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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/14/2009 10:36:40 PM | NEW YORK - Last week, Ann Coulter squared off against Matt Lauer on NBC’s “TODAY” show, and Monday the conservative political pundit brought her provocative point of view to ABC’s “The View.”
The tension was thick from the get go, as Walters introduced Coulter, saying, “We’ve all been discussing your book on camera.”
“Yes, I’ve heard,” Coulter said, interrupting Walters.
“Good, you should be pleased,” Walters snapped back, which silenced Coulter.
The hot topics quickly boiled over when talk turned to Coulter’s view on single mothers.
“What is your issue with single mothers?” Whoopi Goldberg inquired.
After a lengthy tirade, Coulter then took issue with the manner in which Hollywood is portraying women having children out of marriage.
“It’s the new thing, as opposed to the sex tape,” Coulter said of single moms. “Hollywood, mainstream media, the New York Times, women’s magazines, exalting single motherhood, movie after movie about single motherhood, book after book, sisters are doing it for themselves.”
Goldberg stopped Coulter’s rampage against single moms, asking, “Are you married? Do you have kids?”
“No, but it wouldn’t change the difference of the facts I cite,” Coulter said, referring to the claims she makes in her book.
“Well, it would,” Goldberg countered. “If you had children, you would know more of what you’re talking about.”
The talk took a particularly awkward turn when Coulter accused Walters of reading her book like it was something Adolf Hitler had written.
“I’ve never heard my book read aloud, like you’re reading Mein Kampf, and I just did,” Coulter told Walters, referring to Hitler’s manifesto. “Read it like you’re reading Mein Kampf again!”
“I don’t think I did,” Walters said.
“I think you did,” Coulter snapped. “You spat out the words, like I wasn’t sitting here.”
“I don’t appreciate the way you’re talking to her,” Sherri Shepherd told Coulter defending Walters. “Nobody is attacking you. You don’t have to talk to her like that!”
Luckily, Goldberg wrapped up the madness by taking it to commercial
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28638496/
For those that didn't catch her on The View this past week you can view it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGbWSfIL1d4&feature=related
Ann Coulter is a idiotic nut case. I mean, to sit there and write something about how single mothers are to blame for violence increases in society is flat out ridiculous alone within itself. Then she goes onto suggest that every single mother should give their children up for adoption because of that, takes it to a whole new level of Idiotism. I don't care what political side you are on, when you make comments like this, you deserve to be classified as an idiotic nut case. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/14/2009 11:44:46 PM | They don't have to give her the air time. They do it because they know she is "controversial" (polite translation for frothing Nazi she-wolf gasbag lunatic) and that her appearance on any talk show is guaranteed to light up the switchboards and generate "interest" (polite translation for anger, disgust, desire to see justice done, holy retribution from on high, etc.)
Anyone who has seen Ann before has probably also watched Henry Rollins "Open Letter To Ann Coulter" and laughed themselves silly at its frank description of what needs to be done to this ultra-fascist bimbo hack. She needs to be ball-gagged and made to act as house-servant for Henry until she learns not only manners, but humility, decency, and above all how to write with actual facts and supportive material.
That she continues to be published is a wonder...but no more a wonder that the continued publishing of pornography, the National Enquirer, and videos about Football's greatest knee injuries.
Time for another chardonnay and a roasted puppy, Ann.    | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 6:25:15 AM | As far as I know no one on the view disagreed with her views on single motherhood.
This statement is clearly in disagreement with Coulter:
“Well, it would,” Goldberg countered. “If you had children, you would know more of what you’re talking about.”
Ann Coulter has a place in the media, as do Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Joe Scarborough and Rush Limbaugh. Hers is not a lofty perch, but there she is--getting her books published and air play on national television.
People like those mentioned above, help us keep our perspective--they force us to make decisions about what we truly believe--they keep us politically involved, and for that alone, they serve a purpose.
As much as I agree with themadfiddler, I have to assert that Ann Coulter continues to inspire me--certainly not in the way she would like, however. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 8:38:12 AM | | I wanted to see what all this hype was about this woman. She is indeed controversial. Since I dont watch that silly show gathered by a group of one-sided gossipers, I youtubed it. What Ann said is she was citing the numbers she got from social sciences research on single mothers. Because I used to work in the prison system as an office assistant, majority of these convicts I worked around were raised without a father in the home. I tend to agree with Coulter on this one. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 8:48:56 AM |
Because I used to work in the prison system as an office assistant, majority of these convicts I worked around were raised without a father in the home.
