This news must be a real bummer for the political left, who have managed to convince themselves that they were given a “mandate” by the electorate for their dysfuntional ideological views in 2004.
I don’t think it took convincing. It pretty much is a fact (dysfunctional ideology or not) that the Democrats were given a mandate to remove the Republican stranglehold in Washington. Face it - the Republicans have screwed up royally.
She has gotta know that units deploying “fully mission capable” is not riding on the “technicality” of taking custody of heavy equipment “in theater” or anywhere else.
And this woman is for the troops? Spare me.
Michelle Malkin
What the bill doesn’t tell you is that almost all of the units deploying to Iraq today are technically considered not “fully mission capable” until they have arrived in theater and taken custody of the heavy equipment from the unit they are relieving. Moving all those vehicles and parts halfway around the world takes time, manpower, and money. It’s far cheaper and easier to move men, and match them up with the equipment already in place. Which is why we do it that way.
After reading this email exchange I do have concerns about the sanity of Robert Cox. The man and his “staff” have way too much time on their hands. Still, it is an entertaining site.
If it were not for the hypocrisy of the GOP it wouldn’t *be* or have *been* a story Michelle.
Michelle Malkin
It’s only a matter of time before the MSM goes nuts with the story. Report on the everyday progress in Iraq? Forget it. Sex, homosexuals, and the GOP? Get ready for wall-to-wall coverage a la Foley, Gannon, and Haggard.
The other day I swore I would ignore Coulter and then I run into this comment. As I said before - she is no comedian.
Right Wing Watch: Things You See at CPAC
Ann Coulter wows the capacity crowd with her witticisms such as “we need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals by making them realize that they could be killed.”
The whole post at Right Wing Watch is eye opening. The nuts have taken over the asylum.
Does it get any more pathetic than Hannity defending his pretty woman with the nasty mouth? Does he not realize that it is not only liberals, the left, or the Democrats who are appalled by this woman? Does he realize that former Klansman means “former” and has nothing to do with Ann and her mouth - that changing the subject does not place her “wit” in a better light?
Republican, conservative, right leaning people from all over are condemning her statement and the woman herself.
She is not a comedian. She *is* angry and brittle. The more she is seen and heard on the air - the more the whole country sees into her character…which is lacking. And, more people see what the “conservative agenda” really means. Selfish, self-absorbed and self-satisfied - the hell with the rest of the people.
Keep inviting her on your show and your Republican events- keep her talking and writing books. She is the best thing to happen to the Democratic party since Dick Cheney.
The Raw Story | Coulter: ‘Faggot’ not offensive to gays, it’s a ’schoolyard taunt’
HANNITY: You know, Pat, I want to get back to this issue here. Ann Coulter is a writer. She uses satire. She’s an iconoclast, known to be acerbic at times. She’s not in a political position. Very same people that are so indignant — putting aside the word here for just a minute. What Ann Coulter says, not in a position of any power, not a word of outrage about our troops being called Nazis, not a word about our troops being called — wait a second, murderers…
CADDELL: Sean…
HANNITY: Not a word about a former Klansman as the head of the Democratic Party. You know, I just — it seems to me that the Democrats want to use Ann Coulter as the poster child and ignore all of these guys that are actually in positions of power. Is that a valid argument?
I hereby declare that I will not use Ann Coulter’s remarks (past, present, and future) against conservatives, so long as you declare that Ann Coulter is effectively banished from intelligent political discourse. It’s not that hard to do, really. It’s not like she’s running for president or anything. Before you know it, her appearances on Fox and silly guest appearances at major events like CPAC will be a thing of the past.
Atlas Shrugs: Atlas Vlogs CPAC
As far as Coulter’s out of the left field “faggot” remark goes — it may have been a poor choice of words but further Atlas investigation reveals John Edwards campaign has a mostly gay staff and rumors about his sexuality are rife. Just for knowing.
