Battening down for another snow-and-ice storm and about ready to capsize from fatigue, but forgive me just one more CPAC post. The only entertaining element of that subhuman zoo at this point is watching High Brow Conservatives – who mostly would not be caught dead at such a spectacle – attempt to parse the goings-on in a very Serious analytical fashion. The effect is not unlike listening to a seventh-year grad student in Cultural Studies explain at great length why Teen Wolf is actually a brilliant film.
The American Spectator – a geriatric rag of the Old Right if ever there was one – ran this unintentionally hilarious bit about the Ann Coulter vs. Mickey Kaus "debate" on immigration.
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In a credulous and apparently earnest appeal, the author asks, "Where's the Debate?" Apparently he tuned into CPAC expecting a serious policy debate to take place on stage…with said stage occupied by Ann Coulter and with multiple audience members dressed in faux-Colonial Patriot garb. Perhaps it was not even enough of a giveaway that the "liberal" in the debate is Mickey Fucking Kaus; for those of you not familiar with this skidmark on the underwear of American journalism, Mickey Kaus is the fake liberal you get after Alan Colmes turned you down by claiming he had too much dignity to consider appearing.
On the plus side…
(W)hen as she did at CPAC, Coulter speaks of illegal immigrants as those who lurk in "barrels" and "Pico de gallo" trucks, and (in jest?) argues that "death squads" should pursue those who approve of amnesty, two things happen. First, the media picks reports her words with gleeful rapture. Second, conservatism’s appeal takes a major hit with floating voters.
Perhaps Matt Lewis’s tweet summed it up best. "Could you blame Hispanics for hating conservatives after watching this?"
…the GOP Minority Outreach Program continues apace.
Also, there are Pico de Gallo trucks now?
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What an age we live in!
just me says:
"Could you blame Hispanics for hating conservatives after watching this?"
Could you blame anyone for hating women after listening to Ann Coulter?? Well, only if they didn't realise that bigoted, misogynsit bitch is a skidmark on the underwear of humanity!
middle seaman says:
Too busy to comment, have to unload a shipment of Pico de Gallo trucks. (By the way the Pico de Gallo was made in China.)
Matthew says:
I'm just sitting here with my bag of dry tortilla chips, wondering when the next Pico de Gallo delivery is. Thanks, Obama.
Dr. Mac says:
Ann Coulter is 6 feet tall. So fuck off!
Dbp says:
According to Cracked.com, Teen Wolf is brilliant movie in the sense that it accidentally is a commentary on race relations in the 80s.
Also, if someone said there should be roving death squads hunting down abortion clinic bombers, ann coulter would fucking start foaming out of her ears at the "liberal fascism".
Arslan says:
"Also, there are Pico de Gallo trucks now?"
Yep. America lacks the capacity to manufacture Pico de Gallo domestically, which creates a dependence on foreign Pico imported from Mexico.
Gordon Guano says:
"Ann Coulter" is an anagram of "Loaner C*nt".
This is not a coincidence.
Major Kong says:
The really fresh Pico de Gallo gets flown in from Guadalajara every morning.
JD says:
I am comforted to see that most comments so far are about pico de gallo trucks.
Major Kong says:
It seems to me that Coulter's whole schtick is to say the most outrageous thing she can think up and then play the "victim" when someone dares to call her on it.
Jimcat says:
Kaus is not so much a talking head as a mumbling head. When he wrote the "Kausfiles" column for Slate, the most frequent comment that I wanted to email to him was, "What the hell are you trying to say?"
Matt says:
You were kidding about audience members dressed in "faux patriot garb". . . right? Because if not, holy shit.
I beer bonged pico de gallo sauce in college. it was awesome.
c u n d gulag says:
Hey, where's the love for Kaus, his orange website of Libtard death, and his Kaussacks?
I thought he was important in the Liberal cau…
What?
Kos, not Kaus?
Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever mind!
Major Kong says:
"faux patriot garb"
Makes perfect sense since most of them are faux patriots.
Charles D says:
When conservatives do this, they may lose Hispanic voters, but these dog-whistle words fire up the old racist white guys that form the base of the party since Nixon's southern strategy.
sluggo says:
@ kong
Ann Coulter's whole schtick is that she is actually Andy Kaufman playing out the greatest performance art piece ever.
Mickey Kaus? Seriously? Is he married to Minnie Kaus?
Misterben says:
Do yourself a favor and actually go read the 'American Spectator' column. Then grit your teeth, square your shoulders, and read the comments to his column.
Holy shit, man.
It's one thing to roll your eyes every time you hear some right-winger rail against Obama, "socialism", and the "Party of Free Stuff". But, holy moly: it is really eye-opening to watch them savage their own. The folks commenting on that article rip into the author with everything they've got, raging against his ideological impurity.
It's useful to be reminded that, no matter how far-out conservative leaders might seem, their "base" is a thousand times worse. Useful, and scary.
cekman says:
Mickey Kaus Fun Fact: In 2010, Kaus staged a shoestring vanity campaign against Barbara Boxer in the Democratic primary for the Senate in California. He ran on a strongly anti-immigration, anti-union platform. He got 5% of the vote – less than 100,000 people. That same election, birther loon Orly Taitz ran for California secretary of state, and almost four times as many people voted for her.
acer says:
On what planet is that piece of shit Mickey Kaus a "liberal," rather than a narcissistic, mushmouthed contrarian? Jesus.
Brian M says:
cekman: Your factoid that 400,000 people voted for Orly Taitz: Now THAT terrifies me.
rustonite says:
DO NOT SPEAK ILL OF TEEN WOLF!
mothra says:
Here in NM the rivers run with pico de gallo. No trucks needed.
swkellogg says:
"To be sure, today’s conservative movement is ideologically diverse. After all, CPAC brought together Rand Paul’s libertarians, Paul Ryan’s fiscal wonks, Ted Cruz’s rebels, Marco Rubio’s establishment internationalists and the Chris Christie crew (who mix elements of all)".
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
vista says:
view faux patriot garb: http://alicublog.blogspot.com/2014/03/service-advisory.html
Matt says:
The only "in jest" part is when Coulter walks back the statement.
Dick Nixon says:
"On what planet is that piece of shit Mickey Kaus a "liberal," rather than a narcissistic, mushmouthed contrarian? Jesus."
Dear Acer–very well said.
Kaus represents to me the ultimate in "insider" journalism. This guy is a clown, and I have no idea how he has made a living in media for lo these many years. And yet he appears, year after year saying –what? Frankly, his mix of snark and incoherence is not even in the least bit interesting. The average commenter on this board could reason and write rings around this boil on the backside of the body politic.
Davis X. Machina says:
Four Tuna says:
@sluggo:
"Ann Coulter's whole schtick is that she is actually Andy Kaufman playing out the greatest performance art piece ever."
I love it! I wish it were so, but since AK's dead, I'd say it's probably Jerry Lawler.
Bitter Scribe says:
How did Kaus ever get a reputation as a liberal anyway? All I've ever seen him do is rail against immigrants and unions. (He carried on like card check was the Nuremberg Laws.)
ladiesbane says:
Have we finished? Okay: I wanted a Gathering of the Juggalos / CPAC crossover. There. I said it.