In a recent "piece," columnist and part-time drag queen Ann Coulter wrote the following:
"Obama has been draping himself in families of the children murdered in Newtown.
MSNBC's Martin Bashir suggested that Republican senators need to have a member of their families killed for them to support the Democrats' gun proposals. (Let's start with Meghan McCain!)"
Understandably, the more sane, I mean moderate McCain was none too pleased with Coulter's "joke" and responded with this:
"Apparently Ann Coulter made a joke about me being killed in a recent column. I should expect nothing less but disgusted regardless. A little perspective this morning. People like ann coulter are part of the past and only live to spread hate and negativity. I literally couldn't imagine living a life that seems so void of love, compassion, and perspective. Basically I get to wake up every day wanting to make this world a better place and people like her want to make it a worse place. I feel blessed to have not grown to be a person like that."
First off, Coulter didn't give a completely accurate account of what Bashir said.
On his program this week, Bashir said the following to the Democratic Massachusetts Representative Elijah Cummings:
"But Congressman, is that what needs to happen to move these senators to stop threatening a filibuster? Is that really what needs to happen? That you need to have a member of your family killed in order for you to do what the American people want you to do?"
Bashir wasn't saying Republican senators needed a family member of theirs to die in order to support gun control legislation currently on the table as Ms. (or is it Mr.?) Coulter suggested. He was asking if that's what needed to happen in order for this to take place. That's not exactly the same thing. If someone asks another, "Do you really need that poncho on this bright and sunny day?," that's not the same as that person telling the other, "You really need that poncho on this bright and sunny day!" Not only are the comments unequal, but while in the first one, the recipient of the question appears to be a little nuts, the speaker in the second appears to be the nutty one.
Secondly, and more importantly, it doesn't matter how much one person doesn't like another, it's never funny to joke about their being killed.
This isn't the first time Coulter and McCain have butted heads and it likely won't be the last. Like all the previous such occasions, however, the younger McCain ended up appearing to be the more mature, emotionally stable, and less Caucasian-RuPaulish of the two.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/11/meghan-mccain-ann-coulter-killed-cindy-mccain_n_3060561.html
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/11/coulter-the-killing-of-politicians-children-should-start-with-meghan-mccain/
"Obama has been draping himself in families of the children murdered in Newtown.
MSNBC's Martin Bashir suggested that Republican senators need to have a member of their families killed for them to support the Democrats' gun proposals. (Let's start with Meghan McCain!)"
Understandably, the more sane, I mean moderate McCain was none too pleased with Coulter's "joke" and responded with this:
"Apparently Ann Coulter made a joke about me being killed in a recent column. I should expect nothing less but disgusted regardless. A little perspective this morning. People like ann coulter are part of the past and only live to spread hate and negativity. I literally couldn't imagine living a life that seems so void of love, compassion, and perspective. Basically I get to wake up every day wanting to make this world a better place and people like her want to make it a worse place. I feel blessed to have not grown to be a person like that."
First off, Coulter didn't give a completely accurate account of what Bashir said.
On his program this week, Bashir said the following to the Democratic Massachusetts Representative Elijah Cummings:
"But Congressman, is that what needs to happen to move these senators to stop threatening a filibuster? Is that really what needs to happen? That you need to have a member of your family killed in order for you to do what the American people want you to do?"
Bashir wasn't saying Republican senators needed a family member of theirs to die in order to support gun control legislation currently on the table as Ms. (or is it Mr.?) Coulter suggested. He was asking if that's what needed to happen in order for this to take place. That's not exactly the same thing. If someone asks another, "Do you really need that poncho on this bright and sunny day?," that's not the same as that person telling the other, "You really need that poncho on this bright and sunny day!" Not only are the comments unequal, but while in the first one, the recipient of the question appears to be a little nuts, the speaker in the second appears to be the nutty one.
Secondly, and more importantly, it doesn't matter how much one person doesn't like another, it's never funny to joke about their being killed.
This isn't the first time Coulter and McCain have butted heads and it likely won't be the last. Like all the previous such occasions, however, the younger McCain ended up appearing to be the more mature, emotionally stable, and less Caucasian-RuPaulish of the two.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/11/meghan-mccain-ann-coulter-killed-cindy-mccain_n_3060561.html
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/11/coulter-the-killing-of-politicians-children-should-start-with-meghan-mccain/
I can't even begin to think how many outrageous words I've heard come from Ann Coulter. She thrives on controversy. She knows how offensive she is, and it's made her plenty of money. Personally, I couldn't ever justify being that vile of a human being, no matter what the payoff might be.
ReplyDeleteYeah, she sure is something else... I still think she's a man. I'll never forget a quote of her's from a few years back. ::tries finding the quote:: Ah, here it is...
ReplyDeleteMs. (Mr.) Coulter at one time said the following words:
"If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women."
I can't for the life of me believe that an actual woman would ever say she thinks women shouldn't be allowed to vote. Wowsers...
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Coulter_If_we_took_away_womens_1003.html