The fact is if there is any true to these rumors, that perhaps Edwards is gay, shouldn’t we know that? Shouldn’t we know if this man is deceiving his wife, children, country and living a lie? Shouldn’t we know if a man that represents the party that celebrates gay rights is so ashamed of it, he lives a ginormous lie? Regardless of your position on gay marriage, regardless of whether you celebrate or merely tolerate the gay lifestyle, we ought to know if John Edwards is a liar and a hypocrite.
When Atlas Shrugs (Pamela Geller) goes on record as…uh…not approving of some new outrageous statement from the Coulter fringe…well….uh…it just makes ones jaw drop.
Atlas Shrugs
Mitt Romney’s speech was much like the one at NRI. Coulter followed. I gotta tell you, the lines were longer for Ann than anyone (except Cheney Bolton.) Coulter was hysterical, acerbic but off. In some cases, really off.
Funny when she described Obama as half white, half black. And Hillary as half white half trash.
A nightmare when she in an attempt to describe John Edwards said something to the effect that you can’t you the word faggot these days without being sent to rehab. WTF?
As if most of the stuff from Pam doesn’t unhinge ones jaw anyway:
Hey, she is a hitter for the “conservative” team. Kinda makes that HuffPo flap (via Malkin, Limbaugh and Hannity - to name just three) about the comments section on the Cheney article look a little stupid.
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Thanks, Ann; Update: Audio added
Last year it was “raghead.” This year it’s calling John Edwards a “faggot.” Two years in a row, Coulter has finished up an otherwise sharp CPAC routine with an obnoxious slur that liberals will fling at conservatives for years to come.
Update 2: If by chance you have not seen the Coulter “faggot” video, Crooks & Liars has it in all its yucky glory. C&L is an addiction - they always catch the best news and fast!
Campfield had a minor blogswarm awhile back for some rather stupid comments on his blog. I guess he needed to make some more news. Now he wants to collect information on those who choose to have an abortion by having the state require death certificates for the aborted fetus. Somehow I do not think Campfield is a rising star of the GOP.
Tennessee would collect death certificates for aborted fetuses under a bill introduced in the General Assembly.
Rep. Stacey Campfield said his bill would provide a way to track how many abortions are performed in Tennessee. The measure would also likely create public records on which women are having abortions.
“All these people who say they are pro-life — at least we would see how many lives are being ended out there by abortions,” said Campfield, R-Knoxville.
Michelle Malkin: Lara Logan & al Qaeda: What’s the 411, CBS?
Will the MSM jump all over this like they mauled Fox News over the Insight/Obama report, flog it ’til kingdom come, and summon every last media ethicist to debate the need for transparency and honest reporting, if al Qaeda or al Qaeda-linked operatives turn out to be the source of Logan’s video?
There is a nut out there making wacky anti-gay music that is just unbelievably weird. I guess you can set anything to a pop music tune. This guy, Donnie Davies, has a list of Gay Bands to watch out for - and the list is incredible - though I didn’t quite “get” the gayness of most on the list. Ok, well Elton John is on the list and notated with “(really gay)” next to his name. Thank God someone told me - who knew?
Sez Donnie: I am in fact a Reformed Homosexual and I’m trying to let people know that there is an escape from being Gay. By letting people know that “God hates a Fag” I am doing Gods work, I’m preaching.
Preaching? God’s work? Consider some of the lyrics:
“God hates a fag”
“Filthy sinners”
“If your a fag, he hates you too”
Apparently, Donnie was an unhappy homosexual. According to the song, being gay is a choice. Question: Did he choose to be an unhappy homosexual - then change his mind?
But back to his list of “Gay Bands” to watch out for. Dogstar (fan site) made the list! Keanu Reeves, famously plays bass (played?) for the band. I hadn’t heard anything about the band for ages so I Googled it up and found a Keanu Reeves fan site. Great gallery of images and an archive of articles and interviews. Mentioned in one interview was the fact that Keanu acted in a Paula Abdul video! YouTube of the Paula/Keanu video below.
I dunno how Dogstar qualified for the “Gay Band” list - but they are in good company
update: The story is everywhere.
According to a video by Donnie posted on Jesus General, Andrew Sullivan has stood up to YouTube in defense of Donnie’s right to free speech.