it’s easy to see without looking too far that not too much is really sacred
Another snippet from the US election, where they make Australia’s current efforts in political mudslinging look altogether quaint and provincial. There’s currently a controversy over remarks made by the loathsome right wing ‘commentator’ Ann Coulter about John Edwards, John Kerry’s running mate in 2004 and current candidate in the Democrat presidential primaries. Coulter was giving a speech in Washington and concluded with this:
I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word “faggot”… kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards.
The UK’s Independent helpfully gives this abbreviated collection of some of her other lowlights:
* MUSLIMS: “We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”
* VOTING: “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.”
* DEMOCRATS: “In the history of the nation, there has never been a political party so ridiculous as today’s Democrats. It’s as if all the brain-damaged people in America formed a voting bloc.”
* BUSH: “The thing I like about Bush is I think he hates liberals.”
I’m not sure whether it’s comforting that political debate in this country hasn’t quite plumbed these depths yet, or disturbing because it means we’ve still got further to fall before we hit the bottom…
ha! it’s the real life Elliot ‘i like laughing at poor people’ Reid…
From AnnCoulter.com:
To say we need to reduce our energy consumption is like saying we need to reduce our oxygen consumption.
I was going to cut some more quotes out of there, but perhaps you should visit the page yourself and have a read. It’s quite interesting (and enraging).
Obviously the whole point is to get a rise out of people – but still, some of the crap that comes out of her mouth is just unbelievable. She also seems to be fairly well accepted by the conservative establishment in the US.
She’s supposed to be the ‘conservative Michael Moore’ but I don’t recall Michael Moore ever spewing out homophobic/anti-Muslim/sexist filth. I didn’t realise those things were party political issues…
I don’t know if I can visit that site from work, I’d probably get fired.
Come on. Live a little. Weave the word “bomb” into conversation on a plane and raise your voice a little. Photograph strange structural parts of important buildings. Inquire about pricing on large quantities of chemicals. Visit right-wing political websites from work.
this is a little juvenile – but can i also please point out that she looks like a very scary long-haired man in that Time picture.
i am kind of ashamed that this is the first comment i have written on here – but hell, it needed to be said.
Ah, perhaps it’s a touch hard to see, but the Time cover is a parody – look at the headline…
aha…… my blind little eyes couldn’t see the detail.
No, no, I’d say it’s easy to confuse her with a serial killer anyway, see?