Well kids, it's that time again, yes time to debunk Ann Coulter. Well, it's not technically debunking her, since I'm not taking issue with the facts she presents. This is more like defanging her, which is appropriate since she reminds most people of a snake. Damn, I'm starting to sound like her. Well I guess it rubs off.
So here we go:
Todays article is entitled: "The More John Kerry Changes, The More He Stays The Same". Ooh, catchy.
Okay. She starts off with 1 exaggeration and 2 counts of mockery in the second paragraph. 3 already, and she hasn't made a point yet. You'd like to think that all of the third paragraph is an attack on John Kerry, but it really isn't. Kerry indeed changes his position, flip-flops, so it's hard to tell where he stands. He might say his position is nuanced, I say he needs to say something substantive. Whatever.
Ann then goes on to make some truly funny statements and point out some of the more obscure but humorous ways that Kerry has dramatically changed his position.
This was a very light article for her, and I'm frankly a little disappointed. I was looking forward to spending some time skewering the skewerer, but not today.
Frankly, the way Kerry's been phoning in his campaign lately makes it possible for Ann to basically phone in her article. Which leads me to phone in this update and then I'll hang up.
Total fallacies counted: 3
As an aside - I wanted to say something to the effect of "She's ignoring what Cheney said and letting it slide", but she's really not. Ann Coulter truly believes that a vote for Kerry is like placing a large bullseye on America, and she credits the vice-president for speaking the truth. I, however, don't believe that that's necessarily the truth, and I don't think that Cheney truly believes that either. I think that he was saying that more for calculated political effect than to make a point. But this is not the place to carry on that discussion.
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