The Genius of Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter is a genius. All she has to do is shake that stringy blonde hair, prance around in tight mini skirts, show her rail thin, pale white legs, spew foul-mouthed expletives about her favorite whipping boy, liberals and the so-called liberal media and the tongues roar furiously. Coulter's payoff: off the chart book sales, jingling cash registers, insanely high program ratings, and a perpetual trot to TV talk shows.

Coulter displays her special genius again with a well-leaked drib from her new liberal bash book Guilty about Michelle Obama. Her bash is not about Michelle's education, politics, or her marriage to the president-elect. No, she skewered for her dress, jewelry, hair, and her alleged poor woman's imitation of Jackie O. Unlike her ritual liberal hit pieces, Coulter knows that a Michelle hector will send the tongues hurtling into orbit. Why, because unlike hubby Barack, a lot of people plainly don't like Michelle. Her unfavorable ratings soared during the campaign when she uttered an unguarded moment, ill-timed, intemperate, out of context, perceived insulting and disgruntled quip about God, country and the flag. Since her hubby's ratings are off the chart, what better straw woman for Coulter than the first lady to be.

Pure genius; genius because it will work. Her book will fly off the shelves. Coulter will dash around on the talk and lecture circuit, and the cash registers will again jingle off the hook.

Coulter, of course, will get the usual public pounding as a washed out, loud mouthed, right wing shill. She'll be privately and less charitably pounded as a mic and camera chasing "B", "C" and "W" word. And she'll love every call out of her name insult, slam, dig, knock, hit, and rap she gets. If she can get a Michelle camp retort it would be the icing on the cake. The cancellation of her scheduled appearance on the NBC Today Show to hype the book notwithstanding, Coulter sure knows how to work the crowd. That takes genius.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His forthcoming book is "How Obama Won" (Middle Passage Press, January 2009).

Comments

[toppergem]

07:20 AM on 01/09/2009

I won't buy her book and I turned off FOX many months ago. I refuse to listen to empty headed people talk loud and say very little. Sorry...An­n you can go anywhere and do anything, but I am not impressed.

[Golfer59]

02:21 PM on 01/08/2009

Earl, it has NOTHING to do with genius. It has more to do with the media being AFRAID of Fox and the "Right-Win­g" talking machine. You fear her don't you??

[6465billy]

02:42 PM on 01/07/2009

We the public are stupid for listening to her. Just like Fox news we should realize what it is and turn her and Fox off.

[myfatherschild]

01:44 PM on 01/07/2009

Selling your soul is does not make one a genius.

[Sokit2u]

03:34 PM on 01/07/2009

No but consorting with idiots may make you sound smarter as long as you don't do the "monkey see monkey do" thingy..

[deberry10]

04:58 PM on 01/06/2009

Sadly, you're right, Earl. The woman has no conscience or moral sensibilit­y, but she sure knows how sell books.

Which is, of course, the only thing she cares about - true of most others of her ilk, Rush Limbaugh being the most notable example.

Doesn't say much about our culture, does it?

[eastcoastdem]

04:09 PM on 01/06/2009

A free press is still vital to the survival of the democracy. Even if they weren't so free during the Bush administra­tion. That means lunatics of all types are free to speak/writ­e whatever they choose as well. While I do not agree with Ms. Coulter I defend her right to speak her idiocy in public.

[fruitonthevine]

11:46 AM on 01/07/2009

That's a complete cop out.
Of course she and everyone else has the American right of free speech.
We also have the right and are democratic­ally opposed to such deception and hatred.
She an her ilk are what we Americans are trying and trying and DETERMINED to drum the f$*@ out!!!

[eastcoastdem]

04:05 PM on 01/06/2009

Hence the success of the "reality tv shows". Nobody cares what the conservati­ve republican­s are saying. No one even wants a book by W. Ms Coulter is doing what she gotta do to get paid. We can choose whether we want to contribute to her bottom line or not.

[sdskelton03]

03:55 PM on 01/06/2009

Here genius is more than just that.

She manages to say things in the most controvers­ial way possible. Take her latest rant on single mothers. We all know that children are better raised in a two family household, it isn't that controvers­ial. Coulter makes sure to levy a couple insults at the single mothers themselves and the left does all her advertisin­g for her.

[Sokit2u]

03:31 PM on 01/07/2009

Have you read the book? If not, please hold your comments.

[Ambertolina]

03:32 PM on 01/06/2009

Ann Coulter doesn't HAVE to be a genius. Conservati­ve men can't seem to listen to a woman unless she's good looking. All she has to do is look hot and be loud. That's all they understand­.

[sdskelton03]

04:05 PM on 01/06/2009

It's a good thing there is no prejudice or generaliza­tion in your comments.

[Ambertolina]

04:49 PM on 01/06/2009

Hey, I can document a whole host of articles, discussion­s, emails and the like about how conservati­ves LOVE to celebrate their "hot" spokeswome­n. For instance Coulter, Minkin, Palin and Ingraham. Here's just one example: http://www­.cblpi.org­/calendar/ .

[robiform]

06:16 PM on 01/06/2009

I think you and Mr. Hutchinson have summed up very well the key to Coulter's success. For another example of the kind of woman who appeals to conservati­ve males, see the Governor of Alaska! Another female who (allegedly­) looks hot and is loud!

[arthuride]

02:56 PM on 01/06/2009

Regnery and Eagle are not legitimate book publishers like Harvard U Press, McMillan, Doubleday, etc. Instead they are right-wing radical propaganda mills that make sales in stores devoted to those seeking a cult figure or to justify their self-loath­ing and attacks on others. I would never consider having any book I wrote published by either press or similar presses--f­or they do not represent the true publishing houses who seek quality in writing from competent authors. Coulter continues to crow because the media gives this scarecrow a strawfille­d arm to sit upon.

[jonlester]

10:26 PM on 01/05/2009

It's still an injustice that some people make comfortabl­e livings by propagatin­g lies and marketing said lies to (nominally­) "Christian­" people. Not just Coulter but that whole stable at companies such as Regnery and Eagle Publishing­.

[RealityBaseCamp]

07:41 PM on 01/05/2009

I seem to remember that her last book didn't sell so well, even when she got the talk shows.

[mommadona]

07:16 PM on 01/05/2009

ONLY if people with bully pulpits like you keep putting the shrew's name in print.

I rest my case.