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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

George Stephanopoulos: Ann Coulter Says Marco Rubio as VP Pick Would Be a ‘Mistake’

Ann Coulter Says Marco Rubio as VP Pick Would Be a ‘Mistake’



Apr 1, 2012

While pundits, politicians and prognosticators have tapped Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as one of the most likely GOP vice presidential picks, conservative commentator Ann Coulter warned today that such a choice would be a “mistake.”

“I think that would be a mistake because the same people who loved Rubio loved [former presidential candidate and Texas Gov.]Rick Perry,” Coulter told me Sunday during the “This Week” roundtable discussion. “I want someone who’s been a bit more tested.”


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Monday, January 23, 2012

Newt Gingrich | Ann Coulter | South Carolina | The Daily Caller

Newt Gingrich | Ann Coulter | South Carolina | The Daily Caller:

By Jeff Poor - The Daily Caller


Coulter: ‘With Newt Gingrich you throw out the baby and keep the bath water’ [VIDEO]

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/22/coulter-with-newt-gingrich-you-throw-out-the-baby-and-keep-the-bath-water-video/

"On a Sunday morning appearance on “Fox & Friends,” conservative columnist Ann Coulter explained why Romney fell short in the South Carolina GOP presidential primary, blaming the priorities of South Carolina voters for Gingrich’s success.

“Apparently, South Carolinians would rather have the emotional satisfaction of a snotty remark toward the president than to beat Obama in the fall,” Coulter, the author of “Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America,” said. “We saw it in the debates when Gingrich would say things that didn’t really make sense. That is what you usually associate with Democrats, which I described in my last book, ‘Demonic,’ how mobs behave.”" Read more... http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/22/coulter-with-newt-gingrich-you-throw-out-the-baby-and-keep-the-bath-water-video/

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Canadian University threatens Coulter with criminal charges – before she even says a word at her speaking engagement.

University of Ottawa's letter to Ann Coulter

Published: National Post Monday, March 22, 2010

Please be sure to read the comments. They are precious. No kidding.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2710037

Dear Ms. Coulter,

I understand that you have been invited by University of Ottawa Campus Conservatives to speak at the University of Ottawa this coming Tuesday. We are, of course, always delighted to welcome speakers on our campus and hope that they will contribute positively to the meaningful exchange of ideas that is the hallmark of a great university campus. We have a great respect for freedom of expression in Canada, as well as on our campus, and view it as a fundamental freedom, as recognized by our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

I would, however, like to inform you, or perhaps remind you, that our domestic laws, both provincial and federal, delineate freedom of expression (or "free speech") in a manner that is somewhat different than the approach taken in the United States. I therefore encourage you to educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here.

You will realize that Canadian law puts reasonable limits on the freedom of expression. For example, promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges. Outside of the criminal realm, Canadian defamation laws also limit freedom of expression and may differ somewhat from those to which you are accustomed. I therefore ask you, while you are a guest on our campus, to weigh your words with respect and civility in mind.

There is a strong tradition in Canada, including at this university, of restraint, respect and consideration in expressing even provocative and controversial opinions and urge you to respect that Canadian tradition while on our campus. Hopefully, you will understand and agree that what may, at first glance, seem like unnecessary restrictions to freedom of expression do, in fact, lead not only to a more civilized discussion, but to a more meaningful, reasoned and intelligent one as well.

I hope you will enjoy your stay in our beautiful country, city and campus.

Sincerely,
Francois Houle,
Vice-President Academic and Provost, University of Ottawa

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

20070305 Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder


Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder

http://www.examiner.com/blogs/tapscotts_copy_desk/2007/3/5/Time-to-Give-Coulter-the-Cold-Shoulder

March 5th, 2007

Not to beat a dead horse, but I continue to be annoyed with Ann Coulter’s behavior at CPAC recently. Read: 20070303 Ann Coulter comment on Edwards is reprehensible and 20070303 Ann Coulter comment on Edwards is reprehensible and Crablaw’s “In Re Coulter.”

But I did not express myself as well as Mark Tapscott did in “Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder.”

I wrote to Crablaw the other day:

What Ann Coulter said was yet another polarizing distraction to what has compounded to be a major annoyance and she and her ilk are certainly not productive in all of us coming together to face the challenges in our nation and in our society. Yes, she should apologize, but for me, that will not even be good enough as I have grown convinced that manifestations of her garbage mouth are not situational – but systemic.

