Does anyone here actually know Ann Coulter?

[leftyladyfrommo]

Is she really as awful as she sounds? Or is it all an act for money?

She called Obama the retard. What is wrong with her. That is so offensive in so many ways. Just like most of what she spouts off.

I just find it hard to believe that it is not an act to get attention - money, money, money.

Who on earth would spend money to buy one of her books?

[Barack_America]

1. In order; God no, Probably, Probably not, Possibly mentally ill, People filled with hatred.

[uppityperson]

26. Thank you for

understanding and showing the empathy that is shown on DU.

There is enough other stuff to bash her for. Thank you.

[obamanut2012]

28. Extremely offensive -- you really need to self delete

And be embarrassed you ever wrote that.

[navarth]

33. Sorry guys, i was paraphrasing a joke told by

A noted liberal comedienne who shall remain nameless. My bad.

[MadrasT]

45. Thanks for the self-delete.

Appreciate it.

[Marrah_G]

47. I am glad you chose to delete it

[obamanut2012]

48. Thank you very much

[H2O Man]

29. stop it

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. I doubt anyone actually reads her books.

[Cicada]

18. Her impeachment book - plagiarized and dishonest

I was reading books on impeachment and after reading Raoul Berger's book I read Coulter's. She lifted Berger's work whole cloth, mentioning him only in a minority of the cases she copied his analysis. In addition she was dishonest - in reviewing British impeachment rulings she claimed officials were impeached for minor sexual indiscretions, such as for insulting a lady. In that case the indictment did list insulting a lady, but also listed treason and taking bribes from a foreign country. Any fair review of the cases Coulter cited for her proposition - that getting a blow job was impeachable - would conclude that even in the few cases where affront to ladyhood were mentioned the real basis of the impeachment was always something far more serious - too drunk to be able to work, treason, bribery etc. After she published the book another conservative also claimed that in fact he had written much of the book and got no creditfrom her. She is dishonest.
I do assume she was unable to keep a job as a lawyer and then started making absurd horrible statements as a way to make money. Since she graduated from law school I am sure she knows most of what she says is dishonest.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

42. IIRC, Al Franken took her writing/citation methods apart in his "Lies..." book.

[gordianot]

4. Given what she says why would anyone one want to know her?

[rightsideout]

5. Coulter is a shock jock

You don't hear from her for awhile (except on Fox) and then she'll surface with some outlandish remark which makes the news.

The only way she can get attention these days is to say stupid stuff.

I was actually kind of wondering when she would come up with something and wasn't disappointed.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Not me

But she just won - you posted about her vileness and I'm responding.

[get the red out]

7. She's a tool of the right

Part of that machine, I doubt she believes anything but just works to control the minds of their sheep. She works for the right, which seems to me like a corporation with many pieces, she's like a VP level and working on their "goals" as if it were her corporate job but the corporation was polluting, job killing, overseas slave labor mess; but she works hard to promote it like the ambitious, one dimensional sociopath she is.

[Whiskeytide]

8. She's an...

... attention ________ who gets ____________ and always _________ the ______. I consider her to be a first class _______, and a ________. She doesn't really __________ with __________, but I wouldn't be surprised if her ________ was cast in _____________ and _______. I wouldn't ______ on her __________ without __________. But that's just my opinion.

(I don't want to get alerted)

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. I just don't get it.

Why would anyone want to be known for being the most horrible person around?

[loli phabay]

24. loot

[JackN415]

10. She is burning inside and all that rage is doing silent damage to the brain - don't worry

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. Whathappens to her if Obama wins again?

Will she just sink to the bottom of the sludge and none of us will have to hear her awful rants again.

Is she worse than the guy shock jocks? Is it worse to be a woman and act that way?

I wonder if she and Limbaugh get high and call each other late at nite?

[JackN415]

19. Her relief would be constantly in the news, and the best countermeasure is iggy her.

[Bluenorthwest]

12. I don't know her, but I know of her. Her father was a union busting corporate lawyer

on the extreme right wing. Ann is just what her parents raised her to be. A shit flinging radical righty.

