Nat'l Review editor calls Ann Coulter "flamboyant"...

[IrateCitizen]

I was watching a discussion last night between James Wolcott of Vanity Fair and the managing editor of National Review on CSPAN. The discussion was actually pretty interesting, but as usual it contained a lot of callers from the extreme on both sides.

There was one woman who called in and said that Ann Coulter was one of her favorite authors. The NR editor said that Ann Coulter's only fault was that she tried to engage in some of the writing tactics employed by the left from a right perspective, and that she was "flamboyant".

Thing was, Wolcott didn't go back and challenge this assertion. He didn't demand that the NR editor cite examples of published authors on the left making statements like:
"We need to execute John Walker Lindh to show liberals that they can be killed too for speaking out."
"It's too bad that the terrorists didn't fly into the NY Times building."
"We need to invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity."
"God gave us the earth to do whatever we want with it. He said, 'Here, take it. Do what you want. Rape it. It's yours.'"

It utterly amazes me that people like Coulter actually are allowed to exist within some portion of the mainstream political culture. And it's even more amazing to me that people on the right actually contribute to the mainstreaming of their hatred.

[swag]

1. Aren't drag queens flamboyant by nature?

The National Review should eschew redundancy.

[xultar]

2. You beat me too it n/e

[txindy]

3. Coulter is 'flamboyant' if B*sh is a 'fibber'

:eyes: They could be a wee bit stronger in their word choices.

[Robbie67]

4. Let's hope a Kerry landslide...

will force Annthrax into a hole.

[gratuitous]

5. You'd think a magazine editor would know better

Words, after all, are his stock in trade. To use "flamboyant" in place of "deranged" or "psychotic" indicates a certain sloppiness that editors are supposed to correct, not propagate.

He should have his salary cut until he learns to use words correctly.

[Cat Atomic]

6. She's employing the writing tactics of the left?

I'd love to see one pundit from the left that does what Ann Coulter does. Just one. Someone with her level of exposure- not a letter to the editor in Podunk.