Patterico and Coulter
So last night I was in a room with Ann Coulter at the Yamashiro restaurant.
I didn’t meet her; didn’t try to. I think that would have been too odd. I mean, what am I going to say to her, after saying things like this, this, this, and this?
I did talk to some high-placed L.A. Times opinion guys who were quite pleasant, even knowing who I am. They included Deputy Editorial Page Editor Michael Newman, Assistant Editorial Page Editor Matt Welch, and Op-Ed and Current Editor Nick Goldberg. Nobody punched me or even threatened to, which was nice.
Pat, Pat, Pat. You were in the same restaurant as Coulter and you didn’t try to talk to her? Your guy card is hereby revoked with prejudice.
Comment by CraigC — 8/5/2006 @ 11:04 pm
Sorry, that should have been “terminated with prejudice.”
Comment by CraigC — 8/5/2006 @ 11:05 pm
Check out some great pix of Annie at
CallingAllWingnuts.Com.
Thanx
Comment by mikefromalbany — 8/6/2006 @ 12:12 am
That’s right CraigC, Patterico should have let Coulter know what a sexy Adam’s Apple she has…
Comment by Psyberian — 8/6/2006 @ 8:34 am
I don’t know if CraigC means I should have tried to hit on her, or if he means I should have told her off. It’s a mystery.
Comment by Patterico — 8/6/2006 @ 8:50 am
I had to delete a comment that was designed simply to attack me. For a while, at least, I am simply going to delete all comments designed to do nothing but attack me personally.
Comment by Patterico — 8/6/2006 @ 9:57 am
“I mean, what am I going to say to her…”
Easy. Say, “Hi Ann, I’m Patterico and I’ve been rather critical of some of your statements on my Blog. If you have a few minutes sometime soon, I’d like to sit down with you and get a better understanding of where you’re coming from, and why you say so many things that get people, including me, so riled up. Here’s my card, my direct number is on the back along with my web address and links to my posts about you. Give me a call, I’ll buy lunch.”
Comment by Black Jack — 8/6/2006 @ 1:58 pm
I suppose.
I doubt she’d be real interested.
Comment by Patterico — 8/6/2006 @ 1:59 pm
Patterico said:
Oh, come on Patrick, don’t be so modest.
Comment by Paul — 8/6/2006 @ 2:42 pm
“That’s right CraigC, Patterico should have let Coulter know what a sexy Adam’s Apple she has…”
Wow, what a zinger. Why is the left so obsessed with Ann’s looks? Is it because they just can’t answer her intelligence and wit?
Comment by sharon — 8/6/2006 @ 2:48 pm
Patterico, since when did pretty girls tire of getting attention from intelligent and accomplished men?
Ann’s bright, and will quickly see you’re sincerely interested in her opinions. Few pretty girls can resist such compelling attractions. No guarantees, but it’s well worth having a go. And remember, the LA Times guys at the restaurant were pleasant, and you’ve kicked the stuffing out of them a time or two. So, get in the game, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
An interview with Ann would be interesting and likely result in some quite lively debate here. If she says no, at least you tried and that will be to your credit, and any future criticisms will have greater weight. If she says yes, we all win together.
Send her an email, or are you just trolling?
Comment by Black Jack — 8/6/2006 @ 3:03 pm
Black Jack, your first comment was exactly what I was thinking, but your second … Ann’s bright, and will quickly see you’re sincerely interested in her opinions. … I’m not so sure. Pat’s been pretty clear in his position that her opinions are thrown out of court by her inflammatory prose and that there are nicer ways to make her legitimate points. Pretty sure she knows that already, and pretty sure she’s not going to be so blindingly attracted to a married man, Pat’s hypothetical charms notwithstanding, that she’ll cry on his shoulder that she’s sorry she’s been such a wicked witch and she’ll have to change her ways now that *Patterico* suggests it.
I agree with you it would have been legit of Pat to try to meet her and/or set up an interview, just to get a possible response to criticism he’s made, but the rest of your suggestion … shaaa.
Comment by Anwyn — 8/6/2006 @ 3:18 pm
I know they have been allowing dogs into restaurant more and more but I am surprised to see they now allow reptiles as well!!
Comment by charlie — 8/6/2006 @ 3:19 pm
Did she partake of the crispy calimari and ubiquitous spicy tuna rolls at Yamashiro?
Comment by Steve Smith — 8/6/2006 @ 3:26 pm
There’s a well-dressed, tall, thin, attractive blonde woman with a pretty face in the room (Ann Coulter), and Psyberian admits his eyes zero in on her…adam’s apple.
Psyberian, I have the feeling you weren’t in a fraternity in college.
Comment by Desert Rat — 8/6/2006 @ 3:40 pm
Did she partake of the crispy calimari and ubiquitous spicy tuna rolls at Yamashiro?
I dunno. Probably. I wasn’t watching.
Comment by Patterico — 8/6/2006 @ 4:04 pm
Psyberian, I have the feeling you weren’t in a fraternity in college.
You’re right Rat, I wasn’t a member of the elite class who could afford such luxuries.
As for Ann Coulter’s looks Sharon, CraigC alluded to them – or at least that was my interpretation of his comment. Why else would he say “guy card” and not use some other adjective?
