Ann of a Thousand Slurs

I'm shocked! No, outraged!

Ann Coulter, the extreme right-wing motormouth who insults everyone left of Ghengis Kahn, is being harassed.

A greeting card delivered to her home that read, "You self-aggrandizing sociopath! The only thing left after a nuclear war are you and cockroaches." A phone message saying, "Hey, Ann, now that you've moved to Florida and you're in your 40s, did you know that you can join the Florida National Guard? You love war until you have to put your own a** on the line. I don't call that patriotism. I call it cowardice."

And more. You get the idea.

So upset by all this was the Goddess with the flaxen hair that she's had the local property appraiser remove the address of her $1.2 million home in Palm Beach, Florida, from public records.

According to that fount of scholarly discourse, Newsmax, Coulter's is one of 2,674 properties in Palm Beach County whose owners are confidential in property appraiser records. Homeowners seeking anonymity must submit an affidavit stating why they believe they require it. Exemptions are made for people in occupations that could make them targets -- including police officers, judges, prosecutors, and child abuse investigators -- and for victims of domestic violence, stalking, or harassment.

I guess "harassment" would be Annie's beef.

Oh, the shame of it all! To think that such things could happen in a country that so values reason and civil discourse! Whose politics are steeped in the laudable tradition of listening respectfully to views not our own, of making that special effort to walk in someone else's shoes.

Surely, there can be no more perfect poster child for our devotion to these values than Annie-Get-Your-Gun Coulter. No better example of reason on steroids.

One has only to quickly peruse the titles of Annie's books to confirm her dedication to walking the high road: If Democrats Had Any Brains They'd Be Republicans, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must).

Or read some of the quotes from her recent columns and speeches:

On Jews: "We just want Jews to be perfected, as they say." --arguing that it would be better if we "were all Christian."

On terrorists: Or, in responding to terrorists "we should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."

On women: "I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote. No, they all have to give up their vote, not just, you know, the lady clapping and me. The problem with women voting -- and your Communists will back me up on this -- is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care."

On Liberals: "With their infernal racial set-asides, racial quotas, and race norming, liberals share many of the Klan's premises. The Klan sees the world in terms of race and ethnicity. So do liberals! Indeed, liberals and white supremacists are the only people left in America who are neurotically obsessed with race...."

On John Edwards: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I -- so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."

Predictably, I don't agree with Ms. C. all that often. And my guess is that she wouldn't agree with too many of my views either. Except one: The free speech part of the Constitution.

Because without it, she wouldn't be living in a confidential Palm Beach mansion.

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Comments

[OckhamsElectricRazor]

Scoundrels like Coulter, Beck, Imus, O'Reilly, etc. will predictably spew their venom in whatever forum provided. They have always existed in America media throughout our history. They have gained prominence by the deliberate abandonment of any civic duty or responsibility to inform the public on the part of the media bosses. The news and public affairs media is now run by businessmen who will say or do anything to increase market share. These people probably dont even remember the time when stewardship of the public airways was considered a sacred priveledge; and standards of fair play and good taste actually existed.

It is time to highlight the enablers--those companies and people who sponsor such reprehensible muck mongers. Coulter and the rest of the muck mongers are creations by and for the media. They spew their venom, not out of conviction or to further any particular cause, but to make money for themselves and to guest on other programs to increase market share for these media programs. Their success is manufactured in the same way as with Britney and Paris. Their popularity are nurtured and pimped into media bubbles of ratings and revenue. The losers are the US public and American democracy.

For example, Coulter's commentary on Jews on CNBC was a taped interview. The show's producers and its Jewish host made the deliberate decision to air that trash knowing full well its content. Freedom of Speech is one thing. Editorial leadership and good taste is quite another. It would be wrong to mistake Coulter's prostituting her glibness for serious social commentary. Media producers should be also held accountable for sponsoring segments with no redeeming social value.

[FirstShirt]

Freedom of speech is our strength, not our weakness. Ann attacks the idiocy not only of the left but the right. Everyone is free game. The thought police of this blog obviously have a problem with that.

[Merg]

It's probably a very good thing for her to be afraid since she has apent a career making enemies....chickens home to roost and all that. May she have many sleepless nights.

[dogman44]

The bimbo really cherishes her right to free speech. It's your's she doesn't like. As a matter of fact she/it doesn't think OUR constitution should apply to any other but her/its ilk. And they call us elitists!

[BlackJAC]

Is it any wonder why she's almost fifty years old and has never once been married?

[realitytrumpsbull]

I wanna see Dan put her money where her mouth
is on the war stuff and march her blonde butt
down to the US Army Recruiting Center.

Private Coulter can entertain us with her
own 'reality' show a la US Army, they can
get R. Lee Ermey to stand in as her personal
drill sergeant, by the time she leaves her
biceps will be bulging, and she WILL be
an expert shot, and she WILL be able to
sing cadence AND mop a floor properly and and
and. It'll be fun! It may even keep one of the
major network channels on the air...one
of the other channels can host
Saving Private Limbaugh(from himself)...
and then they can find all the rest of these
war profiteer enthusiasts who think it's such
a great idea to invade oil-bearing countries,
make a little platoon out of em, throw in
a couple Blackwater mercenaries, and then,
and then, when they're all set and ready,
then send the whole gaggle TO Iraq, and
good riddance. If you support the war,
like Coulter does and the rest of em claim
to, then you should be ready to put your
money where your mouth is, and pick up that
M-16 rifle, and get ON that C-130. If not,
put a sock in it, and find another hobby.
Matter of fact, on second thought, maybe
it's in everyone's best interest that she
NOT be in the service...still, Coulter's
Boot Camp would be good television!