DISQUS

Bill MItchell · 1 year ago

Ed,

I think you are missing the point.

Let me ask some rhetorical questions to illustrate my thinking here:

1) When has the Republican Party been at its finest?
2) When were we united as true Conservatives?
3) When was the Contract With America born?
4) When did we lose our way?
5) When did we become the party of wimps?
6) When did we start to slide towards the middle (slouching towards Gammorah?)
7) When did we become the party of earmarks and overspending?

I think that Anne's point is this. It is better to unite against a common enemy than to allow a traitor within the walls. The Republican Congress was at its finest when we could come together to fight the liberalism of Bill Clinton. We have been at our worst with a moderate, populist POTUS in George Bush.

The Bible says this: "I would rather you be hot or cold, for if you are luke warm, I will spit you out of my mouth."

Bush, although he has accomplished much good, has been a "luke warm" conservative, and the Republican Party has suffered. America gave up on us in 2006, not because we were too Conservative, but because we were not Conservative enough. Cold milk is good. Hot milk makes hot chocolate. But milk at room temperature will turn your stomach.

If we allow John McCain to become POTUS, we will become a Party at Room Temperature, and we will turn America's stomach.

This is why Ann says she will campaign for Hillary if McCain gets the nomination. She understands that as distasteful as that might be, it may be the only think that forces us to rediscover who we as Republicans are. Prosperity has caused us to lose ourselves. We need either a strong Conservative leader to remind us of what we should be, or a strong Liberal leader to remind us (and America) of what we should not.

Pelkor · 1 year ago

False analogy often?

bikerken · 1 year ago

Right on Bill, you win a Kewpie doll! At least someone got it.

Shelley Hartman · 1 year ago

Give that man 2 Kewpie dools and a Gingrinch Bobblehead - I agree 100%

Cynthea · 1 year ago

I heard what Ann said, and my gut reaction was "Exactly!". I hear what you are saying Ed, and I am mulling your points.
But here is what I don't get..., we were told to go along with Bob Dole because he was a great American hero and it was his turn. And truthfully, he had no great plans for how to get us back on track. He spent so much time in the Senate that he was committee-ified. He lost and we got Monicagate.
And now everyone is saying support McCain. He is a great American hero (honest, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, he is truly one of our greatest American hero's because he did more than just get a body part blown off or take a bullet), and it is his turn. Oh, and he was for the surge.
But he doesn't have any vision. He doesn't have any plan. All McCain wants is to BE the POTUS for himself. Because he always wanted it. He coveted it. He desires it.
And frankly, that leaves me cold. It leaves me so cold, that I have to say that Ann makes more sense than Ed. Because if you are telling me that I should support a guy that is exactly NOT on the same page, not just a little to the left or a little to the right, but not trustworthy, and whom I have no doubt will ask his buddy John Kerry about our Supreme court nominees, and whom I think will give us amnesty and get railroaded into giving us all the Democrat party points, then I have to just say NO (sorry Nancy Reagan but hey, you aren't Ronald either).
Ann is right that Hilliary will fight the war on terror by being even more of a terror than George. Ann is right that the Clintons (whom I also truly find repulsive) know when they are lying. Ann is right that at least the Clintons live by the polls and at least 51% of Americans will get a say in things (unlike McCain who doesn't give a s**t about anybodies opinion except his own).
So I will not be going along with McCain if nominated. I will stay home.
Better the devil I know than the wolf in lambs clothes.

Moose · 1 year ago

John McCain is a course and crude person. He's put a clamp on his nasty personality. The way he speaks to other Senators, I'm surprised he hasn't been brought up on harassment charges.

I do not want Clinton or McCain as President. I'd just as soon vote for Obama than McCain. I'm praying that Romney does very well on Super Tuesday. I just wish Huckabee would get out of the race to stop the split of votes amongst Conservatives. This is the only reason why McCain is doing well. Romney and Huckabee have split 99 delegates whereas McCain only has 93 delegates.

Burgess · 1 year ago

Ann made some rather good points (she always laces her satire with some real truths). But this was a hilarious segment. Ann is, at all times, an entertainer. When Bill Maher says these kinds of provocative things do we feel the need to explicate? Ass that he is, every now and then he hits the nail on the head, too--see him kick a 9/11 Truther out of his studio>

Ann is funny. And for the first time, I Alan Colmes cracked me up, too.

C'mon, guys...lighten up.

Matt Cude · 1 year ago

It's pretty simple. The only reason John McCain is the presumptive GOP nominee is because he convinced 100,000 voters in Florida that Romney was for surrender - a big fat lie.

Like 2/3 of all Republicans, Romney and McCain supported the surge from the beginnning and were against timetables for withdrawal. For the last 9 months and 14 GOP debates, McCain had a chance to attack Romney about this lie but he waits until 3 days before the Florida Primary, and all it's military voters, with Romney rising in the polls, to execute a Clintonian political hit job.

Now McCain wants our support? Este es muy loco, no? Well, we won't. Like Ann Coulter, we would rather elect a democrat who will let the illegals stay, close Gitmo and insult capitalists then elect a Republican who let the illegals stay, close Gitmo and insult capitalists.

Clinton and McCain will fail miserably - at least if Clinton fails, the GOP won't be blamed for it so we can take back Congress in 2010 and the White House in 2012.

Comprende?

philwynk · 1 year ago

I agree that McCain's tactic against Romney was slimy and dishonest, but that's not what's earning him the support.

It's basically that the conservative base hasn't coalesced around anybody, and for good reason; none of the other candidates are thorough, trustworthy conservatives. Only Thompson and Hunter fit that description (neither perfectly), and neither one of them managed to get off the ground, for reasons unrelated to their conservatism.

The exit polls in Florida showed that McCain won the moderates and independents, people who want abortion to remain legal and who don't attend church much. The rest of the Republican voters -- the solid social conservatives, the solid fiscal conservatives, the church-going types -- split their votes between Romney and Huckabee. As the voters got more moderate, they split their votes evenly between Romney, Giuliani, and McCain. McCain won on the his strength among Independents.

I'm with you, though; if the country's going into a tailspin, I'd rather the Democrats get blamed.

Bogey · 1 year ago

no es loco para nada.

preguntate porque Willard no hablaba de "shamnestia" en Florida.

and ask yourself why the Cubans voted for McCain 4 to 1.

of course when the salesman/panderer went down there to promise them whatever he was promising that day, he ended his speech with "patria o muerte, venceremos"

ya know... trying to "get down" with the cubanos.

too bad it's Castro's slogan


hahahahahahahaahhahahahah

JB · 1 year ago

Maybe you could save your vitriol for your political opponents.

Coulter does more to fight back against the liberal machine than just about anybody this side of Rush. Maybe you could accept her occasional excesses with the understanding that she gets attacked, viciously, 24/7.

And you know, she always has a point. Like the <gasp> "faggot" kerfuffle. Didn't some actor have to go to reeducation camp for using the term right before she used it? Perhaps, just perhaps, she doesn't hate faggots, and was alluding to the fascist left.

Yes, let's turn on our own. Ignore the dKos behind the curtain. Ignore the Billary. Ignore the monolithically liberal MSM that actually does real damage to our country.

Yes. Let's attack one of our own, who speaks out and fights back.

"The Stupid Party."

Cicero · 1 year ago

I have to part company with Ann on this.

I too can barely hold down my lunch at the thought of pulling the lever for McCain, and the idea that he's the Repub frontrunner has put me into a quasi-depression since Florida. I finally made peace with the proposition by looking at it this way:

There will be two Democrats running for president in '08. Both will share similar views about illegal immigration (the more the merrier), taxes (the higher the better), global warming (hysteria is needed NOW), and the economy (no economy can't be fixed by putting a shiv into the back of Big Business). Of the two candidates, McCain will almost certainly be better on the Islamofascism war, and will probably be better on controlling spending (not because I see McCain as such a spending hawk, but because the "other" Dem will certainly be from the "drunken sailor" school of public administration). Its an open question whether McCain would be any better on judicial nominees; I have enormous suspicion about his recent conversion to the merits of strict constructionism. (It can't be something they wear on their sleeve, apparently.)

So we'll have two Dems to select from. Both will be terrible for the country, but one will be a little less terrible. With no enthusiasm whatsoever I will give McCain my vote. I will give the Repubs NONE of my money, and will try to be utterly indifferent to McCain should he win the presidency. He certainly will not have my moral support or positive wishes.

Maybe in the next go-round, there will be a Republican on the ballot.

pilsener · 1 year ago

I like your rationale, it's a course I can follow.

There is still the problem that if McCain should win and follow George W. Bush, the party of Ronald Reagan will have ceased to exist. A Conservative Republican party will have to be reconstructed from about a 1969 level.

Wiley Hyena · 1 year ago

The party of Ronald Reagan has lost its voice, drowned out by the neo-cons of the last 15 years. Reagan was no neo-con. Today's neo-con would have been considered fringe right in 1980. The rise of McCain shows that traditional Reagan Republicans are re-taking their party. The neo-cons were a magnificent failure. Neo-con elites such as Ann Coulter, Limbaugh, Hannity, and their ilk will be marginalized with the rise of McCain. This is a housecleaning and it's a good thing for this country.

Cicero · 1 year ago

What is a "neo-con" anyway?

bikerken · 1 year ago

Neocon is a phrase that makes no damned sense what so-ever. I have heard that it refers to conservative Jews but that doesn’t make any sense because those folks were conservatives before and they still are. It is a phrase that was made up to create a new bogey-man for the liberals to scare everyone with. I defy anyone to come up with a common definition that actually makes sense.

TyCaptains · 1 year ago

Err, you do know that many of the Neo-cons started out as Democrats...

They simply aligned themselves with Conservatives in regards to security issues. Then those Neo-cons that were originally Republicans, moved over on some social issues - completing a marriage made in hell.

TyCaptains · 1 year ago

It's a euphemism for "moron in charge".

Cicero · 1 year ago

Oh.

I had always understood it to be an anti-semitic code word for "conservative who cares a little TOO much about the Jews."

Bogey · 1 year ago

that's one way of looking at it (though not my way, btw)

but one doesn't need to worry about the jews.

The American jews seem to be doing just fine.

And the ISRAELIS (whom I admire a great deal) - well they have over 100 nukes with means to deliver them.

not to mention a conventional army easily capable of whipping any of its neighbors.

so I'm not entirely sure we need to care too much about them either.

our national interests aren't always Israel's, and vice versa.

gaffo · 1 year ago

Neo Conservatives were founded by Leo Straus at University of chicago in the late 1960's. The more notable underlings was Willian Kristal's father Irving.

Back then ALL were Jewish Israelis (with American dual citizenship I assume) and Socailist Democrats.

Even today most are Jewish Socialist Liberal Democrats - and the so called "Republicans" among them are posers.

There is a reason that Israel always gets a free pass (just look at who the founders were - only takes common sense to figure the bias out).

911 gave those in power an excuse to invade Iraq and embrace the Neocon philosophy (which is basically - Might makes Right, Emperial America so Israel remains safe) - and those in power embraced the Neocon agenda to give wieght to their true goal. Securing natural resources in a trouble part fo the world.

Colonization - what we fought and died to free ourselves from two hundred years ago.

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anyway - with the clusterfuck that the black hole Iraqnam is - the neoclowns are permanently disscredited by history and will simply fade away in another 5 yrs time.

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BTW the so called surge is starting to fade - more are begining to die - once again.

so we gonna sit on our asses and break the military? or step up to the plate and call for a National Draft?

Ray_in_MPLS · 1 year ago

"so we gonna sit on our asses and break the military? or step up to the plate and call for a National Draft?"

There's no need for a draft, we have plenty of troops available. For example, we could pull our troops out of Europe and send them to Iraq. That would allow for a HUGE surge in troop numbers!

Boris Badenov · 1 year ago

If we have two Dems to pick from, I think I'll vote for the one honest enough to call herself a Democrat. I'd have to hold my nose as hard either way. McCain-Feingold, McAmnesty, and McTaxes are hard to get past.

One of the functions of voting is communication. Frankly, I don't know any other way of communicating "No $ale" to the people running the Republican party -- the ones who made it possible for us to have two Democrats to choose from. Do you?

mlvezie · 1 year ago

I'm not saying I agree with her (I've not even watched the clip yet -- can't from this computer), or that I wouldn't vote for him in the general if (God forbid) he were the nominee. But I remember someone a couple months ago (I think talking about Huckabee) who said he'd rather a democrat in the oval office instead of him because the GOP in the senate would feel more free to resist the democrat. I forget who it said it but there is a logic there that can explain why a conservative might prefer a democrat in the white house to a RINO.

korey · 1 year ago

I may not go as far as to vote for Hillary, but I prefer a Democrat in the White House to McCain. His immigration stance, his global warming b.s., his anti-tax cut policies, and his general love of Big Government, disqualify him from carrying the mantle of the alleged-conservative party. Like George Bush and his trillion dollar entitlement, a McCain presidency would redefine conservatism as that which it is not. He would do more harm than he ever could good. That is why he must fail.

Joseph D'Onofrio · 1 year ago

I agree. The anti-McCains are more concerned about being right than doing what's right. Would they really rather have Clinton and/or Obama retreating from Iraq than McCain sticking it out? If that is the case, they are not patriots...

I think part of the problem is that for the first time, their conservative brand is not being bought, and they can't believe it. They remind me of the Air America folks who can't comprehend their poor listenership... and demand that something be done to balance the airwaves...If you trust free markets, trust the voters...

Conservatism is not dead--had a better conservative candidate emerged (Jeb Bush, George Allen, Rick Santorum, John Thune, etc) McCain wouldn't be in the mix. But if Conservatives really believe that the war against Islamofascism is the most important issue of our time, how can they not support the one gut who will take the battle to them (and cut spending, protect the unborn and support conservative judges).

I am a conservative who gladly and proudly supports McCain.

Bogey · 1 year ago

Rick Santorum>?>?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHahahahahaahahahahaha

yeah, he might get electeed in backwoods Mississipi now. Nowhere else.

of course, he can make a living being a rabble rousing radio talk show host - precisely what he's doing.

George Allen? macaca boy? hahaahahahahahahahaah

you keep on dreaming

bikerken · 1 year ago

Bogey, it’s just my opinion but don’t you realize that these, “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHahahahahaahahahahaha” make you look like an insincere idiot? And if you have ten or twelve in one posting, a real big idiot. It’s usually the trademark of a troll.

Bogey · 1 year ago

ok

how about

Rick Santorum?

LFMAO!

heidianne jackson · 1 year ago

joe, there were better conservative candidates offered. however, the msm wielded it's power and banished them into the ether. the same thing would have happened to any conservative offered up.

i have held the (nearly) same position as ann has put forth for several months now. i have posted on it at my place and others' abodes across the internet. i'm just glad to see ann, rush and the others finally jumping on board with me ;)

he has been being promoted as the darling of the msm since he jumped sides and joined with mckelvey of americans for gun safety a million years ago. he likes to do anything he can to further his "maverick" image - especially if it gives him a chance to sell out the conservatives.

mccain is MARGINALLY stronger than the dems on thw gwot, but only marginally so. he has promised to close gitmo on his "first day as president" and further to give constitutional protection and rights to enemy combatants. his condemnation of "enhanced interrogation techniques" becomes almost secondary at that point.

why do you think the msm is promoting mccain so strongly? because they like his policies? his stance on the war? no, it's because they believe that whomeever the dems put up can beat him. plain and simple.

if moderate republicanism is what the majority of the republican voters want, than somebody PLEASE explain to me what happened so that we lost the majority of congress?? republicans in congress have been ignoring the conservatives for years and moving left - in mccain's case so far left that he bypassed the center, and yet people were soooo fed up with that they either didn't vote or voted for the democrates.

wake up people! we cannot out moderate/liberal the democrats. the voters who are supporting mccain are not the conservatives and they do not make up the majority of the party. in all seriousness, mccain cannot win - and (as i have said elsewhere) any republican who has convinced himself that mccain can win is just pissing in the wind.

Fred · 1 year ago

Why ever vote for McCain? So he can poke us in the eye for the next 4 years?

festusbanjo · 1 year ago

So you won't have Hillary poking you in the hiney fo rthe next 4 years.

Clint H · 1 year ago

The fact is the liberals have hijacked our Conservative party and it is time for us to take a beating by the dems so we can regroup. Electing another GW will only hurt us more. NO MORE LIBERAL republicans PRESIDENTS PLEASE.

Anthony Ragan · 1 year ago

Ann lost me a long time ago. Her humor is laced with a lot of mean-spiritedness and, like too many in the conservative commentariat, she demands ideological purity and threatens to go home if she doesn't get it. I'm Center-Right, I plan to vote for Romney, but I really don't want Conservative Commissars like Ann on my side. She should go hang out with Buchanan.

--Anthony (Los Angeles)

gaffo · 1 year ago

Wow - i agreed 100-pecent until you threw Buchanan in the mix.

Not sure why you did that - must be personal animus.

I've always liked Buchanan, he is not mean spirited like that Nazi Coulter either.

not to mention a very smart fella.

Anthony Ragan · 1 year ago

Not sure why you did that - must be personal animus.

He's an isolationist America-Firster and an anti-Semite. Other than that, I'm sure he's a wonderful guy.

backshore · 1 year ago

As a moderate to liberal independent, I'm so curious about the power of Ann Coulter on your side of the spectrum. I think it appears you agree, but to me she's intellectually closer to Josef Goebbles than anyone I can think of. This should make conservatives appalled as it reinforces the stereotype that the logical extension of the philosophy of the right moving rightward is Naziism (in the same way that the logical extension of the left moving leftward is communism). Yet, she keeps appearing on Fox and the like, and is invited to speak. The fact that she should be a pariah to conservatives but isn't says a lot to me about why the movement is in big trouble. Here's a good piece from a conservative philosopher that should be of interest to any true conservative: http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_08_28/article...

~ Peter (New Hampshire)

gaffo · 1 year ago

wow - that is one powerful read.

thanks!!

I concur

LLanquihue · 1 year ago

Totally agree with many of the posts; 1 John McCain a hero and 2 - his hero status is largely irrelevant in the current nomination race in light of his weak conservative record. If he was a true conservative his actions in Vietnam would make him a steamroller. Watching Arnold and Rudy on the stage with him is laughable along with his many moderate to liberal stands. Pointing out just one, our country faces many challenges, none more serious than the threat to our national sovereignty and national identity by the current invasion from the south. Any way you cut it, turning this country into a third world haven where tens of millions of people have more allegiance for their Latin American country than the U.S. is dangerous. This will lead to all-out political war and probably civil conflict. The balkanazition is well underway and once there are 100 million plus of these illegals who are made citizens, their political clout will be create a divide like we have never seen. It is truly how amazing a country can loathe itself so much as to march done the path of national suicide or nominate a man like Sen McCain, who has such poor judgment that he cannot recognize the danger that we are facing.

