Monday, February 16, 2004
Ann Coulter is a Disgusting Piece of Trash
Gutter politics will certainly abound this year. Especially when the chairman of the Republican National Committee accuses Democrats of playing dirty THE SAME DAY that Matt Drudge falsely accuses John Kerry of having an intern mistress.
But if one truly wants to get a look at what lies in the gutter of the American political landscape and perhaps, even beneath it, one need look no further than Ann Coulter. If you don't know about Ann, I have some things to show you. She's the shrill-yet-somehow-masculine voice of the rightest of the right wing.
She's penned such winners as:
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."
"We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors."
...And the mother-of-all sick quotes:
"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."
To their credit, most of my conservative friends can't even handle her psychotic ramblings. Coulter also believes Joseph McCarthy was a real American hero and Franklin Roosevelt was a card-carrying Communist.
Ann now wants to divert the controversy over President Bush's supposed AWOL status from the Texas Air National Guard by calling into question the sacrifice of Max Cleland, a former Democratic Senator from Georgia. Cleland lost three limbs while serving in Vietnam. He now backs with John Kerry in his bid for the White House. Her are Ann's most recent thoughts on the subject of Max Cleland.
Moreover, if we're going to start delving into exactly who did what back then, maybe Max Cleland should stop allowing Democrats to portray him as a war hero who lost his limbs taking enemy fire on the battlefields of Vietnam.
Cleland lost three limbs in an accident during a routine noncombat mission where he was about to drink beer with friends. He saw a grenade on the ground and picked it up. He could have done that at Fort Dix. In fact, Cleland could have dropped a grenade on his foot as a National Guardsman -- or what Cleland sneeringly calls "weekend warriors." Luckily for Cleland's political career and current pomposity about Bush, he happened to do it while in Vietnam.
She omits that Cleland was awarded the Silver Star for an incident that happened a mere four days earlier. His Silver Star citation reads as follows:
"When the battalion command post came under a heavy enemy rocket and mortar attack, Capt. Cleland, disregarding his own safety, exposed himself to the rocket barrage as he left his covered position to administer first aid to his wounded comrades. He then assisted in moving the injured personnel to covered positions. Continuing to expose himself, Capt. Cleland organized his men into a work party to repair the battalion communications equipment which had been damaged by enemy fire. His gallant action is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service, and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."
Striking remarks when you consider that the only sacrifices Ann Coulter has ever made for her country are....well.....let me think here......give me a sec....Oh yeah, she's done nothing but pen mindless screed in order to inflame the most rabid among us. Good for you, Ann...Way to support those in uniform...
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