   Private Reply

#13: ConservingFreedom    To: misterwhite (#8)

The anti-Trump ad used a photo of his wife, with disparaging comments,

The comment was, "Meet Melania Trump. Your next First Lady." How is that "disparaging"?

out of the context in which it was intended,

"out of the context"?! LMAO! Like viewers were intended to conclude that Melania turned up at the British Embassy one day in that pose, and if said viewers knew it was a GQ photo they'd find it hunk-dory?

and with the intention of insulting both of them.

With the intention of suggesting that nude modeling might not be a desirable attribute of a First Lady - about as much of an "insult" as when Robert Deniro suggested that Mrs. Gingrich's Caucasian-ness was not a desirable attribute of a First Lady.

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-03-31 11:08:20   Reply   Private Reply

#14: ConservingFreedom    To: A K A Stone (#11)

Romney is way more liberal then trump.

Romney.2012 paid every bit as much lip service to conservative principles as has Trump.2016.

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-03-31 11:31:33   Reply   Private Reply