Do conservatives like Ann Coulter do more harm than good to the Republican cause?

Question

I didn't say anything about free speech. More power to her. But with the moderate vote the deciding factor in this election, she may be hurting the party.

Answer 1

Yes. And it is amusing how Coulter gets airtime on popular conservative shows. It just reveals how loony the mainstream right has become.

Answer 2

Ann Coulter is the extreme of the Republican party in the same way that people like Rosie O'Donnell are the extreme for the Democratic Party. Both do their equal share of harm and good for their respective parties.

Answer 3

Harm. She does not have a following who's opinion she can influence, and she makes conservative thought seem mean spirited to the majority. She is promoting herself to make money not furthering the Republican agenda. Since I want to see Hilary in the white House I hope Ann is active this election season.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Yes. There are many civil and thought provoking conservatives like William Bennett and George Will for example. Ann is not either. She just shoots from the hip and oftentimes misses her target. She is a very bad spokesperson for the Right's point of view and is now (and for a very long time now) used against the Right successfully. Just mention her name and people will roll their eyes... neutering any chance of a serious debate.

She is the equivalent to Rosie O'Donnell in the sense that anytime she opens her mouth the story is about her and NOT about the issue that she is arguing about.

Answer 6

I don't agree with everything Ann says. But I support her right to say it. Free speech and all that. She does make the GOP look like a bunch of hard nosed religious zealots, but hopefully most people understand that one pundit is not the voice of everyone. Judging an entire party based upon one person is just as bad as judging an entire race, religion, orientation upon one outspoken person.

Answer 7

Ann Coulter, Rush, Al Franken & John Stewart are not political figures... they are entertainers, just like Alicia Keys or Jerry Seinfeld

Their sole job is to get ratings, sell their product, and support the advertisers on their medium (radio, tv). If controversy gets them better ratings, then they are doing their job, and only their job...

If you realize that everything you see and hear on radio & TV, Internet and publications is an entertainment show that fills time between advertisements, then you see how f**ked-up our world is.

Answer 8

Hahaha Is Ann a Republican? No, that would mean that Ann would have to think beyond anyone but herself. Ann has figured out that by writing books bashing Democrats and praising Republicans that she can sell more books and make more money. By making her idiotic statements she of course doesn't help the Republican cause in which she could care less but she does end up selling more books because of it which is help her bank account. In conclusion, she makes idiotic statements, gets mass attention, sells more books, makes more money. Now go in peace and sin no more.

Answer 9

Are there any conservatives like Ann Coulter? What a horrible thought.

That deranged ratbag does harm, period. Many people who would claim to disagree with her - even if only in degree - will still have their prejudices fed by her insane ranting.

As she gleefully wishes no less on anyone who disagrees with her - here's a sincere hope that she's violently killed before too long. The event's already overdue.

CD

Answer 10

Not really--the people that hate Ann are going to hate conservatives no matter what. It's not like we have ever swayed lefty whackos by sweet reason, so Ann going off is sort of refreshing to the right.