printFrom the Conservative Political Action Conference, Robert Bidinotto, editor of The New Individualist (to which I have contributed), has sent along his impressions of Ann Coulter’s antics there:
“…Ann Coulter is nothing but a right-wing attention slut whose arguments fall shorter than her hemlines, and are even less interesting.”
I would have linked Bidinotto’s blog post on the (principled) BAB had he not offered kind words for the kind of harpy that is way worse than Ann. Why take a shot at the Queen Bee, when you cavort with her wannabe inferiors? The new breed of conservative hussy just seems irresistible to many conservative men, who lose their “principles” over babes with bursting decolletages, mistaking them for babes with brains. Actually, if you are a woman, all you need do to establish intellectual credentials with conservatives and their hangers-on is to have screamed “Sock it to Saddam, Dubya!” back when it was required, and flash your body parts. And blog bloggerel.
At least Ann is accomplished. She also happens to have a facility with syllogisms, writes English with no mistakes, and is ever so good when it comes to the gangreens, for instance. The chapter in Godless on crime and the exclusionary clause is also excellent.
Update: Funny, contrary to Coulter, I would never have thought to pair “faggot” with John Edwards (although it’s a great ploy if one wants to annoy the loathsome Andrew Sullivan, who was at the event). Edwards is all-American good-looking. Giuliani, on the other hand, is positively creepy, quite effeminate, and certainly comfortable with gay culture. Here is the YouTube footage of him in drag smooching Donald Trump. Moreover, to mention Giuliani without speaking of how he Nifonged Michael Milken is to fail as a libertarian, an individualist, or as an individual who cares for liberty and justice. (I like the verb I’ve just coined: Nifonged.)
Further Update: Note that the truly principled Ron Paul was absent from CPAC. (Read how he infuriated George Will.) At least so I believe. I can’t imagine him sacrificing his core values to wallow in that swamp. I’d be surprised if he attended.
Again, individualists and other agitators for real freedoms have an imperative to mention, even in passing, Rudy’s assaults on the authentic Atlases of the world. One reader disagreed, at least implicitly, and exhorted me to promote dreck, which he frames as “intellectual difference.” Sorry.
Well, I’ve heard men joke about marrying the boobs and only afterwards finding out what the rest of the woman was like, so (meow!) it might be a fairly common occurrence. 😉
I like ‘Nifonged’ too. It is so much more mellifluous than “abuse of power”.
I admire Ann Coulter for her sense of humor, which ironically, is gay/tranny humor. Her whole act is gay-diva schtick–the attitude, brazen insults, the thinness, even the hair. Am I the only one who gets this? [Interesting comment. I like this angle.]
Having lived in California my whole life I have become very tranny-friendly,
and I know that “faggot” is a favorite put-down with that crowd. To the tranny-diva crowd, it is the most hilarious thing to call a man. Tranny/divas also like to eat at a restaurant called “Souplantation” and love Janis Joplin.
I am from California.
Do your principles forbid linking something you disagree with even in the slightest? How? (Certainly such a policy contrasts sharply with the way that most bloggers work.) [You should know better than to assert that, since you hav posted here in the past. Read through this blog, if your memory has lapsed.]
I might point out that anyone can get a link from BAB just by posting a comment here. Insofar as you do edit comments, and of course control the comment software, presumably you could disallow commenters from linking content which you disagree with.
[The prevalence of dreck everywhere and the vigorous defense it gets is becoming part of American intellectual life—monopolized as it is by the mindless. And now you demand I do the same!]
I totally agree with you on Giuliani the “Nifonger”. In fact, I don’t think that I could ever support someone who has served as a U.S. Attorney for the presidency.
[Thanks for steering the discussion back to intelligent lines. Leonard ignored the imperative to mention, even in passing, Rudy’s assaults on the real Atlases of the world.]
I wouldn’t call someone a name like “faggot” in public, but I am sick and tired of seeing condemnations of “homophobic” thrown around by conservatives of all people. In my opinion, that behavior is wrong and immoral, and I should be able to say that. So should Ann, though I didn’t like the way she threw the insult at Edwards.I wouldn’t call someone a name like “faggot” in public, but I am sick and tired of seeing condemnations of “homophobic” thrown around by conservatives of all people. In my opinion, that behavior is wrong and immoral, and I should be able to say that. So should Ann, though I didn’t like the way she threw the insult at Edwards. I’m no longer a conservative. I don’t even know what that means anymore.I’m supporting Ron Paul [who was absent from the swamp of CPAC].
I’m supporting Ron Paul
On reading the George Will article you linked to, it is evident that he is every bit as much of a pragmatist as any of the most famous fascists in history, making of himself a statist’s tool for the expansion of government and the destruction of liberty.
Many years ago, Albert Jay Nock observed that political structures always evolve to practically guarantee that no man of principle will make it into the ranks of the machine. The modus operandi of the machine is disgusting enough to repel any honest person, and the machine will use any treachery at its disposal to discredit such a person if they consider the attempt. I wonder how Ron Paul slipped through the cracks? He must have a superhuman capacity for tolerating nausea and loneliness.
Ann Coulter can call somebody a faggot, and the world gasps in indignation. But George Will can defecate on our founding principles in a blatant attempt to destroy a man of integrity, and carry it off as some kind of enlightened commentary? Now that’s an insult!
–John Danforth–
The Anna Nicole story is dying down a bit. A fresh diversion was needed. Bush gets a few days off from the nattering nabobs, and yet more time passes without candidate Clinton having to answer any difficult questions. Rinse and repeat.
Concha-
The Soup Plantation is a tranny hangout? Who knew? Here in AZ it’s sister restaurant (Sweet Tomatoes) more resembles heaven’s waiting room. Some of the grannys may be trannys, I’ll have to look more closely next time.
Excellent call on Giuliani. But I am wondering if the verb shouldn’t be Giulianied instead of Nifonged, because he did it first. 😉
No… Nooo… Your are right. More people recognized the evil in the case of Nifong.
Frank
[Technically you are right, but “Nifonged” sounds good (knife connotation) too, and, as you say, Nifong’s notorious.]
These so called conservatives crying for Ann’s head make me ill. What a bunch of pansies. I don’t mind over the top, it is refreshing in this day when the thought police roam enforcing their ‘form over substance’ ideology. Go Ann!