[Hamlette]

13. David Brock talked about being friends with her when he was "on" the right

I think it was in his apology book about his Anita Hill book. He wrote that he got swept up by the right wing attack machine in part because of the money. He wrote that Coulter is very different in private. As I recall, he didn't really say that she was liberal or anything, just not political in private.

I suppose that's why Maher liked her too. She's smart, very sexual. Never heard a woman say a kind word about her.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Wouldn't it be funny if she votes Democratic?

No one would ever know.

[sarcasmo]

14. My nephew has Down Syndrome. This women is a vile trash.

[loli phabay]

16. not personally but through two degrees of seperation

I echo the other poster who says shes not as political in private but she is very forthright and sarcastic as hell. The friend who knows her likes her a lot but not her public personna but realises that its really two different people. I guess even hitler in private could be jovial as well. Would like to go drinking with her someday just to judge for myself would be interesting.

[hifiguy]

17. Coultergeist is a female Pinocchio swimming

in Satan's septic tank.

[HopeHoops]

20. Fortunately, no. I've never met the Coulterbeast. Lets keep it that way.

[Liberalynn]

21. Hate her

I know hate is a strong word but no other expresses the level of contempt I feel towards Coultergeist.

Especially after Coultergeist said women shouldn't have the right to vote, because too often women hand elections to Democrats.

Coultergeist is a vile creature.

[pinboy3niner]

22. Perez Hilton responds to Ann Coulter:

Ann Coulter Says Something Articulate And Meaningful Calls Obama A 'Retard'


(Image via Johnny Louis/WENN.)

Ann Coulter, the conservative crusader against anything slightly left of center in the political spectrum, has reached a new low by calling Barack Obama a "retard."

...


Charming as usual.

Rather than weigh in on the issues covered during the debate in any intellectual capacity, Ann would rather resort to a childish insult and a deplorable slur.

If this was a cry for attention, she got it.

Unfortunately for her, polls show the President easily won that debate with viewers, so she kinda looks like a, well, fill in the blank.

http://perezhilton.com/2012-10-23-ann-coulter-barack-obama-mitt-romney

[TlalocW]

23. All performers are different in private

But normally the performer personality is based off of and more aggressive of the person performing it.

The company I work for did a major star's website - Let's call him X. In our meetings with him, he would refer to himself as X - as in, "X wouldn't do that, but X would do this." It wasn't an ego thing but a type of shorthand to refer to his public image otherwise things could get bogged down in things like, "Well, I think it's funny, but it's not something my performing side could say," etc. We were all impressed with his doing that, and we guess it's because he got an advertising degree in college.

This performer though is truly a nice guy, and his public persona reflects that. I have no problem believing Ann is a horrible person, and her public persona just lets that side of her come out.

Although, it would be funny as hell if she were really as, "The Boondocks," cartoon depicted her.

TlalocW

[PragmaticLiberal]

25. I have an aquaintance who knew Coulter back in the day.

She's a fraud and manipulater according to him.

[H2O Man]

27. I met her once.

I was in NYC taking a late-evening stroll along the northeastern section of Central Park. She was aggressively pan-handling, and offering to perform all types of deviant sexual practices upon herself, unless and until my wife, children, and I bought one of her books. I shudder and shower each and every time I think of this.

[obamanut2012]

30. I think she's mentally ill

Seriously.

I've actually thought about this over the years, and think she is mentally ill, as is Glen Beck. Rush is in it for the money and "fame," and some of the others are just pure sociopaths.

Her "retard" comment last night was just so offensive, and I don't mean to Obama. Lots of very conservative people have relatives who are differently-abled, and they don't like that term any more than I do.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

31. i dont think its mental illness as much as a personality disorder

like sociopathy or bordeline or whatever.

axis II not axis I

[Neoma]

34. Personality disorders are mental illnesses.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. not in the same way.

[Neoma]

41. They do get treated in hospitals. In psychward.

A personality disorder is a type of mental illness in which you have trouble perceiving and relating to situations and to people — including yourself. There are many specific types of personality disorders.

Link.

[obamanut2012]

50. No, they aren't

They are personality disorders, not illnesses, like bipolar, schizophrenia, etc.

