News Hounds takes apart Ann Coulter's recent appearance on Fox News' Hannity:

It seems that on FOX News, the only credentials a guest needs are a willingness to viciously malign Democrats. How else to explain the appearance of Ann “Boombox” Coulter on last night's (2/6/09) Hannity as an expert to discuss the Senate's compromise on the stimulus plan?

…Coulter, who has no discernible expertise in economics, provided just the kind of thoughtful and insightful analysis of the stimulus plan you'd expect from her.

First, she declared the three Republican Senators (Snowe, Collins and Specter) who are supporting the Democratic plan, “literally, a couple of the stupidest, most traitorous Republicans.”

Then Coulter displayed her money mojo. “The government doesn't do anything,” Coulter said. “It doesn't make money.”

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Next, Coulter revealed her grasp of international economics – by repeating a false conservative talking point: “Japan tried it and if the Japanese can't pull it off...” She switched gears to add this patriotic thought, “As Charles Murray has pointed out, they DO have higher IQ's. If they can't pull off this kind of spending your way into an economic recovery, then we certainly can't.”