Perhaps it is time we ignored this irresponsible element in our public discourse.

Apparently the continuum of thought is also along the lines of its “Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder.”

Reading Mr. Tapscott’s blog post will be time well spent.

He included a must read: “An Open Letter to CPAC Sponsors and Organizers Regarding Ann Coulter.”

It began with thoughts I wholeheartedly endorse:

“Conservatism treats humans as they are, as moral creatures possessing rational minds and capable of discerning right from wrong. There comes a time when we must speak out in the defense of the conservative movement, and make a stand for political civility. This is one of those times.

[…]

CPAC sponsors, the Age of Ann has passed. We, the undersigned, request that CPAC speaking invitations no longer be extended to Ann Coulter. Her words and attitude simply do too much damage.

You will miss way too much if you do not read all of Mr. Tapscott’s remarks and the entire letter signed by an impressive array of “Credentialed CPAC 2007 Bloggers.”

Mr. Tapscott’s post can be found here: Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder.”

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Monday, March 05, 2007

20070304 CPAC, Blumenthal, Malkin, Coulter and politics as a contact sport


CPAC, Blumenthal, Malkin, Coulter and politics as a contact sport

March 4th, 2007


I had wanted to go to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC last weekend.

Time is not my friend and in hindsight I haven’t a clue as to how I could’ve done it. Nevertheless, grazing through the blogs I came across a video of the event that Max Blumenthal had put together. I found it on the Maryland Federation of College Democrats web site.

If you’d like to know more about Max Blumenthal go here for a brief bio and list of his pieces in “The Nation.” I cannot refer you to his blog because it has lots of “unpleasant words…”

It appears that he is a one-person cottage industry in the pursuit of painting Republicans in a profoundly unbearable - undesirable light – And I guess there’s the rub.

And he seems to have had some success in doing that.

Michelle Malkin was less than pleased to see Mr. Blumenthal at CPAC. She wrote:

“Interlude: Two punks from The Nation with a camera stopped by my book signing to ambush me about In Defense of Internment. Have they bothered to read the book? No. I look forward to their butchering of my comments and the predictable unhinged reaction.”

Mr. Blumenthal wrote:

“I met concentration camp enthusiast Michelle Malkin at her book signing at CPAC today. I merely asked her to autograph this photo and she launched into a prolonged hysterical rant at the lens of our video camera. From the looks of what she wrote on her blog, Malkin is not looking forward to seeing video of the encounter…”

Later Mr. Blumenthal added in a post titled, “CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary:”

The video is finally ready! I’m having trouble embedding it on WordPress so just click here to view it.

A preview:


Michelle Malkin goes unhinged and launches a hysterical tirade into the lens of our camera. I ask Ann “John Edwards is a (My redact)” Coulter why she isn’t the same person on Sunday morning as on Sunday night. Tom Tancredo fanatics lose their cool when asked about connection between race and immigration, then try to conceal their neo-Confederate paraphenalia(sic). a curiously pale black Republican explains why black Republicans can’t get elected. Bob Barr, Grover Norquist and “Flipper,” the anti-Romney dolphin, discuss the conservative movement. I receive a special gift from David Horowitz…and much, much more!

Then later yet, Mr. Blumenthal writes, “Language police chief Michelle Malkin calls me an “(my redact).” Wait, who’s unhinged again?”

Looks like Ms. Malkin and Mr. Blumenthal won’t be exchanging Christmas cards anytime soon.

Of course with Ann Coulter’s reprehensible remark at the Conservative Political Action Conference, perhaps it really isn’t that hard to paint Republicans in an unpleasant light.

Speaking of Ms. Coulter’s unfortunate remarks, Michelle Malkin has weighed in. I’ll put her remarks in a footnote so that some of my friends who do not care to go to her site can read them absent any philosophical trauma.[1]

I’m just not sure what to make of the video. I sorta-kinda viewed it with an eye for “how not to conduct oneself” with someone with whom I have political disagreements. I believe that when working with someone who disagrees with me – that’s the time to turn on the charm, be profoundly polite and make sure that we can all go out and have a soda afterwards.

