His name is Dick by Ann Coulter....critiqued by Danielle Burns

Ann Coulter 


My first impression of Ann Coulter was that she was crazy! Most people are familiar with her and her radical opinions. She is a lawyer, legal correspondent for Human Events, a column writer for Universal Press Syndicate, guest on many popular television shows, and author of 7 New York Times best selling books. Even if you don't agree with her, she has accomplished a lot of professional success. I am really interested in is her article " His name is Dick". She claims that Connecticut Attorney General, Richard (Dick) Blumenthal, doesn't care about how many law abiding citizens he destroys on the way to the top. He is running for Senate against Linda McMahon and Ann believes he must be stopped. She argues that Dick is gaining fame at the expense of taxpayer citizens. Case in point, Dick sued businesswoman, Gina Kolb, claiming she overcharged the state 500K. "No supplier should be permitted to shortchange or overcharge the state without severe consequences." So Kolb was arrested on 7 charges of larceny, which were later dismissed. but the damage was done. She later countersued and was awarded 18 million for Dick's "pattern of conduct" that destroyed her business and life. He couldn't take it so he attacked again and got the number reduced. I mean the guy is ridiculous he spent thousands of taxpayers dollars on a "witch hunt". How else is he going to gain the fame and prestige to get into Senate, other than looking like a hero taking down a "criminal". What a win win for him. He did not have to use his money or reap any repercussions. He abused his power. That is not okay. Oh, did I mention that Dick lied about being a Vietnam war verteran? I mean who does that? How can you trust someone who will lie about something so serious? You can't. So I may not agree with Ann Coulter stands for. I also understand that Dick is a democrat and Ann is a Republican, so of course she wants to highlight Dick's negatives. But she does highlight some important things. She is holding a politician's feet to the fire and making him accountable for things he does. This is the kind of issue that John Stewart addressed on CNN's Crossfire. We got to call the politicians out on things. Of course people are going to do something if they aren't held accountable and no one knows about it. They are human. But if we want quality representatives in office we have to take responsibility as Americans and hold their feet to the fire. This is what passionate people like Ann and others can do. This just reinforces the idea of factions factionalizing the factions and I think it can work for us.