So just when we all thought we couldn't listen to anyone more annoying than Cindy Sheehan, here comes along Ann Coulter! I would honestly rather listen to Cindy Sheehan for an hour than listen to Ann Coulter for five minutes. This week's clips were nearly unbearable...I seriously considered skimping on the videos (but for the record, I didn't).
I have always loathed Coulter. She represents that "skinny bitch" that everyone loves to hate (I use that terminology only in an allusion to another new and ridiculous diet book with the same title...really!). To steal a phrase from my paper, I lean so far left that it's remarkable that I can stand at all, so obviously my reaction to Coulter is negative. But my distaste extends much further than that. I never understood why until I read the fallacies section in our packet and now everything seems much clearer.
Coulter reeks of fallacies. Any serious reader would find her arguments illogical and unpersuasive (my apologies if you're a conservative diehard who wants to father Ann's babies).
Coulter's arguments thrive on personal attacks. In the clip with Mrs. Edwards, it was obvious that Coulter's reasons against electing John Edwards were so weak that she had to resort to childish name calling. Furthermore, even if it's true that Hillary has chubby legs (she probably does), it has no place in an argument on policy. I'm more keen on trusting someone who eats a cookie every once in a while rather than someone who thinks eating should be done sparingly. (I'm definitely not endorsing Clinton, but...you know how it goes.)
I absolutely loved it when Matt Lauer asked her difficult questions and she just sat there stumbling over her words. I think she might have actually been trying to formulate a real answer without personal attacks and just couldn't. How sad that she's written, what was it, five New York Times bestsellers? I thought the Times had more pride than to include her in their list!
I especially refute her attack that liberalism is opposition to God. That's either/or reasoning. Either you're conservative and love God or you're a liberal and you have a tattoo of a pentagram across your forehead.
Besides being a shameless liar (as Franken pointed out), Coulter is also a poor debater. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't it unacceptable to refuse to allow your opponent to speak? For the love of all that is good and holy, Ann, take a breath!
So I feel like I've been attacking her personally...but maybe she deserves it. No, not maybe. Definitely.
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Hehe...I really liked your blog, especially the part about Ann Coulter reeking of fallacies. Nothing out of her mouth is the truth, and I think we're all just wasting time listening to a liar. There's no point paying attention to someone who does and says stupid things to get out attention, right??
Oh my gosh I love your blog. Totally agreed! Love the apology about fathering Ann's babies. haha.
yeah that was pretty funny whenever Matt Lauer pwned her!!!! Yeah I would love to see her and Cindy go at it. They are the anti each other but they are both pretty annoying.
I'm glad you really let loose here. I didn't want to really bash her because i wasn't sure if there were a lot of conservatives in class or whatever or if i would have gone too far. I'm not too into politics, and i haven't really heard of ann coulter before this, but honestly i feel robbed of my time afterwards.
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