Coulter explains why she is "trying to associate [Obama] with Saddam Hussein?": "Because I think it's funny"
SUMMARY: On Hannity & Colmes, Alan Colmes asked Ann Coulter, "Why do you keep emphasizing his [Sen. Barack Obama's] middle name as if you're trying to associate him with Saddam Hussein?" Coulter replied, "Because I think it's funny." During the interview, Coulter referred to Obama as "B. Hussein Obama" twice and injected: "Get ready for President Hussein, and let's start planning for the next president."
During the February 14 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, co-host Alan Colmes asked right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, who has a well-documented history of making anti-Muslim remarks, to explain her persistent habit of referring to Sen. Barack Obama as "B. Hussein Obama." When Colmes asked Coulter, "Why do you keep emphasizing his [Obama's] middle name as if you're trying to associate him with Saddam Hussein," she replied, "Because I think it's funny." During the interview, Coulter referred to Obama as "B. Hussein Obama" twice. At the interview's conclusion, Coulter injected: "Get ready for President Hussein, and let's start planning for the next president."
As Media Matters for America noted, on the February 13 edition of Fox News' Your World, Coulter repeatedly referred to Obama as "B. Hussein Obama" -- five times in all, within a span of less than 2 minutes -- once calling him "President Hussein." She asserted: "It's shocking that ... he's probably going to be our next president, President Hussein."
From the February 14 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:
COLMES: Solidarity. Ann Coulter telling the world how she really feels about John McCain. Now that Hillary Clinton's campaign appears to have hit a little bit of a rough patch, will the -- thanks to Ann Coulter, perhaps -- will the conservative columnist throw her support behind Barack Obama? With us now, the author of If Democrats Had Any Brains, They Would Be Republicans, A. Heart Coulter. That's what you do to Barack Obama, B. Hussein Obama. What does his middle name have anything to do with --
COULTER: You know, it's really irrelevant because our gal --
COLMES: But why do you do that?
COULTER: -- Hillary is doing a fine job now.
COLMES: Yeah, but why do you do that? Why do you keep emphasizing his middle name as if you're trying to associate him with Saddam Hussein?
COULTER: Because I think it's funny. OK, back to Hillary. She won in New Mexico --
COLMES: I hear the gales of laughter.
[...]
HANNITY: Let me bring Ann in here. When you were on the last time, your phrase was that she, Hillary, is stronger on the war on terrorism.
COULTER: Yes.
HANNITY: That's absurd.
COULTER: No.
HANNITY: Yes, it is.
COULTER: No, Soros is against Hillary. He is for John McCain. He is for B. Hussein Obama.
HANNITY: Hillary sent these boys -- sent these kids --
COLMES: There you go again.
[...]
HANNITY: When you say stronger in the war on terrorism, I can't imagine that we're going to have spent all this time in Iraq and that we're going to elect a president that's going to get in there in 90 days and pull the plug --
COULTER: I don't think we'll ever do that.
HANNITY: -- and hand Iraq over to [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad.
COULTER: I wonder if either of the Democrats will do it. But all I know about Obama, B. Hussein Obama, is that he's for hope. But Hillary has made very clear she wouldn't pull the troops out.
HANNITY: She's out. She absolutely says, "I will begin withdrawing within 90 days." Says it over and over again.
COULTER: Begin. Yeah, begin. Just last week she said, "No, we need them."
HANNITY: Oh, John McCain is saying, "We'll stay until the job is done.
[...]
COLMES: Ann, congratulations. You've done the impossible. You've got him to defend John McCain.
COULTER: And he was part of the Gang of 14.
HANNITY: I agree. I disagree with it. I'm with you. But he did vote for --
COULTER: Get ready for President Hussein, and let's start planning for the next president.
COLMES: Congratulations.
HANNITY: All right, we've got to take a break. Ann, we love seeing you.
COULTER: Thank you.
HANNITY: Thank you for being with us.
COULTER: Go Hillary.
HANNITY: And coming up --
COLMES: Congratulations.
Hahahahahahaha
Remember, Coulter will be headlining this weekend at the Laugh Factory, next weekend at Funny Bones.
Right, those questions are usually prefaced by "Some people say..."
Whenever I hear that, I want to yell "Which people!"
I can't imagine that we're going to have spent all this time in Iraq and that we're going to elect a president that's going to get in there in 90 days and pull the plug --
You know, Sean, that's what 75% of us little people want the next president to do.
COULTER: No, Soros is against Hillary. He is for John McCain. He is for B. Hussein Obama.
What? I thought that:
A)MMfA is a Soros operation
B)MMfA is a Hillary front
So if Soros is against Hillary, why is he funding a site that's nothing more than a front for her?
