Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thoughts for Ann Coulter
Mother has informed me that conservative pop star Ann Coulter has had her jaw wired shut. In disbelief, I did a Google News scan. It's true -- the diva of the conservative movement had a tumble not too long ago and has indeed had her jaw wired.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, has a decent overview of what jaw wiring is (The concept is new to me, too):
Because this is not exactly front-page news, reports of Coulter's procedure seem to be almost exclusively confined to the Internet. It seems as if coverage is coming mostly from liberal bloggers and liberal websites like the Huffington Post. The left-wing blogosphere must be eager to make light of Coulter's condition and exploit the irony thereof.
In fact, I could only find one fair, Coulter-positive write-up of this story. Unfortunately, this was at Associated Content and I closed the screen before I could copy the URL for inclusion here. Because Associated Content is full of user-generated content, it would be impractical -- if not near impossible -- for me to find the post.
Ann Coulter has her fair share of haters, but do not count me among them: despite her biting rhetoric, she is a fundamentally good woman. When this blog was in its more infant stages, I wrote about my experience at the 2008 Conservative Political Action Conference here. What I didn't mention is that I got to briefly meet Ann during a book signing event sponsored by the Leadership Institute. (Coulter signed my program.) The 2009 conference is scheduled for February. I can only assume her jaw will have been unwired by then.
Best wishes to Ms. Coulter for a speedy recovery.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, has a decent overview of what jaw wiring is (The concept is new to me, too):
The act of wiring a jaw keeps it closed for some amount of time. Originally this was as the mandibular equivalent of a cast, to fix the jaw in place while a fracture healed [...]
Because this is not exactly front-page news, reports of Coulter's procedure seem to be almost exclusively confined to the Internet. It seems as if coverage is coming mostly from liberal bloggers and liberal websites like the Huffington Post. The left-wing blogosphere must be eager to make light of Coulter's condition and exploit the irony thereof.
In fact, I could only find one fair, Coulter-positive write-up of this story. Unfortunately, this was at Associated Content and I closed the screen before I could copy the URL for inclusion here. Because Associated Content is full of user-generated content, it would be impractical -- if not near impossible -- for me to find the post.
Ann Coulter has her fair share of haters, but do not count me among them: despite her biting rhetoric, she is a fundamentally good woman. When this blog was in its more infant stages, I wrote about my experience at the 2008 Conservative Political Action Conference here. What I didn't mention is that I got to briefly meet Ann during a book signing event sponsored by the Leadership Institute. (Coulter signed my program.) The 2009 conference is scheduled for February. I can only assume her jaw will have been unwired by then.
Best wishes to Ms. Coulter for a speedy recovery.
# posted by Steven Latimer : 8:18 PM
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