Care to provide us with statistics backing up your belief? | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 9:12:44 AM | It's not that Coulter is wrong in her beliefs on the downsides of current society losing touch with traditional family values and isn't wrong in having a disdain for any glorification of such, why is it that extremists like Coulter, Hannity, and Limbaugh have to be so self righteous about everything?
There are ways to present viewpoints that spark discussion on topics and then there are the held to methods of these extremists that simply generate confrontation and hatred. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 9:33:10 AM | | Actually, she didn't blame single mothers - she blamed single motherhood. Broken families breed criminals. Culture and media glorifies single mother hood and is what is destroying society. She does not blame single mothers themselves, they are victims of the Left's psychology impressed upon them which forbids teaching young girls that life is generally easier when sex comes AFTER marriage, and instead tells them that all sex is always ok and consequence free. For the sake of the kids, we should be doing everything in our power to make single motherhood MORE difficult, because that might actually deter and prevent it. "Protecting single mothers" isn't in the constitution, and bilking taxpayers for every stupid sexual escapade is unfair. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 1:46:27 PM | Actually she is promoting the idea that singles mothers are responsible for crimes. Just listen to the title of the chapter, "Victim of a Crime, Blame a Single Mother" I have no idea why this woman believes it's acceptable to put the responsibility for criminal on all single mothers instead of the people who actually commit the crimes. By the time you are a teenager, you should have a good idea what is right and what is wrong, despite your upbringing. I was raised by a single mom, and if I went out and robbed a bank, would it be her fault or mine?
I have no idea why this obnoxious demagogue is getting any airtime. I mean it's obvious that she is attacking singles mom's just for the publicity, and to help her sell more books. I believe that she knows how ridiculous her positions are, but continues to do because she makes good money doing it.
I just love how she and some people on the right, including Miss Coulter, are so arrogant that hey believe that they can dictate who should have children and who should not. If some woman decides to raise a child without being married, who are we to tell her that she is wrong. I have to agree that some people don't teach their kids morals and are just plain neglectful, but i think it's presumptuous for Miss Coulter to say that all single mothers are guilty of this.
I also think it's completely inaccurate that she blames the "Left" and says that we are destroying the nuclear family. We're just smart enough to realize that single parents exist, and they should not be ostracized. Prettygirl, I would like to know how you would make single motherhood "MORE difficult" I have been told that raising kids is hard enough as it is, and so far that does not seem to deter people from doing it.
We as a society need to wake up and come to terms with the fact that everyone having a "Leave it to Beaver" family is just thing of the past. In this modern world families come in all forms and we should not put down people that are in households that we don't personally approve of. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 2:32:48 PM | How anyone can take What this nut job Coulter has to say seriously is beyond me!Just a few quote's.......
To a disabled Vietnam vet: "People like you caused us to lose that war."
-- Ann Coulter, MSNBC
"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."
-- Ann Coulter to George Gurley, New York Observer, August 21, 2002
"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it! It's yours.'"
-- Ann Coulter, Hannity & Colmes,June 20, 2001
"I think we had enough laws about the turn-of-the-century. We don't need any more." Asked how far back would she go to repeal laws, she replied, "Well, before the New Deal...[The Emancipation Proclamation] would be a good start."
-- Ann Coulter, Politically Incorrect, May 7, 1997
"My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism."
-- Ann Coulter, MSNBC, February 8, 1997
"We just want Jews to be perfected, as they say." --arguing that it would be better if we were all Christian
"If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women. It also makes the point, it is kind of embarrassing, the Democratic Party ought to be hanging its head in shame, that it has so much difficulty getting men to vote for it. I mean, you do see it's the party of women and 'We'll pay for health care and tuition and day care -- and here, what else can we give you, soccer moms?'"
Sieg Hiel!
And drumroll please........