Maybe O'Reilly should have her on and they can get it all figured out.
WARNING!
French-kissing Coldturd will likely result in an unspeakably horrible life form gestating in your abdomen.
LOL!
Where's Sigourney Weaver when you need her?
...[Coulter] and Hannity go at since they’re usually engaged in a rhetorical French kiss.
Thanks a lot , Lynn. I'm temporarily, rhetorically impotent.
I didn't go to her defense. I simply laid it out chronologically, are you disputing that?
I already said what I thought of Ann and her barking up this tree on yesterday's thread, read it if you care too.
Are you really this dense or are you just trying annoy everyone?
Both. Definitely both.
That's an adorable little semantic game you're playing there Tommy. "Oh I'm not defending her, I'm just pointing out blah blah." Cute.
New "W.I.T.H." acronym: Why Is Tommy Here?
Yes, she DID lie. She is trying to plant the seed that Obama has connections to radical Islam.
And she brought it up first: Colmes responded to her use of the name.
Robert
So what's the deal then, A. Hart Coulter?
Did MADtv show you the door during your audition?
"Because I think it's funny"
She simply does not have the guts to tell the truth here. When the money's on the line, she gets all PC. What a wimp.
You say she ducked it to be politically correct.
I think she ducked the question because she wimped out.
"People with Muslim names can't be trusted."
Actually, I'm a bit interested by the fact that you seem to need me to denounce Coulter's very thinly veiled bigotry.
I'd have to say it's twofold. You're probably correct in your assumption because there's a reason the right keeps bringing it up along with the madrassa story, they know it stokes the fears of their loyal followers. It's probably also true she knows it annoys democrats to no end, so she gets off on stroking her minions and stoking the coals.
But it has been quite interesting trying to determine if you were a coulter fan or not. I'd say some here definitely think you are from what I've read.
This fits the new-fangled conservative version of PC that I've noticed as of late.
I think everyone can agree that It's not PC to openly and personally target someone in a way that's insulting and/or bigoted. Conservative pundits realize this and want to maintain the charade that they are not prejudiced, and thus, are PC. But thanks to the new conservative pundit playbook, you can morph it into PC if you repackage it afterward as just being funny.
When a conservative pundit is caught saying something stupidly offensive or distasteful, the popular 'out' has become "funny... joke... ha ha," frequently followed by an accusation that liberals have no sense of humor whatsoever.
When your vapidly disgusting or bigoted self manages to slip out, simply say you were joking in hopes that enough people will be dumb enough to believe you're genuinely trying to be funny, all those who remain and object can easily be dismissed as humorless.
"Because I think it's funny"
Look up.
Well, neither of us knows for certain, but I base my opinion on Ann's history of never censoring herself, for trying to be as provocative, insulting, offensive and politically incorrect as she can possibly be. Colmes asked her, he kept asking her, she responded with "it's funny".
If she was trying to censor herself, she either would have never said it in the first place, over and over, or she would have said something like "Well, that's his middle name, isn't it"? Instead she neutralized Colmes' question, and said "it's funny".
Truth be told I have a very good sense of humor and I honestly have no clue what's "funny" about it. Humor has been a very big part of my life and I simply can't see it here. Unless someone can spell it out for me, I'm left to assume "funny" is her code for "I can't really say."
Well, neither of us knows for certain, but I base my opinion on Ann's history of never censoring herself, for trying to be as provocative, insulting, offensive and politically incorrect as she can possibly be. Colmes asked her, he kept asking her, she responded with "it's funny".
If she was trying to censor herself, she either would have never said it in the first place, over and over, or she would have said something like "Well, that's his middle name, isn't it"? Instead she neutralized Colmes' question, and said "it's funny". - tommy
Neutralized, shmeutralized! Alan Colmes is a tank jobber, a doormat for conservatives like Ol' Liar Ann! I wouldn't be surprised if he was told to ask that question by GOP-Fox with the intent of allowing Coulter to get off the small hook that she was on.
I'm sure that Ol' Liar Ann thought it was funny to make her previous racist comment about saying that MLK deserved to e assassinated, a joke that was talked about on the national black talk radio network XM 169/THE POWER, specifically on "The Black Eagle" Joe Madison's show. Madison's blasted and barbecued Coulter on several occasions for her racist, white supremacist, hateful comments, too. Coulter is a racist and a white supemacist, as are most of her racist white supremacist "fans".
As I said before, have Coulter appear on THE POWER or any other black talk radio station and repeat her racist white supremacist "joke".