Justy · 1 year ago

Anne Coulter is demonstrating the feelings all of us have on McCain. Why can't you people get that through your heads! I will not vote for McCain. McCain was willing to run as John Kerry's runningmate! McCain tried to force amnesty down our throats!! McCain is buying into the eco-hype!! McCain fought against a pro-life groups right to speak their views. McCain was thorn in the side of republicans when they needed his help! McCain took illegal contributions during the Keating Five scandal! McCain has more friends who are democrats than are republicans and you wonder why we won't support McCain. There will be very little difference between a McCain administration and a Hillary administration. At least during the Hillary administration we'll know from which direction the knife is coming from! So no, I will not vote for McCain.

texzen · 1 year ago

Ann's our trusted friend and just frustrated as we all are, or should be, about the prospect of being stuck with McCain. I would never put myself in position to have to answer "Yes" to the question, "Did you vote for Hillary Clinton for POTUS?" and when it comes down to it, I don't believe Ann will either. However, I am not going to vote for John McCain because I know how and when to "get in line". I'll wait to see if he wins and who his VP would be. I find him to be a very unattractive option.

Michael · 1 year ago

Ann's humor is just that but sometimes it is misunderstood by people not familiar with her. I think we've all found ourselves in that situation. Anyway, you have to admire her for not caving in to the dolts that hear a soundbite and call for an apology! Why give her any attention here if you are truly repulsed by her?

The nomination process is not over and McCain is not yet the nominee. It is much too premature to ponder a Clinton-McCain faceoff.

Jim West · 1 year ago

Calling John Edwards a faggot is a big deal? How silly. Is it the word that offends you? Would you prefer "sodomite" instead?

Anyway, I hope you guys realize that the "Gay Old Party" is going down in flames this year. What a pathetic bunch of "top tier" candidates.

jpm100 · 1 year ago

This is not a 4 year grin and bare it, if McCain wins.

At a minimum its 4 years of McCain followed by 4 years of a Democratic President.

At the other end, we get 8 years of McCain followed by 4 to 8 years of McCain's handpicked VP (or a Democrat if the VP loses).

We're looking at potentially 8-16 years of Liberal policies with a McCain win.

There will be only one option to come out from under a 16 years of Liberal Presidential Dynasty if McCain 'Liberals out'. Split the Party.

Hillary can be 4 years and out.

rc · 1 year ago

"Her solution to that is --- to campaign for the Democrats? Maybe someone can explain the thought process to me, but it sounds like a hysterical demand for extortion rather than a considered and thoughtful political position."

Spite. She angry that the Republican party is about to select McCain as it's nominee. She's pissed. It's an emotional response to an incomprehensible situation. I feel it too. McCain is not a Republican. A national hero, yes, but not a Republican. So she is letting it all out here. Of course, she won't vote for Hillary (and it wouldn't matter if she did), but she won't vote for McCain either. There are lines that cannot be crossed and she is saying that he's crossed them again and again. If you bothered to listen, what she is saying is the he's the MSM Republican candidate. Thus, he is the end of the Republican party. If McCain gets the nomination, it doesn't matter who the POTUS is, we are now going to pay. Take a look at Britain's Tory party these days to get an idea about where McCain will lead the Republicans. I suppose (and she knows) that's where we are going.

Newzaroo · 1 year ago

My Friends, John McCain is a withered, pathetic, nausea inducing old man. His republican party back-stabbing is legendary. And the GOP establishment is even more revolting for their disgusting sycophantic embrace of his once dead and buried campaign. Sadly, after McCain's Florida win and Romney's close loss, it's unlikely the outcome can be changed on Super Tuesday. If the book of mormon delivers miracles, Mitt Romney needs one now. If god is planning his return to Missouri, a weekend visit might be nice. The heartland loves evangelicals.

Some highly visible conservative pundits now beg for a "Romney Rally!" Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, George Will and Sean Hannity all MIA. Way to read the tea-leaves. Where were the experts before Florida's primary, when overcoming Romney's 4.9% deficit would have been simpler than crushing McCain's national momentum. Thanks for nothing talking heads. Your anemic, half-hearted efforts arrived far to late and leave your fans stunned and disenchanted.

Never, never, never... will I vote for John McCain. I and many other real conservatives will do all we can to ensure his defeat. McCain's 08 loss will guarantee the need for another GOP nominee in 2012. I pray Mitt Romney returns, he was the best republican candidate from the start... highly accomplished, vibrantly handsome, obviously brilliant, entirely wholesome and filthy rich. To much perfection can be a startling thing. Upon reflection, there will undoubtedly be heavy hearts.

I worked hard to get Governor Romney elected this time and my vote will be waiting for him again four years from now. To that end, come November, I'll be voting against John McCain and for the democrat. Conservatives know how to make hard choices. Tough times, call for difficult decisions and sometimes drastic measures. I welcome the opportunity to help save the GOP from itself. John McCain is poison and death. Only if conservatism survives, can it live to fight another day. That's my mission now, and I'm not mormon.

Mark · 1 year ago

I totally agree with your conclusions, but you are wrong about Rush, Shawn, Mark, Laura, etc. They have been saying that a McCain or Huckabee nomination would be a disaster for weeks, some of them for months. Even their support for Rudy was always tempered with their commentary that his candidacy wasn't looking viable. I'm pretty sure they weren't suggesting that we vote for Ron Paul, so that leaves?...

harleycon5 · 1 year ago

Captain, you have to understand how Coulter makes a point. She is simply highlighting the absurd by BEING absurd (a technique commonly used by Rush Limbaugh, by the way). Anne is pointing out that voting for Hillary is pretty much the same as voting for McCain, since both seem to have the same disdain for Conservatives.

Coulter has also said in her own column that it might be better to have a Democrat destroy America, rather than a "Republican" of dubious Reagan roots.

I have to say, she might just have a point.

bikerken · 1 year ago

My god, another one gets it. I think that's two on this page.

onlineanalyst · 1 year ago

You can add me to the list that understands Coulter's point.

Thomas G. Welsh · 1 year ago

Ann was just demonstrating the absurdity of John McCain as our Republican presidential candidate by taking an absurb position herself. Trust me, you won't see her out campaigning for Hillary ant time soon.

Conservative Party of MN · 1 year ago

Ann is right as usual. You are pathetic if you choose to support McCain. You must have "Battered Conservative Syndrome." Just keep letting the liberal RINOs slap you around. They just do it because they love you. Or maybe you are just another Republican party man hack.

Calie Stephens · 1 year ago

I will not vote for Hillary, but I will certainly not vote for McCain. If McCain is the nominee of my party, I will stay at home in November. They say that alcoholics and drug addicts must hit rock bottom before they decide to clean up their act. If Republicans do nominate McCain, maybe the party will realize that they have hit rock bottom.

Without the support of the base, McCain will not be elected President. There are millions of conservative Republicans, like myself, who will not vote for the man.

Gull · 1 year ago

I've supported Mitt since before his exploratory committee was formed and without Ann Coulter's advice. I will continue to support him.

I will never support John McCain -- never. I'm offended that conservatives have allowed the MSM to determine the person to face democrats in November. How like the Clinton media to be qable to hqnd-pick their opponent.

If it is to be McCain, I'll vote either 3rd party or write in Mitt. As said earlier, If America is to go to hell in a hand basket, at least let it be under the watch of a Democrat. With McCain as the conservative candidate -- the Clintons will have a field day. Thank God my retirement benefits go into effect this month.

Eight years should be plenty of time for a legitimate third party to spring from the grassroots ....

Bogey · 1 year ago

so a third party for really excited Willard supporters would be

"Pandering Party"
"Salesman Party"
"Flip Flop Party"
"Will Promise anything" party

or what?

I mean as much as I could never agree with someone like Huckabee over his "Life Amendment", I can respect the man and respect his opinions.

He is authentic.

I'll vote for an authentic person that I disagree (raving liberal etc) ) with over a snake oil salesman every day of the week

hunter_123 · 1 year ago

The MSM has not determined anything about McCain.
Voters have.
If you cannot be loyal or rational enough to go along with a bonafide war hero who has been conservative since the Reagan era, so be it.

Judith · 1 year ago

Eight years of Dems and you won't have to worry about any part. Americans will be a minority. The Republican party is not named the Conservative party--it was hijacked. A stay at home on election day is a vote for Jughead or Billery who will lose us everything we have.

quickjustice · 1 year ago

Will someone please explain to me why McCain isn't a re-hash of Bob Dole? A great U.S. military hero who ran one of the worst Presidential campaigns in U.S. history.

JM · 1 year ago

To start, he seems to be running a great campaign, winning even with less money. Hopefully another difference will be that the Republicans pull together, add Independents and conservative Democrats to our ranks, and don't put a Clinton in the White House again.

onlineanalyst · 1 year ago

McCain's campaign is heavily in debt, running on IOUs. Take a look at the satiric www.scrappleface.com thread on McCain's running of a sub-prime campaign. Is this fiscal ineptitude what you want determining US economic policy?

Bogey · 1 year ago

age is a valid concern about McCain - he's at times looked a bit old and way too cratchety lately (though I happen t like cratchety guys)

but McCain has run a far better campaign and is much more personally engaging than Dole.

I voted for Dole - I thought the guy got a raw deal - I liked the fact he was a little ornery.

but his campaign did suck.

btw.. read Michael Lewis' book on the 1996 republican primaries.. called "Losers" or "Trail Fever"..

very very funny... and very insightful.

mindlesschange · 1 year ago

I agree that John McCain is not the most conservative candidate on the block. One of my biggest concerns is his buy in to the Global Warming Hoax. More and more scientists are telling us the obvious.about Global Warming. The scientific evidence is not sufficient enough to prove it is real ( Do some research on the Internet if you don't believe me) For example:
---- Climate is a cycle of change from ice age to warming to another ice age and so on that happened when man was not even around. Some changes were pretty abrupt by the way
---- Water vapor has more to do with Global warming then CO2 which is minute in comparison.
---- Even if we stopped all fuel based industry now, it would make little or no difference to stopping Global Warming.
--- The Computer models to predict global warming are far from accurate and have little to do with science, think crystal ball.
---- Whose to say that Global Warming may have some positive impacts and who knows if we are living in the best possible climate now? Maybe maybe not.
---- All the dire predictions about Global warming are just fear mongering whereas the proposals to stop Global Warming will most certainly cost jobs, lower our standard of living and most likely cause more harm than good as the money and resources could be more wisely spent elsewhere.

What is most troubling is that John McCain is advocating more and more Government regulation, higher gasoline taxes, controlling our lives via what we drive, etc, etc, Everything he is proposing will all result in a lower standard of living, fewer jobs. Not to mention his refusal to pursue the most obvious solution to our dependence on Middle Eastern Oil, drill drill and drill some more in our own back yard. That's what other Nations are doing off our Coast. How self destructive can we be? Not very conservative and very very self destructive. The so called do gooders always do the most harm via unintended consequences. So if John McCain becomes the GOP nominee the only reason I would support him is because despite all of his failings he is still for standing up against the Islamic terrorists who want to kill us all. So he is a little less suicidal then the Dems.

Todd Hester · 1 year ago

"[H]e is still for standing up against the Islamic terrorists who want to kill us all. So he is a little less suicidal then the Dems."

I think being "a little less suicidal" is a good thing. A lot of people on this blog apparently don't agree.

onlineanalyst · 1 year ago

Much of McCain's co-sponsored legislation in the interest of reaching across the aisle (where he seems most comfortable) has had unintended consequences. Whatever pie-in-the-sky idealism he appears to embrace demonstrates a lack of understanding economic consequences.

While McCain may have Ted Olson's endorsement, Mitt Romney has Andrew McCarthy's. I understand that Ted Olson was less conservative than his departed wife, Barbara. McCarthy, however, successfully prosecuted terrorist cases.

Don Martinez · 1 year ago

I have been a registered Republican for the past 30 years. I will NOT vote for John McCain. I am pro-gun, he is not; I am against McCain-Feingold, he is not (duh); I am against McCain-Kennedy amnesty , he is not (another-duh); I don't believe in man made global warming (CO2 is a trailing indicator, look for the big orange ball in the sky for the cause) McCain does; I am a conservative, he is not. I will NOT vote for someone I don't want in office.

John · 1 year ago

To all of the Republican posters who are amazed at the amount of scorn being heaped on a McCain nomination, you *do* realize that in 2001 he approached the democrats about switching over to their party in order to give them control of the Senate, don't you? That he tried to stab half of the nation in the back, including all of his supporters, in order to thwart the Bush agenda and secure prime committee positions for himself, yes?

I'd rather see the enemy win than a traitor. Do you really want him enacting all manner of McCain-Feingold unconstitutional crap and laying it at the feet of the Republican party?

Bill · 1 year ago

I will not vote for John McCain who will permanently destroy the Republican party. He has spent the last 8 year betraying and undermining the Republican party while pandering to the liberal left. I would rather have a Democrat win and finally take the blame for this mess that we're sinking into. After 4 years, when the economy has tanked, when the dollar is worth nothing, when socialism has completely overtaken our economy and ground it to a halt, when social security has gone completely bankrupt, when the economic strain has undermined our military to the point where we are weak, when liberals have eroded the conservative values to the point of complete moral decay, only then will we realize the socialistic danger that we have been slipping into. At that point, we will go crawling on our hands and knees to Mitt Romney. And we will beg him to save us from disaster (the way that he saved the Olympics). Only then (when we are desperate for change) will we be willing to "get past" the "religion issue" (honestly, isn't this the REAL issue that has been holding some people back) and accept this intelligent, principled, patriotic, great man. It took Jimmy Carter and the disaster that he brought in order for us to see and accept the greatness of Ronald Reagan. It will probably take a Hillary Clinton or John McCain in office to open the door for recovery (by tearing down this country to the point where people are willing to truly stand behind the values that have made this nation great). But if John McCain destroys our country, Republicans will be blamed.

Romney is correct. Washington is broken. Spending is out of control, liberal judges are writing law, our laws (immigration) are broken without consequence, the deficit is growing while the dollar is falling, gas prices are rising while we become more dependent on foreign oil (even though we have reserves available that we don't tap because of the environmental lobby), etc. The longer we delay fixing these problems, the worse they become. How much pain will it take before we wake up?

Romney will eventually turn the country around at that point. But it will be even harder then than it is now. But this is a man who has accepted and conquered these types of challenges in the past. And he will do it (as he did in Massachusetts) without taking a salary. He'll do it (as he did for the Olympics) because of his personal commitment to public service, and his patriotic zeal for America. And he will do it (as he did in his courageous stand in defending traditional marriage in Massachusetts) while defending the important foundation of the family, and the religious Christian values that founded this great nation, which is the foundation and soul of our society. He will do it because he is a compassionate and patriotic man, and because he is one of the smartest people this world has known.

MPM · 1 year ago

Who would have expected "a hysterical demand...rather than a considered and thoughtful political position" from Ann Coulter?

Oh that's right, EVERYONE.

Whether you're left, right, center, Commie, Fascist, or whatever, it should be obvious that Coulter is just a media addict that will say anything to ruffle feathers and sell books.

I_R_A_Darth_Aggie · 1 year ago

No, she hasn't IMHO "jumped the shark". As noted, Ann is about Ann.

However, I firmly believe that John McCain can cause the USofA far more reaching and permanent damage than Hillary or Obama could even begin to dream of, if for no other reason than they'll be opposed by a sizable Repub minority (or maybe even a majority) in Congress. Whereas McCain will have their support, lukewarm as it might be, as well as his "reaching out" to the Dems.

Anyone want to bet against the amnesty bill (McCain-Kennedy) getting dusted off and passed within the first 6 months if he has a Dem majority in Congress?

Wolf Pangloss · 1 year ago

Coulter is not a conservative pundit along the lines of Thomas Sowell, Victor Davis Hanson or Charles Krauthammer. She is an entertaining satirist who jabs at Democrats the same way that Maureen Dowd and a thousand other no-talent H.L.Mencken wannabees jab at the Republicans all day, every day. Why blame her for satirizing and entertaining by taking the most extreme position possible? That is her role and she does it well, and I for one enjoy the heck out of it.

Bill MItchell · 1 year ago

Can I just comment on how disappointed I am with FoxNews?

Fair and balanced? Who are they kidding? Why does John McCain need money when he has FoxNews? They have their heads rammed so far up his backside they can smell his breath.

Ramussen, the well-respected and incredibly accurate pollster, has McCain with a 2 point lead nationally over Romney. FoxNews? They have McCain with a 28 point lead! Calling that an outlier would be like saying Boy George seems a little gay.

So they start off their news segment with this rediculous poll. Then they ask each of their guests - "Can Romney do ANYTHING to bridge this HUGE gap?".

The point is that the gap is imaginary. It's sole purpose is to depress the Romney vote. "Don't bother voting for Romney people, it won't do any good!".

Let's remind ourselves of some FACTS about John McCain's "victories" thus far:

1) In each case, he has lost the CONSERVATIVE vote by double-digits.
2) Two of the primaries were "open" in which on average 40% of the voters were Moderate/Liberal. Anyone who thinks these "cross-over" votes will still be McCain's in the General needs their heads examined with a reality-a-scope.
3) In the "closed" (ahem) Florida Primary, we had 39% Moderate/Liberal voters, a full 14% above the National Average for "closed" primaries. We also had numerous reports of Independents being allowed to vote illegally.
4) Whereas McCain has had the Moderates/Liberals to himself, Romeny has had to split the Conservatives among 3 and 4 people. If this entire contest were between just Mccain and Romney, McCain would not have won yet.

If we allow the MSM and the DNC to choose our candidate for us, then we are the most foolish party of all and deserve what fate befalls us.

LAST POINT: HOW WILL MCCAIN COMPETE FINANCIALLY?
The base hates McCain. They despise him. And so who is going to give money to Mccain's Campaign? The Moderates and Liberals who have been 'crossing-over' to vote for him in the primaries? No, please, it is to laugh.

McCain will be competing with NO MONEY against untold riches in the general counting on a dispirited voting base to save him. It will be a slaughter.

bikerken · 1 year ago

I have noticed a big shift in Fox news lately to schills for McCain. But remember, the majority of them were also for the amnesty deal too. They all swore to god that it was a done deal and came out looking like fools when it didn’t.

