what better place to start than with coulter. she's one of the pin up girls of the far right.
R
At 01:27 PM 7/27/2004, you wrote:
>Joanna:
>
>That's not only gross, it's twenty years out of
>date...you're posting this because...
>
>
>Woj:
>
>Well, why blaming the messenger? This is how Boobus
>Americanus (40+ percent of the population) thinks.
>The likes of Anne Coulter merely deliver his daily
>fast food for thought. Complaining about that makes
>as much sense as complaining about the taste of
>McDonalds fodder - the boobuses love it and will not
>trade it for any fru-fru foreign-sounding gourmet
>food. It is the demand and supply situation.
>
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>Yes, it is gross and I suppose you could say her
>sentiments are out of date - though considering the
>bizarreness of the tone and descriptions I think "out
>of date" doesn't quite hit the mark. "Out of this
>reality" seems more like it. Why did I post it? Oh,
>just a spot of fun. I thought it was amusing and
>surreal. Her hatred of the Left, even the lukewarm
>variety on display at the DemCon, reaches such a level
>of hyperbole it achieves escape velocity from the real
>and enters territory perhaps best described by folks
>like Zizek.
>
>
>...
>
>
>Blaming the messenger Woj? Yes, I admit there is some
>of that (see "having a spot of fun" above for
>explanatory details).
>
>
>But consider...
>
>If a sizable portion of the US' population believes
>people like Coulter are reporting the facts (as
>opposed to just enjoying reading her as you might P.G
>Wodehouse) then it follows that millions of people are
>trapped in a delusion of astonishing scope and
>viciousness.
>
>Of course, it wouldn't be the first time a mass flight
>of fancy happened but such a situation would surely
>place the Left's present efforts, such as they are, in
>the necessary context and ask uncomfortable questions
>about future prospects.
>
>Mind you, I'm not saying she IS wildly popular (as I
>think you are) but if she is well then, as the man
>said years ago about 20 thousand klicks out from
>Earth, "Houston, we've got a problem."
>
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>.d.
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