Ann Coulter Tells Lawrence O'Donnell: 'Sean Hannity Knows More Than You - You're a Democrat'
Conservative author Ann Coulter returned to MSNBC Thursday to spar with admittedly socialist commentator Lawrence O'Donnell.
At the end of a highly-entertaining segment dealing with Coulter's previously expressed support for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Ann marvelously told her host after he besmirched Fox News's Sean Hannity, "He knows more than you - you’re a Democrat" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
LAWRENCE O’DONNELL, HOST: You’ve said that you agreed that [New Jersey Governor Chris] Christie is soft on a few things. Now, you agree with [Sean] Hannity on that, and I guess you’re going to work on him on that.
ANN COULTER: Yes.
O’DONNELL: But you also made the point that Ronald Reagan was soft on a few things, too.
COULTER: Yeah, he was.
O’DONNELL: What was Reagan soft on other than raising taxes which he did a couple of times?
COULTER: I’m not telling you. I’m not going to attack the blessed memory of Ronald Reagan. You know, I mean, when he was Governor, the one, his biggest regret of his life was that he signed an abortion law. Now, this was before Roe v. Wade, so give him a break. It wasn't a big issue. And he said that was the biggest mistake he ever made.
O’DONNELL: He also raised taxes, which is something I don’t think Hannity knows.
COULTER: Overall.
O’DONNELL: Does Hannity know that Reagan raised taxes?
COULTER: Hannity knows all.
O’DONNELL: Oh, okay.
COULTER: He knows more than you - you’re a Democrat.
*****Update: Some readers have wondered if Coulter said "Dumb-o-crat." She has assured me that was not the case.
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Then again,
Submitted by UpNorth on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 12:31am.
it's really not much of an accomplishment to know more than O'Donnell. Most fence posts also occupy that position vis-a-vis liberals/progressives/democrats.
Ann is right.
Submitted by Texndoc on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 12:50am.
I agree with her 100% a union-busting governor has to be on the Presidential ticket and Mitt Romney is disaster.
conservatives
Submitted by grammajane on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 12:55am.
Most conservatives know a hel of a lot more then the radicals in the media. Good going Ms Coulter. You are the only conservative who speaks her piece on those stupid so-called talk shows.
Ann's next occupation
Submitted by jpwcpa on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 12:56am.
Perhaps the only thing that would make me happier than seeing The Alaskan Goddess elected President in 2012 would be seeing White House Press Secretary Ann Coulter conduct a press briefing.
That is entirely too delicious to contemplate:
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:42am.
JP you are really on to something...
The thought of the idiot white house press corps having to try to respond Ann Coulter is simply too delicious to contemplate... Give it about a week and daily press briefings would be the biggest draw on TV... Would require figuring out how to put commercials on the darned things...
If half the Republican "leadership" had half Ann Coulter's balls, there would be no significant problems in the governance of our country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mega, mega dittos guys ROFL
Submitted by wizardjr on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 7:05am.
what a vision..!! Annie vs. the LSM zombies. Too funny to fully appreciate while sober. I'd go to pay-per-view for that.
My own dream team
Submitted by Ozconservative on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 8:57am.
Sarah Palin - President
Chris Christie - Vice President
John Bolton - Secretary of State
Ann Coulter - Press Secretary
Herman Cain - Secretary of the Treasury
Oliver North - Secretary of Defense
G Gordon Liddy - Director of the CIA
and last but not least
Micheal Savage - Chairman of the FCC!!!
Dream Team
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 9:15am.
Now, there is a ticket!. It did leave out though, Olbermann for White House groundskeeper.
That's too good
Submitted by BikerHoop on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:31am.
... for Olberman. His new title could be "Ceramic Sanitation Engineer". The WH has a LOT of toilets that need attention.
That's Too Good
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:00am.
couldn't you just see Olbie as Carl the Groundskeeper in Caddyshack?
RRD, That was the best golf movie ever made
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:02am.
:-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
→ Dave
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:08am.
"The Greatest Game Ever Played" was the best golf movie ever made.
Just my opinion.
Here's my list
Submitted by onewiseguy on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:43am.
Chris Christie - President
Herman Cain - Vice President
John Bolton - Secretary of State
Ann Coulter - Press Secretary
Thomas Sowell - Secretary of the Treasury
R. Lee Ermey - Secretary of Defense
Oliver North - Director of the CIA
Ken Cuccinelli - US Attorney General
Joe Arpaio - Director of FBI
Abolish the FCC
Abolish the EPA
Abolish the IRS
Abolish HHS
Abolish HUD
That should do it to start with!