I’ll repeat this line at the risk of boring people. John McCain on a debate stage with Obama is going to look like Mickey Rooney vs. Denzel Washington and sound even worse. If you have not noticed, the man is not very bright, he only has one answer to everything, I was a POW, I was in command of the biggest squadron. While I thank him for that, it is not the answer to everything.

njcommuter · 1 year ago

2) Two of the primaries were "open" in which on average 40% of the voters were Moderate/Liberal. Anyone who thinks these "cross-over" votes will still be McCain's in the General needs their heads examined with a reality-a-scope.

Most of those moderate/liberal voters went for McCain because he looks better to them than anything the Democrats have to offer. They are the swing vote that can put a Republican, no matter how impure, into the White House.

The balance of power in Congress can swing with a single election. It will take decades to repair the damage to SCOTUS if the Democrats control the White House, even for four years. The liberals will retire in Hillabama's first term to be sure that they will be replaced with even more extreme liberals. It will take two terms of Republicans, or the ravages of old age or a major scandal, to pry them loose so that someone who reads and believes in the Constitution can take their places.

As to the damage that will be done to the world, to civilization, and to many millions around the world ... well, think it through.

I don't like McCain. I don't have to. I don't trust him with everything, but I trust him to do better than the alternatives. And I won't have to hold my nose. After voting for Carter (hey, I had just came of age) I know what stink is.

Luckoduh · 1 year ago

Anyone of you "Conservatives" want to make a bet, let's say a million dollars, that Ann will not be campaigning for Ku Klux Klinton no matter who the Republican nominee is?

Have you ever heard of satire?

All Ann has ever done is advance true Conservative ideals and, in the face of an overwhelmingly liberal media, uses outrageous comments so that she can be heard.

It is the shrinking violet, weak kneed, "can't we just all get along" mentality that has gotten us McBushie to begin with.

Let it rip, Ms. Coulter.

Mike · 1 year ago

I think people are all assuming the very worst if Hillary gets elected,and in the same breath assuming that McCain would save us from it.

His record speaks volume otherwise.

The one thing certain that a Hillary in the WH would do is stir the GOP to Its pasty, crunchy conservative soul, and unify the coalitions on the right who have had willing accomplices of the GOP for too long to vote anything but their own self-interest.

Yep, judges are important, and I don't much look forward to the possibility of Hillary making the appointments. But hey, we got Souter from who? Stevens? Kennedy?

A lame duck president has been able to push back for the last year with token conservative support. Imagine what would happen if the GOP got a real spine?

I'm not afraid of any of that, nor of letting the GOP clean its house of RINO's and other opportunists before 2010.

camgrog · 1 year ago

I agree with Ann. She may be a little emotional but I think we are risking a lot more if McCain actually becomes president. There are other forces at work in our party that can destroy it or at least move it significantly to the left. The Democrats have achieved a huge victory already. They have gone farther to the left and shamed us conservatives to compromise our principles and also moved us to the center. We are right, our cause is right, the Democrats are wrong in every way. Why are we giving ground to the enemy. Because of the damn communist media and sell out politicians like McCain and those who support him. I hope conservatives stick to their guns.

Bonnie Ramthun · 1 year ago

Ann has a very loud persona, but behind it is rock solid conservative thinking. She is a Reagan conservative and follows her principles.

I agree with everything she said. McCain would be worse for the country and is more liberal than Hillary is. She, at least, has the courage of her convictions. I would vote for Hillary before I would vote for McCain.

RINOs in the Senate and House would do well to remember 2006. If they contemplate the harpooned body of John McCain in 2009, they will join the real GOP stalwarts and oppose the socialist policies of Hillary.

If we have McCain as President, we'll get the same socialism with no one to stand up against it. I'm not voting for that.

philwynk · 1 year ago

I agree with you, but I also want to say that I'm getting tired of invocations of Ronald Reagan. Reagan is dead. There will not be another of him; he was unique. If you're looking for another Reagan, you're never going to find him.

We need to get past Reagan and stand on Republican principles. Those are not substantially different -- it's just that if we say it that way, we're not turning ourselves into a personality cult.

Shawn · 1 year ago

Its more complicated than Captain Ed lets on. The problem isn't just that McCain is wrong on a lot of high profile issues. Worse, it's very difficult for Republicans in Congress to oppose their president. So McCain will cut back-door deals with Ted Kennedy et al and then cut the knees off his congressional opponents. Republicans nationally will be tagged with a number of unrepublican policies, the base will be dispirited, money will dry up further, and the stage will be set for a generation of spiraling decline for conservatives. The same wave will wash down locally, where conservatives will have to answer not just to a liberal press, but to the charge that their own "conservative "president disagrees with them. At least with Hillary or Obama, Republicans can mount vigorous opposition and rally conservatives from Washington to state capitols and build for a better day.

SoldiersMom · 1 year ago

Shawn, I think you've make a good point. It's the appointment of Supreme Court justices that are at stake in '08 though. With Hillary, it's a given that we'll get several more Ruth Bader Gingburgs and that's a legacy we'll live with well beyond 2012. McCain is a wildcard on this. If not for that, I too would, gulp, vote for Hillary only so that it would set Romney or another conservative up for 2012.

Bogey · 1 year ago

that cuts both ways

the wild, sleazy and corrupt spending binges.

Congresses fault for doing what Congresses do (though Repubs got elected on promising to put an end to this?)

or W's fault for not vetoing a SINGLE spending bill? (although now, in his last year, he's gotten "fiscal religion"

(after pouring a trillion or two into the iraqi shithole)

braveheart · 1 year ago

Captain Ed,
I would agree with your logic IF McCain HAD won the support of Republican Party. But he has won with Democrats, liberals, and Independents who have crossed over! Romney has crushed McCain among conservative voters in every state thus far. Conservative constitute the majority, based on the fact that Juan McCain tried to put the mantle of Reagan immediately on his narrow shoulders and claimed to be the conservative uniter. If Huckleberry Hound wasn't in the race to siphon off conservatives, Romney wins IA. and Fl. and would be the front runner as we speak.

Todd Hester · 1 year ago

Uh, who do you think voted in South Carolina and Florida? Florida was closed to independents; only Republicans could vote. Now, McCain may not have won the support of people like YOU, but to say that he didn't have the support of the Republican Party when only Republicans could vote is silly and illogical.

As for your contention concerning Huckabee: This is a primary. That's what happens in a primary. In '92 and '96, it's even what happened in the general. That's how the system works. You can whine about it and lose everytime, or learn to work it and do great things for our nation. You pick.

WileyHyena · 1 year ago

Ronald Reagan was no neo-con. Today's neo-con would have been considered fringe right in 1980. The neo-cons have been a spectacular failure and the rise of McCain shows that traditional Reagan Republicans are retaking our party back. Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity and their ilk are growing more and more hysterical as McCain becomes a reality. They know they are being marginalized. Now if Obama can complete the sweep by refuting the cynical Clinton political machine, our country in one election can regurgitate these people away and move forward...finally.

Bogey · 1 year ago

Amen brother.

Thomas O'Donald · 1 year ago

If u are looking to the reason behind Ann's logic it shouldn't be hard to find, you just have to look at the last 16 years. It is far better to have a moderate/liberal democrat in office then a moderate/liberal republican because at least with the democrat he will have to face opposition from republicans in congress, while congressional republicans will give the liberal republican everything he wants out of party allegiance. I promise you Bill Clinton would never would have gotten away with Plan D.

Ed Sherrill · 1 year ago

Ann will not vote or campaign for Hillary. Her point, as it always is, was to be outrageous. Some pundits make calm, respectable arguments. She deliberately goes over the top. It sells her books, gets her face on television, and gets her column read each week.

philwynk · 1 year ago

And it makes her point.

As usual, even with exaggeration, she's not far wrong.

Aaron Franklin · 1 year ago

Coulter was born way over on the far side of the shark. She's a cartoon character, always has been - this latest weirdness would only seem odd to somebody odd enough to have bought in to all the other Coulter weirdness.

Timothy P. O'Flaherty · 1 year ago

While I may not agree with AC's polemics, vis-a-vis McCain, trust me when I tell you this: many members of my Republican family will not vote at all if John McCain is the nominee.

Let the 70s show train wreck that the Dems are going to take us down happen under their watch, not the GOPs. And as for the GOP, they deserve to lose for abandoning conservative principles in the frist place. If the GOP Congressional majority wanted to further ratify the Great Society governing principles by pushing an entitlement prescription drug program which was politically calculated to secure the AARP vote - Not! - and if the Rove in his ever calculating move advised Bush to sign Campaign Fascist Reform into law in 2002 - A blatant attack on my First Amendment rights if their ever was one! - And if John McCain gets endorsed by the NY Times then, really, let's call a spade a spade here. The Constitution is dead; the GOP RINOs put the last nail in. We live in an Administrative State, courtesy of FDR. I'm getting rid of my U.S. citizenship and getting the hell out of here.

Enjoy the mushroom clouds in your future as John McCain opens the Southwest border in order to pad Democrat party voter registration.

Hasta la vista, Baby!

Dan · 1 year ago

My concern with John McCain as President is that he would expect Republicans in Congress to support him, even when he goes in a liberal direction on any given issue. With Hillary or Obama, I get what I expect, a liberal playing the role of a liberal. There is a clear distinction between them and core conservative values.

If McCain becomes President it will give credibility to those that claim there is no difference between a Republican and a Democrat. If McCain becomes President it will lead to Republican apathy, which is never a good thing.

I'm supporting Mitt Romney, and hoping that somehow he can defy the current odds and win this thing.

In the meantime, if you want to see a hilarious spoof of the Princess Bride involving Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, go to www.conservativesformitt.blogspot.com It's amazing how similar saying Huckabee looks to saying Humperdink...

Arjuna · 1 year ago

No, I'm sorry agree with Ann Coulter on this one.

I would rather suffer the damage that "President Hillary" would do in the oval office than to sacrifice the soul of the Republican party. John McCain is a war hero - no doubt about that - but he's a liberal. He's Pro-Amnesty, and Pro-tax. He's Anti-Free Speech and he's not strong on the Second Amendment. If we lose the soul of the Republican party - we'll never get it back. I don't want the Republican party to become what the Conservative Parties of Europe have become - with little to distinguish them philosophically from their labour counterparts.

If McCain becomes the Republican nominee - THERE WILL BE a third party true Conservative that enters the race for Republicans like me to vote for - and we'll vote for him. Yeah - it will guarantee another Clinton administration - but that is better than losing our Republican party imo.

ecartman · 1 year ago

If you doubt the effects of electing a RINO, look what Taft did to Ohio. Ohio will probably be a blue state for years to come thanks to that mistake.

JZ · 1 year ago

Amen. McCain's election would return us to the Nixon-Ford era of Republicanism with conservatives on the outside. I'm voting for Romney and I hope he makes it, but if McCain's the nominee, I hope he loses and we have some time to clean the corrupt politicians and RINOs out of the Party. We could take back the House in 2010 and lay the groundwork for an actual conservative president in 2012 or 2016.

Todd Hester · 1 year ago

So let me get this straight: You're willing to give Iraq to the terrorists, guarantee that four million children are aborted every year ad infinitum, and kill untold Americans who were standing in line for treatment in a socialized system when they died, all to keep your ideological purity intact? Sure, we'll get a "true conservative" in the White House after that, but what pray tell do you tell the families of the murdered, blown up, aborted, and diseased? Thanks for the sacrifice?!

massrepublican · 1 year ago

Who's voting on the "soul" of the Republican Party?

How long have you been a Republican? Which presidential candidate has ever been the "soul" of the GOP?

GW Bush, GHW Bush, Nixon, Eisenhower, Hoover, Coolidge, Taft? Even if you say Reagan he wasn't above (or below, if you prefer) compromise.

bikerken · 1 year ago

My feeling is that if McCain gets his ass kicked by his own party, It will give the remaining republican prospects for the future something to think about as far as sticking with their party on political issues. They have to know that a ‘Maverick’ will NEVER get elected president. It will also give those goofy ass RINO’s a clue to wander back to the democrat party where they belong and still support.

John McCain has given his party the finger to his own party for years, this year he gets it back from me.

Deeoly Depressed in VA · 1 year ago

I am deeply depressed and discouraged right now and as I see many declare the Republican nomination over and cede the race to John McCain. While I dislike what Ann Coulter said and how she said it, I in effect am likely to cede the November election to Hilllary or Obama. For the firms time in my life, the party is about to nominate a candidate I cannot support. I have no confidence that he will not act to deny is our free speech rights because he doesn't like anyone to oppose him. He does not have the judgment or temperament to be President (notwithstanding his stalwart defense of the surge). And I don't have McCain derangement syndrome.

The Mittobit discussion has reminded me of the anger I felt as the media kept harming on Romney's religion all summer long and then how Huckabee deliberately exploited that without any condemnation from the other political candidates. I think many Republicans who vote on Super Tuesday will give their vote to McCain because he is the frontrunner and they are ready to see the primary process come to an end. I predict McCain will prove too old and lacking in intellectual agility to make a successful general election candidate. I watched the Democrat debate last night and could not imagine McCain debating either Obama or Hillary on either health care or the economy and I don't think his stock phrases or his schtick will even be adequate on Iraq and other foreign policy issues.

Romney would have been able to hold his own on both and I do think the economic challenges are bearing down on us just as rapidly as the military and foreign policy challenges. We need a smart, capable person in the White House, and one who has some depth. Poor Mitt, he is so good natured and polite that he can't knee-cap his opponents as observed yesterday, and yet he still gets labelled as the negative one while McCain and Huckabee launch personal attacks and are somehow viewed as above it all.

There are other more moderate Republican I might have found a way to support if they had sought the nomination and won out. . but not McCain and now not Huckabee (for his Clintonesque approach to politics.) I am still hopefully, but in my more realistic moments, i know that a Romney success is a long shot now. Nobody wants to face McCain's wrath (even Fox News has lost its way and hasn't been especially fair and balanced). And the conservatives are too deeply divided to prevent our destruction as a source of influence within the Republican party by McCain and Huckabee . .not to mention not enough time.

I know Romney is not the perfect candidate, but atleast he wanted to unite us and has tried to do that. Does anyone even pretend that Huckabee and McCain cared about any such thing?

MD · 1 year ago

I came to this same conclusion the day before this. And yes, it scares me to be this much in agreement with her.

The logic? The logic is that if you look at recent numbers you'll see that you get a Congress of the opposite party of the President. And if you look at the constitution, you'll discoverer that your Senator is more important than your president. I'll take Bill Clinton again if I can have 75% GOP in both houses.

And in general, the masses in the middle vote like this - they balance their vote.

So Hillary or McCain? Who cares, same thing. Just give me some solid numbers in congress. The only way to get that is to have a Democrat as president.

Yea, I would rather Fred was still in, but for some stupid reason we continue to let the people in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina pick who will run for President. It's a dumb design, we get a dumb result.

Warmonger · 1 year ago

I agree wholeheartedly with Ann. I'm to the right of Attilla the Hun, but I too will vote for Hillary or Obama if McCain is the nominee. If he should win he'd be our standard bearer and every communist alliance he'd make with Democrats would be hailed by old media as a bipartisan tour de force. We would be co-opted from criticizing.

Better to have a real Democrat in there and be free to go nuts when they try to socialize medicine, adopt Kyoto's successor, give amnesty, raise taxes, lower productivity and on and on and on.

Go Hillary!

Rotary01us · 1 year ago

Just to clarify why so many staunch conservatives have decided they would rather vote for Hillary in a McCain/Hillary race;



John McCain is about 99% as bad as Hillary Clinton and if we’re going to have the class-warfare, profit is criminal, taxes are too low, gun confiscating, more government is the solution, and amnesty policies of the Democratic party, we want to make sure it’s by a Democrat so voters will be clear as to who to blame in 2012 when those policies inevitably wreck the economy, our culture, and cripple our ability to defend ourselves from those who wish us harm.



It is equally important for the good of the party and for the conservative movement in the long run (even as anathema as it is to vote for Hillary) to send the message to the Republican establishment that to back a candidate this completely unacceptable to us is something they better not do again and that message will only be heard clearly through a massive and excruciating culling at the ballot box.

RogerSnowden · 1 year ago

Striking, how some call Ann "mean spirited". This, in contrast with, say, any given Democrat. Or John McCain, who might as well be a Democrat.

I am tired of Republicans feeling they have to suck up to the Left. Let the Democrats do the sucking, which they do so well.

Ann makes a valid point. And, as she would say, this must be her 12th "career ending moment" according to every doofus who thinks the New York Times and Alan Colmes actually reflect the American public.

ilschiu · 1 year ago

For those who would rather a #1 or #16 most liberal senator win than a #47 conservative, listen: Reagan is dead. He was unique. As far as your eyes can see and cannot see, there is no 2nd Reagan.

By the way, Reagan raised taxes after he cut them, Reagan granted amnesty to illegals, Reagan withdrew from Beirut without a fight after the barracks were bombed.

Smitty · 1 year ago

I'm not voting for McCain either. How is McCain leading in polls over Hillary and Obama if so many of us refuse to vote for him? Are Huckabee voters as adamant about this as Romney voters? I am puzzled. Are the conservatives going to be the new independents? So many questions.

Todd Hester · 1 year ago

"How is McCain leading in polls over Hillary and Obama if so many of us refuse to vote for him?" Because more of us are rationalize enough to think objectively about McCain, his positions, and his prospects, instead of following the McCain-is-a-liberal kool-aid drinking minority.

massrepublican · 1 year ago

Perhaps there aren't as many of "us" as you think...

JLan · 1 year ago

Exit polls in Florida showed that over 50% of Huckabee voters had McCain as a second choice.

Judith · 1 year ago

How about if Huckleberry is the VP nominee? Then could some of you vote for the ticket?

unclesmrgol · 1 year ago

A non-vote for McCain (or Romney should he win the nomination) will be a vote for the Democratic nominee.

Think of Barack Obama and his "Present" votes when abortion legislation came up. You'll be doing the same (voting against) if you vote "present" (fail to vote).

Choices are rarely as black and white as we would have them. In this case, we have a darker shade of grey and a lighter shade of grey. If you don't vote for the shade closest to your own, you risk having the other shade win. The "other shade" will either be Hillary or Barack.

Your choice.

philwynk · 1 year ago

First of all, this is brilliant satire. I laughed out loud through the whole thing. "When she's caught shamelessly lying, at least the Clintons know they've been caught lying. McCain is so stupid, he doesn't even know he's been caught!" Hilarious.

