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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:23 PM Aug 2016

Ann Coulter: Trump Was Just Imitating A ‘Standard Retard,’ Not Mocking Reporter’s Disability

http://winningdemocrats.com/ann-coulter-trump-was-just-imitating-a-standard-retard-not-mocking-reporters-disability/

In her new book, In Trump We Trust, Ann Coulter does her best to convince America that they should throw their support behind “the great orange hope” and cast their votes for Donald Trump. In doing so, she also defends Trump’s past transgressions, including his mockery of New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski. She manages to give what can only be described as the worst defense in history.

Kovaleski suffers from a rare musculoskeletal disorder that makes the movement of his hands and arms difficult. When he failed to back up Trump’s claim that thousands of Muslims were cheering when the World Trade Center was attacked, the Republican nominee turned on him. In retaliation, Trump put on one of the most disgusting displays of his campaign and mocked Kovaleski’s disability.

In her book, the wicked witch of the right Coulter manages to give the worst excuse for the billionaire bully’s abhorrent actions ever. She claims that Trump wasn’t mocking Kovaleski’s disability at all. No, of course not. Instead, she insists, he was just imitating a “standard retard.”...

Yes, this vile woman actually said this sh*t. There simply are no words. She defended Trump’s mockery of a man with a disability by using one of the worst slurs imaginable and simultaneously insulted every person living with a developmental disability. You do kind of have to marvel at what kind of mental gymnastics it took to think that the phrase “standard retard” was an acceptable thing to say period, let alone a valid defense of Trump mocking disabilities. These people really can’t get much more loathsome.


Um, Annthrax, is a "standard retard"?!
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Ann Coulter: Trump Was Just Imitating A ‘Standard Retard,’ Not Mocking Reporter’s Disability (Original Post) KamaAina Aug 2016 OP
you couldn't write a more despicable character in a novel than coulter. spanone Aug 2016 #1
So true. narnian60 Aug 2016 #13
She's pure Charles Dickens. no_hypocrisy Aug 2016 #20
"LOOK AT ME" JI7 Aug 2016 #2
her shtick in a nutshell n/t paleotn Aug 2016 #29
Karma? You have a past due appointment with this wretched woman... hlthe2b Aug 2016 #3
Aw she's just pissed because a farm house fell on her sister. lpbk2713 Aug 2016 #4
Thanks underpants Aug 2016 #15
Just a small form of payback. lpbk2713 Aug 2016 #16
+ struggle4progress Aug 2016 #50
Oh, well that's much better. tanyev Aug 2016 #5
Not her first use of the word "retard". BlueStater Aug 2016 #6
Most of the rubes use "libtard" now ErikJ Aug 2016 #28
A woman from my home town, with whom I was... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #37
Confront her. OldRedneck Aug 2016 #41
I have considered that. 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #43
Larry Flynt of Hustler magazine had her number a long time ago. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2016 #7
Funniest part of the interview IMO: ret5hd Aug 2016 #53
Thank goodness she never had kids... VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #8
i found her 'twin' in an oral pathology book. i think she has hypo thyroidism. usually pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #47
She's as relevant as Lady BlahBlah! malaise Aug 2016 #9
My jaw just dropped to the floor! WhiteTara Aug 2016 #10
Republicans, being against Being Politically correct....the term yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #11
NO, she is an exceptional idiot relayerbob Aug 2016 #12
Sarah Palin yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #14
Absolute zero is absolute zero. relayerbob Aug 2016 #25
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #49
It makes it more important others should not be making fun of others Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #17
And she wonders why she had three engagements to be married, but all three of the GUYS called it off Archae Aug 2016 #18
With enemies like these, Clinton doesn't need friends... N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2016 #19
oh, there are plenty of words, but most of them would get us in trouble. niyad Aug 2016 #21
A while back, I got a post hidden by jury decision... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #38
I was once exiled to the Lounge for eight long years for merely replying a +1 to... Hugin Aug 2016 #55
I think that is an insult to female dogs, though. niyad Aug 2016 #57
Thank goodness she never reproduced TexasBushwhacker Aug 2016 #22
Excusing despicable behavior with an even more despicable justification. Eugene Aug 2016 #23
What an awful person she is! MineralMan Aug 2016 #24
Their matriarch Palin even told them not to use that word. ErikJ Aug 2016 #26
Post removed Post removed Aug 2016 #48
My daughter, who has an IQ of less than 10, is smarter than Ann Coulter. Wicked witch is demigoddess Aug 2016 #27
What is Ann imitating? Jim Dandy Aug 2016 #30
She's mastered her standard screechy hate-filled sleaze-bag shtick struggle4progress Aug 2016 #34
Desperately grasping for relevance. Iggo Aug 2016 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #45
Isn't she just precious? Ishoutandscream2 Aug 2016 #32
Why do I get the feeling Ann Coulter is a female Borat? Initech Aug 2016 #33
Where is Sarah Palin's outrage? Oh, yeah--IOKIYAR. nt tblue37 Aug 2016 #35
Example one million why Ann Coulter is not a defense lawyer Johonny Aug 2016 #36
To get the answer to your final question.... lastlib Aug 2016 #39
Next they'll resent paying for "standard retards" who are a drain on society..... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2016 #40
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #44
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #42
this election is a hoot DeadEyeDyck Aug 2016 #46
Being outrageous to promote her loser book. More to be pitied than censured. Peregrine Took Aug 2016 #51
"bless her heart", in my best southern voice. niyad Aug 2016 #58
what a POS gopiscrap Aug 2016 #52
Oh, A STANDARD RETARD? That's okay then... Adrahil Aug 2016 #54
Republican rhetorical gaffes that will live on forever.... DFW Aug 2016 #56