I want to see Alan West in
Submitted by Hermano on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:00am.
I want to see Alan West in this lineup.
Hermano is Saving the Environment - One Ribeye at a Time! h/t Dr_Liberty
Ditto
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:25am.
Ditto
what about the 'nuge?
Submitted by ph250 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 12:12pm.
Ted Nugent- second amendment czar! oh, how the lib-tards would scream!!!!!!!
Uncle Ted would be better
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 2:13pm.
Uncle Ted would be better suited as Sec. of the Interior.
Ann Coulter as Press
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:24am.
Ann Coulter as Press Sec?....Hmmm...that actually could be turned into a highlight show on CSPAN and actually bring in a ton of viewers.
Memo to O'Donnell....
Submitted by big.league.slider on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 1:03am.
At the end of Reagan's first term, there was a much greater percentage of the U.S. population paying income taxes.
Currently, there are only about 93 million individuals out of a total population of 308 million that actually pay any income taxes. The $13 trillion federal debt works out to over $140,000 per person paying federal income taxes.
Nice Jab Ann
Submitted by Boil It Down on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 2:41am.
Ann Coulter makes me wince with her pronouncements half the time, but I'll admit to being a little too pleased with this little smack on O'Donnell.
The other day I wrote that O'Donnell could easily be replaced with an angry, immature sophomore from an Ivy league school. Was I being too easy on him?
Jab?
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 2:15pm.
Jab? That was a right hook to the solar plexus.
Sorry, Ann
Submitted by ckc1227 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:14am.
Christie isn't the man for the job either. Mike Castle supporter, pro cap and trade, pro amnesty, weak on gun rights, and silent on Obamacare while other Republican governors fight the good fight. I don't expect perfection, but those are some pretty big issues to be on the wrong side of. We can do better, at least I hope we can.
I'm afraid if Christie left
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:26am.
I'm afraid if Christie left the New Jersey Governorship to run for federal office or be named to a cabinet post, New Jersey would crash right back to hell in a handbasket.
...
Submitted by Tom1969ca on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:35am.
Smart of her to not answer his question about Reagan's "softness"; only One was 100% perfect on every issue (and no, I'm not referring to the current tennant at 1600 Pennsylvania).
I'm sure she realized that, the moment she answered O'Donnell's question, he'd be playing it every other night on a loop: "Look! Even ANN FREAKIN' COULTER agrees with ME that Reagan was SOFT on <<whatever she answered with>>!!!"
(And smart of you, Noel, to post "with no additional commentary"! I usually find that I can't add anything useful to Ann's comments either! She says it all -- and more brilliantly than I ever could!) ;-)
That was a cheap dodge with a
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 4:17pm.
That was a cheap dodge with a weak excuse by Ann in re: Reagan's "softness."
But the shot at O'Donnell is pretty standard stuff for her. Does she have a new book coming out?
Right on, Ann! O'Donnell
Submitted by Cowboy on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 5:47am.
Right on, Ann! O'Donnell proves your point pretty much on a daily basis.
this woman is a nation treasure
Submitted by wizardjr on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 7:08am.
Anyone who can make liberals head spin while spewing green stuff all over the room while choking and speaking in tongues is on my favorites list.
Dumb-o-crat.
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 7:42am.
I just watched that video three times, listening closely and watching Ann's mouth.
I'm pretty sure she called him a "dumb-o-crat."
Ann's support for Christie
Submitted by Ashrak on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 9:11am.
is going to see her caught up before it is all said and done. She is going to be nailed on not only firearms, but also Islamic buddy buddy factors. There will come a point when Socialists like Larry go there in order to put her on the spot.
And she will have nothing to offer. Ann is right about Romney, but she is wrong about Christie. And Hannity ain't all that and a bag-o-chips. He just looked that way because he spent a goos amount of time being compared to Alan Colmes.
O'Donnell
Submitted by genethemachine on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 9:14am.
For the record...I think Chairman Ann did say Dumb-o-crat.
i'm disappointed she went on
Submitted by shannon76 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:11am.
i'm disappointed she went on his show and didn't call him a socialist to his face.
I disagree with Ann when it comes to Christie...
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:09am.
...as he has a little too much RINO going on for my taste, but she pinned Larry O's ears to the wall.
LOL - She should have called him what he is, the "C" word that so many conservatives seem to be afraid of using - even when it fits as it would have here.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Not again.............