Secondly, Ann thrives on controversy, so she's deliberately pushing the "inconceivable" buttons.

I take it for what it is, and I continue to value Ms. Coulter for her willingness to say the things the rest of us occasionally think, and then put out of our minds because they seem too heretical. It's a valuable function, and gives us truth more often than not.

That being said, I'm not going to vote for Clinton, ever, no matter who she's running against. And I disagree with Ms. Coulter on this: Clinton lies far more frequently than McCain.

(Unrelated to this topic, please visit my political blog, "Plumb Bob Blog: Squaring the Culture," at http://www.plumbbobblog.com. Thanks.)

ThunderPig · 1 year ago

The reason I will not vote for John McCain is that, as President, he will cause so much damage to conservatism in the GOP, it will take decades to recover our position (tenuous as it is) within the party.
Perhaps I have McQeeg Derangement Syndrome. Better that than be a party lemming, following it over a cliff.
I stand athwart the Straight Talk Express yelling "Stop!"

Remember the "Fallacy of the Misplaced Middle."

Since 1998, McCain has been something like the 47th most conservative Senator.

massrepublican · 1 year ago

It's distressing that you care more about damaging "conservatism" than damaging the country.

Imagine Clinton or Obama with two or three openings on the Supreme Court. That would make conservatism more irrelevant than it is today (vide: Coulter), and set the course for American jurisprudence for a generation or more.

neuquenguy · 1 year ago

I know McCain is pro-life, but what makes anybody think that he will stand up to the Democrats and nominate constructionist judges? My guess is that he will be consistent with his record of "bi-partisan ism" and only appoint judges that the Dems approve of.

massrepublican · 1 year ago

Would you rather he appoint a judge who can't get approved? McCain is pro-life; there's no question about that. He also cares deeply about results, more than moral purity. McCain might not appoint an idelogue like Bork, but he would probably appoint a clear-headed federalist like Roberts. What's wrong with that? You honestly think that would be worse than Clinton's and Obama's picks?

ilschiu · 1 year ago

So you would rather a #1 or #16 most liberal Senator than a #47 Conservative.

DW · 1 year ago

Ed, it's called hyperbole. She's saying that there's little difference between Clinton and McCain. This is a valid inference. Also, she did not call Edwards a "faggot". She said that IF she called him a "faggot" she would have to go to rehab. It's same as if I said "IF I called Ed "illiterate", I would be sent to the principals office". "IF" and context really do count. Ask Mitt Romney.

Steve S · 1 year ago

You guys dont understand Ann. She says the ridiculous/absurd/funny to make a point.

Her point is that philosophically she doesnt believe there is a difference between McCain and the dems.

She believes that if McCain wins the presidency it will be a failure that will paint all the R's for decades to come. Kind of like what Arnold has done to the R's in California.

To make her point she says she will support Hillary. You just have to understand her sense of humor/logic and not be so serious.

infidel65 · 1 year ago

I agree, Ed, but it was a priceless piece of television. Alan Colmes was hilarious!

bikerken · 1 year ago

You are right about that infidel, I laughed my butt off!

Charlie · 1 year ago

Yeah, sheesh, lighten up.

Not everybody who speaks on behalf of conservatism has to be a dull old sobersides.

Joe · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter is all about Ann Coulter. Hugh Hewitt noted this was his biggest month ever for hits. I suspect that is true for a lot of bloggers and I also supsect talk radio ratings are doing very well too. Ann did what she did to promote herself. It is shameless and wrong, but can we stop treating Ann like she is a serious commentator. She has not been for a very long time. Allahpundit at Hotair (who is no McCain fan) called what Ann said "madness." Victor Davis Hanson noted the gap between John McCain on the right and Hillary Clinton on the left is as big as the Grand Canyon. McCain may not be perfect (far from it) but he is hands down better than Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama.

Lamont P · 1 year ago

Do you really think Hannity was embarrassed? He usually goes over his interviews with his guests in advance of taping the show, and he knows what they are thinking, what they are going to say.

It remains to be seen how much his viewers will follow Hannity's endorsement of Mitt Romney. His efforts to promote Rudy Guiliani didn't translate into many delegates.

jerry · 1 year ago

I happen to like Ann Coulter and like her my first impulse when thinking of John McCain as the nominee is to wretch. However, I am not prone to the fallacy that if we elect a radical socialist like Obama, who I like a lot more then John McCain, or a corrupt opportunist like Hillary, that the public will learn the error of their ways after the disaster an consign the Democrats to the netherworld. If we elect a socialist we get socialism, much of it like healthcare will probably be non-reversible. So I would rather have McCain, who for all intents and purposes fills the role once played by Henry Jackson-like Democrats, in the White House with a Republican House of Representatives then what we will get with a real Democrat.

philwynk · 1 year ago

I think you mean "retch." "Wretch" describes John McCain.

Cicero · 1 year ago

Good eye! (And an excellent assessment of McCain.)

Dave m · 1 year ago

I agree!!!!!!!!

Mark · 1 year ago

It is these type of comments that make me want to vote for McCain. The man has served his country honorably for decades, but since you disagree with him, he must be a wretch. It is very apt you made this comment in a thread about Ann Coulter, because you sound just like her.

philwynk · 1 year ago

A) You should cast your vote for whomever you believe would be the best president, not whom you feel sorriest for. If you don't have any better reason to vote for a man than that somebody said something nasty about him, do us all a favor and DON'T VOTE.

B) The comment you're reading is a mere quip. I have written at length about why I believe McCain is not fit for office. If you'd like to read my thoughts, check my blog site.

C) The man served his country in the military, and I'm grateful. That doesn't make him fit for office, though. (I'm also grateful for the men who serve by collecting garbage. Are you? That's a tough job, too.) His service in the Senate has been less than honorable. He's one of the most disliked men in the Senate. He's famous for bullying, bad temper, taking disagreement personally, etc. And don't forget the Keating Five scandal; he's corruptible. Despite his military service, he's a man of low character, and would make a very poor president.

D) I would be honored to sound like Ann Coulter. She's one of the brightest women in Washington, and always has her facts straight. I sincerely hope, however, that I never sound like you.

Planet Bob · 1 year ago

Jerry, I for one liked Fred Thomson but allowing Hillary and Bill to get more FBI files and trash opponents will make it difficult to get her out in 4 years. Along with that, and far more important, is that we probably have two supreme court justices leaving. To have Hillary or Obama appoint those justices could be devastating. I'll take McCain far above either of those two. Ann has lost it, sad to say.

Marshall · 1 year ago

Are you suggesting that McCain would have "coattails"? "Republican House of Representatives"? Now, how is that going to happen when many will sit at home rather than vote for the RINO.

Fred · 1 year ago

Rather than McCain Derangement Syndrome I prefer McCain Mutiny. His nomination would mean the Republican party is RINO.

Dan · 1 year ago

We already are. Jumped that shark a few years ago.

CStanley · 1 year ago

It appears Coulter hates McCain more than she cares about conservative values.

Either that or she really likes to say outrageous things to get attention and sell books.
Actually, more likely both are true.

infidel65 · 1 year ago

Coulter's claim that Hillary would be stronger than McCain on the GWOT is absurd. Having said that, I think Hillary would be tougher than her husband. Yes, I know that wouldn't be hard.

KW64 · 1 year ago

Have you heard the joke about the blond who thought Hillary would be tougher on radical Jihadists than John McCain?

(What? Its not a joke?)

BobS · 1 year ago

Trying to make sense of her logic is impossible as she has none. Coulter has always been a publicity hound so any outrageous comment she can come up with as witnessed by everything that spews forth from her mouth, is just another attempt to make headlines and sell books.

She will continue to do so until the media finally comes to their senses and and just ignores her.

SirEl · 1 year ago

The logic is this - Clinton would unite the Republicans to fight against her. The me-too Republicans that are jumping on the McCain bandwagon would unite behind McCain.

McCain = maverick (liberal) policies
Clinton = united opposition to liberalism.

I'm no Coulter fan, but the logic is good.

Mike · 1 year ago

No fan of Coulter here, but one could argue that if John McCain is going to side with the Democrats on things anyway, then the smart play is to let them get full credit for it all and take a better shot in 2012 after they make a mess of things.

njcommuter · 1 year ago

Problem is, the Incumbent gets to run on his party's ticket. There would be no Republican alternative, whatever formalities might exist on paper.

MJ · 1 year ago

I would agree with you if I took her comments as sincere. For now, though, my view is that she's trying to get attention (hey, it's Ann Coulter here), to shock listeners enough that those who are both McCain supporters AND loyal Coulter followers, will re-evaluate McCain.

Even as such a gambit, mind you, it's a questionable method.

rgaye · 1 year ago

"...to shock listeners enough that those who are both McCain supporters AND loyal Coulter followers, will re-evaluate McCain. "

I'm neither but her method tends to push me away toward McCain, not away.

She's the left's best friend.

Kmack · 1 year ago

Though I rarely agree with Ann's tactics I 100% agree with her on this, there is just not one likable thing about john mccain. Though I might not go as far as to vote or campaign for the Dem there is no way I would ever vote for mccain. Just like with the first clinton people will see how bad it is and then reelect republicans (hopefully conservatives) in two years. A republican congress can get more done fighting against a lib dem than they can against a non conservative president from there own party because other than McCain most republicans have class and no that you dont go against a president from your own party unless it is just horrendously wrong. Just because someone has an R next to his name doesnt mean he is automatically better.

gregdn · 1 year ago

Coulter's selling books and airtime. Why is anyone surprised at the things she says? She's Keith Olbermann's mirror image.

philwynk · 1 year ago

Sorry, no. Olbermann is far nastier, and far, far less accurate. Coulter usually speaks the truth and can support what she says. But, yeah, she definitely goes for the shock reaction.

Bogey · 1 year ago

Olbermann is far more accurate (sorry) and far far far more clever.

That man is very clever (and very funny)

bikerken · 1 year ago

Olbermann had a man crush on Bill O'Reilly.

TyCaptains · 1 year ago

Sounds like he's not the only one. ;)

olddeadmeat · 1 year ago

I think Ann Coulter's 15 minutes on stage is just about up.

Joe · 1 year ago

Redstate endorses McCain

http://www.redstate.com/stories/elections/2008/...

Are they liberals too Ann?

wing nut · 1 year ago

Um, that wasn't Redstate endorsing McCain. That was a person that posts at Redstate endorsing McCain. If you look for about 10 seconds you can find another poster at Redstate saying he will never vote for McCain.

terrye · 1 year ago

I have to say the right has lost its collective mind. At least a significant part of it has. I might be old fashioned, but it seems to me that the thing to do is come up with a candidate that people want to vote for, rather than threatening people.

philwynk · 1 year ago

We tried.

The best we can hope for at this point is a brokered convention, and a knight on a white steed riding in to save the party from a fate worse than death.

Anybody for a "draft Newt" movement?

Chris · 1 year ago

That would be about the best way to guarantee a Democratic victory in November. A candidate chosen by the "people" vs. one chosen by party functionaries.

massrepublican · 1 year ago

Newt doesn't mind working with Democrats to solve problems -- wouldn't that give conservatives a stroke?

philwynk · 1 year ago

No. Newt's ideas are sensible, and he's an able politician.

The opening lines of Gingrich's new book, Real Change, observe that the vast majority of Americans are center-right, and agree on most major issues. 87% agree English should be the national language. 92% agree children should be allowed to pray in school. 79% agree we can't negotiate with terrorists. 96% agree that Congress and the President need to do something to fix Social Security in the next few years. 71% say they would support a flat income tax of 17% for everyone, with standard exemptions for each adult, married couple, and child dependent. 73% agree we should be drilling oil off ANWR, and 65% agree we should be building nuclear power plants. Etc.

The press, the universities, and the lunatic Democrats are a tiny minority, and here's the rub: McCain agrees with that tiny minority much of the time. But Gingrich does not.

If any one candidate credibly hammered these issues, that candidate would not only win the Republican nomination solidly, they'd win the election solidly.

I say, draft Newt, and ditch McCain.

Any takers?

bikerken · 1 year ago

I’m with you here Phil, I think the stats you point out here are proof that this is not a left leaning country. Every time you put forth conservative ideas to the American people, you get a large majority of people who agree with you. That’s why I don’t believe conservatism is dead, what we have is a lot of liberals who are disgusted with there own party on national security after 911 who jumped over to the GOP and now are trying to dictate to us that we have to go along with their liberal ideas to keep them because they are ‘moderates’ and ‘independents’. Well, this is the GOP, it is a CONSERVATIVE party. If you don’t like that, go pack sand. The only reason the conservatives seem to be losing is because the liberals are voting in our primaries, and they might get away with it because of those weak minded folks who don’t get it. Fort those of you who don’t believe that, that warm stream trickling down your leg, IT’s NOT RAIN!

Becareful what you ask for · 1 year ago

I can't agree more with the above statement "the right has lost its collective mind." The abuse heaped at John McCain the past couple of days has been beyond belief. It's totally OK to fight vigorously for your candidate, but the sheer demonizing of the Senator by members of his own party is disheartening. I guess Republicans do like to form circular firing squads. I don't agree with some of McCain's positions, but he is the best Republican Candidate of the lot. I'm proud to say I became a "lemming" last July.. Guess that means I've got a front seat on the Straight Talk Express, looking forward to running you over ThunderPig, because I'd take the 47th most conservative Senator any day over the #1 and/or #10 most liberal Senators.

philwynk · 1 year ago

Go read my blog post on McCain: he's earned the animosity he's reaping. He's deliberately treated conservatives with contempt for about a decade. They're just now getting around to returning the sentiment.

Mark · 1 year ago

Good luck with that because that old man is gonna lose faster than you can say John McKerry.

A litte quiz:

Other than Hillary, which GOP candidate has a well documented history of sleazy funding connections? (Hint: The same one whose whole appeal is "you can trust me because I'm trustworthy)

Other than Hillary, which candidate narrowly escaped indictment for these activities?

Other than Hillary, which candidate thinks that they have waited for "their" turn, and gets rather testy when people ask whether that is sufficient reason to become president.

Other than Hillary, which candidate has a long history of score settling with their political enemies?

Other than Hillary, which candidate seems incapable of admitting a mistake/lie/distortion after everyone else watching knows they have them dead to rights? (How is that different than awarding a medal of freedom to Tenet, or refusing to fire Rumsfeld years after his incompetence was impossible to hide?)

Other than Hillary, which candidate thinks there might be "too much freedom" on the internet, or that we should use unilateral cap & trade to address global warming, or thinks that the "excesses" of talk radio needs to be rained in (fairness doctrine anyone?)

Other than Hillary, which candidate has proven to be a remarkably polarizing figure who blames right wing "extremists", "nativists", and "bigots" for his problems?

Other than Hillary, which GOP candidate thinks that several terms in the Senate makes them the most qualified to be CEO of the country?

Other than Hillary, which candidate seems to think that living off taxpayers monies is more "noble" work than working in the private sector, or talks about putting "greedy" people in jail?

Other than Hillary, which GOP candidate wants to create a new voting bloc a third of the size of the current voting populace that will consume far more entitlements than they will pay for?

Other than Hillary, which GOP candidate opposed drilling in ANWR, waterboarding, and wants to close Gitmo?

Other than Hillary, which candidate plans to win their parties nomination by sweeping NY, NJ, CT, and CA?

Other than Hillary, which candidate is willing to tear their own party's traditional coalitions apart in order to win the nomination?

He'll be an unmitigated disaster that will make us pine for the inexplicable malaise of Bush.

Katrina · 1 year ago

I agree with your thoughts about Coulter's McCain solution. Ridiculous. (As a side-note: I'm deeply disturbed by the number of conservatives who are willing to throw their support behind McCain; I personally will write in Mitt Romney if McCain wins the nomination.)

Anyway -- for me, Ann Coulter jumped the shark with her latest book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism." I've loved much of her writing, and I was intrigued by the idea behind this particular book -- but when I read the first chapter (which was published as her weekly syndicated column some few years ago), it sounded to me like a hysterical rant, rather than a carefully-worded argument.

daveinboca · 1 year ago

Sadly, Ann's cries for attention are starting to mimic Britney's whack-job antics in celebrity-land. Does she not realize that she can't be taken seriously if she keeps up this kind of slapstick politics?

UncleAl · 1 year ago

Are you suggesting we're going to see Ann going out in public sans panties?

Gary · 1 year ago

I won't campaign for Hillary, but I won't for McCain. Why? I don't have MDS, but I don't see
the point. I don't want Republicans in Congress having to go along with whatever schemes
he comes up with that are designed by Democrats.

No thank you.

Bob · 1 year ago

Choices:

(1) continue to let the water increase to a liberal boil slowly enough that the frog -- the conservative movement, the Republican Party, America herself -- stays in and dies.

(2) Turn the flame up to an immediate full boil so the frog realizes the danger and jumps out.

I can see the argument. Of course, so did Lenin -- "The worse, the better".

faulkner · 1 year ago

Hannity, Colmes, and Coulter all on the screen at the same time.

This is why I canceled my cable.

Bogey · 1 year ago

Coulter is the best vote getter that the Democratic Party has.

shrew harpy from hell.

on other hand, she is a fine representative for all the "REAL" Republicans around here, don't you think?

Cicero · 1 year ago

Explain please.

Bogey · 1 year ago

no need. you know what I am saying.

I'm still awaiting a scorecard from all these "real Republicans" as to how many of the tenets of the Contract with America they accomplished (10 -12 years later)

actually I'd love to see a "real Republican" run in a national election (and by "real" one I don't mean Willard who's merely a pandering phony)

but a real live fire breathing dragon... oh say... Tom De Lay.

or ANYONE associated with the Bush administration.

that November vote total of not much more than 30% would probably be sobering.

(or maybe not)

what do you think?

massrepublican · 1 year ago

It's troubling that the "ideas" for the current generation of conservatives comes from market-driven demagogues who have an interest in NOT solving problems.

People like Coulter have made "conservatism" incoherent. Freedom in the marketplace, but tyranny in bedrooms and doctors' offices? Pro-growth tax policies, but anti-growth immigration policies?

The so-called reagan coalition isn't a three-legged stool, it's a three-headed monster.