"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by griefparrazies. I have never seen people enjoying their husband's deaths so much." -on 9/11 widows who have been critical of the Bush administration | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 2:57:42 PM | Actually, she didn't blame single mothers - she blamed single motherhood
So suggesting that single mothers should give their childern up for adoption isn't attacking them for being single parents, because that's the way I saw it. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 3:01:41 PM | In msg 11, prettygirl said:
She does not blame single mothers themselves, they are victims of the Left's psychology impressed upon them which forbids teaching young girls that life is generally easier when sex comes AFTER marriage, and instead tells them that all sex is always ok and consequence free.
First of all, I've never seen anybody argue that "all sex is always ok and consequence free". That sounds more like a strawman argument to me. But even assuming that you could dredge up a quote from somebody somewhere who said that, it doesn't mean anything; I could just as easily quote somebody from the far Right saying something just as stupid. These kinds of blanket comments demonstrate a lack of real thought. Here's a counter interpretation, which is just as simplistic: They (single mothers) are victims of the Right's religiously inspired agenda, which prevents them from learning about safe sex.
I think most people would agree that, all other things being equal, raising children in a two-parent household is better than in a single-parent household. But sometimes things happen which are beyond a person's control. I have to say that I find your position on this subject especially odd considering that you are a single mother yourself. I have a question for you: if one of your kids grows up and commits a crime, will you be okay with society blaming you personally? Because that's what Coulter is saying (see the quote of a chapter title in msg 13).
Coulter is a troll. A long time ago she made the decision to trade in her dignity for money. What's sad is that enough people continue to buy her crappy books that she gets airtime. People like her make their money by appealing to the worst aspects of human nature. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 4:52:39 PM |
I have no idea why this obnoxious demagogue is getting any airtime.
There are many in these forums who attract attention to their writing by attacking others or using shocking or vulgar language. Ann Coulter would be no different than these people. It would seem a large number of people have no interest in viewing calm, rational discussions.
I think that it is interesting to note that liberal media (such as the regular cast of The View seem to be) are no better for this behaviour than Coulter herself. They realize that attacking a calm reasoning conservative would portray themselves in a bad light. What do they do? They invite a loud, obnoxious, vulgar woman to their show... then they are viewed as heroes when they put her in her place. Coulter's success can be attributed to liberals as much as anything else.
I would like to know how you would make single motherhood "MORE difficult"
In today's world divorce rates are high. I blame this on divorce laws that have been brought in the last 40 years. I know several single mothers (with school age children) who don't work... or only work 10 to 20 hours a week. Divorce laws, and welfare, have made it possible for these women to survive in this lifestyle. Sure... children who were raised in an abusive home fifty years ago had a poor childhood. Probably still better off than the child who witnesses their mother participate in a numerous succession of relationships... each one filled with more screaming anger than the last. Children raised in a healthy two parent household are better off than children raised in a healthy one parent household. Period.
Maybe Murphy Brown isn't such a great role model for today's women. Maybe Dan Quayle wasn't an idiot (from viewing these forums, I'm a better than average speller, but I would have guessed potatoe.) The "You go girl!!" attitude that is so prevalent in today's world is more damaging than positive. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 6:31:27 PM | I wanted to see what all this hype was about this woman. She is indeed controversial. Since I dont watch that silly show gathered by a group of one-sided gossipers, I youtubed it. What Ann said is she was citing the numbers she got from social sciences research on single mothers. Because I used to work in the prison system as an office assistant, majority of these convicts I worked around were raised without a father in the home. I tend to agree with Coulter on this one.
All children of single moms are future strippers?
I'll get my pole.
Heh amazing watching the usual suspects fall over themselves to defend this hateful woman.
There are many in these forums who attract attention to their writing by attacking others or using shocking or vulgar language. Ann Coulter would be no different than these people. It would seem a large number of people have no interest in viewing calm, rational discussions.
If people talked to each other the way that Ann criticizes people she doesn't like (She really likes calling them fags) she'd have long since been booted off. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 6:48:42 PM | Has she been on Dr. Phil yet? I know of several occassions where he has recommended divorce in the interests of not raising children in a bad environment as a result of a bad male role model "father" or "stepfather."
That women are single mothers is not necessarily the choice of the woman. The father of those children might have been the one to either choose to leave or be such an awful influence that it was better to have him leave.
