http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg7IhR0ccgo

well...she's kind of right...they did send some peace keeping troops their in 1973...Saigon fell in 1975...

Ann Coulter is a loudmouth ignoramus who spouts her outrageous nationalist inaccuracies on American television with little challenge from the empty talking heads who interview her. But she finally found someone to stand up to her, in Canada--and she was exposed for the arrogant fool she is. Interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Company's Bob McKeown for the investigative TV broadcast "The Fifth Estate," which devoted an hour-long January 26 special to how U.S. media have been highjacked by conservative bullies, Coulter was berating Canada for not sending troops to Iraq when she displayed her empty-headedness in the following exchange:

Coulter: "Canada used to be one of our most loyal friends and vice-versa. I mean Canada sent troops to Vietnam - was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?"

McKeown interrupts: "Canada didn't send troops to Vietnam."

Coulter: "I don't think that's right."

McKeown: "Canada did not send troops to Vietnam."

Coulter (looking desperate): "Indochina?"

McKeown: "Uh no. Canada ...second World War of course. Korea. Yes. Vietnam No."

Coulter: "I think you're wrong."

McKeown: "No, took a pass on Vietnam."

Coulter: "I think you're wrong."

McKeown: "No, Australia was there, not Canada."

Coulter: "I think Canada sent troops."

McKeown: "No."

Coulter: "Well. I'll get back to you on that."

McKeown tags out in script:

"Coulter never got back to us -- but for the record, like Iraq, Canada sent no troops to Vietnam."

You can see the entire exchange by clicking here.

Of course, Coulter was dead wrong. In fact, Canada's attitude toward America's war in Vietnam was extremely critical under several governments of our neighbor to the north. For example, when Prime Minister Lester Pearson--who'd won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in defusing the '50s Suez crisis-- gave an April 2, 1965 speech at Temple University calling for a pause in U.S. bombing of Vietnam, he was the subject of rather notorious treatment by Lyndon Johnson at their subsequent meeting: LBJ grabbed the much smaller Canadian by the lapels, lifted him off the floor, and hollered, "You pissed on my rug!"

Pearson's successor, Pierre Trudeau, signaled his attitude toward the war in Vietnam when he granted political asylum to tens of thousands of draft-age Americans who fled to Canada to avoid having to fight in Vietnam, saying: "'Those who make the conscientious judgment that they must not participate in this war ... have my complete sympathy, and indeed our political approach has been to give them access to Canada. Canada should be a refuge from militarism." (How one wishes the current prime minister, Paul Martin, would take the same position with regard to those war resisters in uniform who have gone to Canada because of their opposition to what the U.S. is doing in Iraq.)

This is hardly the first time Coulter has invented "facts." To take just one more example, David Corn last year wrote a Nation web-post recounting how Coulter claimed, on the Chris Matthews Show, that George C. Scott had turned down his Oscar for the movie "Patton" because he was protesting the "critical" treatment of the general by Hollywood liberals. And even when Matthews challenged her on it and told her why she was wrong, she persisted in her falsehood.

The historically ignorant Coulter should be hiding in shame, and owes the Canadians an apology for insisting on her blatant untruth--while network bookers who continue to invite her to guest on their shows should be hiding under their desks if they maintain this empty-headed, epithet-throwing fictionalist on their rosters. (Thanks to the Canadian correspondent of This Is Rumor Control for spotting and providing the transcript of Coulter's on-air comeuppance).


http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0206-23.htm

These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by griefparrazies. I have never seen people enjoying their husband's deaths so much." -on 9/11 widows who have been critical of the Bush administration
Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter calls Bill Clinton gay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ZPkFJWw9w

Hummmmm living in the past and trying to analaze what happen back when does nothing for what is going on today or what will happen in the future. Trying to find others faults only shows others to look more towards the messager instead.

The past is the past we should learn to live for today and the future instead. JMO

Seems most of these threads in Politics are too ready to tear apart what happen in the past but have no solutions on how to fix them in the future.


To slam another through words is never the way to go about things either just poor Politic Behavior at it's best.

well said

it is so much easier to point fingers and pass blame but to take the initiative to make changes or provide solutions or hell to provide complete data/info would be nicer than 1/2 truths or biased info.

but to each their own

Nice to hear someone say something sensible

The past lies like a nightmare upon the present.

KARL MARX

Thich Nhat Hanh:

Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

Madman, are you here for the political threads or to find a date? Always wondered...

I'd tap Anne Coulter.

:: I just had a nooner

When you take a hard look at these conservative Icons you can gain an understanding of why conservatives are so wacked . Its like they live in some weird parralel universe with no bearing on fact and reality. Take the Palin case as an example. Now we are supposed to lay off and respect the family the right chimes in. After 8 years of insults now we have to play fair

naw I got a GF I am here to visit with my friends who I made when I was looking for one. And yes I love the debates

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity." Ann Coulter

I think Billy Graham wanted this too.

Let's say Billy and Ann can get it on.....

Maybe they should run
Billy for prez Ann VP ????
Anyone with me

I do ooo so wonder what goes on in canada.
and how tight them durn borders are