tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post979169891709755829..comments2024-03-26T09:25:02.198-04:00Comments on Hey Jenny Slater.: VolvoDrivingLiberal's revenge.Astronaut Mike Dexterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01498197770701096363noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-87903378140611585572007-03-08T07:54:00.000-05:002007-03-08T07:54:00.000-05:00Doug,Many thanks for helping to spread the Coulter...Doug,<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for helping to spread the Coulter advertiser story. The campaign thus far has been very successful, with a significant number of major advertisers pulling ads on www.anncoulter.com.<BR/><BR/>So far the list of advertisers who have officially pulled out are: <BR/><BR/>WAMU <BR/>NetBank <BR/>Verizon Communications <BR/>Sallie Mae <BR/>Mitsubishi <BR/>AT&T/Cingular <BR/>BellSouth <BR/>ING Financial (Screen cap here) <BR/>Dollar Rent-A-Car <BR/>Dogpile.com <BR/>Novica.com (in conjuction with National Geographic) <BR/>SmileTrain.org <BR/>University of Phoenix <BR/>Sallie Mae <BR/>LasikPlus <BR/>Power Chord Academy <BR/>Gulf Shores.com/Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau <BR/>Ulta.com <BR/>Yellow Pages.com <BR/>Classmates.com (subsidiary of United Online) <BR/>Wireless Foundation<BR/><BR/>As of this morning, many Kossacks across the country are reporting no ads on Coulter's site. Thanks to everyone for helping on this. If new advertisers pop up, we will contact them.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work, Doug.<BR/><BR/>VDLVolvoDrivingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877832364319096152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-52569123172958688752007-03-07T08:32:00.000-05:002007-03-07T08:32:00.000-05:00No, Chris. If I'd said that Cheney's death would ...No, Chris. If I'd said that Cheney's death would result in the loss of fewer lives, I'd sound like an abortion-doctor-killer apologist. Since I said that his not being in power would result in the loss of fewer lives, my assertion is analagous to someone who wants abortion to be made illegal. Golly, indeed. I don't want Cheney dead. I just wish he wasn't in power.NCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657029855933201374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-90728699823079104662007-03-06T23:28:00.000-05:002007-03-06T23:28:00.000-05:00"...it's absolutely true that if Cheney were not i..."...it's absolutely true that if Cheney were not in power, fewer people would die needlessly."<BR/><BR/>Then hope the guy gets impeached or doesn't do any more damage (if that's your opinion) before he leaves office.<BR/><BR/>Look, I think the country will suffer if Hillary Clinton is elected president. Does that mean I want her dead? No, it means <B>I don't want her to win</B>. There's a subtle difference.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04054764121030646400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-75438309475655663272007-03-06T23:18:00.000-05:002007-03-06T23:18:00.000-05:00But I also think it's absolutely true that if Chen...<I>But I also think it's absolutely true that if Cheney were not in power, fewer people would die needlessly.</I><BR/><BR/>Golly NCT, you almost sound like one of those people who try to rationalize the crimes of an abortion doctor killer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-16654094116259643122007-03-06T23:17:00.000-05:002007-03-06T23:17:00.000-05:00Coulter drops the 'f' word in a pretty worthless j...Coulter drops the 'f' word in a pretty worthless joke about someone overreacting to someone else's overreaction.<BR/><BR/>How very middle school of her. I remember when there were conservatives in this country considered witty, now this is the best they got - the coolest kid on the bus ride home from middle school?<BR/><BR/>And her fight against 'political correctness' is absolutely laughable. She's being 'oppressed' for saying words my grandma didn't allow around the dinner table when I was ten years old. My Daddy's Mama didn't call that 'political correctness' or 'sensitivity training' though, she called it 'manners' and 'polite company.' But Coulter's a damnyankee, so I guess that's as good an explanation as any for her trash mouth.Cousin Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445894373136726700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-11466130246029684232007-03-06T17:56:00.000-05:002007-03-06T17:56:00.000-05:00So - Doug - you apparently like dick. Or actually,...So - Doug - you apparently like dick. Or actually, "love" dick. When did this happen? Choose your words carefully. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-35439842323259360572007-03-06T17:29:00.000-05:002007-03-06T17:29:00.000-05:00And on the subject of Maher, he said that he belie...And on the subject of Maher, he said that he believed if Cheney wasn't in power, people wouldn't be dying needlessly. Then he went further and said that if Cheney died, "other people, more people would live." And the whole thing was a discussion of the appropriateness of Arianna Huffington's site blocking comments by readers that said they wished Cheney'd been killed.<BR/><BR/>Were Maher's statements in poor taste? I think the second was -- the one where if Cheney died, more people would live. But I also think it's absolutely true that if Cheney were not in power, fewer people would die needlessly.<BR/><BR/>Back to Coulter. Again, it's not that what she said was in egregiously poor taste. By using "faggot" and laughing about it, she and her audience were conspiring to demean and dehumanize gays. If anyone thinks Maher was conspiring to assassinate the vice president, they're crazy.NCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797734992469731598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-27131453808541694402007-03-06T17:19:00.000-05:002007-03-06T17:19:00.000-05:00It is pretty clear that her "joke" was meant as an...It is pretty clear that her "joke" was meant as an "inside" joke with her audience. "You and I know that prissy North Carolinian pretty-boy may as well be one of those pipe-smokers, but we're not allowed to say 'faggot' because the horrible liberals in this country won't let us speak the truth because we have to be politically correct."