[Neoma]

54. And if you read further...

Complications and problems that personality disorders may cause or be associated with include:

Depression
Anxiety
Eating disorders
Suicidal behavior
Self-injury
Reckless behavior
Risky sexual behavior
Child abuse
Alcohol or substance abuse
Aggression or violence
Incarceration
Relationship difficulties
Social isolation
School and work problems

[La Lioness Priyanka]

55. yes, but the two are not the same thing.

people with personality disorders can also have mental illness but that doesn't make it the same thing.

[Neoma]

56. And your backing this up with?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

57. a degree in psychology

my third year in a doctoral program in psychology specifically

there are multiple differences in axis I and axis II including that axis II is not really illness. these are mostly defined as problems in adjusting to cultural norms..

[Neoma]

59. That would be an opinion.

Personality disorders are included as mental disorders on Axis II of the Diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association, and in the mental and behavioral disorders section of the ICD manual of the World Health Organization. Personality, defined psychologically, is the set of enduring behavioral and mental traits that distinguish human beings. Hence, personality disorders are defined by experiences and behaviors that differ from societal norms and expectations. Those diagnosed with a personality disorder may experience difficulties in cognition, emotiveness, interpersonal functioning or control of impulses. In general, personality disorders are diagnosed in 40-60 percent of psychiatric patients, making them the most frequent of all psychiatric diagnoses.

(Snip)

Because the theory and diagnosis of personality disorders stem from prevailing cultural expectations, their validity is contested by some experts on the basis of invariable subjectivity. They argue that the theory and diagnosis of personality disorders are based strictly on social, or even sociopolitical and economic considerations

Link

[La Lioness Priyanka]

61. i dont see what you posted at all contradicts what i am saying

[Neoma]

62. Because it shows that the matter is under debate.

[obamanut2012]

49. I know -- I've went between what I said and what you've said

If she is really so manipulative in her personal life as some have stated here, then I totally agree with you.

[begin_within]

32. I met her once.

Oh no, wait. It was a chupacabra. Never mind.

[kas125]

35. I know a guy who went to high school with her. He says she has

ALWAYS been rude, obnoxious and just a horrible person.

[Archae]

37. She's lonely.

She's in her 50's now, never been married, had three boyfriends (possibly more) dump her because of her mouth.

So she's lashing out at her betters, especially the President of the US, who is happily married to a lovely lady and has 2 gorgeous daughters.

[TroglodyteScholar]

38. If it's just an act for money...

...does that make her any less of a disgusting human being?

[ProfessionalLeftist]

39. It's juvenile. She's a female, skinny version of Limbaugh. n/t

[TeamPooka]

40. I though Harpies were mythological creatures but apparently not.... nt

[Jamaal510]

43. Of course I don't know her personally,

but she really set herself a new low for offensive comments. Calling the president of the United States a retard? Really? What happened to all their respect for public office when Bush was "presidenting"? I talked with my big sister about it last night, and she expects AC to probably get a loss in sales for her books over her "retard" comments, since many people out there do have relatives with special needs.
In all honesty, though, I'm thinking that AC is only saying this stuff for the money. I'm sure she's probably well-educated and knows that her party's policies are horrendous for the working class. But she knows there are a ton of wingnut imbeciles out there who agree with what she says, and will still buy her stuff. She wants the success and influence of Rush Limbaugh, except when it comes to selling literature rather than doing talk radio.

[Butterbean]

44. Her use of the r-word as an insult automatically makes her

the lowest common denominator in existence. I can't believe anybody would support her after she spouted off that bullshit.

[REP]

46. I like to think "The Boondocks" got it right in 'The S-Word'

[rad51]

51. I agree.

[uponit7771]

53. +1

[Stinky The Clown]

52. Read David Brock's "Blinded By The Right"

It tells her story along with many others.

http://www.amazon.com/Blinded-Right-The-Conscience-Ex-Conservative/dp/0812930991

[alp227]

58. Yep, well-educated public figures STILL manage to use 7th-grade "retard" slang.

Whether Rahm Emanuel (phony Democrat) or the Coultergeist. Even Wayne Rogers (yes Trapper John from M*A*S*H) used that word to describe Paul Krugman.

[slackmaster]

60. I read on another thread that Senator Al Franken knows her

[underseasurveyor]

63. Ewww Who would want to own up to know her?

Like I said, Ewww.