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
6. Not her first use of the word "retard".
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:29 PM
Aug 2016

She's also used "faggot" in the past. This "best-selling conservative author" has the vocabulary of a fucking hick that was raised in an outhouse.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
37. A woman from my home town, with whom I was...
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 09:14 PM
Aug 2016

...close friends from 3rd grade thru high school, has used "libtard" on some of her Facebook posts. We no longer live in the same town, but have seen each other at a few high school reunions over the years. I am guessing she has no idea that she is talking about me when she uses that hybrid term.

I am not sure when we might cross paths next, and I wonder if she would be embarrassed to know that I know that she has called a childhood best friend a nasty name in a public forum.

I know it is not something that I will forget.

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
41. Confront her.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 09:27 PM
Aug 2016

You don't have to get in her face. Just tell her you read her Facebook posts, you see she uses the word "libtard," and you are offended because you are one of the people she's referring to.

Smile sweetly as you say this. And say it in front of a lot of other people.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
43. I have considered that.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 09:34 PM
Aug 2016

I am probably too chicken, and have a feeling that many of my former classmates would be of a similar persuasion.

The next reunion isn't until 2019, so I have lots of time to "rehearse." I'm not much of a shoot-from-the-hip kinda girl.

DinahMoeHum

(21,737 posts)
7. Larry Flynt of Hustler magazine had her number a long time ago. . .
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:32 PM
Aug 2016

No need to repeat here what he thinks of her. . .you can read the story yourself.

http://www.salon.com/2004/07/08/flynt_4/

ret5hd

(20,435 posts)
53. Funniest part of the interview IMO:
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 07:53 AM
Aug 2016
Did you feel like a patriot when Bob Livingston threw in the towel before Congress? Did you yell, “I’m responsible for that!”

Livingston did an interview with the New York Times the following day and referred to me as a “bottom feeder.” The Times called me for a comment. I said, “Yeah, that’s right. I’m a bottom feeder. But look what I found when I got down there.”

yuiyoshida

(41,765 posts)
11. Republicans, being against Being Politically correct....the term
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:46 PM
Aug 2016

"Standard Retard" is allowed use by "Standard Bigots"... so please Ms Coulter Proceed...


She is a "standard Idiot"

baka, doji, manuke
Moron, clumsey, stupid.
ばか、 どじ、 まぬけ

relayerbob

(6,510 posts)
12. NO, she is an exceptional idiot
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:54 PM
Aug 2016

The best, the most idiot possible. Many people tell me there are no bigger idiots, it's not even possible. There are no scales for more idiot

Response to relayerbob (Reply #12)

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
17. It makes it more important others should not be making fun of others
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 07:11 PM
Aug 2016

Disabilities, doesn't matter if it was the reporter of not. Coulter may not be aware while Trump was making movements he was also saying what the reporter had stated. Stop the lying, it does not change the facts, BTW, there is video of Trump doing his acting.

Archae

(46,262 posts)
18. And she wonders why she had three engagements to be married, but all three of the GUYS called it off
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 07:16 PM
Aug 2016

So she comes home to an empty house.

Ha ha!

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
38. A while back, I got a post hidden by jury decision...
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 09:17 PM
Aug 2016

...for referring to Ms. Coulter by a term for female dogs.

I stand by that opinion.

Hugin

(32,784 posts)
55. I was once exiled to the Lounge for eight long years for merely replying a +1 to...
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 10:08 AM
Aug 2016

an OP that had opened up the thesaurus-of-swear on the delicate snow flake that is Ms. Coulter.

I stand by my support for that opinion.


Eugene

(61,595 posts)
23. Excusing despicable behavior with an even more despicable justification.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 07:51 PM
Aug 2016

I second WhiteTara's comment in this thread.
Coulter is indeed a poor excuse for a human being.

Response to ErikJ (Reply #26)

Iggo

(47,489 posts)
31. Desperately grasping for relevance.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 08:46 PM
Aug 2016

She's mad because nobody gets mad at her anymore.

No matter what stupid thing she says with the intent of getting people riled up, the actual GOP nominee says shit every 12 hours that's ten times as stupid.

Nobody can hear her kind of stupid anymore.

EDIT ADD: Plus, she writes books. If she had a radio show, maybe she could keep up.

Response to Iggo (Reply #31)

lastlib

(22,982 posts)
39. To get the answer to your final question....
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 09:22 PM
Aug 2016

just take out the "WTF" and the question mark. Leaving:

Um, Annthrax is a "standard retard"!


There you have it.

Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #40)

Response to KamaAina (Original post)

DeadEyeDyck

(1,504 posts)
46. this election is a hoot
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 09:50 PM
Aug 2016

I go to our local comedy house about once a quarter. I can save some funny bucks this year.

Peregrine Took

(7,408 posts)
51. Being outrageous to promote her loser book. More to be pitied than censured.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 11:50 PM
Aug 2016

Poor old thing.....tiresome, really.

DFW

(54,058 posts)
56. Republican rhetorical gaffes that will live on forever....
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:43 AM
Aug 2016

A "standard retard." You know, sort of like a "legitimate rape."

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