The point is that whenever Miss Annie is confronted with anything resembling consequences for her speech she runs off to the shield of "I was only joking." If she's always "only joking" that must mean that she doesn't believe a single word she speaks (a theory I'm definitely not opposed to believing).
But if she doesn't believe what she says and she's just doing comedy, then why is she continuously invited on news programs as some sort of political analyst giving serious commentray? And if it's all an act what does that say about the people who really do believe in the ideology she presents?
Until I hear "Up next on Hannity and Colmes, Eddie Izzard and Carlos Mencia on the primary race so far," I'm reluctant to believe any excuse that she is just a comedienne.
Take 2
Tommy, I think you're only looking at the term "PC" as it's been defined by the right
Col, I am not sure I understand what you are saying? What I said was Ann Coulter has never been PC, in fact she gets off on not being PC, that was my point. Governor was claiming that her answer was an effort to try and be PC, I disagree.
Tommy, anytime you or other conservatives whine about political correctness, it often is an attempt to defend racism and white supremacy. Coulter is a racist and a white supremacist, among other things, and so is Sean Hannity. When these two complain about PC, they are trying to defend theirs and other peoples' racist and white supremacist mentalitites.
I'd like to see Ol' Liar Ann repeat her racist white supremacist "joke" on any black talk radio station, and then she what happens when black talk radio hosts and the black talk radio listeners verbally barbecue her and/or Sean Hannity.
Yes, Ann Coulter is always worried about being politically correct, especially when being challenged by Alan Colmes. You nailed it.
- tommy
Tommy, when was the last time that the doormat tank jobber Colmes ever REALLY challenged ANY lying fascist racist theocratic white supremacist con, Ol' Liar Ann Coulter included?
Colmes either didn't challenge Coulter, and/or didn't sincerely challenge Coulter, the way I am reading this transcript.
I think it's conservative PC.
For the hardliners, anybody who does not fall in line with conservative orthodoxy or capitulate to conservative ideology must be mocked. They must, by all means neccessary, be made to think right.
"But didn't she learn anything"
Let me stop you right there. She doesn't want to learn. Has no need. Even as she's simultaneously bashing gays and dining at a gay owned and operated restaurant, she fails to see the hypocrisy.
I think you may be right. I remember reading about her dining at a gay establishment, and when someone confronted her (this was right after the John Edwards f****t controversy), once they got through her bodyguards, she hung her head in shame.
It's pathetic really, not being true to yourself.
Anne is just pulling Colmes chain here. The Republicans really had no one that could have successfully challenged Hillary, Obama or even Edwards. The one she despised, John McCain, is going to be nominated. So she really doesn't give a hoot who wins on the Dem side. She claims she'll back Hillary but if she does it will be purely farcical.
She gets under Colmes skin with the Hussein stuff, & quite frankly it's not funny it's lame but Coulter, like most Conservatives/Republicans, know a Democratic victory is coming in the Fall so she's just being extra silly hoping to annoy you all. It appears to be working.
You mean Sgt Carter & Private Gomer Pyle?
God help us all :-O
LMAO! That was mean but can't say I disagree with you. I grew up in Arkansas while he was Governor and folks there are enamored by him. He even earned a huge percentage of the black vote. It's something about those boys from Hope, I tell ya. ;)
Poor thing. Somebody needs to tell him that it's over and he's not going to win the nomination. Even divine intervention can't deliver him to the White House.
Easy, Preston! Jeter took that test a while ago here, where you answer questions and it gives you the most closely matched candidate to your views. He was honest enough to admit that his first result was Huckabee.I think deep down, Jeter might be a Huckabee man.
Hey,Jeter ----> ;0)
Colonel you are a cruel individual for revealing that ;-)
After taking the test twice, with the same result I entered therapy. And developed a strong desire to cook up some squirrel meat.
However I'm happy to report that a friend sent me an e-mail with yet another one of those Presidential candidate preference tests & after some trepidation I took it. Much to my relief Gomer was no longer #1. He was still in my top 3, but I put away the gun & decided I would go on. This time it was Romney, Clinton then Huckabee. Not sure what that means? Is Hillary a Conservative?
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zsquir.html
Now, now, HBL, Jeter is a good man and we don’t want him to lose his temper by saying he's a Huckabee fan. Even the most moderate of conservatives can spot a crypto-dictator in Christian Fundamentalist garb.
Hey why did Preston refer to you as HBL??? Is that you Beach?? Why the name change??
Beach...um I mean Colonel Beach,
A few weeks back Pearlene asked "where's HBL?", I replied to that post writing something like 'yeah where is Beach? Where Open_Mind? Some of our regs are MIA'
I gotta admit I had no clue you & the Colonel were one in the same. I just figured Colonel Sanders was well on his way to being your heir apparent as the most humorist poster at MMFA.
