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THE WICKED *ITCH OF THE LEFT AND THE WICKED *ITCH OF THE RIGHT DESERVE EACH OTHER.
Ann Coulter on McCain and Conservatives
Friday, February 01, 2008
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is a rush transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," January 31, 2008.
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SEAN
HANNITY, CO-HOST: And Senator John McCain is gaining momentum, but not
all conservatives are jumping for joy. Senator McCain is a polarizing
candidate for many. And critics point to his stance on immigration, his
work with Russ Feingold. But with a potential Hillary Clinton candidacy
on the Democratic side of the aisle, will true conservatives eventually
fall in line and support the Arizona senator?
Joining us now, author
of the "New York Times" best seller, "If Democrats Had Any Brains,
They'd be Republicans," our friend Ann Coulter. How are you?
ANN COULTER, AUTHOR, "IF DEMOCRATS HAD ANY BRAINS": Fine, thank you.
HANNITY: I'm standing on substance here.
COULTER: Yes.
HANNITY: It's immigration. It's limits on free speech. It's not supporting tax cuts.
COULTER: It's Anwar. It's torture at Guantanamo.
HANNITY: Class warfare rhetoric. It's interrogations. It's Guantanamo. It's Anwar. These are not small issues to conservatives.
COULTER:
No, and if you're looking at substance rather than whether it's an R or
D after his name, manifestly, if our's candidate than Hillary's going
to be our girl, Sean, because she's more conservative than he is. I
think she would be stronger on the war on terrorism. I absolutely
believe that.
HANNITY: That's the one area I disagree with you.
COULTER: No, yes, we're going to sign up together. Let me explain that point on terrorism.
HANNITY: You'd vote for Hillary —
COULTER: I will campaign for her if it's McCain.
HANNITY: If Hillary is watching tonight, you just got an endorsement —
COLMES: I just heard the word no.
COULTER:
I was touched when she cried. That part isn't true. But the rest of it
is true. He has led the fight against — well, as you say,
interrogations. I say torture at Guantanamo. She hasn't done that. She
hasn't taken a position in front.
HANNITY: Without interrupting you,
let me give you one distinction — that's what liberals do to you. Let
me give you one distinction, he did support the war —
COULTER: So did Hillary.
HANNITY: But he stayed with it. He supported the surge. I didn't like his criticisms of Rumsfeld, but he was right —
COULTER:
OK, let's get to him supporting the surge. He keeps going on and on
about how he was the only Republican who supported the surge and other
Republicans attacked him. It was so awful how he was attacked. It was
worse than being held in a tiger cage.
I looked up the record.
Republicans all supported the surge. He's not only not the only one who
supported the surge, I promise you no Republican attacked him for this.
And you know why he's saying that, Sean, because he keeps saying it at
every debate, I'm the only one. I was attacked by Republicans. He's
confusing Republicans with his liberal friends. They're the ones who
attacked him for it, his real friends.
HANNITY: Hillary Clinton, if she gets her way, will nationalize health care. She's going to pull the troops out of Iraq.
COULTER: I don't think she will.
HANNITY: That's what she's saying she's going to do. She says in a hundred days she's immediately going to begin to pull out.
(CROSS TALK)
COULTER:
She's running in a Democratic primary. He's running in the Republican
primary, and their positions are about that far apart. When George Bush
said at the State of the Union Address that the surge is working in
Iraq, Obama sat on his hands, Kennedy sat on his hands, Hillary leapt
up and applauded that we are winning in the surge and that the surge is
working in Iraq.
She gave much better answers in those debates when
Democrats like Obama and Biden were saying what do we do? What do we do
if three cities are attacked. She said, I will find who did it and I
will go after them.
HANNITY: You want to sit back.
(CROSS TALK)
ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Can I just say something — Ann -
(CROSS TALK)
COULTER: Hillary is absolutely more conservative.
COLMES: My work is done. My work is done.
COULTER:
Moreover, she lies less than John McCain. I'm a Hillary girl now. She
lies less than John McCain. She's smarter than John McCain, so that
when she's caught shamelessly lying, at least the Clintons know they've
been caught lying. McCain is so stupid, he doesn't even know he's been
caught.
COLMES: Go. In fact, could you fill in for me next week? Let me get this straight, would you vote for Hillary Clinton?
COULTER: Yes.
COLMES: You would actually go in a voting booth —
COULTER:
If it's close and the candidate is John McCain, because John McCain is
not only bad for Republicanism, which he definitely is. He is bad for —
(CROSS TALK)
COLMES: Can I tell you the last thing that Hillary Clinton wants? Ann Coulter's endorsement.
COULTER: Even now he's running as a Republican, he won't give up on amnesty. At that debate the other not —
(CROSS TALK)
COULTER: I'm serious.
COLMES:
I know, but let me get serious for a second, because so far I haven't.
Look, are you telling me — look at all the people endorsing McCain. I'm
not talking about Johnny come lately Republicans. Nancy Reagan is
wrong? Rick Perry is wrong? Arnold is wrong? Charlie Crist is wrong?
COULTER: Other than Nancy Reagan —
(CROSS TALK)
COULTER:
I will explain. It's not that they're wrong. Other than Nancy Reagan,
and by the way we loved Nancy Reagan for loving Ron Reagan. We didn't
love her for her political persuasion.
(CROSS TALK)
COLMES: All of these people are off the beat.
COULTER:
I'm trying to answer the question. Stop talking. I'm moving Nancy
Reagan to the side, and I'm saying all the rest of these political
endorsements mean one thing; they think he's the front runner. They
want a job in his administration. Nothing means less than an
endorsement from someone who wants a position.
COLMES: They're all hoes just looking for a job?
COULTER: No, but they all do want jobs.
COLMES: I'm giving her the opportunity —
COULTER: They do all want jobs. It's good to be friends with the king. Some people —
HANNITY: Will you be careful.
COULTER: Some people don't care about being the king.
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