Coulter, Buchanan…What’s the Difference?

I meant to mention this the other day.

While Fausta was in Miami, we happened to discuss Ann Coulter. And boy, did we turn out to be on the same frequency. Fausta mentioned one of Acidman’s buddies, and I said I feared I had alienated some members of that crew by criticizing Ann Coulter’s slurs. There are a few men on the web who idolize Coulter and feel they have to defend her at all costs, and they are probably too dumb to understand that you can’t do the GOP any good by calling people “total fag,” “faggot,” “camel jockey,” or “tent merchant” in the national media. That is not going to win us converts or votes.

Before I could fully explain my thoughts, Fausta started telling me how she went to CPAC and signed a petition trying to get Coulter’s “official speaker” endorsement revoked. She said she was watching TV with some other bloggers, and they saw Coulter call John Edwards a faggot, and immediately, the petition materialized. I believe that’s what she said. And when Fausta told me her opinion of Coulter, it was like listening to my own words. The basics? All she cares about is selling books; the GOP and the United States can go pound sand. And Coulter raises a hell of a lot of money for Democrat candidates.

Glad to hear I’m not alone, and that a lot of other conservatives have reached exactly the same conclusions I did, with no input from me.

I know what it’s like to say something stupid and over the top, but I also know how to admit it, and that appears to be a lesson Ms. Coulter will never learn. I have never seen her apologize or admit fault in the slightest degree, and I’ll bet I never will. That is one of the most serious character flaws a person can have, and it’s enough to prevent me from taking her seriously, regardless of how good the bulk of her writing is. It puts her in the grey area between “pundit” and “sideshow act.” And that is a waste.

But she’s rich, so Mission Accomplished, I guess.

She’s like Pat Buchanan. Brilliant guy, but he hates Jews, so to hell with his books. I can’t believe they still put him on TV panels.

I guess everyone knows Victor Davis Hanson recently handed Buchanan his own ass, brutally and decisively. More like, Hanson lifted Buchanan’s ass over his head and used it to hammer him into the ground. As Critical Bill might have put it, Hanson:Buchanan as Godzilla:Japan. It just goes to show that brains are worthless if you can’t see past your own biases.

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I found a blogger who has written up the CPAC story. Even watery old Glenn Reynolds signed the petition. His signature was probably the longest piece of writing he had done in a month.

Here’s the entry.

I did not realize Coulter had used the word “raghead” at CPAC in 2006. I have to revise my opinion of her, downward. The woman is an utter idiot.

CPAC rejected her this year, based on her atrocious past behavior. The toothless mullet-wearers who hate me for criticizing Coulter need to start insulting CPAC, too.