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Ann Coulter Has A Lot of Nerve

By: westcoastpatriette (Diary)  |  November 7th, 2012 at 10:34 PM  | 

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I cannot believe what I just read.  Ann Coulter has completely and permanently lost all my respect.

Not only was she one of the most vocal pushers-of-Romney-down-our-throats during the primary, now she has the audacity to write an article defending Romney to the hilt and practically daring anyone to criticize him in any fashion.

But the final straw in the piece was her cutting insults of those of us who don’t think we should allow babies to be murdered in the womb.

You can see for yourself here:  http://www.humanevents.com/2012/11/07/ann-coulter-dont-blame-romney/

She needs to be exposed as one of the main reasons we lost this election so badly and thrown out of conservative circles.  She is not a conservative, feels no remorse for the role she played in pushing a liberal from Massachusetts on us and now we know clearly that she feels no qualms whatsoever about insulting pro-lifers.

Goodbye, Ann.

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  • http://travismonitor.blogspot.com Freedoms Truth

    This is a lousy diary. If Ann Coulter said something wrong, tell us what she said wrong and why it’s wrong. Instead you just insult her half-cocked and dont even include the proper link to find out what she said.

    If she blamed Akin for Romney losing, well she’s wrong. But it’s not like that helped any. Just one of the bumps on the road.

    • westcoastpatriette

      Are you blind? Don’t know how to copy and paste?

      • runner12

        Or Google. It is your friend :) .

      • http://travismonitor.blogspot.com Freedoms Truth

        Dont you know how to write a diary that has quotes and links?

        Ann Coulter’s column was mostly cogent and correct. Prolife extremism has cost us several Senate seats now, and for what? NOTHING! US Senators dont even make that decision. It’s a sideshow pretend issue, one of those things that is mouthed and never acted upon.

        So why lose races spouting positions that only 20% of the voters agree with?

        You have yet to explain what words she said were wrong and why. Fix your diary.

        • avgjo

          Yeah, Coulter’s friggin’ brilliant. Pushed the RINO Romney, praised Chris ‘Krispy Kreme’ Christie as the future of the republican party (he was too busy crying over getting a call from that crap for brains ‘singer’ Springsteen and getting giddy over Obama and an airplane to think of his country. Really, swooning over a singer and an airplane? How old is this goof?). And now she suggests ceding more ground to the left. Yeah, that’s worked out so well.

          I wish Coulter and those of her ilk would join the left. Honestly.

          • westcoastpatriette

            Good to see you around these parts, avgjo. Haven’t seen you much since the redesign. Always enjoyed reading your comments.

            It’s hard to be anything but furious and depressed right now, huh? Times like these make me really question God…where is He in the middle of this mess? I have never seen so many people pray for this election to get leaders with integrity in office and it seems like God is ignoring our pleas. Disappointing time in America.

          • avgjo

            Good to hear from you, ma’am. I always enjoy your writing, and this post, concise and to the point, is no exception.

            Believe it or not, I’m actually not that depressed or furious. I hate to say it, but i expected Mitt to lose.

            It is disappointing. My pastor said the whole time he expected Obama to win, because America hasn’t learned her lesson yet. We had a prayer meeting the day after the election, and he said he believed that one day we will see a man, or woman, of God walk the halls of the White House, and the president tremble in fear of the Lord. He’s not the kind of guy to make statements like that – he’s a very grounded man, and was a practical, almost hard-nosed businessman for years before entering the ministry. When he speaks, I listen. I pray he’s right, and I hope you will too.

            By God’s grace, we’ll make it through this, and we might even come out on top. We need to right now ask Him for courage, clear and vigorous minds, and strength to fight.

            God Bless!

          • westcoastpatriette

            Thanks for sharing that. It’s good to hear how other Christians are processing this. I just heard a black man on a Christian show who says he is a Democrat Christian (an oxymoron, I thought) who is ecstatic with the reelection. We are living in strange times.

            God Bless you, too.

        • westcoastpatriette

          Drop dead, Freedoms Truth. Who the he** are you to go around demanding people write as you think they should? And when was the last time you wrote a diary? Never?

          What’s the matter with you, today? Are you a Coulter lover or something? Did my diary hit a raw nerve? Too bad.