But needless to say, I'm glad he is you & you are him.
Not to get all sentimental or anything but I felt bad that Beach had vanished. When long time posters suddenly vanish I wonder, did they just get sick of the site, or something worse.
Glad to know you're alive & well, even if it means I have to put up with your good natured ribbing...
I should have known only Beach wouldn't let me live down my Huckabee shame ;-)
Coincidence?
What's up, Roundhouse! Yeah, that's me. I just started posting there a few weeks ago. I got into an argument with Below_Mason_Dixon who often rants about multiculturalism, Affirmative Action, reverse-racism, etc., etc., that often works my nerves. Haven't seen him posts lately, which is interesting since even though I disagree with on certain issues, in terms of economics, we agree more than we disagree.
But, yeah, that's me. I'm a big fan of Sirota's and can't wait to get his new book. Some folks over at his blog aren't too happy over the fact that he's warming up to Obama -- I was one of them at first until he kind of explained why he's leaning towards Obama than Clinton. He's a good guy and one of the best political analysts out there today. “Hostile Takeover” is a classic, IMO.
Lynn,
I see Coulter & Hannity, neither with a candidate to support, going in circles like two rudderless ships who ended up colliding. Funny stuff indeed ;-)
She, like Limpballs (look! I made a funny!) claim to represent conservatives. While I seriously doubt that real conservatives act like that, to an extent they are right. Their audience are knuckle dragging trogs who sit around and shout "I wish I could say that in public! PC forces me to give up my free speech! Go Ann!".
Olbermann was right, these poople need to pack their bags and leave.
Snoop you're a poople bigot ;-)
But I can't blame ya, them pooples can be damn annoying.
Why, because I'm trying to bribe Pearl with a box of wine so I can get her drunk so I can...
Oops, I used my outside voice again, didn't I? Darn.
Oh boy, don't I feel special.
Well Snop, Jeter is my regular wine supplier on Fridays but he never offered to used his "outside voice" before......so Jeter I'll stick with you this Friday but your going to have to think about adding your "outside voice" to your Friday wine package otherwise....... ;-)
Hey Pearlene :-)
I'll gladly use my "outside voice" if you or Snoop tell me exactly what that means...I must have missed that thread ;-)
Because I think it's funny.
OK, those first three words are a blatant lie.
Dark humor is the fashion um? Got two bits, one real.
Rush is saying that he's considering endorsing Obama.
Gosh Docter Bob. I had to remove two radials from that Jepperson boy's larynx....Dam, I know there's still a spare in there!
He's, a special boy.
He is now...But now I have to make a special visit to a very special patient.
You mean to Bambi.
I'm not mean to Bambi....She likes it that way.
(scratching my head)
?
I'm not mean to Bambi....She likes it that way.
LOL...
Firesign Theater Tommy. From the work "Lawyer's Hospital", I'm just trying to go with the trend.
Suppose I should have devided the two parts better. The rush thing is the real part. Everthing below that line is pure rhetoric and separate.
In deminishing hopes of understanding. Esq.
Well, it's coming anyways, so might as well get sue started early today...
Well I do believe Mr. Olbermann pilfered his material right off the threads of MMFA. Surprise surprise surprise [said in a Gomer Pyle aka Huckabee southern drawl]
Snoop, I do believe St Keith might be a poople. Sorry I'm gonna be using that for awhile ;-)
Snoop, while reading your post I found myself humming the Dr. Pepper theme song.
I'm a poople your a poople...
;-)
I thought I'd search the first item that came up under histybuf's name-
the worst is when she orders the most expensive and then only takes two bites.- hstybuf6553 / Friday November 2, 2007 2:58:12 PM EDT
Carve that one in stone, douchebag! ;0)
We deal with what we're dealt. Important issues are in the produce section. Don't worry about the flys, we won't weight them.
Besides its Friday, pull up a hot poker and make yourself comfy.
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." Coulter, 9/13/2001
And the laughs keep coming!
Congratulations to Ann Coulter! For once she said something that was true about herself when stating why she kept referring to Obama as Hussein. She's just lending credibilty to my argument that she's an entertainer who just happens to have creditials as a constitutional lawyer. Again, there's danger in people like Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage - entertainers who could use their positions for good but instead use their positions to stir up and perpetuate hate.
COLMES: Yeah, but why do you do that? Why do you keep emphasizing his middle name as if you're trying to associate him with Saddam Hussein?
COULTER: Because I think it's funny.
Which is why I often refer to Ann "The Man" Coluter's Adam's apple and her alleged penis....