Do you think Ann Coulter means what she says?

Question

Someone tried to convince me that she meant to be funny, in a satirical way.

But I don't see the humor in anything of hers I've read. Including this about how the New York Times' staff should be executed for treason: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51034

How much of it do you think she means?

Answer 1

I think Coulter knows that she is way over the top (she's a smart woman with a top rate education)--but it gets her plenty of attention and earns her a lot of money every time she says something just awful, so she does it on purpose.

Unfortunately, I don't think everyone who reads Coulter is as smart as she is, so one day her sensationalism is actually going to get someone hurt.

Answer 2

She means it to be understood by peoples emotions.

She doesn't mean it "literally" but she knows we can't stone people in this day and age.... so she uses literary allusion.

People who disagree with her try to counter this very powerful form of communication by trying to change her prose in the eyes of the public to be literal (therefore discrediting her).

Starting to get confusing? Great! Because she must then back up her words in order not to confuse the issue to the public who cannot distinguish between all of this as the waters begin to get muddy.

By the way. The New York Times should at least be investigated for Treason. If they are found to have hurt the National Security of the US then they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. They seem to believe the 1st amendment is something they can hide behind while hurting OUR country in a single minded crusade to get George Bush.

They lose any credibility when they are accusing Bush of the same things.

Answer 3

I am surprised that ANY women support Ann Coulter after the things she has said about women's voting rights\tendencies. Her actions are beyond simply 'igniting debate'; she tries to say things in a manner to anger people to the point of wantting to attack her- then label them as irrational, emotional, or out of control. Take a look in the mirror, Ann!

She is clearly trying to sell books and cause a 'buzz', but there is a line she crossed a LONG time ago...

Don't believe me? Read these QUOTES:

"I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote. No, they all have to give up their vote, not just, you know, the lady clapping and me. The problem with women voting -- and your Communists will back me up on this -- is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care."
Politically Incorrect, Feb. 26, 2001

"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." - [5] May 17, 2003.

Answer 4

She signifies that the in common words reason she has a occupation as a conservative pundit is because she replaced into once (not a lot any extra) a mildly attractive blonde chick. Ann Coulter found out that she ought to assert the very similar crap each male Republican conversing head (Limbaugh, Buchanan, et cetera) had suggested and that Republican men ought to pay to take heed to all of it once extra because she replaced into warm. Then she lost her seems and ran out of stuff to assert, so she all started having to assert wacky, off the wall, stuff to get everybody to know her (no press is the in common words undesirable press). in my opinion, I in no way were given the Ann Coulter element even even as she replaced into in her correct, so i are not getting why people nevertheless waste time conversing about her (Robert Novak is the most suitable conservative commentator I loved because i do not want 0.33 fee eye sweet with my politics).

Answer 5

Ann Coulter, Michael Moore, and Rush Limbaugh are just like Jon Stewart... entertainers, not reporters. They choose their sides and make their money.

If Bush Sr had won re-election then we wouldn't have the "new conservatism"... it would be the "new liberalism". And Rush would be a screaming liberal embarrassment rather then a screaming conservative embarrassment.

However, I think she means quite a bit of what she says. I think she makes points that are relevant, just from a very conservative viewpoint. But I think somethings she writes are just something to put in an article, not very thoughtful or thought-through... just right wing rants.

Answer 6

Ann Coulter uses the shrillest voice to cry out in hope of being heard over the death rattle of the neo-con's. Instead of keeping an alert hand on the rudder of State, we gulped pure adrenalin from the aggressive words of inexperience and clever comic book logic that nudged us into the nightmare of Iraq.
Those who followed the drum beat to war coming from the White House in 2003-4 are now going through a transitional period from the hysteria of war to the grief of culpability. Coulter's words are experienced as expressions of pain about third degree burns to the heart of America.

Answer 7

People are entitled to their own opinions. I feel she is pretty much on the money in most that she says, but is a little brash about it. I do however completely agree with her in regards to the New York Times. It sells her books, just like Michael Moore made 100's of million of dollars on his compilation of lies. Same thing.

Answer 8

Of course she means what she says in her writing and mouth on Fox News. She is mouth piece for the right wingers of the GOP as they find ways to keep control of congress in 2006.

Answer 9

She means what she says.We should have more persons like her in this world.She went to far with the widow's,but she is not to far off.At least she speak her mind.How many American will speak whats really the truth?

Answer 10

She only has the guts to speak 'her' truth when it deals with people that can't get back at her.
Have you heard her mention her 'truth' about the black race,
about hispanics, about poor people, about people with low iq's, about repulican wimps?