Ann Coulter believes Eisenhower and Nimitz were Confederates

[Bright Eyes]

When discussing the Confederate flag on Hannity & Colmes:

“OK, but it’s historically preposterous. It is ridiculous. The majority of military bases in this country are named after Confederate officers: Eisenhower, Nimitz. Ummmmm, the list of southerners in our military is legion. That is what it stands for.”

Video at the bottom of the page: http://www.newshounds.us/2008/01/20/while_defending_confederate_flag_coulter_claimed_the_majority_of_military_bases_in_this_country_are_named_after_confederate_officers_such_as_eisenhower_nimitz.php

[Perry Logan]

1. What a cundit.

[eShirl]

7. I'm stealing that (n/t)

[Jamastiene]

2. Ann Coulter probably also believes the world is flat, if

she were to be questioned about it. Her brain should be studied for mutations with the way she thinks. It's illogical.

[ingac70]

3. She sounded drunk...

but outlandish lies like that are nothing new out of her mouth.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

4. The Wright Brothers were too!

:rofl:

This is major stupid, even for her.

[China_cat]

5. When did they move Pennsylvania

to the south? Yeah, Gettysburg was a big battle but, even then the south lost. About 27 years beforre Eisehower was even born and 89 years before he became president.

[Captain Hilts]

6. Ike was an army kid that grew up on Army posts. Nimitz went to a New England prep school.

And they didn't avoid becoming educated and schooled.

I'm not aware of Ft. Eisenhower of Nimitz Naval Base.

[sarge43]

13. Ike wasn't an Army brat

His family were hard scrabble Kansas farmers. In fact, his mother was a pacifist who was dead set against him going to the Point. He went to get a college education, the only way he could afford one.

[Captain Hilts]

21. I knew he spent the bulk of his childhood in Abeliene, but I thought he was an...

Army kid. I stand corrected. I thought both he and Patton were.

My mother knew him really well when she worked in the Sec. War's/Sec. Army's office.

[sarge43]

25. I imagine your mother had some great stories to tell.

Quick and dirty brief on the WWII five stars

Eisenhower: KS, no notable military background in the family

Marshall: PA, none

Nimitz: TX, none

Arnold: PA, none

MacArthur: AR, yes father was career Army. MacArthur is a Southerner only by accident; it's where Dad was posted when Mom dropped him.

Patton never got that fifth star and while his family had a considerable military history, his father was a civilian. George was born in CA.

Hmmm. The South isn't particularly well represented nor is there much in the way of military background.

Pssst Ann, Wiki and Google are your friends. Don't boot up without them.

[Captain Hilts]

26. Marshall couldn't get into West Point because his parents were not political allies of their Congres

critter. So, he couldn't get the appt. to the Point. Hence, he went to VMI instead. Where he got dodgy grades because he spent all his spare time going over the Civil War/War of Northern Agression battlefields and studying them.

Mom said Eisenhower had a high 'plays well with others quotient', and that was his key. And being able to write well. Mom's favorite was Gen. Eichelberger, who was a southern gentleman who referred to his wife as "Miss Em." Eleanor R also adored him. Eichelberger and Eisenhower came to my mother's desk one day asking her to solve the debate over who was the true 'Ike'. She told them they were both 'Ike' to her. They also left all the "Army Sinks Navy" Army-Navy game clippings on my mother's desk because she was dating my dad at the Naval Academy. She'd met him when he was a sailor before he got his fleet appointment.

Mom said Mamie Eisenhower was a vile human being.

[sarge43]

27. "plays well with others"

Anyone who could keep a couple of grand opera prima donnas like Patton and Montgomery in the same room without blood shed had major skills. Compared to that Overlord was easy.

I've heard that about Miss Mamie - standard issue Wears The Hubby's Rank officer's 'lady'.

[Captain Hilts]

32. Exactly, to deal with Monty and Patton, you needed someone like Ike...

and, EXCELLENT observation about Mamie. My mother NEVER wore dad's rank. When he got his sub command the boat left for the Med two weeks later. She called every wife on board and invited them all over. Some were freaked out and said, "gee, the chiefs' wives don't even speak to us!" I hope there's less of that in the military now. But, yes, Mamie was a good example of what NOT to be to my mother.

[sarge43]

39. Back in my Balloon Corps days, I saw some in action.

Bitch was the nicest thing that could be said about them. By the time I bailed that seemed to have died down a lot. Mainly, I think, because there were many wives who were military or former military. Snotty didn't fly when hubby's commander's wife out ranked everyone in the room. :evilgrin:

[LibertyLover]

43. George Patton wasn't an Army brat either

His father had Confederate soldiers in his ancestry, but was not himself a soldier. Patton was born in California, where his father's people had emigrated to from, if I recall correctly, Virginia. Patton, brought up on stories of his ancestors' military valor, went to VMI and then West Point and then went into the Army. His father, while a graduate of VMI, was not in the Army.