And I guess that is what is lacking in politics these days.

To be certain, Mr. Blumenthal is a “brave” person. I would be profoundly uncomfortable at a Cindy Sheehan rally or if I were to attend the YearlyKos Convention[2] with the specific agenda and purpose of gathering only information that paints Democrats in an unpleasant light.

Perhaps I wouldn’t be uncomfortable? Then again hopefully the professionalism simply would take over and I’d report upon the event straight down the middle. Whatever.


Of “left-wing conferences,” Michelle Malkin wrote:

CPAC's Friday night banquet honored many of these troops, along with modern civil rights leader Ward Connerly (who gave THE best, most eloquent, rousing, passionate, stalwart, and courageous speech of the entire conference), and other conservative leaders. After the dinner, journalist/happy warrior Joel Mowbray quipped to me:

"At
left-wing conferences, you leave hating America. At right-wing conferences, you leave loving America."

Well, if you’d like another point of view – and I always do - - Mr. Blumenthal’s video came be found here. It certainly has some cringe worthy moments. I’d love to find a video with another point of view from Mr. Blumenthal’s.




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[1] Enter Ann Coulter.

Her "
(My redact)" joke was not just a distraction from all the good that was highlighted and represented at the conference. It was the equivalent of a rhetorical fragging--an intentionally-tossed verbal grenade that exploded in her own fellow ideological soldiers' tent.

There are countless conservatives who bring their children to CPAC. It's a family-friendly event. I brought mine last year and the year before. I met several parents with their kids there this year. We expect CPAC to be a place where conservative role models speak with clarity, passion, and integrity. There are enough spewers of mindless filth, vulgarity, and hatred on TV, at the movies, and in the public schools. We don't expect our children to be exposed to that garbage at the nation's preeminent conservative gathering.

I was in the back of the ballroom and did not see any children in the audience during Coulter's speech. But what if there had been?

Would you want your children hearing the word "faggot" spoken in such a casual and senseless manner? Would you like your first-grader or three-year-old running around the halls of CPAC singing "(my redact)?" Not me. Not anymore than I'd like my toddler singing
"(my redack)" or "(My redack)"--favored epithets hurled at conservative minorities by leftist haters groping around in their empty intellectual quivers. There were hundreds of young conservative college students in the ballroom. Would you be proud of your college-age daughter spewing such epithets in her campus debates with leftists?

With a single word, Coulter sullied the hard work of hundreds of CPAC participants and exhibitors and tarred the collective reputation of thousands of CPAC attendees. At a reception for college students held by the Young America's Foundation, I lambasted the substitution of stupid slurs for persuasion-- be it "(My redact)" from a conservative or " (My redact)" from a liberal--and urged the young people there to conduct themselves at all times with dignity in their ideological battles on and off campus.

I made something else explicitly clear: Not all of us treat the communication of conservative ideals and ideas as 24/7 performance art. You can and should use humor to convey your message. You can enlighten and entertain--without becoming a tired old schtick. You can joke without becoming the joke.


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Sunday, March 04, 2007

20070303 Ann Coulter comment on Edwards is reprehensible

Ann Coulter’s comment about John Edwards is reprehensible.

March 3rd, 2007

And speaking of “20070303 The Pillage Idiot says” and “$)*%&#@(&!” - - whether it was a bad joke poorly delivered or whatever – Ann Coulter’s use of a slur to describe presidential hopeful John Edwards is reprehensible.

Click here to see Ann Coulter's controversial comments on John Edwards.

Or just click: “Ann Coulter uses slur to describe John Edwards @ CPAC

There are plenty of polite and even colorful words available to disagree with the positions and views of presidential hopeful John Edwards.

Ms. Ann Coulter unnecessarily gave Mr. Edwards relevancy (see “John Edwards Hopes to Raise 'Coulter Cash' After Commentator's … Comment”) when she resorted to using a slur in her Conservative Political Action Conference presentation to describe the person that is John Edwards.

Disagreeing with his views provides more than ample fodder for discussion but attacking him as a person is off the table and cries out for an apology.

Until she apologizes, I certainly hope that Fox News and “Townhall.com” drops her from their repertoire.

Ann Coulter uses slur to describe John Edwards @ CPAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx9Bi3C4rs8

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