Ann Colter Cover Girl

[Dr Ron]

From Light Up the Darkness--see post for pictures and links

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=740

I didn't get angry, as many liberals did, when Time made George Bush Person of the Year. After all, like him or hate him, he is a major player in all the governmental disasters we are now seeing. I found him as deserving of title as earlier winners, such as the one pictured here.

Bush on the cover makes sense. Ann Coulter (aka Ms. Right) does not. The article does touch on her weaknesses as a real pundit, informing readers that "People say that Jon Stewart has blurred the line between news and humor, but his Daily Show airs on a comedy channel. Coulter goes on actual news programs and deploys so much sarcasm and hyperbole that she sounds more like Dennis Miller than Limbaugh."

The article fails to fully describe the dishonesty and hatred seen in Coulter's work, but we do get a small taste of her bigotry:

"Coulter says profiling makes sense when Muslims have committed virtually all the terrorist attacks against Americans for the past 25 years—she begins a terrorism timeline in her latest book with Iranian militants taking Americans hostage in Tehran in 1979. She says of Timothy McVeigh's bombing in Oklahoma City, Okla., "One does not a pattern make." And why wouldn't al-Qaeda recruit white or black Americans? "It's harder than it sounds. You're increasing the transaction costs."

"It would be easier to accept Coulter's reasoning if a shadow of bigotry didn't attach to many of her statements about Arabs and Muslims. At the reception after her CPAC speech, she mocked some of the more ornate claims of torture from suspected terrorists detained by the U.S.: "It's completely insane stuff. 'The government flew me to Las Vegas and made me have sex with a horse,'" she said to laughter. But then she added with a grin, "Liberals are about to become the last people to figure out that Arabs lie." How did such a flagrantly impolitic person become such a force in our politics?"

People like Coulter who would have been ignored as an extremist kook in earlier years receive far more attention than they deserve. Placing her on the cover might sell a few more issues, but hardly is something Time should be proud of.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. I completely agree with you.

She is so full of hate and spews such vitriolic invective, I can't see how the right could possibly embrace her. Furthermore, she often has her facts wrong. Now, I know the right will argue that we have the same situation as Michael Moore, but the delivery of the message is what irritates me. I just can't stomach Ann Coulter. I wonder how she got to be such a national figure in the first place.

[donco6]

3. Moore is no comparison.

He at least tries to back up his arguments. Ann just doesn't give a shit if one of her "facts" are exposed. She's already moved down the highway and it becomes "old news."

[FreedomAngel82]

13. The reason why they do

is because they're just like her. They're hateful too just like she is. Remember when she insulted the marine and his wife?

[MADem]

2. The coup, apparently, is complete

That's beyond offensive. She goes way too far over the top. She isn't a newsmaker, she's a hatemonger. There IS a difference. Remember that 'kill 'em all and convert them to christianity" quote?

[Tesla]

6. The best line of the peice.

People like Coulter who would have been ignored as an extremist kook in earlier years receive far more attention than they deserve. Placing her on the cover might sell a few more issues, but hardly is something Time should be proud of.

She does what for a living???

[jedr]

8. somebody needed to say it...glad it was done!.......n/t

[Generator]

9. It is outrageous!

She is so representive of the average American woman isn't she?>sarcasm> especially the Right wing ones!

Never married, no children over 40 and expounding on how "evil" those feminists are. Yep...I'd say she needs to be converted to her own ideals..since she is not a nun that I'm aware of. Hypocrite. Either she is truly asexual or she's doing some dirty deeds.

And that quote should have shut her out of the business for life.

And on another thread we have people handwringing over the tiniest imperfections in a Dean quote.

The media is worthless and I say don't support this trash!

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Disgusting

How can you kill them and then convert them? Uh being dead might not help their "cause."

[Rush1184]

4. That is a scary photo...

Seriously, she looks creepy. Especially with the weird looking legs.

[WildEyedLiberal]

7. Maybe it's also the pointy black leather S&M shoes? n/t

[stray cat]

15. She reminds me of the villain on 101 dalmations

[XemaSab]

16. That picture looks like

anorexic "thinspiration."

[MessiahRp]

5. Yuck... look at her boney witch legs...

:puke:

God she makes me sick. How can any legitimate publication give her creedence in any form as some sort of legitimate political speaker. Even the people on the right disagree with her 90% of the time.

I'm tired of the media giving her time hoping the bullshit she spouts out will create enough shock value to get people to pay attention to them.

Rp

[Swamp Rat]

10. Adult stores can sell Coulter dolls and advertise in the back of magazines

[stray cat]

11. Anne Coulter as a representative of the right is a good thing

She should turn off any but the most radical wing of the republicans.

The image we want for the republicans are Tom Delay and Anne Coulter.

[burn the bush]

12. the cover pic looks like it might have been done with a wide angle

it kind of makes her look a little comical. All legs, no substance. If they did use a lens to give it a particular look, you can bet it was intentional. I can't get a good look at the pic, but it looks odd. Maybe it's just the angle, but she looks more like an Edith Ann sitting up on the big chair, then she does a mover and shaker of our times.

[Inland]

17. God help us, it looks like a "Basic Instinct" leg uncrossing is coming!

Don't want to see whatever surprise is in there!

[Dr Ron]

21. Especially as there may be teeth there n/t

[Dr Ron]

18. More on Ann Coulter

Public Service Warning

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=441

[Albert Cirrus]

19. Ann Coulter is insane

The problem is that too many people take coulter seriously. Like limbaugh, she just lies and slanders and never tells the truth.

[Dr Ron]

20. I'm not sure

I really wonder if people like Coulter really believe any of the nonsense they say, or if they just realize they found an easy way to make money. I bet for some it is an act.

Regardless of whether Coulter is a kook or believes what she says, or whether this is some sort of act to make a living off the right wingers, she is hardly deserving of being on the cover of Time--and certainly not deserving of any respect.

[BringEmOn]

22. "Can I super-size that for you?"

[RamboLiberal]

23. Time's email box must be getting hammered

I just got a message that my email couldn't be delivered to their letters to the editor box - mailbox full! Hah! Bet it's not compliments!