Ann Coulter, Media Whore

Ann Coulter is the most vile, offensive media whore in America today. It's been said by her friends that she is actually a normal, balanced person in private, and that her public persona is a schtick. But whether contrived or authentic, her opinions and persona are thoroughly repulsive and intellectually bankrupt.

Treated by the media as a legitimate commentator and pundit, she is neither. Indeed, she is simply a hate-filled, bile-spewing, stereotyping sensationalist. Her opinions never visit the land of balance nor reason, but she earns millions selling books based on hyperbolic slurs and outrageous insults.

Her most recent, accusing the outspoken 9/11 widows of “enjoying their husband’s deaths,” is yet another in a long line of disgusting, shock-value garbage. More lamentable than her statements, however, are the people who believe her. According to MSNBC, 24% of poll respondents say her comments do not go too far.

I never take her deluded ramblings seriously, but trying to grasp the mentality of those who do is truly horrifying. They represent everything I loathe about humanity, and lately, about the Republican party--the party of my favorite President, liberal Abraham Lincoln.

Who are these people? The same medieval morons who think Global Warming is a lie, who think Iraq was responsible for 9/11, who think Hillary murdered Vincent Foster, who think the Bible is infallible, who think the End Days are coming soon, who think contraception is evil, who think marriage is unchanging, and who think George Bush is doing an “excellent” job. In other words, Ann Coulter’s base.

Whether out of dumb luck or calculation, Coulter doesn’t hesitate to smear, insult and offend anyone in order to sell books to a small segment of Americans who live to be angry, intolerant, arrogant, divisive, narrow-minded haters. And I'm sure her latest outrageous statements will only help her sales.

Ann Coulter will continue to operate behind the facade of legitimacy until televised media stop giving her a platform to spew her hatred. That the media has access to thousands of balanced, rational commentators on both sides of any issue makes their periodic choice of Coulter an indication that they are less journalists than tabloids. And that’s yet another disgrace.