    • runner12

      She did blame them solely, which is incorrect and very short-sighted of her. Her defense of Romney, with no substantive constructive criticism is equally wrong. But her point regarding Akin and Mourdock hurting the pro-life movement has some truth to it.

    • crimsonchampion

      A link is included in the article. I just copy/pasted the link and read Coulter’s article. Did you read the ENTIRE diary before responding?

  • GremlinJones

    Coulter is an idiot

  • runner12

    I read the article and I agree with you that her defense of Romney is stupid and short-sided. If she cannot admit that Team Romney ran a wretched GOTV campaign, no one should ever listen to her again. If they do, we will experience more elections like this.

    I equally disagree with her that the sole reason Romney lost was Akin and Murdock. Romney did not do a good job of reaching out to Latinos and other minorities. This cost him big-time. His intention not to even try to reach the “47%” was a big mistake.

    Where I think Coulter has a point, is when she states that Akin and Murdock hurt the pro-life movement. Because they did. Especially Akin. He basically embodied the negative stereo-types of pro-life individuals. Even Michelle Malkin ripped him a new one. Murdock’s was not quite as egregious, but still very insensitive. I do not think we should exclude people from running who believe in pro-life with no exceptions. But we must require them to be able to either articulate their points with clarity and brevity, not ignorance.

    • westcoastpatriette

      She goes way beyond criticizing Akin and Mourdock to defending murdering babies in the womb. That’s unforgivable. And putting down those of us who are opposed to it.

      • runner12

        In fairness, I think she was just stating her opinion that abortion will never be outlawed in the case of rape or incest. She criticized what she thought was “purist bravado” on the part of Akin and Mourdock. Which I think is unfair to Mourdock.

        I do think she was dismissive of those who oppose abortion in all cases and was rather rude about it. What is worse, she is focusing on a very small issue and ignoring the flawed, outdated GOTV Team Romney ran. Maybe she should read Ryun’s diary. She might learn something.

        BTW, never been a big Coulter fan. Too obnoxious for me. Between her defense of Christie and her use of the word “retard” (and defending it) I am no longer surprised at anything she does.

        • http://travismonitor.blogspot.com Freedoms Truth

          Ed Rogers says “there’s a fine line between principled fiscal conservatism, which he supports, and politically suicidal dogmatism, which leads to candidates like Akin and Mourdock. “We have an angry fist-shaking caucus that says losing with purity is better than winning with nuance, which is crazy,”

          • runner12

            Here is the problem. Romney ran on fiscal conservatism…and lost. So pointing the circular firing squad at social conservatives does not hold water this time around. We need to expand our tent, not start kicking people out.

            We must look deeper at the real issues which are: Fielding good candidates who have been educated in how to deal with the media, modernizing our GOTV operations, and reaching out to minorities who share our social values and explaining how fiscal conservatism and limited government helps them. If we do not do these things, we will continue to lose.

      • http://travismonitor.blogspot.com Freedoms Truth

        huh? Again, quote please. What did she say that has you flipped out?

  • kipling

    Coulter cannot simply admit she was wrong on Romney. She pushed Romney. He failed. She pushed Christie. He turned idiot or traitor. She has no credibility left and so she must find a scapegoat to blame the loss on to save her reputation. She lost my respect when she started shilling for money with the homosexual marriage crowd.

  • commonsenseobserver

    The attacks on Romney are stupid. Just get over it. We didn’t get a better choice, and he was our best bet, a man who matched the moment, and it’s more our loss than his or the establishment’s that he didn’t win, because he would have been an infinitely better President than that incompetent nincompoop of a tax-and-spend socialist.

    And Akin and Mourdock were just distractions.

    I don’t like Coulter, but I respect Mitt and Paul for their effort.

    • runner12

      Donald Duck would be a better POTUS than Obama. I do not think anyone wants to critique Romney personally. I think his tone was good overall and he did fight hard to win. Unfortunately, the establishment ( yes, it is on them ) continued to run a wretched ground game, outsourcing to PACs who used outdated methods. They also failed to reach out to minorities, which cost us the election.

      Romney probably would have won with a better GOTV strategy and focusing on reaching out to minorities.

      • commonsenseobserver

        Now that is more reasonable.

        I’m starting to sympathize with McCain, though, at this rate, and perhaps the Hobbit label was not that bad a choice for some. No offense to principled Conservatives who actually help constructively.

