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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Ann Coulter :: Townhall.com Columnist
Obama Hails A Unicorn
by Ann Coulter
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Fox News ought to buy a copy of Monday's Democrat debate on CNN to play over and over during the general election campaign. For now, the Democratic candidates need to appeal only to their nut-base. So on Monday night, the candidates casually spouted liberal conspiracy theories that would frighten normal Americans, but are guaranteed to warm the hearts of losers blogging from their mother's basements.

B. Hussein Obama got the party started by claiming he couldn't get a cab in New York because he's black. This line was a big hit with white liberals in the audience who have never been to New York.

Even writers for The New York Times don't drag this canard out anymore. Last year, a black writer in the Times pointed out how things had changed in New York in the 10 years since he had been out of the country. Not only did he have no trouble getting a cab, but he cited statistics from taxi sting operations that showed a 96 percent compliance rate among cabbies in picking up blacks. (Remarkable, considering that New York cabbies' compliance rate on daily bathing is less than half that.)

As the Times writer noted, even 10 years ago, "most of the drivers who refused to pick me up or take me to my destination during that time were of African descent." When he asked one cabbie -- 10 years ago -- why he avoided picking up black customers, the driver displayed a scar across his neck, a souvenir from a black customer who had robbed him. "I have to choose which is worse," the driver said, "a fine or death."

Thanks to Rudy Giuliani, cab drivers in New York no longer have to make that choice. Under his mayoralty, New York City became a lot safer for cab drivers -- and everyone else. The murder rate went from about 2,000 murders a year under Mayor David Dinkins to about 700 by the end of Giuliani's term. The last time a cab driver was killed in New York was in 1997.

In addition to making it safer for (mostly African-American and Muslim) cabbies to pick up African-Americans, Giuliani made it costly for them not to. He started "Operation Refusal" in 1999, sending out teams of black undercover cops and taxi commissioners to hail cabs and give fines to those who refused to pick up blacks.

Even back in 1999, in the first 12 hours of "Operation Refusal," out of more than 800 cabs hailed, only five cab drivers refused to pick up a customer -- one of whom was a white woman with children. And by the way, I've had dozens of cabs refuse to stop for me on Fifth Avenue. Sometimes they forget to turn on the "off duty" light, or they're daydreaming or maybe they've read my columns on Muslims.

Next time, B. Hussein Obama ought to tell us the one about Kool cigarettes being owned by the KKK and causing impotence in black men. There may not be overwhelming evidence disproving that one as there is for the yarn about blacks not being able to get a cab in New York.

Overall, Hillary appeared to be the only Democrat even dimly aware that there will eventually be a general election. But she too played to her audience with wacky conspiracy theories. Oops, I mean she "discussed the Democratic platform in detail." No need for me to get judgmental.

Hillary raised the Bush-stole-the-2000-election fairy tale, saying: "I think it is a problem that Bush was elected in 2000. I actually thought somebody else was elected in that election, but ..." (Applause.)

On Nov. 12, 2001, The New York Times ran a front page article that began: "A comprehensive review of the uncounted Florida ballots from last year's presidential election reveals that George W. Bush would have won even if the United States Supreme Court had allowed the statewide manual recount of the votes that the Florida Supreme Court had ordered to go forward."

Another Times article that day by Richard L. Berke said that the "comprehensive review of the uncounted Florida ballots solidifies George W. Bush's legal claim on the White House because it concludes that he would have won under the ground rules prescribed by the Democrats."

On Nov. 18, 2001, notorious pro-abortion zealot Linda Greenhouse wrote in the Times that the media consortium's count of all the disputed Florida ballots -- in which the Times participated -- concluded "that George W. Bush would have won the 2000 presidential election even had the court not cut the final recount short."

If three prominent articles in the Treason Times isn't enough to convince Hillary that Bush won the 2000 election, forget the White House: ABC ought to hire her to replace Rosie O'Donnell on "The View." I know that's a big seat to fill, but maybe she can finally convince Elizabeth Hasselbeck that 9/11 was an inside job.

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Ann Coulter is a columnist and author of Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault On America.
 
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Ann
Ann, Ann, don't you know you are attacking the Demoncrats most sacred cows? First you attack Obama's assertion of racism by NYC taxi cab drivers then you attack the sacred Bush stole the election meme.

Everyone knows that anytime a black politician claims racism it has to be recognized as gospel regardless of the ridiculousness of the story. I am surprised that Jessie and Al haven't called for prosecution and civil suit.