Submitted by Tomorama on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:17am.
The only person I agree with 100 percent of the time is ME.
Christie is the real deal and what we need SOMEWHERE in our party.
But, but, but
Submitted by Tomorama on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:13am.
Wait a minute people, I see Allen West and Herman Cain's name and many woman in a cabinet.... HOW CAN THIS BE, we are racists and hate woman don't we?????
I need Rubio and Condi in there somewhere as well.
Nice to see Mr Cain and West getting some props from the populace here.
One point about Reagan and
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:29am.
One point about Reagan and taxes...if memory serves me correctly the Democrats in control of Congress at the time made promises to him if he would compromise on the tax issue only to double-cross Reagan on the promises they made to him AFTER he implemented the compromised tax issue. You just cannot trust liberal Dems in Congress.
Coulter and Christie
Submitted by MominMD on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 1:17pm.
In a more expanded interview with Hannity the night (or two?) before, she said that she was picking Christie NOW, so that we don't end up with a John McCain as the Republican candidate in 2012. Now, she IS very politically astute. Any doubts out there about that? But also, she has no problem being "out there", so to speak. I am wondering if her support of Christie at this point is to gore conservatives a bit. Get them to really think about what we want in a candidate, go out and find him/her and support him/her to the hilt. Even if we do it to spite Ann (forgive me goddess), or to say "I told you so!" Get it? She's a big girl, and I get a sneaky feeling she would love to be proven wrong on this, but she IS doing conservatives a wonderful service. She is deliberately being provocative and telling conservatives to put up or shut up! I LOVE Ann.
Palin
Submitted by Owasco on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 1:40pm.
As an registered Independent I sometimes vote Repulican and I sometimes vote Democrat. I voted for Obama last time, but I may not again. It is up to you people on this site to convince me to vote Republican in '12. I respect this site for its Republican viewpoint which I read along with Media Matters to get both sides of the issue. You need Independent voters like me. If you run Palin, I will not vote for her. Some folks on this site say the Democrats are afraid of Palin. I think they are afraid she will NOT run because she doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. I can just imagine the faux pas fest the Democrats would throw up against her. Does the Katie Couric debacle ring a bell? She may be popular here, but she is not popular enough in the real world, where it really counts, to make President. You folks are going to have to do better than her before I will vote Reblican in '12.
Rebublican clowns like Coulter don't convince me either; to me she's just a dog and pony show trying to sell books. She may have called O'Donnell a dumb-o-crat? That's real mature. That's as dumb as some of the stuff Olbermann says.
real simple
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 1:49pm.
We could give you a HUGE list of why the Chairman(which I refer Obama as) should not only be not voted into office again, but run OUT of office before his term is even up.
If you care about the country, if you care about the Constitution, and you care about the 10 Amendments as the backbone and law of the land, then you know the right answer to his actions of the last two years. Everything he has done has been unConstitutional, what with the banks, the auto industry, the lack of support to the illegal immigration problem in Arizona(especially after recent events), the Health Care law which violates the 10th Amendment, his treatment of our allies and our enemies(he treats our allies as enemies and our enemies as his long lost friends) and on and on. Someone made a huge list recently. They are constitutional crimes. And the country is suffering for it. We are worse off now than we were 2 years ago.
No one has said that Palin is running for President despire many people on here desiring that. She hasn't said it. But yes, she's very popular.
Now if this doesn't make a difference to you, then what I said in the first sentence of the second paragraph above must not be important to you.
That's what counts.
-Jon
→ Owasco
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 1:54pm.
You're not kidding anybody.
If you haven't already realized Obama is a socialist, and you're not, what can we possibly say to sway you?
I guess I missed the part about Ann Coulter calling O'Donnell a "dumb-o-crat". I'm not saying you're lying, but I expect you to provide the link.
Let's see it.
Already
Submitted by vote24 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:05pm.
to Owasco- As a fierce independant you already prove you you are a wishy-washy voter who can be swayed by tricks, the media, or gifts. You already prove you do not deeply, instincively know what is best for freedom loving people. Your own comments prove that you fear the media machine and Democrat opinion. And as Anti- Palin you prove that you are a sheep able to be persuaded easily by pop culture or media to believe things that are not true. Palin has shown over and over again that she is a brilliant conservative mind. You don't believe it because you can't stand up to ridicule in the fight for your country. And finally your comment sounds vaguely like a threat. Run Palin and I'll vote Obama. That makes you a Marxist, hardly an independant. I (we) conservatives will vote for whomever we please as we please. Having said that, we welcome you to come along for the ride of the great conservative (common sense) comeback of a lifetime. Think it over. Be part of something great and fun. You will never regret your awakening. But you may eternally regret your actions if you join the anti-American forces. Palin or not, vote as you please, but I will not change my vote to please you. Nor should you for me.
vote 24---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:09pm.