        • runner12

          The Hobbit label was stupid, as it was meant to be insulting. When anyone with a cursory knowledge of literature knows tha Hobbits are the heroes of the tale.

    • westcoastpatriette

      In case you can’t read, the diary was primarily criticizing Ann Coulter, but since you seem to have a knee-jerk reaction to anyone who has anything negative to say about your boy Romney, maybe it’s time for you to get used to a lot of conservatives who have had their fill of being told to shut up, get in line and bow to the RINO traitors in the party.

      When I want your advice, commonsenseoberserver, I’ll ask for it. In the meantime, get over yourself.

      • funwithknives

        As much as I enjoy Annie’s ‘snark’, she is way, way off base here, in this humble responder’s view.
        We lost due to flaccidity, muddled messaging and (when it comes right down to it) the increasing lack of awareness to many (Boobus Americanii) , that Barry is tragically wrong for this country. The Gimmes and The Takers played a huge part in this, and Gettin’ Free Stuff was a powerful, intoxicating draw.
        Please, remember ‘The Obama Money Crowd’ here in Detroit, and the number of Rules and Laws that were shredded to get the applicants their enrollment papers. Conservatives hereabouts will never forget this charade and often role-play it for effect.
        “When Peter pays Paul, Paul never puts His Hand Down….” was never more true than Tuesday,last.
        You Tell it, WCP, and never hit your brakes. The accelerator is called The Loud Pedal for a damned good reason,…and you’re driving just fine and dandy.

        • westcoastpatriette

          funwithknives…I’m starting to believe that at this juncture in history, for a whole host of reasons, no one we put up could have beat the O. And we really have no one to blame but ourselves.

          But still, a huge part of our problem is the establishment RINOs. For the sake of the election, I stuffed the resentment over having Romney pushed on us by the power-players and did my best to get behind him because it was the only choice we had and as weak as he was, he would have been way better than the O.

          But now that the game is over, Coulter’s arrogant article blew the cap off of my rage at the establishment for treating us like crap all the time. And now, I meant what I said about Coulter. I used to enjoy her snark and thought of her as an ally, but no more.

  • commonsenseobserver

    Oh, yes, and ORCA happened not to live up to expectations. So the ground game was weak. Does that make it necessary for us to unleash a hail of attacks on a decent, smart man?

    • runner12

      Weak? It was pathetic.

      • commonsenseobserver

        Well, don’t blame me, who voted for Rick Santorum?

        And, no, coordination with Super-PACs is illegal.

        • runner12

          Not moi. I voted for Perry :) .

  • http://travismonitor.blogspot.com Freedoms Truth

    I had a different reaction to Coulter’s column.

    Agreement: The GOP primary was a train wreck. In some ways, its
    surprising we survived and had a candidate and campaign at all.

    Disagreement: Romney, yes, would have made a great President but he ran a
    poor campaign. Kind of like a Kerry/Dukakis level one (Note to self:
    Quit helping Massachusetts politicians get elected.)

    “Obama started running anti-Romney ads in Ohio before the Republican
    primaries were even over. Noticeably, Romney’s negatives were sky-high
    in Ohio, but not in demographically similar states like Pennsylvania.”

    Duh, yeah. So the solution was simple: RESPOND. Romney didnt, and his
    super-PAC allies didnt. Mistake. Romney campaign made a number of
    blunders like that, and were strangely passive vs Obama at times when
    being aggressive would help, and when Romney WAS aggressive and on fire like debate #1 – boom – he took the lead.

    Here’s what Romney needed and didnt do: Better GOTV, responded in the
    summer to obama’s attacks, release his returns, a better convention, go
    hammer-and-tong to tie Obama to bad economy, him not saying 47%, and
    not getting Sandy Interruptus … and we’d be talking about President
    Romney.

    Oh yeah, and Akin keeping his trap shut wouldnt hurt.

    • westcoastpatriette

      This is a lousy comment. Did you bother to read the diary? It was primarily about Ann Coulter not about how Romney ran his campaign. Go read it again and come down off your know-it-all high horse. Or better yet, why don’t you write your own diaries if you think you are sooo qualified to critique others?

  • tngal

    I like my pundits to be aggressive, so I like most of the guys like Rush, Savage. Glenn isn’t so in-your-face, but still good. Ann just comes across b**chy a lot and she’s not conservative. More moderate. And arrogant. Maulkin’s good, though.

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