Bogey · 1 year ago

well it's valid to say that there are different APPROACHES to "solving problems" however.

it''s perfectly valid to say for republicans/conservatives that a (regulated) market approach works better than a govt approach (I say regulated because we all know people will screw other people if possible - see subprime, etc)

but your 2nd paragraph couldn't be MORE correct.

liberals like Hilary wanted to be my school headmistress who would enforce "political correctness" in school and at the workplace.

so called "conservatives" are interested in who is blowing whom not to mention other sexual activities that should be noone's business.

but this stemmed from the Clinton impeachment and then ran onward when W came into offfice. Previous conservatives couldn't give a flying intercourse about such things, Goldwater was up front about allowing gays in the military for e.g. and Reagan though deeply religious privately wasn't interested in making others toe his moral convictions.

just like Fred Thompson for e.g. (gotta love Fred Thompson, when asked about his guilty pleasures, he said his pleasures were many but none of them were 'guilty')

Gullyborg · 1 year ago

"Coulter is the best vote getter that the Democratic Party has."

Hmmm.... ever think maybe, just maybe, she knows what she is doing and believes if she really did go out there for Hillary that she might hurt Hillary more than help her?

massrepublican · 1 year ago

No.

Brainster · 1 year ago

Ann is the Keith Olbermann of the Right. At least, I think so; I'm not sure there are a lot of liberals who find Olbie to be a nutbar.

BTW, Ann's going to be at CPAC, no doubt organizing the Pantsuit Pachyderms.

philwynk · 1 year ago

This is truly an inept and unfair comparison. Olbermann seldom has his facts straight; Coulter always does. And I don't recall Ms. Coulter ever coming within light years of an epithet as vicious as "dumber than Ann Coulter's c**t," which did come out of Olbermann's mouth toward one of his callers.

Dssniagara · 1 year ago

I have to agree. Olbermann is far worse than pretty much anybody else on TV or radio. How can anybody watch 1 hour of "I hate O'Reilly" everyday? At least Coulter's a good writer and will change subjects now and again, though, like many conservatives, I understand how frustrating it will be to have to pull the lever for McCain if he wins.

Bogey · 1 year ago

because O Reilly is a self important blowhard who is very easy to make fun of
and Olbermann can be very funny

that's why.

but even that can get a little old.

Teresa · 1 year ago

Really? I suggest you haven't read Ann Coulter then. She had some truly nasty things to
say about the 9/11 widows.

robes · 1 year ago

Nasty perhaps but basically true.

philwynk · 1 year ago

I own two of her books, and I've read the one you're referring to. What she wrote about those specific 4 widows was true and correct. They shamelessly used their victim status for partisan politics, and deserved worse than what Ms. Coulter gave them.

Brainster · 1 year ago

Facts like "Hillary Clinton will be much better on the war on terror than John McCain?" I get the feeling that she pulled that out out of another orifice than the one Olbermann referenced.

Rp · 1 year ago

I wouldn't vote for Hillary (or Obama) if McCain were the Republican nominee. But I wouldn't vote for McCain either. There is something to be said for Democrats taking the responsibility for the results of their polices rather than Republicans shouldering it - -which would likely happen on many occasions with McCain in the White House.

Blake · 1 year ago

The author of this article does not understand a fundamental issue. McCain is not a conservative. McCain is no different than Hillary other than the (R) after his name. I too will likely vote for Hillary because if someone is going to create a Nanny state with government programs and destroy the economy - I WANT it to be a democrat.

Seventh Degree · 1 year ago

Yes, that's is the logic! Love Ann Coulter; came to her position 3 days ago before I heard her. Conservatives unite! If it's John then let's go for Hillary!!!

Joe · 1 year ago

I agree. The anti-McCains are more concerned about being right than doing what's right. Would they really rather have Clinton and/or Obama retreating from Iraq than McCain sticking it out? If that is the case, they are not patriots...

I think part of the problem is that for the first time, their conservative brand is not being bought, and they can't believe it. They remind me of the Air America folks who can't comprehend their poor listenership... and demand that something be done to balance the airwaves...If you trust free markets, trust the voters...

Conservatism is not dead--had a better conservative candidate emerged (Jeb Bush, George Allen, Rick Santorum, John Thune, etc) McCain wouldn't be in the mix. But if Conservatives really believe that the war against Islamofascism is the most important issue of our time, how can they not support the one gut who will take the battle to them (and cut spending, protect the unborn and support conservative judges).

I am a conservative who gladly and proudly supports McCain.

smok · 1 year ago

I would have loved it had Rick Santorum stepped up to run... so what if he wa defeated in '06, just having the "R" beside your name was the kiss of death that year. But he didn't.

But George Allen? We'd never hear the end of Macakas. And as much as I like Jeb, and believe he would have been an infinitely better presidentthan his broher, I have to say, no more Bushes, and DEFINITELY no more Clintons!.

I've seen some people asking for Newt.... Would that be the same Newt who divorced his wife while she was dying of cancer? if so, he's disqualified himself on moral grounds a la Rudy.

Bogey · 1 year ago

I would vote for Santorum in the primaries just so he could get nominated to lose by
er... maybe 75-25 in the national election.

That would make my day.

of course he could never get nominated.. much less be a political figure now (outside of backwoods Mississippi that is)

so he'll be the next great radio talk show host.

He'll be the WHITE Alan Keynes (without the oratory skills and without the intelligence, Keynes is a lunatic but a brilliant lunatic)

Bogey · 1 year ago

sorry.


Alan Keyes.

Joe · 1 year ago

Yeah,

Jeb is total Bush fatigue...Allen was the right guy--governor, border state, senator, young, good speaker...he was the goods....just one dumb statement...I'm not endorsing him, just saying he had the right credentials--

Newt is a non-starter....

I think McCain should pick either JC Watts, John Thune, or Christopher Ccx for VP...

a stoner · 1 year ago

I can explain to you why I will sit out or even vote democrat instead of vote for John McCain. Because, at least in the end, when we get everything that a liberal peice of garbage will give to the USA, Americans will know who to blame and finally vote Republican. In the other way, if John McCain is president, and he continues to love the Democrats as he currently is, all the blame will go to the Republicans, which will mean more people voting Democrat. Sorry, but a 33% Republican, 33% moderate, 34% Democrat is not something my vote will go for.

Spinoneone · 1 year ago

Coulter was amazing. Maybe she is out for the shock value, maybe not....who knows. However, for all of you supposedly conservative Republicans out there, think carefully before you decide not to vote. Just remember that if you don't go to the polls to vote you also don't vote for your Senator or Representative. That will assure a big jump in Dems in both houses of congress. Do you want that? So, if you decide not to vote, please, paste pictures of Billary/Obamalot plus Reid and Rangel on your bathroom mirror. If they win, kindly slash your wrists. You deserve it.

ThunderPig · 1 year ago

I will be there on election day, voting for the other offices, but will have to think long and hard about casting a vote for McQeeg. Perhaps the only reason would be worry about Iran.

WatchAndLearn · 1 year ago

She's not far off from the truth.

The problem is that McCain represents the GOP and the GOP represents conservatism. I cannot, and will not vote for McCain. If America is to go to hell in a hand basket; at least let it be under the watch of a Democrat. With Hillary we'd manage to get the House and Senate back.

Remember: It took four years of Carter to give us a Reagan. (It was worth it)

Gullyborg · 1 year ago

"has Ann Coulter finally jumped the shark?"

What do you mean, "finally?"

Look, I love Ann to death. She is dead on 95% of the time. I love her acerbic wit. But from the beginning of her career, she has always had the 5% RIGHT OVER THE EDGE aspect. It became clear to most when she advocated carpet bombing the Middle East and forcibly converting survivors to Christianity days after 9/11.

So this latest rant is no shock or surprise.

DAB · 1 year ago

See what happens to a person after they appear on the cover of "TIME" magazine? Poor Ann, she used to make sense. She might want to join Britney for her 2 remaining days under psychiatric care at the hospital. :-)

Rich · 1 year ago

I appreciate your candor.

Vondutch · 1 year ago

As a tried and true military conservative, this hyper-emotional whine from "conservatives" regarding McCain is manic and highly aggravating. This kind of crap I can understand from liberals but makes me want to slap the s**t out of you people that call yourselves conservative. Get over it. McCain may not be perfect, but neither was Reagan for those of you with short memories. McCain is going to be our nominee and unless we want one-party liberal rule with a super majority, we had better get behind McCain with full force and determination.

bikerken · 1 year ago

McCain on a debate stage with Obama is going to look like Denzel Washington vs. Mickey Rooney and sound even worse. He is NEVER going to president with half his own party not voting for him. GO PACK SAND. We are not going to become liberals to suit you!

Vondutch · 1 year ago

Half his own party? Are you not paying attention? All he need is the moderate Republicans, the vast majority), the independents (easy) and the old Reagan Democrats (yes, they are still out there.) That is a calculus for a landslide victory.
Please, leave the Republican Party and go play with the conspiracty theorist over in the Libertarian Party. We can take it from here.

Rovin · 1 year ago

If Coulter's serious-------she's just another Arianna Huffington

Todd Hester · 1 year ago

Imagine going to the physician and being told you are definitely going to fall ill. If you take the prescribed medication, you will only contract the flu and you will eventually recover. If you do not take the prescribed medication, the pathogen will metastasize into cancer and you will die. But you--hating the flu as you do--refuse to take the medicine because taking the medicine will result in the flu. Will we applaud you for your decision? No, we will attend your funeral.

If you think McCain is unhealthy for the conservative movement, what in Sam Hill do you think Obama/Clinton will do? If they unilaterally pull troops, the effects upon us will be devastating and damn near irrevocable. If they institute socialized health care, we will have all the success turning it back that we've had with Social Security and welfare. If they put two or three more judges on the Supreme bench, we continue to abort four million children a year. Do you want the flu or the cancer? For the love of God and country, take the damn medicine and vote for McCain!

69Vette · 1 year ago

Actually, I think you have the analogy back assward. The medicine/flu is Hillary or Obama, because a McCain administration would certainly be a cancer on the Conservative movement.

Ryan W. · 1 year ago

I'm embarrased that I actually just read this. I feel like my IQ dropped a few pts. as a result.

TrueHawk · 1 year ago

Ann Caustic is no longer anything but a freak in the old conservative circus pulling out of town. A new breand of conservatism is moving in that is not negative and cares about the average person. The circus clowns, Rush, Sean, and Michael Reagan and others can go along with her.

newton · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter jumped the shark eons ago. Why does anyone have to pay attention to her?

dude · 1 year ago

Fact is that the era of the hard right is just about over. After all, who is the poster child of the hard right? Mike Huckabee, and his unbelievably narrow view of the world. The social pendulum has always swung back and forth and now it's swinging back left. The right's political dominance has always been wrapped up in the cultural backlash to the 60s. ?As that era fades, your party will become increasingly fractured, as the current nomination process indicates.

In this context, the right's only hope is for the Dems to nominate Hillary. That way conservatives can raise the boogey man (er girl) of the 60s one last time. If it's Obama, the GOP will be in quicksand, slowly sinking under the weight of a bunch of old, angry, white men who somehow, in the face of all other evidence, believe that they've been screwed all their lives.

J Bishop · 1 year ago

Coulter and her kind have and will continue to do great damage to the GOP. Her latest tirade reminds me of a six year old who can't have their way. Go home Ann and please take your toys with you.

PRE · 1 year ago

THANK you. Finally some sanity in the blogosphere. McCain is not a perfect choice. Romney isn't either for that matter. Frankly, I prefer McCain because I don't trust the governor from MA. But if he is our nominee, I will support Mitt because the 8 years of darkness, tax increases, soviet-style health care, universal pre-K and loads of other programs will never be repealed. They never are. ANY of our candidates are a better choice than any of the Democrats.

smok · 1 year ago

Amen to that, as much as I dislike and distrust the Mittster, (as much as i want to like and believe him) If it came don to it, I would vote for him if he was the nominee, for one reason alone:

The Bench. 2-3 justices will be gone in the next Presidental cycle. With Romney, there MAY be a chance of getting someone who leans conservative....and that would spell the end of Roe.
However, If either HRC or Obama and their Democratic congressget to appoint the judges, we guarantee that the slaughter of the unborn will continue unabated, probably in perpetuity.

ANY Republican is better than HRC or Obama.

Blake · 1 year ago

Ann is a bright lady. I too am considering a vote for Billary - for slightly different reasons. IF we are going to let someone destroy the economy with big government . Let it be her. McCain is NOT a conservative no matter how many times he says it and the only difference between the two is the (R) after McCains name.

caligirl · 1 year ago

Ups she just did it again guys at Cavuto. And she is not joking she is serious when she says she is going to vote for Hillary.

Peter Schaeffer · 1 year ago

I watched the clip. Ann Coulter favors Hillary over McCain because she believes that McCain is to the left of Hillary on the issues of the day. Hence she supports Hillary. She may be wrong about this. However, her postion is completely logical.

dellbabe68 · 1 year ago

I'll be voting for McCain if he is the nominee.

DropInTheBucket · 1 year ago

I wouldn't be too quick to judge Ann. It would be far easier to make a conservative comeback in the future if the nation is destroyed by democrats rather than a republican. Think '76 election.

Of course a conservative comeback is only possible if we teach principles of conservatism to everyone through example and word. We know public school won't teach children how to maintain a budget. Teaching needs to happen through strengthening the family.

James · 1 year ago

First I thought hell had frozen over, then I thought just maybe she wanted Obama to win. Maybe some of the edwards supporters will jump to obama after hearing Couter's support of Hilary.

Don · 1 year ago

I was a Coulter fan until recently, too! She is squandering her intellect on banshee rants, that is for sure.

GOP Moderate Voice · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter is losing the respect of several moderate conservatives. She is now a "has been" and will be reduced to the Tom Tancredo "bunch" and Pat Buchanan whackos.

Her best times are behind and became successful because everyone grew tired of the Clinton era. She will do a pole dance for Hannity and sell out the moderate conservatives for a dollar.

bikerken · 1 year ago

I got news for you, Ann Coulter is going to be around and making millions selling books and making appearances Loooooooonnnngggg after chipmunk cheeks McCain had gone the way of the DoDo.

Ron · 1 year ago

I will have to hold my nose if I vote for McCain. He is a RHINO and would have run as a Democrat if Hillary was not in the race. The spoiler is Huckerby, no doubt. He can't win and he is taking just enough Conservative to allow Mccain to barely squik by with 35% victories. If Huckerby would quit now, Romney the only true conservative left would get the nod. I believe ole Arkansas Mike has his eye on running as VP with McCain. I have never trusted anybody who wears their religion on their sleeves. They are ususally a hypocrite. I recall the Bible story that Jesus told the Pharisees to pray in a closet where only God would see and hear his devotion. Shame on Huckerby.

Lems_Thoughts · 1 year ago

Your right on. The reason Huckabee is staying in the race is to broker his position at the convention. He wants to be VP. If he really cared about his "conservative" values he would step aside and endorse Romney. . . But . . .that brings up the "religious issue." Sorry but he would never endorse Romney!

Wayne · 1 year ago

Who said Coulter engages in considered and thoughtful politics? She's a hack and is no different from Carville or any other talking head with an agenda. From my point of view none of the "conversative" heads are supporting the real conservatives.

Tristan · 1 year ago

The irony of the term 'jump the shark' is that it has, itself, jumped the shark.

Since when did we become the party of power rather than the party of principle? Ann's presentation was wrong in this segment, but to say we shouldn't support McCain is correct. He is 4 more years of President Bush sans the Tax Cuts. We haven't had a conservative in Oval Office since 1988.

bill_o · 1 year ago

Now I'm really confused. John McCain's campaign is operating on a very tight budget. So how much can he be paying Airhead Ann to campaign for Hillary?

Homer · 1 year ago

Ughhh. Since when did the Republican Party become the exclusive terrain to the Rush, Coulter, and Hannity listeners?

There are two parties who compete every year for the presidency. If a moderate wishes to have some influence on the person they vote for to gain the presidency, they join the party they feel is most like their views and try to influence the nominee. It's obvious that there is a large portion of moderates and independents in the Republican Party now. Conservatives have no issues courting that vote when it comes to the general election. They deserve to have some voice on the nominee as well.

McCain won in Florida, in a Republican only primary. Conservatives saying they'll now take their ball and go home is a childish reaction. Support the nominee like adults and run a better Conservative next time during the primaries.

Nate · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter is distracting Republican voters from the real issue ... Whether John McCain, as the Republican front-runner, is a good represnetative of our Party. For those who think Mr. McCain is not - like Ann Coulter - we/she ought to spend our time promoting Romney instead of bloviating about how Hillary Clinton would be a better choice than Romney.

Coulter is not helping ...

J_Gocht · 1 year ago

Come on now folks…
Does this beautiful, willowy, apparition of “MEN CAN ONLY DREAM”…?
Have an “Adam’s apple”…?

Olde soldier sends…!

Gosh that was really mean...
I take it back...!
I take it back...!

My bad...!
My BAD..!

TedCan · 1 year ago

Think McCain/Fiengold and McCain/Kennedy

Now tell me why you would vote for McCain

Party over principal??

Judith · 1 year ago

WINNING OVER LOOSING

quickjustice · 1 year ago

Great gams!

J_Gocht · 1 year ago

qj...
You noticed too!

J_Gocht · 1 year ago

Reconnoiter.... on that last observation soldier…

Those “beautiful gams” go all the way up to her fantastic tight bums…!

quickjustice · 1 year ago

Yes, I take Ann's intellectual assets very seriously!

J_Gocht · 1 year ago

Je ne comprends pas, satisfaire la répétition encore....

Ms Coulter, is truly a feme manifiic...!

JM · 1 year ago

Coulter is worse than a RINO -- by offering her support to Clinton she is a Democrat in all but name.

We have theopportunity to elect an imperfect conservative (ANY of the three remaining GOP candidates is flawed as a Conservative) but she wants to let HILLARY fill the next supreme court vacancies, lead he war on terror and put Bill back in the WHite House.

SHe has lost her mind.

Charlie Fremont · 1 year ago

I live in Indiana and with the GOP hold on the presidential vote I don't have to speak for the spoiled brat, McCain. And to me, that is what McCain is, a spoiled little brat.

kwc57 · 1 year ago

"rather than a considered and thoughtful political position"

That was your first mistake in regards to Coulter.

bob · 1 year ago

I love that conservative will take the time to engage this woman. No wonder the party is in such trouble these days.

Mark De Vries · 1 year ago

So, let's get this straight. If the conservative wing of the GOP wins, then moderates need to shut up and put up. But, according to Ann, if the moderate wing wins, then she's going to go and play elsewhere.

I teach my 5 year old better manners. Fine, she and Rush and few others do NOT like him.
But if he wins, they need to grow up and deal with it.

