oh look, it's pundit Barbie.......

One of the most fundamental rights we have as citizens in the United States is freedom of speech. If you say something good, bad or otherwise, you are protected by the first amendment to have the "right" to say it. It's probably the only part of the first amendment that most people can remember... a collective brain-sigh is what most people can recall about the rest of the amendment. What people forget about this right, is that it should be tempered with responsibility. Spouting slanderous hateful content is the first rule of kindergarten most of us learned not to do; we were taught to play nice! Not to mention the teachings of our parents: If you don't have anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut, for a foot could land in there.

Enter our pundit Barbie.... otherwise known as Ann Coulter. She professes her agenda as "conservative Christianity", but spews the most spiteful remarks against anyone within ear shot that does not believe as she does. Yup, she has the first amendment down alright, just not the temperament that softens the blows. On her personal list of hate, Democrats and Liberals take the most pot-shots, but then there are numerous other topics that receive her tongue-lashing as well. Add to the list: African-Americans, Muslims, the US government, swing-voters, The New York Times, John Kerry, women voters.... and the list goes on. It IS ok for her to press her right of free speech, although she lacks the ability to stick to the facts, and uses slander to garnish her views.

One of her more controversial and recent distasteful remarks:

"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by griefparrizies. I have never seen people enjoying their husband's deaths so much." "And by the way,how do we know their husbands weren't planning to divorce these harpies? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they'd better hurry up and appear in Playboy." ~~~said about four 9/11 widows who campaigned for John Kerry.

To lash out at the 9/11 widows, who witnessed their loved ones die, one cannot help but feel that this was said out of pure spite. Coulter's explanation: the 9/11 widows were part of the "lefts doctrine infallibility" and that they were using their grief "in order to make a political point while preventing anyone from responding." Whats' the matter, Ann.... are your book sales not doing so well that you need to resort to a vicious attack in order to stir up profits? This was a cheap shot, and nothing less. Or was that a belated backlash of what Paula Jones did?.... (whom Coulter was an unpaid legal advisor for.)

Some more slanderous quotes by the political pundit:

"We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' creme brulee. That's just a joke, for you in the media."

I say, not funny... and certainly not a good joke at that. Once again, free speech, yes.... but rat poisoning??? Even the implication of such a deed would be considered terrorism these days! But lets not forget the little disclaimer to the media that she tacked on to the end of her statement....I guess that makes it ok to say, huh?

"We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States."

"Whether they are defending the Soviet Union or bleating for Saddam Hussein, liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots."

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity."

These particular quotes remind me so much of the philosophy that the Bush administration has conned us into war over: Either you are for us or against us. What ever happened to the "right" to believe how we wanted to. Are we to be considered a traitor if we do not buy into this, or is it a theory that that gets lost in the mire of political positioning?

"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."

When asked if she regretted making this statement, Coulter replied, "Of course I regret it. I should have added. 'after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters.'"
Why do I see a trend of "terrorist" ideals here? Yet the terrorists she refers to are all "camel-jockeys", "jihad monkeys", "tent merchants", and "ragheads". I guess terrorists don't come in the form of leggy blonde Barbies.

"The swing voters-- I like to refer to them as the idiot voters because they don't have set philosophical principles. You're either a liberal or a conservative if you have an IQ above a toaster."

"It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950--- except Goldwater in '64--- the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted."

As far as the country being better off by repealing the 19th amendment allowing women to vote, this becomes a deeper argument in Coulters personal battlefield. In June 2005, Coulter filed an inaccurate voter registration form in the state of Florida. Instead of using her own home address, documents indicate that she provided her real estates agents address. This is considered "voter fraud", and is a felony in the state of Florida. On March 29, 2006, the Palm Beach Post reported that election officials have given Coulter 30 days to explain the inaccuracy.
Hmmmmm.... maybe we should just take the vote away from likes of fraudulent voters as you.

Her presentations and publications have come under much controversy due to their bias, offensive and inflammatory nature. She is also accused by critics of hypocrisy, and willing to misrepresent facts in order for her to state her case. I'm still waiting to hear how she will explain away the two year difference in her DC drivers license from her Connecticut license. Perhaps she has taken a "poetic" license as to her birthdate?

So let's see...... A spiteful author, with an agenda for her personal beliefs; those who oppose her are "god-less" or "un-American". A controversial pundit who uses slander as her attack platform, but when questioned about her remarks, she refers her inquirers to her publications, side-stepping her snide remarks in order to promote her book sales. And it doesn't stop there.

"The ethic of conservation is the explicit abnegation of man's domination over the Earth. The lower species are here for our use. God said so: "Go forth, be fruitful, multiply, and rape the planet-- it's yours. That's our job: drilling, mining and stripping. Sweaters are the anti-Biblical view. Big gas-guzzling cars with phones and CD players and wet bars--- that's the Biblical view."

"I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning...They're a major threat, I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to the rest of the world."

"Canadians better hope the United States doesn't roll over one night and crush them. They are lucky we allow them to exist on the same continent."

The streak of hate and violence in these quotes shows no boundaries whether it is the Earth or it's inhabitants. That in itself makes me wonder the "Christian values" she so heartily professes. I was always under the impression that Christianity was a forgiving religion, and that the United States should practice tolerance. Did I get that all wrong... or once again, were those statements made in order to promote book sales?

"The myth of "McCarthyism is the greatest Orwellian fraud of our times. Liberals are fanatical liars, then as now. The portrayal of Senator Joe McCarthy as a wild-eyed demagogue destroying innocent lives is sheer liberal hobgoblinism. Liberals weren't hiding under the bed during the McCarthy era. They were systematically undermining the nations ability to defend itself, while waging a bellicose campaign of lies to blacken McCarthy's name."

It didn't surprise me during the course of my research to find that Coulter was a staunch defender of Joseph McCarthy. During the 1950's McCarthy used every tactic in order to blackball and blacklist any Americans who at one time might have been a member of the Communist Party. At the time America was fearful of Communists, and they were the target of hate. The Hollywood community was the biggest target of McCarthys wrath, and over 300 actors, writers and bit players lives were destroyed during this witch-hunt. It all came to a stop through the actions of Edward R. Murrow's telecast that showed McCarthy's tactics had no credible evidence to back up his lies, as well as a statement from the Army Attorney General Joseph Welch's declaration: "Have you no sense of decency?"
To this day, Coulter has failed to address McCarthy's fundamental inability to actually identify even a single communist operating within the United States.

So.... MS. Coulter, have YOU no sense of decency? Attacks, lies, mud-racking and name calling all remind of of the witch-hunts of the 1600's we still laugh about today. The fact that we live in the United States grants us the opportunity to accept tolerance... it says so in the first amendment, if you read between the lines a little better. But then your quote: "Liberals are always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. Frankly, I'm not a fan of the first amendment" tells me much more of who you are. Your "free speech" ideals are only worthy of your remarks, and anyone who opposes them should be repressed. Hmmmmm..... last time I looked, I lived in the United States where I had a Constitution that gave me the right to believe and speak freely. Oh yeah, wait, I can still do that, but will have to suffer a backlash of your "Christian values" on the very amendment you are not a fan of yourself. ????? Am I missing something here? Maybe so, after all, I'm a liberal.... you know, the American citizen who has just a few more brain cells than a toaster.