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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
oh. yea i'd say she is. i think i've hinted at this before, but the right are banking on the current xenophobic/racist sentiments that many conservative americans still express... it's a now or never issue for them. the demographics are only going to continue to change against their interests.. basically the left acknowledged this last time we had a presidential election, even npr was talking about how the conservatives can't bank on anti immigration rhetoric as the demographics continue to change in a way that is going to make that a bad strategy... i guess ann & trump (and probably palin and cruz as well) figure that they have a better shot at stirring up the current xenophobia and anti-illegal immigrant sentiments and getting their base riled up enough to get themselves in and maybe reverse/do something about said demographic trends than they do at actually flipping their image and 'pursuing the latino vote' by playing it soft on immigration.
...say, guys, when trump gets elected, am i going to get some sort of prize for calling this **** before any of you mouth breathers?
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Granted I would never bother to read anything by Ann Coulter let alone listen to her speak, but I must take issue with your comment on relying on the racist xenophobic sentiment within the republican party.
Your country has been having historic high rates of immigration for the last two decades, so if 77% of the Republican base happen to be deeply concerned about immigration, than I think that it's just natural.
The left always likes to frame immigration within the context of cultural diversity, which I can sympathize with, but unfortunately unlike say abortion or gay marriage, the issue is not soley cultural, but rather predominately economic.
There are several studies that show that unfettered immigration has an adverse effect of the wages of unskilled labor & the working class. So if it is a concern amongst many blue collar Republicans as well as a large % of democrats, than it may be warranted sentiment.