Of course Coulter supports Hillary

All the right-wingers do, Ann Coulter is just the latest. Coulter claims she'll vote for Clinton if John McCain wins the Republican nomination -- riiiiiiiight, sure she will. She's just doing her part to cement the horrifying possibility of President Hillary in the minds of the Republican electorate. "Hillary! Hillary! Boo! (9/11!) SHRIEEEK!"

Recall the systematic attacks that were made on Clinton last summer by Karl Rove. Their purpose wasn't to rally the GOP against her, that's a fait accompli if there ever was one. Rove's attacks on Clinton were part of a strategy to initiate a primordial defense reflex that would rally the Democrats in her support, and in the long-term, help her win the Democratic nomination. Rove wants Clinton to win the nomination.

It could be because he originally thought John Edwards was more of a threat than Clinton, but even more probably, it's to capitalize on the mobilizing power of Hillary hatred. The Republican base has been divided and directionless for awhile now, and that's a bad way to go into an election. But nothing unites them like their vicious and inexplicable hatred of Hillary Clinton. Should she win the Democratic nomination, Republicans will turn out in record numbers to vote for whoever her Republican opponent is. Helping her secure the nomination is, for the GOP, the ultimate "get out the vote" strategy.

(h/t: bastard.logic)

Wingnuts strike out against Coulter

for her anti-Semitic comments... Hahahahaha!!! Just kidding!!!

Let's have a look at the Pantload Media roundup on the subject:

Hot Air: “She’s not talking about forcible conversion; she’s saying Christians believe the Judeo-Christian tradition is The Way and those who don’t follow the path all the way to the end aren’t quite where they need to be.”

LGF: “From my reading, Coulter was simply stating standard Christian doctrine—with a little extra edginess to get Deustch wound up. Looks like it worked, and now she’ll sell some more books as a result.”

The Anchoress: “If you read that transcript to the end, you can see where Coulter tries to clarify her meaning, but she can’t, partly because a sound-bite forum is NO PLACE for that sort of deep and too-easily-misunderstood discussion, and partly because her host is, from his perspective as a Jew, unsurprisingly appalled by what he is hearing, by what he thinks Coulter is saying.”

You get the idea. Looks like they're taking the "She didn't really mean it that way" road out of this little shitstorm. Unfortunately, there's only one way she could mean it. And one other point of interest, if you please: just imagine their response had the same remarks been made by... oh, I don't know... Rosie O'Donnell? Huh??

And not to be outdone by MM

Shorter Ann Coulter on American Jews: "they need to be perfected".

Didn't Hitler think along those lines? Am I the only one who's starting to feel like I'm living in some kind of twilight zone populated by the batshit insane?

Ooooh, uncomfortable moment for Ann!

Take that, Nazi Dog! Elizabeth Edwards slaps Ann Coulter down like a mosquito.



(h/t skippy)