I was raised in a 2 parent home with 2 very dysfunctional parents and I do own responsibility for recovering from their mental, physical and emotional abuse and becoming a healthier adult. I did not leave my husband, he left me to marry an alcoholic rageaholic who did significant damage to my kids. However, they are now adults, I have taught them to take responsibility, recover and become healthier adults.
Single motherhood as a result of a broken relationship is a symptom of a deeper societal problem with the relationship skills and cultural support system for families by all members of society. It does not apply to those women who are in lesbian relationships or chose to be single mom's via artifical insemination. I'd challenge Coulter's statistics for those two groups. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 7:20:02 PM | Actually, I am NOT promoting the idea that single mothers are responsible for crimes. Don't put words in my mouth, please.
I say that the media and society has created a monstrous idea that casual sex which results in single motherhood, is responsible. Making it more shameful to be found pregnant at 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and even 18 would be better than the alternative of abortions and children raising children. The norm these days is when a girl is having sex, gets pregnant, she is rewarded with a monthly government check, food stamps, section 8 housing, and the opportunity to go and do it all over again. There is no deterrant for unwed mothers anymore. She hasn't found love in the home, so she decides to bring a baby into the world, hoping it will give her the life she's fantasized about her whole life. Of course, when the child interfers with her social life, the child gets pushed aside, and mom's needs are met before the childs. If it's lucky enough, a grandparent is around to step in and give it the attention it is not getting from it's mother. And so the cycle repeats itself. Children are not being taught to abstain from a mindset of always having pleasure on demand, regardless what it is.
I see your solution is to just accept that the world is going to hell in a handbasket, so let's just stick our heads back in the sand and say, oh well... let's not put people down for not giving a crap about themselves or society. And God forbid we dare speak up about it and draw any attention to the fact.
The Leave it Beaver days NEED NOT be a thing of the past... and shame on you for even thinking the 'modern world' is better off because it's system promotes unwed mothers.
If the music industry would stop spitting out vulgar, demoralizing, and sexual explicit so called music, and there were less of it broadcast on TV, then maybe, just maybe, our children would have more than a snowball in hell's chance of making adulthood without a police record. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 7:26:57 PM |
I think most people would agree that, all other things being equal, raising children in a two-parent household is better than in a single-parent household. But sometimes things happen which are beyond a person's control. I have to say that I find your position on this subject especially odd considering that you are a single mother yourself. I have a question for you: if one of your kids grows up and commits a crime, will you be okay with society blaming you personally?
You are wrong, my children are being raised by their father and me, in the same house. We are just not man and wife, but we are still parents to our children. If one of them commits a crime, it won't be because either of us neglected them. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 8:15:11 PM | Coulter has the biggest case of penis envy I have ever seen.
She shouldn't talk about subjects she doesn't understand. My mom was a single mother after my father died. Shall I blame god for taking my father away from me before I ever knew him? There will be a lot of single mothers as a result of this war in Iraq, which she loves. If those children end up in prison, can they blame the government for sending their fathers to war? NO. And you can't blame mothers for what their child does when that child is an adult.
If she is suggesting that Hollywood shouldn't shine lights on single motherhood, then she is advocating censorship and denial of the state of the Union. Then again, denial is par for people that far to the right. Yeah, Lucy and Ricky slept in seperate beds. Let's go back to that. | |
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| Ann Coulter attacks single mothers in her new book.
Posted: 1/15/2009 8:50:01 PM |
they are victims of the Left's psychology impressed upon them which forbids teaching young girls that life is generally easier when sex comes AFTER marriage, and instead tells them that all sex is always ok and consequence free.
What a thoughtless statement.
As a member of the 'Left', I would like to be clear about something: In my 26 years in public education, I have never told any student--male or female--that sex is "always ok and consequence free..."
I raised two sons who were given information about the physical aspect of sex as well as the psychological, emotional, and spiritual aspects. Not once did I give them the idea the sex was their right.
In light of Bristol Palin's unplanned pregnancy, and given that her mother is on the 'Right' and advocates abstinence only sex education, it is abundantly clear that this is not a Left or Right issue, but an issue where our children need to be protected and educated. Period. | |
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