Outstanding reply to Owasco, that was.My take on "independents" is that they stand for nothing
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:18pm.
You have just managed to reinforce that belief.
Whilst we may yet survive one term of Obama in the White House (and I say it's 50/50 that we will), we will most definitely not survive a second.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Oh, please...If 25 months of Obama hasn't convinced you...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:35pm.
not to make yet another disastrous decision by voting for him again, then you are beyond hope, and nothing any of us here at NB could say will likely change your mind. And, based on the commentary in your post, you may well be beyond hope already. Don't lay your holier than thou "It is up to you people on this site to convince me to vote Republican in '12" nonsense on us...If you are dim enough to vote for Obama again, that is your decision, and your problem.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Prairie---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:44pm.
Owasco comes across almost as a plant attempting to initiate a bunch of nasty rhetoric against Obama. vote24, Dave, and you, responded very nicely. I wish I could be a tad politer. Sometimes. Maybe someday. Maybe not. :o)md...A definite possibility...I thought for...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:02pm.
awhile before I responded to this yutz, thinking just what you suggested, wondering if he/she was even worth my time. In the end, I decided, why not? This person really hacked me off, and I decided that on the chance that this wasn't a plant, to fire back. Either way, I vented...LOL!
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
PS,
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:55pm.
It's like my dad always said:
Stupid is forever, but ignorance can be fixed.
LOL - After 25 months, and if this were a court of law, Owasco would qualify as Exhibit "A" for the former.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave...You bet...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:05pm.
Exhibit "A" is right...If what has transpired for the last 2+ years isn't sufficient to change this person's mind, "stupid" is the only explanation that fits...LOL!
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Sky, and we all know
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 2:28am.
"You can't fix stupid".
"Stuck on stupid" -- Gen.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 11:51am.
"Stuck on stupid" -- Gen. Russel Honoré [ret]
"Here's your sign" -- Bill Engvall
Owasco,
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:42pm.
Excuse me? Who do you think you are that we are obliged to convince you to vote Republican? It's up to you to look at the issues and the candidates and make an informed decision. Don't come here expecting people to grovel to you for your vote. I don't "need" you, you need a president who can run the country.
In other words take your sanctimonious attitude and shove it.
On the other hand, though---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:47pm.
I DO, indeed, love Rad !!!But...But Ms Rad*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:27pm.
He is "entitled" to a whole bunch of "convincing! We have a big stash!
Big Love ?
Submitted by FC DOBBS on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:04pm.
I would offer to bet that: if Mitt Romney should win the Republican nomination
for POTUS next year there will be an outburst of lies, smears and innuendos
from the obama campaign, the media and the progressives about the
Mormon church and its history in America. And in the lead will be
Larry O'Donnell who acted on the series "Big Love" for several years
on HBO.
Just as JFK had to withstand attacks for being a Roman Catholic
in 1960's presidential race for POTUS, so will Romney if he
wins the nomination next year. BTW, has anyone noticed that
there hasn't been an RC candidate for president nominated
for 50 years in this country. So Mitt, I wish you luck but, WATCH
YOUR BACK!
"Nobody puts one over on Fred C Dobbs"
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that if Coulter
Submitted by nonncom on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:19pm.
were the press secretary, the first press conference would become the most watched politicol event in history with each succeeding one setting a new record as such......LOL...
Rino Christie
Submitted by realetybytes on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 12:26pm.
NEVER! I will never vote for, and actively work against, this John McCain clone!
Conservatives don't call for gun control, switch to pro life for the next election, support cap and trade, or, with the exception of formerly respected cpac, kiss the anus of radical muslims.
Hell must have frozen over, I actually disagree with Ann!
Who spiked her drink?
Ron Reale
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Ron Reale
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Have no fear at present ...
Submitted by NL207 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 12:38pm.
The old bull Republicans have united behind Mitch Daniels, noted Indiana RINO. You could see this at CPAC.
I believe the TEA Partiers will solidly reject Daniels, or for that matter, Christie in the primaries. The problems will come in Caucus states where the party bosses, the old guard, will seek to nominate the RINO.
If either Daniels or Christie are noiminated, prepare for 4 more years of Obama.