In a rare case of a conservative and liberal commentator agreeing to debate each other in a public gathering, Sunday night witnessed a confrontation of conservative columnist and author Ann Coulter and MSNBC talk show host Lawrence O’Donnell at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
The audience, mostly college students, was shocked when Ann Coulter stated that college students should not be able to vote, and proposed raising the voting age to 26, when students have to pay for their own medical insurance!
She also stated that it would be better if women did not vote, as in every national election since the 1950s, women tend to vote Democratic, and claimed that only in 1964, would the Republicans have lost if the women’s vote had not existed. Of course, she forgot that Republicans elected since the 1950s included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush!
Many other issues were discussed, with the audience clearly in O’Donnell’s camp, but the above points were the most controversial assertions by Coulter.
Coulter continued to be consistent in being controversial in her views, setting out to provoke the audience, and smiling constantly through her purposeful attacks and assertions. This woman LOVES to be controversial, but one has to wonder if she really believes anything she says, or just expresses it to make money selling confrontational books with controversial titles and book covers!
Coulter seems more like an entertainer than a political expert, with her views often inconsistent, and working at bring outrageous and rude!
Hello Professor,
I would like to expand on you comment, “Coulter seems more like an entertainer than a political expert, with her views often inconsistent, and working at bring outrageous and rude!â€
I am of the mind that Ann Coulter just reads the script of Rush Limbaugh after he finishes his show. The times that I have sat through her program, all she did was repeat what Rush had stated that same day. She has no original thoughts.
coulter should not be allowed to get away with hiding behind the word “entertainment”. same with limbaugh. they are not…they are propagandists. perhaps there is a better word, but she and he are more about pushing an ideology than entertaining.
I can’t find a good video with good audio of the debate anywhere.
@Mark Frazer – A better word would be talk show hosts. They are not entertainers and they are not reporters. And yes, talk show hosts push ideologies. Reporters are not supposed to but tell that the NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN./