Ann Coulter's outrageous comments on 9/11 widows

[scandium]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Can somebody tell me who Ann Coulter actually is? I have heard the name and have seen some stuff about yankee politics that she seemed to have some sort of voice in, but I'm not so well up on american internal politics; I gather she's some kind of skinny, blond solicitor type?
UK politics being what it is, none of our lot seem to have any conviction about much of anything tbh. Whereas my observations of american poiticians (shallow and not overly informed it may be) seem to show a bunch of really quite disturbing people, both in their ideals and moral duplicity... perhaps that's only the bad ones I hear about? Whichever, on first impressions there's now way in hell I'd like to have them running my country- better the devil you know and all that. The division between Conservative and Labour seems tame compared to Republican and Democrat- would that be a fair thing to say?

"Skinny blond solicitor type"

In a nutshell: she is a paid political commentator who makes her living defending and promoting the views of the US government (ie: she is a shill in the same mold as Michelle Malkin, only more rabid).

I agree with your observations on American politics and they about sum up my own feelings. Perhaps the divisions aren't quite so deep as they appear to us outsiders though.

[August]

Originally Posted by scandium

"Skinny blond solicitor type"

In a nutshell: she is a paid political commentator who makes her living defending and promoting the views of the US government (ie: she is a shill in the same mold as Michelle Malkin, only more rabid).

Not quite. Coulter is an independant political commentator who makes her living defending and promoting the conservative political viewpoint, via, radio appearances, speaking tours and through selling books. Neither her nor Michelle Malkin are paid by the US government or work directly for the Republican party.

By work directly, i mean they may be paid for speaking engagements at Republican functions much the same way Michael Moore is paid vis-a-vis the Democratic party for similar services but none of them should be considered employees.

[STEED]

She sounds like a hot head full of hot air.

[Subnuts]

That chick ain't right, man!

[scandium]

Originally Posted by August

Not quite. Coulter is an independant political commentator who makes her living defending and promoting the conservative political viewpoint, via, radio appearances, speaking tours and through selling books. Neither her nor Michelle Malkin are paid by the US government or work directly for the Republican party.

If you say so August. This latest salvo was a little low though, even for Coulter. She's starting to remind me more and more of that Phelps guy and his "troops = fags" nonsense. Phelps says he does it for God, you say Coulter does it for the GOP. To me they are both idiots with no sense of shame or common decency.

[August]

Originally Posted by scandium

If you say so August. This latest salvo was a little low though, even for Coulter. She's starting to remind me more and more of that Phelps guy and his "troops = fags" nonsense. Phelps says he does it for God, you say Coulter does it for the GOP. To me they are both idiots with no sense of shame or common decency.

Well i agree except to say that Coulter does not represent the GOP any more than Michael Moore represents the Democrats, although I must say that in Moores case, the Dems have given a him lot more official recognition by seating him in the Presidential box right next to Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter at their last national convention, which, imo was a pretty dumb thing to do when trying to influence the mainstream voter.

Both however are of the "shock jock" persuasion who have made rabble rousing the media career field it has become in recent years. I think both parties would prefer they didn't exist but if one sides gonna do it...

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by scandium

I agree with your observations on American politics and they about sum up my own feelings. Perhaps the divisions aren't quite so deep as they appear to us outsiders though.

In my opinion, poltical divisions here are very deep. It takes something on the scale of large amounts of people dying, or full scale world war for those divisions to be put aside.