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something has happened to Coulter. I don't have
firsthand knowledge that she was kidnapped by RINO Team Six and
taken to an offshore medical facility where she was forced to
undergo a gruesome surgical procedure, but many of her recent
columns suggest that something of the sort must have occurred. What
else could explain her endorsement of Mitt Romney?
[...]
Her inexplicable support for Romney has led her
beyond being merely wrong about his chances in the general election to
writing things that are either deliberately disingenuous or genuinely
ignorant. The latest example of this tragic development is a column
titled, "Three Cheers for RomneyCare." As its title suggests, this
piece actually defends the Massachusetts "universal" health law. When I
first read it, I could hardly believe such horse manure had emanated
from Coulter's keyboard. The column opens with this howler: "If only
the Democrats had decided to socialize the food industry or housing,
RomneyCare would probably still be viewed as a massive triumph for
conservative free-market principles -- as it was at the time." [Who
Castrated Ann Coulter?]
Last
February Mark
Levin was puzzled by Ann Coulter’s bizarre endorsement of
Chris Christie, who supports gun control, amnesty, Obamacare and
climate legislation. Before that, way back in July 2009, I was
puzzled when she denounced
us "birthers" as kook conspirators. Not because she took a
disagreeable stance, but because she did it without explanation.
That was way out of character for someone who tackled the
false, but sacred-to-the-left image of Joe McCarthy
as arch fiend.. Ann
writes whole books explaining her contrariness, but here, A dicto simpliciter
I don't jettison friends over political differences— if the
differences are presented factually and are philosophically
consistent I agree to disagree. That especially goes for someone
I've admired as much
as Ann Coulter. But, WTF? What's going on?
Ann stated in the past that she hasn't married because she's never
found a man who's both stimulating and as smart as she. She's
dated several card carrying Liberals in the past, and herein may be the
solution to this vexatious question. A woman in love can, you know, adapt. The post-Carville
Mary Matalin, for example, is a good deal more, er, politically pragmatic then the
original, conservative firebrand.
And there's the Stockholm syndrome possibility.
Ann Coulter is
greeted at every public appearance by Liberals determined that she
should not be allowed to speak. Fights break out;
violence
always a possibilty. Ann would not be the first person who
succumbed to wanting safety from this; and to be loved. The most conspicuous
example I can think of is David
Brock, although Ann Couilter could not possibly jettison all her
principles in a stroke. One hopes.
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I might look at the constitution of South
Africa. That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument
of government that embraced basic human rights, had an independent
judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done.
Much more recent than the U.S. Constitution: Canada has a Charter of
Rights and Freedoms. It dates from 1982. You would almost certainly
look at the European Convention on Human Rights. Yes, why not take
advantage of what there is elsewhere in the world? I'm a very strong
believer in listening and learning from others.
So, why is