Mark DV
Ada, MI

DP · 1 year ago

How can people that endorse McCain use the word integrity. He is an absolute LIAR and is not fit to be president. I agree with Ann, if Romney is not the candidate. McCain is no choice. McCain is a liar and a cheat

Patrick Jones · 1 year ago

Can we please not drink the Kool Aid? Ann Coulter DID NOT "deride John Edwards as a 'faggot.'" She said she was going to talk about him but she understood that if someone uses the word, "faggot" they have to go into rehab. Ann Coulter is an author and a humorist, not an elected politician, and THAT was HUMOR! If you don't find it amusing, fine, but that doesn't give you license to lie about it.

Also, Ann makes a good point. Republicans won't fight a president McCain and WE won't be able to blame a Democrat for all the Democrat deeds he does.

I'm a lifelong Republican -- voted Republican from Nixon through both Bush 43 terms, and I had decided before Ann even said it that I will vote for EITHER Democrat to keep McCain out of power under a hijacked banner that happens to belong to us conservatives.

I guess we're finding out who the REAL conservatives are.

Phillip Hall · 1 year ago

How can you not get it Morrissey? We conservatives are not trying to slow the Republican party's 'inevitable' drift tot the left. We are saying to the republican party, "run a conservative or you won't get our vote." We are going to yank the party back to the right!

captained · 1 year ago

No, she's saying vote for her candidate or she'll campaign for the opposition. Big, big difference. Why should I listen to anyone who would do that?

J_Gocht · 1 year ago

Gosh Ed...
I'm a seventyfive year olde geezer and I "Git It"...

Hang -in there babe.... with the other 50 percent...!

H&K's and that ain't Heckler and Kochs...!

Phillip Hall · 1 year ago

I won't vote McCain in the general, unless Obama is the only option, because Obama is afro-centric and too dangerous on defense. The war is being resolved and McCain is just an echo of Hillary.

cooler20 · 1 year ago

Has anyone seen this site yet? www.iamhillaryclinton.com
I'm really curious whether the people behind this are really going to expound on those issues and whether they want to help her or hurt her.

Archdean · 1 year ago

A great site /satire no doubt but everyone needs to focus their attention on these facts and stop mincing about our own! Personally Romney is the most presidential of the lot!!

Hillary does need to explain these! Will it happen? Not likely!!
My Republican-Democratic flip-flopping during college.
The Alaskan fish-cannery that I helped put out of business.
My internship at a law firm operated by Communists.
Living with Bill before our marriage.
Rejecting Bill's repeated marriage proposals.
Failing the bar exam.
Battling Ronald Reagan.
Being investigated for enormous profits from cattle futures trading.
Bankruptcy of the Whitewater Development Corporation.
My thoughts on Chelsea dating the son of a felon.
Being subpoenaed as the First Lady.
The scandal surrounding Whitewater - the lost billing records.
Bill and Gennifer Flowers.
Bill and Monica Lewinsky.
Why I stayed married to Bill.
My highest approval ratings ever thanks to Bill's scandalous behavior.
Supporting Bush and voting for the Iraq War Resolution.
Supporting Wal-Mart's anti-labor union practices.
The disastrous Clinton Health Care Plan.
Travelgate. My real role in the firings of White House employees.
Supporting same-sex marriage.
My fraudulent top campaign contributor, Norman Hsu.
My stance on the right to bear arms, abortion, and immigration.


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www.iamhillaryclinton.com

phil mels · 1 year ago

I am sorry but this is the dumbest this I have seen in a long time:
"[McCain's] nomination would mean the Republican party is RINO"

Fred, thanks for posting this at 12:12 PM, I needed the laugh.

Dave · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter wants only one thing--attention. And her call for Hillary over McCain is getting her all kinds of attention. She's Howard Stern in a miniskirt.

Roger Fossum · 1 year ago

I'm am at a loss to understand this. McCain gets a lifetime rating of 82% from the American Conservative Union making him more conservative than other GOP senators (Senators Norm Coleman, Richard Shelby are to his left) yet they don't inspire the insane hatred and animus that McCain seems to get. This is going to be a big year for the Democrats. McCain is the one candidate who can win for the GOP. And he can win partly because of the venom he receives from right wing fringe members like Ann Coulter who is an embarassment to the GOP

joseph hill · 1 year ago

You loved her when she dissedthose on the other side. Now, though.....?

R · 1 year ago

Coulter just wants a woman as president

The Fop · 1 year ago

"We had to go through four years of Carter before we got Reagan".

Yeah, but that was in a pre-9/11 world. Ed Koch said that he disagreed with all of Bush's domestic policies, but he supported Bush because he felt that the war against Islamic extremism was the most important issue of our time. Apparently there's a lot of angry conservatives out there who no longer feel this way.

The one issue that inspires conservatives to defend Bush is his agressive response to 9/11. Bush is no true conservative on many other issues. Neither is McCain, and McCain is not nearly as likable as Bush. But like Bush, McCain is also strong in regards to taking the fight to Islamic extremists.

For those of you who think we've got four years to wait for a true blue conservative in these dangerous times that we live in, then I will refer to you as "9/10 consevatives".

Gary · 1 year ago

Sorry, folks, but if the GOP nominates McCain, then it won't be a matter of me voting for my
party over Hillary, because it will no longer be my party. How many times have we asked, "How
can Democrats for people like the Clinton's?" Now we're being asked, expected, to vote for
McCain just because he's a Republican?

Ron · 1 year ago

I cannot completely articulate my reasoning, but I have been of the same mind as Coulter for a couple of months regarding Hillary. I am conservative through and through, but I think Hillary would make a better president than McCain. Party loyalty to me does not run deep this election cycle. I would vote for McCain over Obama, but I'd go with Hillary if she is the Dem nominee. It would not be the worst thing in the world if the GOP sat out the next 4 years and regrouped and came to grips with what strain of conservative it wants to be. And for the record, I'm voting for Ron Paul in the primaries. All of this notwithstanding, if Ron Paul bolts and runs third-party, he will have my vote.

seth brown · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter has proved to me what the dems/left have been claiming...she's a nut job.....how self-important does she think she is.....last time i looked...conservatives do come in a few different flavors......McCain Finegold was bad for everyone....the tax breaks were correct, McCain should have voted for them....he pretty much has admitted that...but...he's for small govt, strong securrty, and a hawk on spending......I thought that was the triad that made up the real base of the party.....

tom alexander · 1 year ago

Excellent to outstanding article!!

important you cause its broadest circulation, highlighting how you will express your disagreements with Senator McCain.

onlineanalyst · 1 year ago

Ann's hyperbole makes the point well: John McCain is no Conservative, nor is he even a Republican. His spite was apparent well back in 2001, and his alliances with Democrats have repeatedly demonstrated themselves since that time. Hearken back to this piece of history: http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/20.... It's an eye-opener about how McCain operates.

J_Gocht · 1 year ago

Why are all you fine folks...still involved with Ann's perogiteves....?
Olde soldier sends...!

Joe Blow · 1 year ago

The objective here is simple, let Hillary destroy the economy and give terrorists full US citizen rights.

McCain will be the GOP`s Mondale, the socialists within the gop purged when he loses in a landslide.

Gary · 1 year ago

If the Republican Party wants McCain, lets see if it can without its base in November.
It be interesting for me to watch.

reliapundit · 1 year ago

i agree with ann.

mccain = linc chafee

Rob · 1 year ago

Hillary won't willingly lose the war on terror. We need a bipartisan foreign policy for this 50 year struggle and we won't get it until a Democratic President has to make the hard decisions. Besides that, McCain has only one strategy -- send in the troops. I actually think I prefer Hillary on McCain's signature issue.

Gary · 1 year ago

Someone gave Ann a big cup of the Kool-Aid. She's seizing on the fact that the Republican Congress forced the Slickster to tack to the center to govern. An unfettered Hillary, hell bent on proving herself the smartest woman in the world, will force Hillary health-care and meddle in every aspect of life. Ann Coulter is a brilliant woman but is so overly confident that she doesn't realize when she has skated beyond the boundaries of rationality. She needs to check herself before she crawls out on such a thin limb.

GenXDad · 1 year ago

Amazing. Simply amazing.

In other news, Huckabee indicated he'll support McCain if and when he drops out. A Fox News poll shows McCain would get roughly 3/4 of Huckabee's voters if he did drop out. Som much for the "a vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain" argument. Oh, and the poll showed McCain with a whopping 48% and the other two virtually tied at 20%.

So will we start hearing that a vote for Romney is a vote for McCain?

mike · 1 year ago

McNutt is a Bonafide, Genuine LiBrul LIAR, as well as being Unhinged!

I will be writing in Fred on election day!

THIS is Conservatism? · 1 year ago

I have been trying to decide which party to support. I have found that as important as the articles are, the comments are that much more so. If all you tell me that YOU are what true conservatives are, then I see a problem. Re-read your comments you don't care about helping this Country or Fixing wounds, nothing about Hey who do I think can do real good, what are problems that need to be addressed. No instead it is all party politics, oh no Mccain will make it so we wont win elections,

but WHY do Democrats even have a chance this year? did we not have a GOP president and BOTH houses of Congress for 6 years? Why the shift what happened!? exactly what can you people show Americans of conservatism to say, well the next 4 years will be different, why? what has changed? just because it still wont be a democrat?

The Media talks about politicians distorting records and lying, but just this page alone has it all, I just want to vote for someone who will sit down and say What are the problems we face, get a bunch of people who care and think about how to solve that problem,

hey guys Reagan raised taxes remember that?
drop the rhetoric, and lets figure out how to fix our Country

are you guys really sitting here and telling me that UNLESS a Republican is elected this country can't be healed?

or I guess you guys think there is nothing wrong with our country right now?

Steve Z · 1 year ago

I don't have speakers on this computer, but if Ann Coulter really wants to campaign for Hillary Clinton, she HAS jumped the shark and she can co-star in the next Jaws movie with Hillary Clinton playing the shark. Ann Coulter used to be a sharp-witted conservative commentator, but she is increasingly full of herself and selling her books by making outrageous comments that attract hostile attention to herself , and she probably inadvertently creates voter backlash against those whom she supports by embarrassment at her comments.

Let's face it, people--John McCain is not the most conservative Republican out there, but this will be a tough year for Republicans in any case, and he would do far less damage to the country in four years than Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama would do, and McCain could PREVENT lots of damage from a Democrat-controlled Congress with the veto pen, supported by Republican filibusters in the Senate. Politics is the art of the possible, and only majorities can govern, and with a confused electorate listening to lots of unrebutted lies from the media and the Democrats, majorities sometimes have to include the squishy middle. Even the great Ronald Reagan had to deal with a Democrat-controlled House for his entire two terms.

For those who want to stay home if McCain gets the nomination, with the idea of letting the Democrats mess up the country and take the blame, how long would it take for a Republican president elected in 2012 to undo the damage of a Hillary or Obama Presidency, not necessarily with a GOP majority in Congress? Could a future Congress repeal HillaryCare, or overturn the rulings of a 7-2 liberal SCOTUS, or rebuild an American city after an Iranian or Pakistani nuke blew it up, after Hillarama tried to make nice with them? A McCain Presidency might be a slow bleed (instead of a sharp lurch) to the left, but with the opportunity to save the patient four years later, especially if McCain retires in 2012 due to age, and passes the torch to a younger, more conservative VP.

Some posters here were deriding the Fox News poll as being skewed (it is, with a sample of 42% Democrats and 33% Republicans), but check out its internals: among Republican voters in the poll, McCain beats Clinton 86-7 and Obama 80-10, while Romney only beats Clinton 73-13 and Obama 63-21. According to this poll, McCain holds the Republican base much better than Romney does in the general election. Can we really afford a GOP candidate who loses more than a third of the votes of his own party against Barack Obama? Do we want to repeat the experience of Barry Goldwater in 1964 (despite the support of young Hillary Rodham), or go with a candidate who is within the margin of error of both Democrats in a poll whose sample is skewed toward Democrats?

Conservatives need to face facts right now. Due to past errors when Republicans had control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress, we're playing defense now, and a President McCain (with the veto pen) could limit the damage for four years until our team can get its act together and go back on offense. We can't afford to go home and forfeit the country to the Socialist Democrats by default, because it may be too late in 2012 to undo the damage. If McCain is the GOP nominee, hold your noses if necessary, but vote against Hillarama. America can't afford a President Hillarama.

Dave m · 1 year ago

I do not agree with her using the word faggot but I will not vote for Mccain if he is the nomination. His campaign this year and last go around with Bush would have me feeling to guilty to vote with someone like that. Of course I would also never vote for clinton.

wonk · 1 year ago

i'm at a bit of a loss to understand the vitriol directed at McCain. Certainly there is plenty for a conservative to dislike, including his disdain for the First amendment, his position on global warming, his belief in centralized federal power, and his general arrogance.

On the other hand,he is a genuine fiscal conservative. it's not just his opposition to earmarks and pork barrel spending, but perhaps more importantly, he has long been an advocate of entitlement reform. He was early an ardent support of personal accounts for Social Security, and has pushed for serious Medicare reform, including means-testing. Almost alone among Republicans, he opposed the disastrous Medicare prescription drug benefit. And, he has offered the best and most conservative health care reform plan of any of the candidates. While Mitt Romney has embraced the basic tenants of HillaryCare.During his time in the Senate, he has never voted for a tax increase. While he has taken much heat for voting against the Bush tax cuts, he now calls for making those tax cuts permanent and has called for cutting business taxes and capital gains taxes. He has a 100% Right to Life voting record, and conservatives should love his positions on Iraq and foreign policy generally.

Compare this to Mitt Romney who has: 1) signed a health care law virtually identical to what Hillary has proposed; 2) supported the Medicare prescription drug benefit; 3) called for increased federal education spending, including having the federal government buy a laptop for every schoolkid in America; 4) supports increased farm price supports; 5) called for a $20 billion corporate welfare bailout of the auto industry; and 5) has shifted positions on a host of issues.

Now, i'm not suggesting anyone vote for McCain in the primary. But is he really so bad that Hillary or Obama is preferable? And, if any deviation from conservativism is unacceptable, why does Romney get a free pass?

Stu · 1 year ago

I am in total agreement with Coulter. If McCain wins the nomination I will be voting for the opposition. The enemy within is by far the most dangerous enemy of all.

Mike · 1 year ago

"Finally"?

No offense mean, but y'all aren't exactly quick, are you?

billy10 · 1 year ago

Please do not associate Ann Coulter with the Christian right. We do not claim her she is a hate monger, true Christians are not. She did everything she could to smear Mike Huckabee.

I hope she does campaign for Hillary. She can't get any conservatives to vote for Hillary and conservatives will be rid of her big mouth. Maybe even Shawn Hannity will quit having her disgracing his show.

John Lizardo · 1 year ago

There is no thought process in Ann Coulter's head. She is noise that push us to be polarized and keeps true thinking from surfacing. I think that someone like McCain, who can reach across to the other side, is good for the party.

WWGEORGE · 1 year ago

How can a person who wants to make Hillary commander in chief claim to support the troops?

J_Gocht · 1 year ago

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pjs · 1 year ago

Why should we listen to who Ann Coulter tells us to vote for anyway. As near as I can tell, her only qualifications for giving advice on national issues are that she clerked for a judge and worked for a Senator. Those hardly qualify as expert qualifications.

If this woman came to you on the street and offered her "expert" advice on raising your child, you would probably tell her where to put her opinion. I suggest you do the same with her opinion on the election.

If all it takes to offer advice to a nation are Ann's qualifications, then I'll tell you that I am a licensed professional, with many years of experience working with state and local governments. I am a military officer, and have led troops in Afghanistan. I think my qualifications at least equal those of Ms. Coulter and I say that John McCain understands that a President must exhibit leadership over politics, must put his country's needs before his party's needs, and that these traits are exactly what we need to carry us through the next 4-8 years.

Ann's only interest is in selling books.

Seaberry · 1 year ago

Coulter belongs in the Obama and Hillary group...

Brad Bettin · 1 year ago

What do you mean, "finally"?

Look, Coulter is a very bright woman - VERY bright - so she knows her act plays right into the Left's caricature of conservatives, yet she does it anyway. Why? Because Ann getting attention is more important to her than advancing conservative ideas.

Clearly, the act pays well - but no one should confuse Coulter for a serious commentator.

Allen Fuller · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter always gave me the willies, even when I agreed with some of the stuff she said. Now she is officially off her rocker.

First she wanted to outsource her thinking to the Democrats ("if the Democrats hate Romney that much, he MUST be the best one for us")... now she wants to campaign for the Democrats.

She's so far right she's officially circled around to the left.

GrinReaper · 1 year ago

This is a really fun place! I love reading so many right wing zealots expressing their misery. I guess they just don't realize that the end has come forever for them. After the next eith yeaqrs od the Democrats in charge of the WH and the Congress there will be a firewall against the ragged remnants of the right as impenetrable as the fence at Gitmo...before we tore that eyesore down of course. LOL!!!!!

CT · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter has joined the Nihilist wing of the Republican party.

James Saldaña · 1 year ago

Who said Hillary will beat Obama. She won't. So I guess she's off the hook.

Nothing to see hear. Move along.

KevlarSoul · 1 year ago

People frorget Reagan was a "California Conservative" a moderate of sorts....

Bruce · 1 year ago

I will vote for Romney. I will not vote for McCain. I believe the reasons are self evident. McCain gave us McCain-Feingold. If that isn't evidence of bad judgement I can't imagine what is. I will not hold my nose and vote for McCain. I will write in Romney or vote for Hillary like Ann. People who promote McCain as viable are stabbing ME in the back.

the Cannuck · 1 year ago

Reagan won because many Democrats would not hold their nose and vote for Carter same situation with Bush. Anne at least has the class to recognise her bail out position is to vote for a woman. The problem with Republicans is that they are too focussed on beating the Clintons and not focussed on getting a good candidate, now they have the worst of both worlds,lousy candidates with no support. Sometimes you have to let the other guys win .Mc Cain is unworthy and is frankly flakey
Guliani was better ,Romney cannot be elected , as the press on both sides have killed him.
I really think that most Republicans were expecting Gulianni to to be the candidate , relaxed their guard and allowed the MSM to kill him off. Tough shit now you have to live with it.
Gulianni can probably bank on the senate seat in New York and reflect on Mc cain's massive defeat in November.

essucht · 1 year ago

The good thing about Coulter:

She goes after leftists just like *they* go after conservatives.

