Coulter Coulter

While I was watching the Ann Coulter video clips, I found myself getting a little annoyed by her. My first impression of her when she began speaking was arrogance and disrespect. I disagree with some of her opinions that were brought up in the interviews, but my main issue is how she argued her opinions. One of the main things I noticed was how seemed to avoid certain questions which really hurts her credibility to me. I wasn't persuaded at all (if that is what she was trying to do). I've always thought that when a person avoids a question or immediately changes topics in discussions like those, it just shows how full of bologna that person is. If you are not lying, or have nothing to hide, why not give a straightforward answer? Another thing that bothered me was how she would cut off people when they were trying to make a point. She has so much to say, but can't seem to listen to or respect other people's opinions. In the MSNBC phone interview, she just goes off on Joe Scarborough without letting him get a word in.
In the conversation with Elizabeth Edwards, she justifies her rudeness and personal attacks on people (like Hillary) by continually bringing up something about bankrupting doctors and juries. What does that have to do with how you treat people? Her attempts at being funny in her interviews are childish and far from clever. One example is in the debate with Al Franken when she made a joke about how you could use paint chips for the skin color of Muslims. Maybe I misunderstood what she was saying, but something about that just didn't seem right to me.
Overall, her annoyingly sarcastic tone, poorly constructed arguments, and attention hogging really turn me off as a spectator. I do respect her political views, but there are better ways to go about presenting them. If selling her books is all she cares about then, according to her claims, she has succeeded.