There is no one alive in the modern Conservative movement who has taken more abuse for standing up for conservative thought than Ann Coulter. No one in recent years has been more fierce in fighting liberalism. Her name, voice, sight, creates panic in the heart of leftists.
But sometimes she loses it big time...
Today at CPAC Ann needlessly painted a target not on herself, but on the Conservative movement as a whole. Within minutesliberals were willing to lay the blame for the idiocy of her remarks - which were unnecessary and accomplished little than cheap laughs - at the feet of the conservatives gathered at CPAC, and in addition by extension the GOP/Conservative candidates for President of 2008.
This on the same day when CPAC had reason to celebrate its biggest success of its 34 year history. Highest ever attendance at 6300 attendees. Also my first time ever to emcee, which I'm convinced had much less to do with the record turnout - than did the speeches by ALL relevant GOP candidates. Brownback and Romney both came courting MuscleHeads...
So... long story short - truly toooooo bad that Ann had to go off and in an all too obvious way create the storm of publicity for herself, while quite literally leaving the "movement" for which she is so well known in the dust having to clean up her slop, and put the parts back together again.