The bad thing about Coulter:

She goes after leftists *just* like they go after conservatives.

walkman666 · 1 year ago

I think if it's Clinton vs. McCain (forget the Coulter part, she's just doing what she does, being provocative to get ratings), there's some sorta compromise conservatives and republicans are going to have to make. As someone else said, are you going to choose your semi-moderate repub candidate or true-blue Dem (who is actually pretty hawkish herself). Look, I'm entering the lion's den here, as a Dem and an Obama supporter (socialism rules!...as if), if he loses the Dem nomination and it's Hillary, who I don't prefer and don't like for numerous reasons (power thing, back to the future thing, more partisan politics thing) vs. Romney or McCain, I am going to vote for Hillary...basically because her policies and views would still be more aligned with mine than either Romney or McCain. The reverse, for you guys, is to completely discard whatever semblance of conservative leadership you'd have with McCain for ... a Clinton? That does not add up. However, if you do vote for Hillary, or not vote at all, I'd take it, if those were the two candidates. Many of the comments here seem to support a candidate who would not "ruin the foundation of the repub party/base." I think you might want to be more concerned about who the better leader would be and who could get more things accomplished, for the good of the country, our priorities. If you think Romney has the skills, judgment, knowledge, charisma and his policies are aligned with your thinking, then great. He does seem to know business, but he also seems a bit insincere, flip-flops more than Kerry (57 flavors, as Mitt called Kerry in the 2004 convention), and transparently panders. His integrity and credibility would do more harm to the republican party than McCain's independence.

newton · 1 year ago

The national convention will surely be one big, messy battlefield!

Heaven help us!

Darkmatter · 1 year ago

On some level I agree with Ann. A vote for McCain puts him closer to winning and would, in the eyes of liberal wing of the Republican party, be a vindication of all his liberal stances.

The worst thing that could happen to the conservative movement would be a McCain win. A win by Hillary or Obama against McCain would allow us four years of telling the RINOs that they should not have ignored us. A McCain win means we wove the white flag and surrendered. We would be abdicating all our core beliefs just to get a guy who claims to be a Republican in the White House.

With either a Hillary, Obama, or McCain victory, the outcome is the same - we surrender in Iraq, taxes get raised, illegals get amnesty, and liberals are appointed to the supreme court. The best course of action for conservatives is to vote "none of the above" if McCain wins the nomination. Stay home, turn of the TV, and realize we have 4 years of being under the target. Supporting Hillary is a bit too far but it does illustrate the absurdity of calling McCain either a conservative or a Republican.

Captain- I hope you reconsider your position on McCain. If he wins the nomination don't support him just because he has the (R) next to his name or you will destroy the party. Stay home and don't vote or write in someone else. Use your position to encourage other conservatives to stay home as well. If the party can't find a candidate that supports our core beliefs, let him run and get elected without us.

Dustin · 1 year ago

I'm voting Romney, When it comes to Coulter though, I don't see why everyone's so shocked at her response. When is this woman not saying ridiculous things? I don't think I heard a single sound bite of her being intellectually honest. She's basically TV junk for shock value. Let's give someone else in our society a voice.

Shannon L · 1 year ago

Wow, as a center conservative on this site for the first time I can only think one thing. You people logic with the same extremism as Osama bin Laden.

Better our nation suffer to the Republican party can rediscover itself? Are you people serious? You put the party before your country. The same country young men and women are fight in Iraq for? This is exactly how bin Laden and his ilk think, their movement over everything else. Well I for one will vote for the person I feel will do the best for our country, the country I love. I refuse to sit back and hope it fails in the hope it will strengthen my party. You people are just as sickening as Democrats that hope we lose in Iraq. Just like the people that are happy when our soldiers die, just so they can tally another mark on the dead list.

You people make me sick.

Jeff · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter could care less about conservatism. She is harmful to the conservative movement. Ann Coulter is all about Ann Coulter and her bank account. A narcissistic self-aggrandizing publicity whore. She is the Paris Hilton of politics. She will do anything for attention.

Ryan · 1 year ago

Good for you for standing up to the talking head ditto head commenters who will swallow any spin, no matter how obvious it is.

Mark · 1 year ago

I think Ann's got the right idea. If McCain gets the nomination then we WILL get a newly minted underclass of 20 to 80 million that will swamp our entitlement systems whether he wins or not. (How will being a fiscal hawk stop that Tsunami? A: It won't. ) The democrats will be able to exploit a new victim class for the next 20 years and it is highly likely that wide swaths of our economy will slip into socialism.

At least if Hillary or Obama wins then they will have to reveal their true beliefs to the voters if they want to do any harm. It's not anything that I want to find out if I can avoid it, but it might translate into instant rehabilitation for the sins of 2006.

Win or lose, I think McCain will destroy the Reagan coalition by using the GOP's primary system to bypass the base. He may even cause a walkout which destroys the party of Lincoln itself, much like the Whig party.

If he wins he will owe nothing to conservatives. He gives every appearance of a vindictive personality that will solidify his power by marginalizing conservatives by supplanting them with a coalition of moderates built around little more than a cult of personality peopled with the likes of Gov. Schwarzenegger (a phony), Giuliani, (a hero) and Lieberman. I wouldn't put it past him to exact revenge upon talk radio with an updated fairness doctrine that he could pass under the cover of the "R" next to his name. (Like Nixon going to China)

Let's make sure that Mitt emerges as the victor from a brokered convention and then we don't have to find out if McCain is just a more virulent form of the Kerry "electability" delusion.

Chris Rideout · 1 year ago

I am SO GLAD that the lady Ann is a republican.

Arthur Machado · 1 year ago

Coulter used the word faggot to emphasize the stupidity, at that time, of recent political correctness ideologues who demanded an actor, Isaiah Washington, go to counseling because he used the word faggot on the set and it offended someone. Context is the key..

As to your main point I live in Connecticut and I left the Democrats on August 9, 2006 because a party with no room for Senator Lieberman had no room for me. I didn't join the Republican Party to vote for a Democrat which McCain is. If McCain wins I doubt I'll bother even voting. Which is kind of funny because in every Presidential election but 1992 , when I voted for Perot, I have voted for a Republican.

breenarntz · 1 year ago

I think the logic is based on whether McCain as the Republican president so far to the left will move the present far too liberal center of the republican party even further left. In other words, it would be better for the party long term, not necessarily in the next 4 or 8 years, to have a liberal democrat in office than to have a liberal republican in the office of president. Frankly, I believe she is right for the health of the republican party, although perhaps wrong with respect to the health of the country for the next 4 or 8 years. The republican party must reestablish its conservative roots.

ClydeS · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter's position only works if you think that the Democrats won't cause irreversible damage in four years, but will be bad enough that America will throw them out, as we did with Jimmy Carter.

Frankly, in a post-9/11 world, where the cost of four years of feckless Democrat leadership might be measured in the number of cities nuked by Muslim terrorists, I'm not ready to take that chance.

Better a poor Republican than a hardline socialist, cut-and-run Democrat!

na · 1 year ago

But if that happens, then people in the future will be left asking: what's a muslim?

onlineanalyst · 1 year ago

Isn't it more than ironic that the base in both parties reject the "inevitable" candidates, Hillary and McCain? Both are the ones cultivated by the media and the pollsters with fawning coverage, no hard questions, and skewed polling questions.

This isn't the general election, folks. The primaries are the time to shake out the competition in order to get the candidate we can get behind.

John McCain is not a candidate who inspires my support or confidence. His friendships and political alliances demonstrate a kinship with the party across the aisle. He has never demonstrated the tenacity to rally behind conservative positions when expediency or comity with Democrats was his other choice.

Mike Huckabee is the Ross Perot spoiler in the McCain's competition against Romney.

McCain is vain enough to view his disastrous legislative initiatives co-sponsored with liberal Dems as a mandate about what the American public wants.

Justy · 1 year ago

Anne Coulter is demonstrating the feelings all of us have on McCain. Why can't you people get that through your heads! I will not vote for McCain. McCain was willing to run as John Kerry's runningmate! McCain tried to force amnesty down our throats!! McCain is buying into the eco-hype!! McCain fought against a pro-life groups right to speak their views. McCain was thorn in the side of republicans when they needed his help! McCain took illegal contributions for influence during the Keating Five scandal! McCain has more friends who are democrats than are republicans and you wonder why we won't support McCain. There will be very little difference between a McCain administration and a Hillary administration. I DON'T TRUST McCAIN on JUDGES. At least during the Hillary administration we'll know from which direction the knife is coming from! So no, I will not vote for McCain.

Scientific · 1 year ago

This should be an Obama campaign ad. Clinton's camp has to be cringing over this. Coulter made herself look like a joke here. Again.

FedUp · 1 year ago

I like Ann Coulter, but she doesn't speak for me. One has to take the talking heads with a grain of salt. I agreee with her on John McAmesty, but I disagree with her on Clinton. Better him than Clinton or the empty suit, Obama!

Carolyn Cooke · 1 year ago

Sorry, guys, but I’ve been saying the same thing as Ann for months. I would rather have Hillary in the White House than John McCain who delights in kicking conservatives in the teeth. John McCain is only now attempting to woo the conservative constituency after not supporting conservative principles since 2000 when he showed up at Soros’ “shadow convention” as a key note speaker. Have you forgotten the ad he ran for the Soros’ funded anti-gun group, Americans for Gun Safety. Have you forgotten his support for The Law of the Sea Treaty and Kyoto (which he will impose without signing)? Have you forgotten his attacks on the drug industry, business, etc? … and let’s not forget his beloved amnesty for illegal aliens which will be the end of American fiscally. Even more disturbing is his penchant for obfuscation on the facts of his notorious record. John McCain will not change once in office but attempt to an enact a radical agenda, the likes of which you have never seen, and you will rue the day you supported him. By the way, I am proud female Reagan conservative. You McCain supporters are going to have to come up with a new label for yourselves.

STU2 · 1 year ago

I used to believe I was in the party of thinkers, this primary season has made me wonder.

On the issue of Ann Coulter’s recent comments, may I point out a few things:
There were 4 days left between the show and Super Tuesday.
All the general public sees is McCain being group hugged by “me-too” GOP hangers-on.
The front-loaded nature of the primaries, the reliance of the media on polling data, the creepy alliance of McCain and Huckabee and changing demographics in the early states is making a mockery of our selection process.
Every MSM outlet gives fawning coverage of McCain, disseminating his lies and informing the yet-to-vote public that not only is he unstoppable in the primaries, but also the ONLY Repub who could beat the Dems in the general election (even though they will make mincemeat of him and any GOP congressional office seeker with the misfortune of being involved The Year of the Mole).
Even this blog has an entry today all but conceding a McCain victory three days before Super Tuesday. Sure it’s honest reporting, but…EEEeeeeeyyyooooooorrrrrrrrre.

Ann Coulter is fighting for the future of her party, the conservative movement and possibly the concept of a constitutionally limited republic. The only way she could even have a chance of waking up the sleepwalking public to the idea that there is serious opposition within the party to McCain’s nomination is to make herself the subject of water-cooler talk.

If enough people see that staunch conservatives may not be able to vote for McCain (and how is any republican going to win without conservatives, we barely won the last two with them) maybe people will say, “Well screw that…I don’t like him anyway, I’ll vote for Romney”, (who IMHO is really the only republican left who can win).

Can you imagine the upset, the turmoil. Can you imagine the groundswell we could get from defeating the media/establishment candidate against all odds. It would be better than beating the immigration reform bill…what was that called again?

On the subject of Ann Coulter generally, she has more stones than all the squishy half of the GOP combined. In fact, I think a case could be made that republican women are the real men of this party.

You think it’s fun to hold yourself up to derision in a PC culture that now requires you to go to rehab if you utter the wrong word in connection with one of their favored sub-groups, but are waiting for the day they can send you to jail for it?

Ann Coulter has done more to expose to the public the history, thinking and goals of the American Stalinist movement than anyone I can think of. I can’t wait to see what facet of neo-communism her next full-fledged book is about. And if her rant on Hannity and Colmes has the effect of causing enough people to resist the McCain/Huckabee axis that this race still has an honest man (if not a rock-ribbed conservative) in the running, I’ll buy her a brand new little-black-dress.

By the way, the term “jumped the shark” is somewhat, shall we say, passé. :-)

Rockyspoon · 1 year ago

The people the Republicans (and the Democrats too, for that matter) have to worry about are people like me--an Independent Conservative. I relinquished my Republican party affiliation when they left me--left me with the likes of McCain who is totally unacceptable in this election for so many policy reasons. So who to vote for? Unlike a lot of people who have not studied Romney but have swallowed the swill that the Democrats have put up about him, I have seen him in action on the Olympics and have examined his work in Mass. Certainly his experience in the business world is unparalleled and with our economy heading south, it becomes the critical topic in this election cycle.

Without a doubt, it is time for a Conservative Independent Party (CIP), and the nominee should be Mitt Romney. I'm going to vote for him as a write-in for president regardless who the party machines get to run for the other two. McCain as president? WHAT A JOKE! The only thing worse would be a Democrat winning, but not by much. Join me with a Mitt Romney Write In!

Steve · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter lost her mind long ago. I used to admire her as an outstanding conservative spokesperson and now I just think shes completely nuts. After her shameful tirades against the group of World Trade Center 9/11 widows and Judaism, just to name a few, I think Fox is making a big mistake letting her air her views.

fuchsiaribbons · 1 year ago

Republicans have to unite and win even if it is with McCain. Coulter and Limbaugh are wrong. What is the point of putting down your weapon while the battle still rages? Republicans do not surrender or retreat. I support Governor Romney, but will support McCain if I have to. At least with McCain in the White House, we can pressure him and keep our democratic republic together. Clinton and that ultra orthodox liberal Obama will destroy it with their allegiance to socialism and post-American politics. This fight is not for the self - it's for the future of the United States and the Constitution. NOTHING is worth a chance of losing those. Face reality, and win and also know that the Republican Party must move to the middle in order to survive. That does not mean the Party sacrifices its core beliefs, but it does mean that if we fracture over such selfish stubbornness, we will lose the United States we all so dearly love and must fight to hold for future generations. Stop whining and start winning. Surrender is not an option. We have to unite and we have to vote for McCain. Not to do that is ultimate disaster for the United States. Keep your eye on the prize!!!

Christie · 1 year ago

I’ve been thinking A LOT since Tuesday night (b/f Ann spoke out) and I’ve come to the conclusion that IF McCain gets the nomination, I PREFER that a Dem be elected. Here’s why:

There’s not much difference b/t him and the Dems anyway; therefore, regardless if McCain or Hillary/Obama win the election, we’ll still get the same disastrous liberal policies-- BUT, if it’s “President McCain”, public opinion/media would NEVER acknowledge that it's the LIBERAL policies destroying America, but instead REPUBLICAN McCain. Republicans will get all the blame… we’re talking about policies that’ll haunt the Rep party for eternity & going down in the history books! As Dr. Phil says, “You did/said it so now you OWN IT!”

Now think about this… We’ll still be subjected to socialist policies, I’d rather the Democrat party "OWN" what will ultimately ruin America! We already know that McCain is a turncoat who did everything in his power to sabotage the Rep party by teaming with Dems on numerous occasions, as he smirks knowingly while literally making our majority status irrelevant.

I agree 110% with Ann's following statement:

"At least under President Hillary, Republicans in Congress would know that they're supposed to fight back. When President McCain proposes the same ideas -- tax hikes, liberal judges and Social Security for illegals -- Republicans in Congress will support "our" president -- just as they supported, if only briefly, Bush's great ideas on amnesty and Harriet Miers."

GOPeagle · 1 year ago

Ann DID NOT call Edwards a "fag*ot". I am so sick of that liberal spin. For God's sake she is close friends with several homosexuals and even gave a CPAC award to someone who left that lifestyle choice, Matt Sanchez. Stop buying into the homosexual agenda and using their politically correct terms like 'gay'. Even our kids have enough sense to know the sickness of that lifestyle and use 'gay' as a generic insult. Would you call them homophobic? Give me a break. I love Ann because she speaks the truth.

NewOrleansLady · 1 year ago

<< So let's walk through the logic here. John McCain gets castigated by Coulter because he aligns himself too often with the Democrats. Her solution to that is --- to campaign for the Democrats? >>

With all due respect, do you think it's logical for the Republican party to have their stamp all over McCain's liberal policies? No, that's not logical.... Democrats own liberal idiocy, let them stamp their own party's name on the socialist agenda that will be responsible for our downfall.

Dittospeak · 1 year ago

I often wonder what Ann Coulter's girlfriend thought about the faggot remark. Probably just took another Valium and called Mary Cheney.

Jeremayakovka · 1 year ago

Ed,

The joke's provocation - which conservatives have a duty to spell out - is its pointing out the harm done to language and our public, national discourse by allowing people to hide their bigotry behind bland mea culpa's (such as Isaiah Washington's "I need rehab"). Ann's joke wasn't pure, but it was powerful.

Whether Ann hates gay people is ambiguous. Whether she hates people who hate gay people is ambiguous. But whether she hates people who shirk accepting moral responsibility for their bigotry is clear. Rather, it's clear that she hates liberals who shirk that responsibility.

Last year I energetically defended Ann regarding her "faggot" joke. Out of respect for your concerns regarding it, I'll insist that criticism of it be qualified (as I offered above).

From my post last of last March 7: "Oh, and I was going to have a few comments about the other Democratic presidential candidate, Ms. Rodham Clinton, but it turns out that under a Hillary Administration you could be audited by the IRS if you use the word 'dyke.' "

Quiverdaddy · 1 year ago

Thanks Ed for taking this insufferable bomb-throwing wench on. I support a different candidate, and wouldn't entertain the idea of voting for McCain in the primaries, but I can't see how anyone with all the intelligence Coulter's ghostwriters lead people to believe she has would think a Marxist approach offered by HillBillary would be preferable to McCain's approach which is overall far more conservative than either Clinton.

I'm one of those people Romney thinks is supporting McCain because I am looking for a true conservative who has not wavered on the issues that matter to me. I hope McCain doesn't win, but if he does, it is only because Romney didn't bail after he lost in Iowa and New Hampshire. Seems a vote for Romney is a vote for McCain, and apparantly now a vote for Ann Coulter to take her rightful place as HillBillary's campaign press secretary.

