Ann Coulter Calls GOP Leaders’ Midterm Predictions ‘Delusional,’ ‘Completely Insane’

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by Frances Martel | 2:40 pm, May 25th, 2010

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Ann Coulter is really invested in raining on the Republicans’ November victory parade. Coulter went on Fox and Friends to expand upon her latest insightful/faux-offensive hybrid column to say, well, everything she should have said in that piece and nothing that she shouldn’t have. Except this time, she not only scolded Republican leaders Newt Gingrich and John Boehner for touting a landslide victory before it happens, she called them “delusional” and “completely insane,” adding that she was “nowhere near as optimistic” as they are about November.

American politics have evolved such that, when not trying too hard to be crazy, Ann Coulter actually shines as the voice of reason among right-wing pundits and Republican elected officials alike. She noted that, while Republicans are being loud about their upcoming, as-yet-undetermined victories, the Democrats are quietly working to prevent those victories from happening. It’s not something the Democrats haven’t done before:

I’ve noticed the Democrats aren’t saying that, which is exactly what they did in 1998, so, all of these—that was in the middle of the Monica Lewinsky scandal—all of these Republicans were going ‘it’s going to be a blowout, it’s going to be a blowout.’ Theres no way it could’ve been a blowout because just four years earlier Republicans had taken about forty districts where people in their entire lifetimes had never, ever voted, their grandparents hadn’t voted Republican, so of course we were going to lose some seats. But when you watched TV, you thought this was going to be a huge blowout.

The only time Coulter slipped into her general Coulterness in this interview was an off-handed, seemingly necessary Hitler reference, but it was quickly overshadowed by her substantive claims. Bill O’Reilly has managed to redefine himself as the sober, paternal voice of the conservative movement– it’s hard to listen to this Ann Coulter, compare her to early 2000s Ann Coulter, and not imagine she’s trying to do the same.

The Fox and Friends segment below:

1994 elections, 2010 elections, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Fox and Friends, fox news, John Boehner, newt gingrich, Republicans

TfT

Gosh, I saw Ann and C in the headlines and I thought for sure this was a story about Ann Currie’s major malfunction at a graduation ceremony.
Munch

TfT says:
May 25, 2010 at 3:25 pm

Gosh, I saw Ann and C in the headlines and I thought for sure this was a story about Ann Currie’s major malfunction at a graduation ceremony.”

Well, I’s sure a lib will come in and say that confusing the college you were hired to speak at with another one of the same name happens all the time. Remember, Bloomy just “misspoke.”
http://www.facebook.com/people/Vik-Sidhu/122608564 Vik Sidhu

Ha! Funny how tinafromtampa desperately tries to change the topic – guess she doesn’t like the truth, eh?
(and if you seriously misread Ann Coulter for Ann Curry, coupled with a massive pic of Ann COULTER, then I suggest you get a thicker pair of granny glasses ASAP)
The Real Royal King

Gents, let’s focus on this story and the show for a moment. It’s an interesting story.

First: What is Coluter’s motivation? I can’t begin to guess. she certainly has no committment to intellectual honesty, and she appeared on a program in which honesty, if it breaks out, is unexpected and unwelcome. But, is she reading something, and is she reading it correctly? If she is, is this her avenue back into Republican and conservative legitimacy? I think she may be right. The assumption of the rightists on this site seems to be that unhapiness with President Obama, Majority Leader Reid, Speaker Pelosi will most certainly translate into voting for some unnamed Republican. If that were to be the case, it would be a dramatic change from the norm. I think it just as likely voters will wrinkle up their noses, say to themselves I don’t like Reid, but I dislike McConnell more, or Pelosi is a creep, but Bohner is even creepier. So, if she is playing an informed hunch, she makes Bohner and Gingrich look like fools, cheap opportunists or liars, positioning herself for greater authenticity going into 2012.

Secondly: In an era of Republican extremism, is Coulter positioning herself closer to mainstream Repubicanism because the short-time political gain is going to quickly fade. Americans have little stomach for radicalism of the historic Democratic sort or the current Republican sort.

Don’t get me wrong. The motivation is purely selfish. Coulter lacks intellectual integrity as I said. That makes me wonder, all the more, if she is not seizing an easy opportunity here.
drex94

wowowowowowow…Ann Coulter does have a brain after all…..somewhere
notsofast

king:

“Coulter lacks intellectual integrity ”

You lack both integrity and intellect.
JustTheFacts

Follow-Up Reading:

Boehner: 100 seats in play for GOP

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36605.html

JustTheFacts
The Real Royal King

In the public interest: Michelle and Righter will soon be drawn to this link, so the time for thoughtful discussion and the respectful exchange of ideas will be ending shortly. Let me thank you for this link before that happens, Frances.
ImNotBlue

The Real Royal King says:
May 25, 2010 at 3:59 pm

…said TRRK.

Who do you think you’re fooling?
writer

Is Ann Coulter here? She must be. The King made a comment about her.
MichelleF

Writer,
Did you notice we weren’t even here and King was talking about us? I thought that wasn’t allowed!!
jrcmi

Is The King here? He must be. Writer made a comment about him making a comment about Ann Cloneturd.

Dude, whatever you’re smokin’, save us a toke.
http://www.sailrabbits.com Magister

@JustTheFacts: To be fair to Boehner, I don’t see him predicting the Republicans to pickup a 100 seats in that Politico piece, rather I see him saying that a hundred seats could change hands and I was saying this looked to be a non-incumbent year (with neither party immune), long before it became conventional wisdom.

Though like Coulter, I find a hundred, a little hard to believe.

As for a “media-angle”… I’m a little bothered by her use of the word “we” throughout her analysis because though it could be interpreted either way, it seemed to be inclusive of the F&F hosts.
http://www.sailrabbits.com Magister

BTW: I haven’t listened to the NPR clip, so my defense of Boehner is based only on the Politico quote. He may be as delusional as some posters to comment forums, I simply parsed those few words.
JohnSimpson

jrcmi says:
May 25, 2010 at 6:16 pm

Is The King here? He must be. Writer made a comment about him making a comment about Ann Cloneturd.”

hey, lib eat a bid turd.
jrcmi

Hilarious. Can’t stop laughing. Ha.

Sheesh.
writer

jrcmi, the King has said he can’t comment on people who aren’t present, yet he’s been doing it. Merely wondering if he’s changed his rule.
jrcmi

Fair enough.

I wonder why he would create such a self-imposed restriction. Bill O is a public figure and “fair game.”