<BR/><BR/>It's not just that Coulter said something hateful. It's that her audience thinks it's ok -- attractive, even -- for her to use this kind of language at an influential, mainstream conservative political conference.<BR/><BR/>"Faggot" is a bomb. It is just as bad as if she had told some joke about Obama and threw out "nigger." That crap isn't funny. These words are meant to keep certain people in their "rightful" places. The fact that her audience found her fag joke amusing speaks volumes about that audience. The fact that some people don't see that it's a big deal speaks volumes about those people.NCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797734992469731598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-73480478135287934342007-03-06T16:22:00.000-05:002007-03-06T16:22:00.000-05:00Advocate may have been a strong word there I'll ad...Advocate may have been a strong word there I'll admit, but his comments were out of line and Josh makes a good point. The thing is, there are plenty of people out there with opinions that the main stream would disagree with, but the beauty of our constitution is that we have the ability to disagree. They can be dumbasses and spout off their retarded ideology if they want. If I don't like it then I can respond or change the channel. To call it "hate speech" is ridiculous. She no more hates gay people than Robert Byrd hates African Americans....oh wait!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-1345808263548749692007-03-06T15:35:00.000-05:002007-03-06T15:35:00.000-05:00Look, I think we agree about most of this - you'll...Look, I think we agree about most of this - you'll notice I didn't ascribe those comments to Maher, though he didn't go out of his way to refute them. But Coulter is elected to no more of an official position than Maher, Al Franken (yet), or Rosie O'Donnell. Hell, all of those people have even bigger pulpits than Coulter. Just because she spoke at the same conference as candidates means nothing - and anyway, my presumptive candidate wasn't at that freakfest anyway.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04054764121030646400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-64382093806945553522007-03-06T14:49:00.000-05:002007-03-06T14:49:00.000-05:00TXfan, I'll concede that tweaking political correc...TXfan, I'll concede that tweaking political correctness was <I>part</I> of Coulter's aim, but insulting Edwards was still the <I>main</I> part. If she didn't really want to call Edwards a faggot, there were plenty of ways she could've told that "joke" that didn't bring his name into it but still made the political-correctness point.<BR/><BR/>And Josh, say what you will about Maher's comment -- he spoke about Cheney in unwise terms and I don't agree with it myself -- but in no way, shape, or form did he <I>advocate</I> the assassination of Dick Cheney. Some of the comments currently being attributed to him weren't even <I>his,</I> it was stuff he was reading from someplace else.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, the difference between Maher and Coulter is that Maher was speaking from the pulpit of a cable talk show, Coulter was speaking from the pulpit of one of the biggest mainstream conservative conferences in the country. Maher may advocate many liberal positions, but he isn't a "spokesperson" for a particular political ideology; it's a lot harder for Coulter's supporters to say the same.Astronaut Mike Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498197770701096363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-65067279558352432472007-03-06T13:34:00.000-05:002007-03-06T13:34:00.000-05:00Actually, I would think advocating the assassinati...Actually, I would think advocating the assassination of the vice president is <I>worse</I> than calling somebody a "faggot." But what do I know?<BR/><BR/>And as much as I hate Maher and his slimy, pretentious, oily self, he only <I>sorta</I> said that.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04054764121030646400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-42354822333717902722007-03-06T12:19:00.000-05:002007-03-06T12:19:00.000-05:00OK....I give....I started reading this blog for yo...OK....I give....I started reading this blog for your College Football coverage and I became a fan pretty quick but I can't let this go by without a response. I enjoy your writing and I think you have some good points concerning Coulter(she's not hot and her writing could be better), but I think you are missing what she was really trying to say. Her commentary was not necessarily directed towards Edwards, even though she obviously does not think very highly of the former Senator from North Carolina, but more towards the stupidity of political correctness. For goodness sake, a man went to rehab for being ignorant. Is this what it has come to? As far as writing her corporate sponsors, I say go right ahead....I would just ask you to do the same to Bill Maher's sponsors or HBO to complain about him advocating the assassination of our Vice President. It is no less offensive than Coulter's statement....it's just not as publicized for some reason. I hope you keep writing (especially about college football) and I look forward to seeing how this all plays out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-24616381883035472172007-03-06T10:12:00.000-05:002007-03-06T10:12:00.000-05:00Ann Coulter is the Howard Stern of politics. She ...Ann Coulter is the Howard Stern of politics. She exists only for her sensational news value, not for any substantive commentary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-45893164715421690432007-03-06T08:54:00.000-05:002007-03-06T08:54:00.000-05:00Ugh, this is just what that harpy wants - blog pos...Ugh, this is just what that harpy wants - blog posts about every asinine thing she says. I say this to my 5th graders every day when somebody annoys them: <B>JUST IGNORE THEM AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!</B>Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04054764121030646400noreply@blogger.com