Ann Coulter on "Cruising while Republican"
LOL. For starters, nice blast at Chris Matthews:
Chris Matthews opened his "Hardball" program on Aug. 28 by saying Larry Craig had been "exposed as both a sexual deviant and a world-class hypocrite."
Normally, using the word "deviant" in reference to any form of sodomy would be a linguistic crime worse than calling someone a "nappy headed ho." Luckily, Craig is a Republican.
As a backup precaution, Matthews has worked to ensure that there is virtually no audience for "Hardball." I shudder to think of the damage such a remark might have done if uttered about a non-Republican on a TV show with actual viewers.
Her next move simultaneously pinions the hypocrisy accusation against Craig and the "gays-just-want-to-be-like-normal-people" canard.
Liberals don't even know what they mean by "hypocrite" anymore. It's just a word they throw out in a moment of womanly pique, like "extremist" -- or, come to think of it, "gay." How is Craig a "hypocrite," much less a "blatant hypocrite"?
Assuming the worst about Craig, the Senate has not held a vote on outlawing homosexual impulses. It voted on gay marriage. Craig not only opposes gay marriage, he's in a heterosexual marriage with kids. Talk about walking the walk! Did Craig propose marriage to the undercover cop? If not, I'm not seeing the "hypocrisy."
And why is it "homophobic" for Senate Republicans to look askance at sex in public bathrooms? Is the Times claiming that sodomy in public bathrooms is the essence of being gay? I thought gays just wanted to get married to one another and settle down in the suburbs so they could visit each other in the hospital.
This whole affair is a cartoonish illustration of the American political fact that nothing happens in August. Craig might be a big liar and the jerk-of-the-universe for all I know or care. But I love to watch Coulter run circles around the cross-eyed mediatards. And she is sooooo fun-ny!! Be honest; aren't you embarrassed when you read some folks' lame attempt at humor? (Wait -- don't answer that if I'm one of aforesaid folks!)
If any writer deserves to be called a 21st Century Chesterton, Ann Coulter does.
"I thought gays just wanted to get married to one another and settle down in the suburbs so they could visit each other in the hospital."
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the mainstream media can't stand Ann Coulter because she's a better writer than all of them.
Ann C. asks whether the NYTimes claims "that sodomy in public bathrooms is the essence of being gay". That brings to mind the nice statement by George Michael after being busted for an anonymous tryst in a London park:
ReplyDelete"“Are you gay? . . . No? Then f**k off. This is my culture.”
I think Miss Coulter is a good writer and a fine wit, but I'd hold the comparison to Chesterton if I were you. Chesterton was far more kindly, even to his adversaries, and far less inclined to employ shock value for the sake of ruffling feathers.
ReplyDeleteAgain, I like Ann, and dislike most of her enemies, and I think she's a far better writer than a lot of people are prepared to admit, but her schtick of relentless hyperbole can get tiresome.
I don't think chesterton's adversaries were quite as insane as coulter's, so the hyerbole seems warranted
ReplyDeleteYes; George Michael was merely being honest admitting it's an article of gay culture.
ReplyDeleteAnother strong piece of evidence to cite comes by way of Joe Orton, the famous gay playwright, whose penchant for bathroom encounters is supposedly detailed lavishly in the 1987 movie based on the biography by John Lahr. Michael Medved brought this up to a gay caller who was denying the gay male/bathroom connection and you could hear the wind go out of the guy's sails.
Think I'll pass on that flick.
Andy, your points are well taken, differences abound & Coulter is certainly more caustic, but one thing Coulter has down pat is the brevity thing. You know, the "soul of wit" and all that. A lot of folks trying to be funny are ink-spillers. The setups take too long. As far as kindness goes, I believe the perception is relative; GKC is dismissive in a different way, more elegant but possibly no less brutal in the results....
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