[Mister Ed]

14. There are aircraft carriers named "Eisenhower" and "Nimitz"

Maybe she thinks an aircraft carrier is just a military base that changes its zip code frequently.

:rofl:

How on earth did she ever manage to graduate from Dartmouth?

[robbedvoter]

15. "an aircraft carrier is just a military base that changes its zip code frequently."

I think W thought that too, when planning the Mishun Accomplished stunt.

[Captain Hilts]

40. Here's the Air Force version of an aircraft carrier...

http://djbarney.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/new-us-air-force-aircraft-carrier-unveiled/

[Botany]

24. From Wiki

As an undergraduate at Cornell University, Coulter helped found The Cornell Review, and was a member of the Delta Gamma national women's fraternity. She graduated cum laude from Cornell in 1984, and received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, where she achieved membership in the Order of the Coif and was an editor of the Michigan Law Review. At Michigan, Coulter founded a local chapter of the Federalist Society and was trained at the National Journalism Center.

It is an act .... nothing more ... the more wrong and the more "over the top" the more money she makes.

[Mister Ed]

28. Guess that's the difference between willful ignorance and genuine ignorance

Her ignorance of the topics on which she speaks is probably willful (or feigned).

My own ignorance, in contrast, is genuine (damn, I really thought she was a Dartmouth grad).

[Botany]

30. And as for all of Dartmouth I take the liberty of saying ....

.... Thank God she is not on of our own.

My Fav of her out front stupid was that Canada helped us in Veitnam.
But some she says just to be mean spirited ... such as the 9/11 widows
get enjoyment from their status.

Just remember that she is an act and if we get all upset she wins.

[PCIntern]

8. PCIntern believes that Coulter is severely ill

and needs to be institutionalized isnce she is a danger to herself (eating disorder) and others (psychopathic seditious lying).

[sarge43]

9. Well, that explains why the Confederate Battle Flag

was used by the Pacific Fleet, WWII.

The dictionary used by bags of hair has a picture of Coulter next to the definition of stupid.

[maine_raptor]

10. Base Eisenhower, Base Nimitz?

Just where are these located Ann, 'cause I've never heard of them.

AFAIK, Eisenhower and Nimitz were both born in Texas well AFTER the Civil War ended.

And besides, as seems always to be forgotton by those defending the Confederate flag:

It represents a Rebellion against the United States. It is a symbol of TREASON!

So why do you hate America, Ann?

[Captain Hilts]

22. That's 'Ft. Eisenhower'! And Nimitz Naval Base...NOT! nt

[maine_raptor]

23. Whatever, but I still ain't heard of 'em. n/t

[Aviation Pro]

37. Maybe SheHe is free basing....

...

[eShirl]

11. so she thinks the Confederacy still exists?

or is she just historical-timeline challenged?

[robbedvoter]

17. Of course it does, silly! The Confederacy of Dunces!

[Benhurst]

12. Coulter is an ignoramus. She didn't even mention those great Confederate leaders

General Motors and General Electric.

[LeftishBrit]

18. Not to mention..

General Knowledge. But then that one is obviously a stranger to her!

[robbedvoter]

19. And that might cost her some face time on teevee too!

[TahitiNut]

36. Well, she dated General Mills and chewed out Colonel Sanders.

... but she's married to Major Malfunction.

[LeftishBrit]

16. Eisenhower and Nimitz were Confederate officers???

They were both born in the 1880s FFS!

Anyone even born right at the the end of the Civil War would have been 76 by the time America entered WW2.

Is she really not able to distinguish between the two wars?

[Botany]

20. Ann might have skipped WW II history

[BrotherBuzz]

38. Ann scrambled Vietnam/Canada history, too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcZG87Fmxc

[NoPasaran]

29. Of course there are a number of army posts named after CSA officers

For example:

Fort Lee, Virginia
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Hood, Texas

However, the Army at least pretends that these posts are named to honor the officers' service in the military before the Civil War, not their notoriety gained while leading the armies of rebellion.

[tuckessee]

31. Eisenhower & Nimitz opposed the use of Atomic bombs on Japan.

I wonder what Annie thinks of that?

[Captain Hilts]

34. Didn't want to give the war to the AAF was one reason...

but I think that even Eleanor Roosevelt would have dropped one bomb. She might have demonstrated one first, or something like that.

[zanne]

33. Now she's getting funny. nt

[Aviation Pro]

35. Does this stupid person even rise to....

...a nematode's level of intelligence or is shehe just a weak synaptic event?

[JamesA1102]

41. I believe Tranny Annie is insane! NT

[DemGa]

42. I'm torn between laughter and pity...nt