Why I love Ann Coulter.
Thank god for Ann Coulter. Her most recent controversial comments regarding some 911 widows have drawn harsh criticism from all sides, but mainly from lefties. Her main point was lost in the hoopla surrounding one line: "I have never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much", referring to their notoriety. I'm certain that she didn't mean they would prefer not to have their husbands. Her point was, that the left likes to use "untouchables" to make political points that subsequently cannot be responded to, or you risk being seen as attacking a victim. Brilliant tactic, especially if you are hiding an agenda. The activists/widows Coulter was referring to are: Kristin Breitweiser, Patty Casazza, Mindy Kleinberg and Lori Van Auken. I did a search for each woman individually and came upon some very interesting information. Each woman believes that the attacks on 9/11 could have been prevented and they pin the blame on the Bush administration, which at that point had only been in charge for less than a year. Not one of these women had any questions or criticisms for anyone from the previous administration, who as we all know had the opportunity to get Bin Laden and had terrorist attacks on their watch as well. They are suggesting, through hindsight, that the attacks could have been prevented by looking at clues accumulated after the fact and using that evidence to prove that only the Bush administration was negligent. These women are liberal activists of the same ilk as Cindy Sheehan. If you don't believe me, read what Kristin Breitweiser wrote on the Huffington Post here. If that's not enough, how about this juicy little quote from Lorie Van Auken from an appearance on Hardball with Chris Matthews: "We also know that people stopped flying domestically. Ashcroft stopped flying. Pentagon officials stopped flying. They were warned not to fly on September 11th. We think San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown was told not to fly." And no one is supposed to question statements like that? Coulter was merely stating the truth, all political commentary is subject to criticism, even if it comes from the mouth of a widow, she just did it Ann Coulter style.
posted by Mike @ Saturday, June 10, 2006
8 Comments:
How long exactly does an administration have to be in office before it becomes responsible for our national security. Should the Bush administration have received a one-year free pass? Or does an administration only become accountable once it hits lame duck status? The funny thing about the presidency is that once you're sworn in to that office, it all rests on you. When you're the most powerful man in the world you don't get a honeymoon.
Is Ann Coulter in some sort of competition with Mary Kate and Ashley Olson. Eat a sandwich Ann.
1st anonymous, Clinton had an 8 year free pass. The first attack on the WTC, the USS Cole and the US embassy bombing in Kenya and Tanzania were all under his watch. His complete lack of significant action for 8 years is what allowed the attacks on September 11th to happen. Does Bush get a free pass? next to Reagan and Nixon he has to be the most attacked president in my memory. Did his administration make mistakes? Yes, but by the standards set by the libs, he should have known which foreigners to arrest, the exact moment to arrest them and where they would be at the time they needed to be arrested. Did anyone hold Clinton to that standard?
Wes,
Typical liberal hogwash. The comment Coulter made was in reference to the enjoyment of the notoriety they recieved as a result of their husbands deaths, not enjoyment of the deaths themselves. The main point was the propensity of of the left to use Cindy Sheehan types (grieving mothers, widows) to cover their agenda. Any response to these the political comments by these people is seen as attacking a victim.
Monday, June 12, 2006
As always, the Left live by a totally different set of standards (or lack thereof). Think of it as a "living moral code" much like their idea of a "living Constitution". Something that can be adjusted and tweeked to suit their own agendas.
When the Left was chanting how evil President Bush was for not having a sit-down with Cindy Sheehan, they conveniently forgot that she had already met with him once earlier. How many people get to have a meeting with the President any time they want?
Now when I say that I believe Cindy Sheehan to be a media whore the Left would say that I am making a disparaging sexual remark. But I'm not. . and she is. They pick only the parts they want to focus on, regardless whether it totally distorts the facts. To the rest of us who actually read books (entire books), Ann is alright. Alright indeed.
The Four Widows of the Apocalypse, along with others like their Überdoppelganger, Mother-freaking Sheehan, do not deserve a bye on criticism because of some special status conferred by the loss of their loved ones.
Look. It's just typical of people who cannot reason that they make *ad hominem* arguments a staple. Coulter simply pointed out, in her patented metacommentary style, that the Loony Left Moonbat Brigade, the Mass Media Podpeoples' Army and their ilk are simply using a twist on *ad hominem* argumentation by reserving untouchable status for those who
1.) Have suffered a tragedy and
2.) Agree with the Moonbat/Podpeople Hivemind
Note that both conditions must apply to recieve untouchable status from the Hivemind.
N.B. in case someone dropping by reads *ad hominem* and thinks it refers to name calling, the classic *ad hominem* argument the Moonbat/Podpeople twist/invert is this: arguing that because of a moral (or intellectual or social status, etc.) defect in the person making an argument, therefore the argument itself must be wrong. By flipping this into a special, unassailable status, the Moonbat/Podpeople Hivemind makes the same logical error. Coulter simple exposes such arguments by metacommentary: throws it in their faces with over-the-top nearly parallel statements inverting the values. Only "nearly" parallel because Coulter always makes them in a context that explains what she's doing... if the person reading/hearing her has the brains of a gnat and isn't blinded by preconceptual bias.
Mike, typical leftie comments - "do as I say, not as I do." Ann Coulter may be blunt, direct, say things other people think, but she's usually accurate. The truth hurts (liberals).
Hello, I do not agree with the previous commentator - not so simple
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