Comment by Psyberian — 8/6/2006 @ 4:12 pm
Psyberian, my point is that guys generally aren’t checking out a woman’s adam’s apple—especially when there’s so much else to look at with an Ann Coulter.
And I wouldn’t say that being in a frat is the exclusive domain of the Kennedy & Kerry yacht club.
You can join a frat at any state university—it costs a little money if you live in the house, but there are frats which don’t cost an arm & a leg…or an adam’s apple.
Ha, ha, ha.
Comment by Desert Rat — 8/6/2006 @ 4:39 pm
The lovely Miss Coulter trades on her looks just as much as her writing, so I can’t see comments about her looks as out of line. It would have been interesting, however, if our esteemed host had taken the time to see if she really looks the same in person as on television.
They say that the camera adds ten pounds to everyone; if the camera adds ten pounds to Miss Coulter . . .
Comment by Dana — 8/6/2006 @ 4:47 pm
She looked fine.
Comment by Patterico — 8/6/2006 @ 4:52 pm
Charlie said:
How do you know that, Charlie? Were you in the restaurant the same time as Patrick and Ann? If so, did someone bring a pet iguana?
Comment by Paul — 8/6/2006 @ 5:10 pm
Anwyn, down girl, the cart goes behind the horses, and don’t let the big wheel catch the little wheel. If you don’t think pretty women are flattered by attention from intelligent and accomplished men, I’ve got good news for you. There’s a big beautiful world out there and it doesn’t necessarily involve blind attractions to married men, or the occasional need of a broad shoulder. How about we refrain from prejudging Ann’s or Patterico’s motives and not let our own insecurities, or unwarranted assumptions, prevent us from taking a turn at bat?
Pattrico’s has an interest in Ann Coulter’s opinions, and the way she expresses herself. What I was suggesting is that we would all benefit it he contacted her and spent some time getting to know why she puts things in ways which rile so many folks. I’m not upset by it, but some quite reasonable people are, and this seemed like an opportunity to shine some light on a prickly topic, enliven the debate here, and send the Moonbats searching for Maalox. Two of the regulars are already salivating, champing at the bit and trying to stay calm at the same time, waiting for any semblance of an opening to pounce.
PS: It never was my expectation Patterico would get Ann to change her ways, only that he might come to a better understanding of her and why she puts things in such stark and controversial terms.
Comment by Black Jack — 8/6/2006 @ 6:02 pm
Take it easy, Jack, I wasn’t being too serious and don’t appreciate reference to “our own insecurities.” I already agreed with you that it would’ve been quite legit and interesting for Pat to try to sit down with her, but I disagree with you that Pat is very interested in her opinions, basing that judgment on his past criticisms, the gist of which are that her methods outshine her positions in sheer glare. If I’m wrong about that it’s for P to tell me so, but if I’m right, then a “genuine interest in her opinions” would not, in my personal opinion, constitute sufficient motive for Ann to sit down with someone she doesn’t know for a blog interview. I could of course be wrong about that also, but I’m entitled to speculate.
Comment by Anwyn — 8/6/2006 @ 6:45 pm
It’s too bad Patterico didn’t chat her up to find out why she mentioned Monica Lewinsky’s ethnicity. That was the opinion of hers he really seemed interested in knowing about - and I’d have liked to know it, too.
Comment by Xrlq — 8/6/2006 @ 7:15 pm
Cuz they are XRLQs, DAMMIT! XRLQs of Old Vir-gin-i-aaaaah!
Comment by Anwyn — 8/6/2006 @ 7:20 pm
Yeah, semicolon parenthesis hasn’t been producing a smiley for me either, lately.
Comment by nk — 8/6/2006 @ 7:38 pm
It was a colon, but thanks.
That was a semicolon. We’ll see how it renders.
Comment by Anwyn — 8/6/2006 @ 7:39 pm
Happy belated b-day! If you like sushi let me know and we’ll hit the bait whenever you’re in town!
Comment by Hugo — 8/7/2006 @ 7:52 am
[edit: don't promote your site without at least giving us a link to what you're talking about].
Comment by anonymoustothenthdegree — 8/7/2006 @ 1:56 pm
I stand corrected:
On second thought, a better way to get an interview with Ann Coulter is to offer to actually discuss her new book. Forget about the controversial characterizations for now, and focus on what she has to say. Read the book and interview her on the contents. What a novel notion, and it’s something Ann’s called for repeatedly. I don’t know why I missed it before.
Nearly every time she’s been on TV lately, at least while I’m watching, the host has been unrelenting in browbeating her about the Jersey Girls crack or something similar. There’s much more to her several best sellers than pointed jibes and unkind cuts.
Offer Ann something she wants and chances she’ll respond favorably are much improved. It’s worth a try and it’s a much better way to go than rehashing tired recriminations.
Comment by Black Jack — 8/7/2006 @ 4:46 pm
I can second that, Black Jack.
Comment by Anwyn — 8/7/2006 @ 7:14 pm
[edit: don’t promote your site without at least giving us a link to what you’re talking about].
Comment by anonymoustothenthdegree — 8/7/2006 @ 1:56 pm
[It wasn't my site, and I wouldn't have a clue about "giving...
a link.]
Comment by anonymously anonymous — 8/8/2006 @ 4:43 pm
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