But if they were bashing liberals or democrats and “singing the praises” of W, that would be fine with you Annie, wouldn’t it?

Is your defense of our host that he’s not as over the top as the lovely Miss Coulter? I guess such would be a matter of judgement.

Ann Coulter gets paid, very well it seems, for being outrageous: her books and columns sell, her public appearances draw large crowds, along with the whackos who want to protest her appearance. (They give Miss Coulter just what she wants, more publicity.)

Patterico condemned her words, Sister Toldjah did the same, and I’m sure a lot of other conservative sites have. I said that I’d never have expressed myself the way she did (which might explain why I have so few hits, and she’s making a ton of money). For our host, that’s not good enough. Perhaps when I read his condemnation of how the lovely Cindy Sheehan or the magnificent Michael Moore express themselves, I’ll take his comments on this subject more seriously.

One way in which Oliver Willis and Ann Coulter are different is that Mr. Willis did not (even jokingly) suggest that someone should have bombed the New York Times building or that John Paul Stevens (a Supreme Court Justice) should be killed.

This is likely not the only difference, but it is one that sticks out in front of all others.

BDS pure and simple.

The widows would have been extraordinarily effective if they had remained apolitical. Criticism about the government would then be seen to be truly unbiased. But no. Limelight, talk shows, spouting off agaisnt the sitting president, stumping for a presidential challenger. That is partisan politics. Not looking out for the good of the country.

*douchechills*
That’s all I needed to know. You don’t have to agree with the 9/11 families, but you do need to respect them. You do not. You take the side of Coulter, over people who have legitimate questions about the governments involvement in 9/11.

I disagree with some of their objections over some of the uses of the WTC property, but I respect their grievances. By allying yourself with the likes of Coulter, you do not.

Y’all act as though every conservative who doesn’t immediately denounce what Miss Coulter said is somehow supporting her. The fact is that I rarely even read what she writes; no one can read everything, and the only people ressponsible for what a person writes is the person who writes it.

Our esteemed host seems to think that the names he calls those he opposes are somehow less offensive and, I suppose, more mature than what those on the conservative side who employ various epithets use; I see no difference. If you can’t make an argument without trying to label your opponents with derogatory terms, you don’t have much of an argument.

 These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, revelling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. I ve never seen people enjoying their husbands death so much.

Do you agree with this statement? Very simple, yes or no.

I call Malkin unhinged (a name she called liberals for her book) – Coulter calls all liberals godless sodomites. I call people who keep getting suckered by the RNC “rubes”, Coulter calls the 9/11 widows attention whores.

Yeah, same thing.

Christ.

http://hughhewitt.com/archives/2006/06/04-week/index.php#a002376

Mr Willis, you have a fairly popular blog (heck, I wish mine had your traffic!) in which you pull no punches in your opinions of people with whom you disagree. So, other than the fact she is on the other side of the political spectrum, looks a whole lot better than you do, and makes a lot more money expressing her opinions, how are Miss Coulter and you different?

Unless, of course, you’re rooting for the other team…

mjb

Its mostly the way she says things and the way she couches her monlogue. She’s escapist for conservatives of a certain ilk (I expect she’s not really that popular with the religious right)- not substance.

factcheck,

Of course her views are popular within the conservative world. Its the same balancing act liberals have to perform with Hodean and other more strident voices in the ‘movement”. You want them there and their votes and resources, and they are useful as attack dogs, but you really don’t intend ot follow up on all their proposals.

Dugger

I will give you one thing, Dugger, at least you are not stupid enough to compare a movie on global warming to the rhetoric of human refuse like Anne Coulter. Maybe you can become a “Doctor” too by that standard.

Of course, the same rationale does not apply to them in any way shape or form.

The fact that Coulter is promoted by bulk book buys proves that her views are part of mainstream conservative thought, not disproves it.

The right wing foundations such as the Scaifes and Olins who buy up her screeds are the same organizations who finance the Heritage Foundation, CNS news, World Nut Daily, and other right wing outlets. They drive the conservative agenda, which cons lap up like milk.