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BaliBabyDoc

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Originally posted by: shira
It should be obvious to everyone that Coulter's antics are intended to generate publicity and therefore income, and that she cannot possibly believe her own rhetoric.

Rather than get stirred up by what she says, just ignore her. She's white noise.

Check out Engineer's link . . . she doesn't have to believe it . . . she didn't even write much of it.
 

Engineer

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Originally posted by: BoberFett
And she's laughing, all the way to the bank.

Got to give her credit for that. She's found herself a market and is exploiting it to the max.

1. Spout off and copy everything that bashes the left/Democrats as possible.
2. ???
3. Profit!
 

daveymark

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Originally posted by: BoberFett
And she's laughing, all the way to the bank.

bingo. Dems get an ulcer, and she gets a big fat check. I'm sure she's fine with the tradeoff.
 

Engineer

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Originally posted by: daveymark
Originally posted by: BoberFett
And she's laughing, all the way to the bank.

bingo. Dems get an ulcer, and she gets a big fat check. I'm sure she's fine with the tradeoff.


But the real kicker is when she makes herself look stupid and like a fool and all those people who follow fall right in line with that! :laugh:
 

BoberFett

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You sound like you have some personal vendetta against her BBD. You're her ideal fan, the red faced liberal who can't ignore her long enough to stop giving her even more exposure.
 

BaliBabyDoc

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Originally posted by: BoberFett
You sound like you have some personal vendetta against her BBD. You're her ideal fan, the red faced liberal who can't ignore her long enough to stop giving her even more exposure.

A personal vendetta . . . intriguing.

1) I would like nothing to ever be personal between me and Coulter.

2) Despite my Native American heritage, I'm never red-faced.

3) Not a liberal . . . former Republican until the GOP lost its way.

4) I would love to ignore her but that's kinda hard when she's on every channel except Discovery, Food, and Cartoon Network. Hence, the title of the thread . . . which I guess you missed. Fortunately, her PR campaign has ebbed a little and I see her book is currently selling with up to 40% discount from retail.
 

Aisengard

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I have a hard time believing Coulter actually believes what she says. I think she is very talented in finding the crucial issues and being as offensive as she can. She found out that GOPers will fall right in line with her rhetoric, since much of them already have a lifetime of practice, and that Liberals will go red in the face like they always do when someone says something they don't like to hear. Also, since Liberals are the party of political correctness, this provides extra exposure to her being the antithesis of that very thing.

She is very smart at what she does. Her fact-checking skills are awful, and many online blogs and forums have debunked topic after topic she has created, but that's not the point. Sales are the point, and she is the ultimate businessman.
 

Thump553

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Originally posted by: Aisengard
I have a hard time believing Coulter actually believes what she says. I think she is very talented in finding the crucial issues and being as offensive as she can. She found out that GOPers will fall right in line with her rhetoric, since much of them already have a lifetime of practice, and that Liberals will go red in the face like they always do when someone says something they don't like to hear. Also, since Liberals are the party of political correctness, this provides extra exposure to her being the antithesis of that very thing.

She is very smart at what she does. Her fact-checking skills are awful, and many online blogs and forums have debunked topic after topic she has created, but that's not the point. Sales are the point, and she is the ultimate businessman.

You're right, but it works for her in spades. Her latest spew of venom, "Godless," is Number 1 on the New York Times Nonfiction best seller list (although I personally would not classify it as nonfiction).

It's distressing that the so-called pundits continually dominate book sales.

 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: moshquerade. . . she's got balls.
They go with her adam's apple, and partially explain her rage. Daddy wanted a girl.

But mosh, 'insultive' is simply not a word.
 

EXman

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If you all would look at how the far left operates you'd see that as her blueprint to sucess. She's a Kook!

She has a leftist "I can say anything because I'm a Democrat" mentality yet she's on the other side of the fight. Funny to see libs red-faced!


You libs don't have all the kooks anymore!

Why does media provide forums for self-promoting rectums
Well Dan Rather's spot was open. ;)
 

kage69

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They go with her adam's apple, and partially explain her rage. Daddy wanted a girl.

But mosh, 'insultive' is simply not a word.


LOL, I bet. But do be careful Perk; take exception to mosh's words or (heavens forbid) ask her to explain them and you might get a warning from the mods! ;)
 

kage69

Lifer
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Funny to see libs red-faced!


Really? I've found it to be a natural occurance when one laughs hard for prolonged periods of time. Listening to Coulter is a rare, albeit amusing, event for me. I get a bigger kick out of the little parrots that mime her political 'diarrhea of the mouth.'
 

Jeff7

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They should have her voice her opinion of how women should not be allowed to vote because they are effectively too stupid. Maybe do that on Oprah. The crowd would probably do us all the favor of silencing Ann. Permanently.