Good on ya, Ed. I wish you were on the Huckabee team, but at least you're calling it the way you see it on this one. Ann Rodham Coulter did more than jump the shark... she's jumped the track right under the "Straight Talk" Express. Must be Moon Sickness.

addage · 1 year ago

I like Ann Coulter even though this last one is a real "my eyes roll up" comment. Ann argues like a liberal--its hyperbolic, emotional, usually humorous, a political tone poem rather than a reasoned analysis. Besides, anyone who makes Dems as angry as she does deserves a little slack.

bethechange1 · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter so clearly has a personality disorder - borderline personality disorder, which is characterized by black-and-white thinking, rage and emotional volatility, and a need for drama. Unfortunately, many of the right-wing commentators have similar traits and those republicans who can't handle that McCain has worked in a bipartisan way with some democrats have the same problem. Do you really like the gridlock that partisan politics has caused in congress? I swear, Coulter, Limbaugh, and those who follow them are like 2 year-olds who want their own way, "My way or the highway." Grow up! How many of us can go to work and refuse to work with people to find compromises that get a job done? If McCain is so liberal, why does he have a high rating as a conservative with some of the organizations who rank politicians? By the way, I'm a democrat and even though I think McCain has a better chance that the"Stepford Candidate," Romney of beating the democrat in the fall, I hope he is the Republican nominee because he doesn't pander to the more immature and fanatic right-wingers.

Cephus65 · 1 year ago

Ann Coulter is right and I am with her 100% because I am a CONSERVATIVE first and a republicrat second.

Gaunilon · 1 year ago

Morissey is being unusually slow here. Coulter's logic is that (1) Hillary is more likely to prosecute the war vigorously, and (2) since they'll both mess up everything else, it might as well be a Democrat who gets held responsible. Also, Coulter thinks the hands of Republicans will be tied when it comes to fighting McCain because of party allegiance, but not so with Clinton.

The logic is faulty, but it's still a hell of a lot better than most arguments in the blogosphere (this site included). The logic breaks down in two places in my opinion. First, there are more important issues than the war. The war is about survival, and that's important. But more important than survival is virtue: no ethical person would suggest that it is better to be bad and alive, than good and dead. Therefore issues such as abortion, euthanasia, etc are more important than the war, since they are about our willingness to murder innocent people in order to get what we want. The war is only about whether we live or die. Small beans by comparison. McCain may not be very solid on issues such as abortion, but he's a lot better than Hillary ever will be. With him there is at least a possibility of good judge appointments and possibly even support for legislation that would limit abortion. With Hillary: none. Of course, any other Republican candidate would be preferable in this regard.

The other fault in her logic is that a President must be a leader of character. Hillary has none. Zero. McCain has shown dishonesty, but has also shown courage, love of country, and a willingness to stand on principle (even if the principle is sometimes wrong-headed). Again, the other Republican candidates are better but versus Hillary ... (FBI files on political opponents...intimidation of Bill's cast-off girlfriends...Whitewater...Sandy Berger...) it's clear that McCain is less certain to be abysmal.

The part of her argument that strikes me as strongest is the second, that at least we can fight Hillary directly since she won't be a Republican, and possibly recover four years later with another president. Perhaps, and so one might be justified in not voting for either. But one certainly shouldn't vote or campaign for Hillary if one cares about ethics and leadership.

GregGS · 1 year ago

Ann will vote for hillary because McCain's policies will be bent towards alinement and appeasement of the democrats this would end up no different that Bushes alinement on no child left behind, and other left generated domestic policies that back fire and get blamed on the republicans. We Republicans can't survive another 8 years of helping the democrats pass gobs more socialism thinking partisanship will get us some luv back. WE GET NOTHING BUT LIBERAL HATRED AND ANGST, for helping them. We should vote 100% republicans in office or let the social dems trash the country if they get to close to that it will be obvious that it's their fault.
Of corse they still won't get it and that's what the bill of rights original intent was for in the first place.

Insufficiently Sensitive · 1 year ago

Coulter's a lot like the lefty extremists beginning with the Bolsheviks. They hated liberals worse than right-wingers, sort of on the rationalization that liberals SHOULD have been members of Lenin's mob but had, by refusing his sacred leadership, become apostate and therefore were moral scum worse than the enemy.

But since when has politics by tantrum been anything new?

Joe · 1 year ago

If Ann is going to campaign for Hillary, she might as well get going now...

O-MITTUARIES? When Jim Geraghty at NRO is saying things like that and the WSJ is throwing Mitt under the bus, Mitt has to know he is in deep trouble.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/200...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120182471883733...

I agree with you Ed, Ann jumped the shark with the Edwards comment. It was not even funny, just done to create a head line. Ann does not have core convictions other than promoting Ann book sales and appearance fees.

Rosamund · 1 year ago

I can't vote for McCain in the general. Talk of "ideological purity" and such is to say that the issues are esoteric things in people's lives. My grandfather nearly had his head bashed in with a truck wrench, but he shot to death the illegal immigrant scum who tried to kill and rob him at a truck stop. Two years ago, people from the projects were moved into my area as part of the HUD Hope program despite the fact that it is well documented that these folks prey on the good, middle-class folk who live in areas like this. Bush would not let HUD dissolve the program in my area, which costs the tax payers millions of dollars and is a behemoth to oversea. No, minority home ownership was more important to him than our safety (He really did give increasing "minority home ownership" as the reason for keeping it when HUD asked to dissolve it). One of these scum last year beat my seven-year-old son with a thick tree stick. And McCain is far more of a liberal, equality at all costs, multiculturalist.
None of what my family has personally gone through compares to what this 9-year-old boy went through: Jordin Paulder, playing with his little brother, got an ax put into his head for trying to be helpful by somebody who had no business being in this country.
http://www.sullivan-county.com/wcva/paulder.htm

Brian P · 1 year ago

I will probably wind up voting for Mccain for three reasons.

1) We're still at war in Iraq. I'd rather have a decorated war hero in the driver's seat than a man who has no experience or a woman whose husband's administration bugged out of Somalia. I'm afraid of 1975 all over again .. we're winning to some extent, then we pull the plug and watch the baby die. Helicopters off the roofs. Watch our friends and allies ...... get slaughtered AGAIN while we refuse to lift a finger to help the people who were foolish enough to trust us.

2) IIRC, Mccain's prolife bonafides are greater than either O or H.

3) We're going into a recession perhaps, and I don't want someone in charge who wants to 'end financial inequality', to quote John Edwards. Unequal effort should not result in equal outcomes. That's been tried in a number of countries. It did not work.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

Jeremy · 1 year ago

But what of the cases of people getting their heads bashed in by people who are here legally? Since people who are here legally have committed all sorts of crimes, do we then deport all the people who are here legally?

Lems_Thoughts · 1 year ago

I am not an Ann Coulter fan; but I agree with her on this one. Four years of Clinton with a chance to get rid of her is better than four to eight years of McCain followed by four to eight years of the Dem's "really" being in charge. DO THE MATH! Four bad years is better than sixteen intolerable years. Will anything be left?

Rovin · 1 year ago

Do you think Stevens, Souter, or Kennedy will remain in the court while we "purify" our party?

Thirty-plus years of a liberal court? DO THAT MATH .....and get back to me.

massrepublican · 1 year ago

Amen, Rovin. I feel like I'm on crazy pills in this room.

Lems_Thoughts · 1 year ago

Do you think McCain would be any different? He who thinks Sandra Day O’Connor was a great justice!

massrepublican · 1 year ago

Good point. Let's vote for Hillary or Obama. Case closed.

Roger · 1 year ago

I'm with Ann, we couldn't have had 8 years of Reagan without 4 years of the peanut farmer first....McCain is a Lib/Leftist and a RINO!!!

George · 1 year ago

The woman was never logical...not very different from Michelle Malkin.

William Livingston · 1 year ago

Anyone supporting Romney the draft dodger who dissed veterans by equating his son's vacation trip abroad with service to the nation in the armed forces has a peculiar understanding of conservatism, which is aboput more than fretting about tax rates & the idolatrous worship of money.

For three years or longer the Chamber of Commerce wing of the G.O.P. has attempted to jam a pro-asbortiom, pro-queer agenda & anti-gun anti-Christian draft dodger down the throats of social conservatives. It's an attempt that is failing & will in the end fail.

Nor did Romney gain much admiration from the nation's 24 million veterans, most of whom lean Right in their politics, by equating his son taking a vacation trip abroad with service to the natiuon in the armed forces.

Larry · 1 year ago

Coulter jumped the shark and lost me a few months ago when she referred to Jews as "unperfected Christians"

I've been a big listener of Talk Radio -but I think their McCain Derangement Syndrome is going to lose them a lot of listeners.

Monkei · 1 year ago

I can see the Captain meeting Ann at a dinner party and the host introducing them

"Ann this is Captain Ed of the Captain's Quarters, a respected blogger with a flair for conservative ideas."

"Captain, this is Ann Coulter, media whore and prostitute".

brandonjacobs27 · 1 year ago

I'm sorry, but some of you are outright misrepresenting McCain's stances on the issues. He is NO liberal by any stretch.

He is:

Pro-life
In favor of making the Bush tax cuts permanent (no matter what his position once was)
In favor repealing the AMT
Will appoint conservative judges like Roberts and Alito, notwithstanding the inaccurate hit pieces by Novak and Fund and exposed today by Byron York at NRO (confirmed by his endorsement today by Ted Olson)
Wants free market forces in health care
Was right on the surge and is strong on defense

I know he hasn't been perfect in the past, and he's not my ideal candidate, but come on. We criticize liberals for Bush Derangement Syndrome, but are now just as bad with McCain Derangement Syndrome. Take a deep breath, step back and look at what he plans to do. Quite a contrast with Billary/Obama. If he's the nominee, sign me up.

Surf-by liberal · 1 year ago

Hannity was embarrassed by something? That must be a typo.

George Roach · 1 year ago

People like Coulter and Limbaugh have a strong death wish for the Republican Party. The Republicans will lose badly in the general election if the Republican nominee asserts that he wants to send 12 mm Latinos back South. In modern day terms such an effort, if at all possible, would be reasonably likened to various Indian death marches or the Japanese concentration camps. Prop 187, opposed by Bennet, Kemp and Bush literally killed the Republican Party in California; now Coulter and Limbaugh want to finish the job. By the time that the Republicans would regain the White House, the United States would look and operate very differently and not all favorably with most Republicans' desire for change.

joseph hill · 1 year ago

I would not vote for a candidate who does not accept Evolution as a viable explanation for undersanding geology and biology. You can embrace spiritual values, god, etc and still accept what evolution teaches us. To ignore this is a sign of ignorance.

Wiley Hyena · 1 year ago

Ronald Reagan was no neo-con. Today's neo-con would have been considered fringe right in 1980. The rise of McCain means traditional Reagan Republicans are re-taking their party. The neo-cons have been a spectacular failure and their media elites like Coulter, Limbaugh, and Hannity are being marginalized with the rise of McCain. Hence, bluster and hysteria in the neo conservative media. This is what's happening in our country right now. It's a housecleaning, and this is a very good thing. Now if Obama can complete the sweep with the refutation of the cynical Clinton political machine, the country will in one election have regurgitated these divisive and polarizing people and be able to move forward...finally.

faulkner · 1 year ago

Over the past 8 years, America has seen conservatives run up almost $4 trillion in debt, badly mismanage 2 wars, and run the Federal Government from one phone pole into another.

I agree that liberalism is dangerous -- all the more reason we should be holding our conservative leaders to a higher standard than "dance our ideological tune during elections, and we don't give a crap how bad you screw things up." If Hillary ends up as President, and/or McCain ends up the nominee, then who is to blame? We are. It's not enough to point out that liberalism is bad. We have make conservatism good. We have to make it work. Because right now, too many Americans out there are saying, "Well, you had your shot, and you blew it. Time to try something new."

If we had directed this kind of conservative passion towards Bush, Cheney, Frist, and Hastert to cut spending, maybe we wouldn't be in this boat. If we had directed this kind of passion into war management, maybe it wouldn't have taken a Republican wipe-out in 2006 to set the stage for the surge. Everyone forgets who the Republicans had to trot out in New York in 2004 to save the day: McCain, Swarzenegger, Guliani and Zell Miller, centrists all. And then we wake up in 2008 and wonder where they came from.

I have seen the excuses for every example I cited above and a hundred more examples I didn't bother to mention. I am sick of the excuses. I am sick of hearing about the liberal media.

If you want to make a difference, look in the mirror, take a deep breath, and start over -- with McCain if it comes to that. If you prefer excuses and to play the victim, keep tuning into Ms. Coulter.

The choice is yours, and it has little to do at this point with Romney or McCain.

69Vette · 1 year ago

Your argument shows why McCain shouldn't get the Conservative vote. Conservatives DIDN'T run up the debt, mismanage any wars, or run anything between poles. Liberal or spineless Republicans, in concert with liberal Democrats (at least for spending) did. Just because there's an 'R' next to a name, it doesn't mean that person's conservative, and as long as Conservatives fail to make that distinction, we'll continue to lose elections.

hunter_123 · 1 year ago

B-B-Bye-Bye, Ann.
I have defended her and read her and listened to her for the last time.
I know of plenty of other really hot conservative babes, and since she is no longer conservative, sane or young, I do not need her for anything much at all.
I am thinking a book return drive and boycott is in order.
She is ripe, she is over, she is skank.

smok · 1 year ago

Coulter is, like Limbaugh, Ingraham and others, a businessperson. She depends on booksales, the others depend on ratings. It begs the question: Could it be that these people realize they'd have better ratings and book sales if they could re-create their halcyon days oof the nineties where they had a scandal-ridden liberal Clinton regime to rail against?

If I was to rate the candidates from most to least conservative, here's how I would rate them

Most Conserative: Mike Huckabee. He is and has always been consistently pro-life on abortion & embryonic stem cells. He also unequivally supports traditional marriage, and making sure it stays that way. Unlike a Limbaugh conservative, Huckabee favours the small entrepreneur and the workingman over the corporate elites.

Second Most Conservative: John McCain. Supports the right to life, and traditional marriage. Advocates fiscal responsibility. I agree that tax cuts not accompanied by commensurate spending cuts are not a good idea, though I'd still want the tax cuts!

Least conservative Mitt Romney: As governor of a state, while he had a chance to make a difference, yet chose not to and took it upon himself to change the definition of marriage in his state. Even Howad Dean didn't have the audacity to bring in Same Sex marriage in VT. he stopped at Civil Unions. As governor, Always supported pro-abortion legislation . Ran a moderately fiscally conservative government.
I could very easily have described Bill Clinton here... wait! I forgot! Bill Clinton signed the DOMA (defense of marraige Act).
I guess that makes Bill Clinton more conservative than Romney.
Romney may say now that he realizes the error of his ways, yet he still fails to project any real conviction about his newfound pro-life views, and expresses no real regret over what he did to marriage. We welcome converts to the cause, but like Simon the Sorceror in the Book of Acts, it seems that his conviction only runs as deep as it profits him insofar as advancing his goals is concerned.

I want to like him, I want to believe him, But I can't. I would trust Rudy Giuliani more. At least you know where he stood, and his promise of appointing only strict constructionist judges is more believable than Mitt.

I believe that part of being a true conservative is being socially conservative.

Lost in the Wilderness · 1 year ago

Romney has adequately explained his reasons for previously being pro-choice and why he's changed his mind. More imporatantly, there is nothing in Romney's character which suggests that he won't stick to his new position. You may not think his reasons are good enough, but he's hardly Simon - offering money for the power to represent God. On the contrary, he seems to be perfectly willing to spend his entire fortune promoting the same principles you claim he doesn't believe in.

The Proof? It's pretty obvious that he's not going to win the nomination, yet he's still pumping money into his campaign. I supose you could think it is a way to prime the pump for 2012, but so much can change between now and then that I can't imagine even a moderately successful businessman would consider that a good investment, much less one as accomplished as Romney.

So why is he spending so much of his own money? Probably to make sure that the conservative positions you think he doesn't really believe in actually get debated. Romney's constant pressure has forced McCain to publicly take some positions (e.g. secure the borders first) that McCain would never have taken otherwise.

Mark · 1 year ago

Huckabee is GWB without the speech impediment. (Indeed, he is a dazzling articulate speaker who I would most like to have over for dinner.) He believes in big government solutions to local problems and likes to practice Christian charity with other people's money. Don't get me wrong, I think GWB will be as big as Truman in twenty years, but seven years of profligate spending to get to veto #1 has spoiled me on electing evangelicals who forget to "render unto caesar".

And you're wrong on Romney. He vetoed the gay marriage act the legislature tried to ram down MA's throat, not exactly a popular act with the local media.

korey · 1 year ago

I recommend that you do some studying on conservatism. I recommend Reflections on the Revolutions in France (by Edmund Burke), The Conservatis Mind From BUrke to Eliot (by Russell Kirk), and The Roots of American Order (also by Kirk).

Conservatism is an attitude, a way of looking at the civil social order. It is more akin to the Greek notion of a paidea. Mr. McCain has not a conservative instinct in his body. But I fear most "conservatives" don't know what it means to be a conservative.

Madmom · 1 year ago

The lies you tell of Romney are not helpful. Why don't you just say I hate Mormons. That would be alot more honest.

smok · 1 year ago

I do not hate Latter Day Saints. On the contrary, when he first tossed his hat in the ring, I was intrigued an wanted to support him, thinking , that like the other LDS people I've known in business he would be unabashedly pro-life, and pro-family, and honest to a fault. As I said, I want to like him, and want to believe him that he has come around to a pro-life and pro-family worldview, but given that he knuckled under to the Massachusetts Democrat dominated house, and made a mockery of marriage why should I trust him not to do he same in the face of a Democratic Congress. The Dems will control both houses at least through 2010, and the best the GOP can hope for is to hold their own in the Senate (possibly picking of SD)and gaining a few seats in the House. I also think the best chance for that best-case scenario will be with McCain at the top of the ticket, extending the party's appeal to more people, and hopefully turning the R into an asset, rather than a liability.
Mitt just doesn't have the appeal, because he seems to say what he tthiks people want to hear, and it doesn't ring authentic.

Russty · 1 year ago

Why not Huck. He has ALWAYS been a conservative. He is Not an exagerator or liar, he has ALWAYS been pro-life, pro-marriage. Why isn't he conservative? Oh, I forgot, he wants EVERYONEto pay into the tax system fairly - I guess that is the deal breaker! How dare someone ask that everyone in America be treated fairly! :(

Robert H · 1 year ago

WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT HANNITY SAYS? HE'S A PIG ANYWAY- SO HIM BEING CRITICAL OF COULTER MEANS WHAT? Watching Hannity get off on the already discredited Frank Luntz and his bogus focus groups is always a laugh- Hannity eats up and joins the fake Luntz production as does the rst of FOX- HOW IS THAT NOT EVEN MORE FUNNY COMPARED TO COULTER?