I'm outraged that millions of people think just like her, and lap up her bs like hungry kittens. She is paid huge sums of money to spout that crap. THAT is what I'm outraged about. If she were just some lunatic shouting on the street corner, that would be different. But she is on Good Moring America and The Today show quite often.

It's like after the 2004 election, a friend of mine asked me why I was so pissed, "What, are you upest about ONE Republican (Bush)? I answered, "No, I'm upset about the millions who voted for him."

From the statement relesed by CPAC, via War Room:

"...But as a point of clarification, let me make it clear that ACU and CPAC do not condone or endorse the use of hate speech."

If paying Coulter tons of money year after year doesn't constitute an endorsement, then what does? As Glenn has mentioned more than once, CPAC knows EXACTLY what it's getting with Coulter, and they pay her handsomely for her drivel. And the adoring crowd gets what they want, too. It's the best example of an "endorsement" as anyone can reasonably imagine. How dare they release such a duplicitous statement.

by the Bush administration, it's seems they didn't have time to get to Fitzgerald before he began the investigation.

straight to the impeachment of Bush and Cheney, (at least), please.

"But as a point of clarification, let me make it clear that ACU and CPAC do not condone or endorse the use of hate speech."

No, they don't "endorse" hate speech, they just pay loads of money to present it. Year after year.

"It will be interesting to see which way they flip on Obama."

Hasn't Maureen Dowd already referred to Obama as "OBambi"? She has done more than her fair share of emasculation of Democrats, herself. See Kerry and Gore as examples.

That's a good one.You're getting all hot-and-bothered over a comic strip, but I'M the one who "needs to get out more." I'll have to write that one down and save it. Sorry I don't have time for "the funnies."

"The problem is, there are no high level celebrities in the liberal camp to compare her to, so you gotta work with what you have."

Again, truer words were never spoken. By neatly summarizing Glenn's point, a point you otherwise seem to have completely missed, you have effectively shot your entire "argument" out of the water. That one sentence summarizes everything, really.

"you gotta work with what you have" = "When in doubt, or desperate, just make shit up"

Write your posts so intentionally vague that no one has any idea who you are attacking or defending. Bravo.

Who the hell is Ted Rall? Has he sold as many books as Ann Coulter? Is he on the "Today Show" as often as Ann Coulter? I've never even heard of Ted Rall.

And Bill Maher is NOT a liberal. Conservatives think that because he's "anti-Bush" that means he's a liberal. It doesn't work that way. I'm sure is easy to think in such Manichean terms, but it's inaccurate. Maher is a libertarian. Look it up, it's different than being a liberal.

"We have Coulter, you have the NY Times opinion page. Seems fair to me."

Truer words were never spoken. You want Coulter? You have her. And we'll take the NYT opinion page, warts and all, to the bank. One one hand you have Coulter, maybe the most narrow-minded pundit imaginable as your spokesperson, and the rest of us have quite a broad range of opinions--from Krugman and Rich, to Brooks and Friedman. What a brilliant way to illustrate the fact that all the conservatives have left is Coulter's hate speech, and everyone else has the entire NYT opinion page. Perfect!

in a forun discussion on the hateful Ann Coulter and her mass following of nazi dweebs, shooter would wait until it morphed into a discussion on taxation before chiming in. Such bravery!

""Faggot" does not equal "San Francisco Liberal," imo."

Being a past resident of SF myself, maybe I'm a little too "in the know", but I find it surprising that anyone wouldn't see the connection between "gay" and "San Fransisco."

"AJ Strata: I was at CPAC last year when Coulter bombed with her stupid and irresponsible comment about ‘ragheads’. ... From that day on Coulter was damaged goods and had moved into the camp of Conservatives no one wants to relate to (think David Duke). She has apparently cemented her position this year by going into another mean spirited, stupid tirade..."

She's not going to be "damaged goods" or the "conservative no one wants to relate to" until they make her such. She is the heart and soul of that party. Until just now, I had never even heard of AJ Strata. There's a reason why Ann Coulter is so famous and popular. It's not because she's so shrill and loud, it's because far and wide, the Repulican base agrees with her, relates to her, envies her, and adores her. She is what they want to see when they look in the mirror.

You know, I'm one to talk, but denouncing Ann Coulter on some right wing blog is not the sort of "political action" that's going to affect her power. These dweebs need to phyically show up at these events and actually protest, i.e., "show their faces," and pressure the sponsors of these events not to invite her anymore. I think Glenn stated the point very well that year after year there's some feint grousing, and then she's invited back again and again.