What I find laughable about the charge of Bush stole the election is that the Demos still refuse to address the biggest source of election fraud in the country; registration of people not eligible to vote and people who vote multiple times. Contrary to most Dem's assertions you lose your right to vote when you die. You also lose your right to vote in the current election when you vote. Most of these scams could be prevented by requiring real voter ID but the Dems will not hear it.

And now, all of the moonbats can come out and call Ann names and make outlandish charges backed up by nothing other than the standard Demoncrap talking point lies.

This scares me....
that S. Clinton still believes that the 2000 election was not-legitimate.

"I think it is a problem that Bush was elected in 2000. I actually thought somebody else was elected in that election, but ..." (Applause.)"

Is this just pandering or does she believe this?

Either way, it's disturbing.

Ann Coulter is my homegirl!
well said!

Tell It Like IT Is
I'm with you Ann.

I'm in before the nut jobs show up
Another great column, Ann.

I see
you're still using these fools to rake in a lot of dough, Annie baby. Gotta hand it to ya darlin' ;-) You sure do know how to part a fool from his or her money, lol.
Buy another book, conservatives...buy Annie baby another house in France.

Understatement of the week
"ABC ought to hire her to replace Rosie O'Donnell on "The View." I know that's a big seat to fill, but maybe she can finally convince Elizabeth Hasselbeck that 9/11 was an inside job"

There's an understatement. It'd take both her and her husband to partially fill that seat. But we all know what inside job Bill would try to convince Elizabeth Hasselbeck of!!!

Uh oh, this is going to be a lightening

rod (like any of Ann's columns aren't! LOL)

The problem is, Coulter has hit about 12 dumbo nails simultaneously right on the dumbos' head, all in ONE COLUMN!

(I don't care who you are, that takes extreme intelligence and political insight!)

THIS is going to be fun! I can HARDLY wait to read some of the lunatic liberal posts in response to this.

It's going to be one of the best we've watched in a long, long, long time. LOL



Okay, Smarmy Sammy, HDonohue, pam, incognito, etc., etc., etc., bring it on! I can hardly wait! :-)

Calling all Conservative, we're about to witness "stupidity on a roll!" :-)
















The debate showed me
that not one of the Dims would make it past the fourth question on "Smarter Than a 5th Grader".

w/o=

Oh wait! They've already started!

The liberal sites have already sent out their lock-step liberal usless idiots.

It's going to be better than I thought! LOL

And, oh yeah, I forgot H Donoue in the above list. Can't forget some of the prized lunatics.

Geeze, wouldn't want to insult them.... LOL LOL LOL


Ahhhhhhhh.........so refreshing
to arrive at this site before the moonbats.

I love the smell of fresh washed bodies in the blogosphere. Shouldn't be long before this place is quite smelly.

sans pareil: WHAT??? I was thinking

more like the 2nd question on "Are you smarter than a 1st grader!!!!!!"

Sorry, you're setting them up for failure! (Not nice!)

Now, go stand in the corner and think about how unkind you were! :-)




Larry -With 11 minutes to spare...LOL

BTW yankee... Conservatives buy books because WE can read - and in English too!! No translated ballots for us, can your party say the same? Didn't think so....

w/o=

libs and the debate
three wacko libs all spouting the same line and the same tired accusations they have made for the past 6 1/2 years. Obama proved he is an absolute light-weight. I doubt he is qualified to be in the Illinois house let alone the US Senate. You have to ask why lib blacks can't climb off that victimization cross. The libs are telling each other how confident missus clinton is acting while campaigning. What's the big deal she is running against two males even dumber than she is. But the libs will never take a hard look at her as they see her as their only hope to gain the presidency no matter what socialist programs she promises to promote and the tax increasea she promoise to pay for her new programs

moonbats on the loose debate
Anytime the clinton news network chooses a format for a debate, late night comedians get new and exciting material created before their eyes. Especially, when the dumbest man in the senate, maybe the world, joe biden opens the pie hole of death. Only to spew forth the excrement of self serving ingnorance and stupidy. Of course, the one thing this dirty dozen has to offer, besides pain and misery to America, is the path to our demise.

anne and bman
if they don't like the party, why are they crashing the gate. Theres no nachos and no free drinks and we pay no attention to their lunacy so i don't get the attraction. Except like moths to a fire. The bright light of the coulter intellect draws the moths in to get extinquished in the flames

Bman: Wait a minute! Good point!!!

EXACTLY WHEN would obama ever have tried to "catch a cab" in NYC?

Good call!