This radio station also uses the term when one person is "taunting" another person, trying to tempt them into an argument. If you're smart you will resist the temptation to be "drawn offsides." The reason being is that person is harassing you for the sole reason of attempting to get a reaction out of you... or for shock value... or for both.
Enter Ann Coulter. This witch is a money grubbing pseudo-celebrity with an ego ten sizes larger than her anorexic waste-line and a chip on her shoulder that would make the executives at Frito-Lay jealous. See, just mentioning her name begins to "draw me offsides," and this is exactly what she wants.
Wait... let me amend that. The first thing she wants is for her books and public appearances to make her money. In order to do this she needs the buzz of the public... good or bad. I believe it doesn't matter to this chick. It is for this reason that she taunts the American public with her venomous hyperbole. But the secondary benefit is for the negative buzz she gets because it feeds right back into her first priority: making money. Essentially she is no different from those that came before her. Andrew Dice Clay, Madonna, Eminem, you name it. There are plenty of celebrities out there that use shock tactics to attract an audience. The only difference between them and Coulter is that she uses a political platform to make her living. And for this reason she is more irresponsible than all the others combined. At least with music, comedy, or movies one can ignore the lurid behavior and take the moral high-ground. After all, Eminem isn't shaping world opinion on the importance of serious geo-political issues that can effect every man woman and child in our great country. No, it is the responsibility of our nations leaders to address Coulter's hate mongering. It cannot go unchecked, lest it take root like a weed. But there is a fine line between being the voice of reason and being an advertisement for her next book.
Having said that, I encourage everyone to avoid Ann Coulter like the plague. She doesn't deserve your hard earned dollars nor does she merit an auditorium full of spectators. If you are interested in "knowing your enemy" feel free to check out Al Franken's recent article. He had the unfortunate experience of debating her earlier in the year. He sums it up nicely. I'll not waste any more time with that devil woman.
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Very well said. Let us also not forget her quote: "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."
Her only regret. She didn't regret the hundreds of civil servants killed. She didn't ever regret the children he killed. She just regretted he didn't blow up some other Americans. Even as hyperbole, disgusting.
There was a time when the blah spouted by Ann Coulter types appealed to me. As a child of suburban priviledge, such vapid ideas fit my vacuuous understanding of how the world worked.
Since I got out of the bubble and into the real world, I discovered strange things: People in poverty would choose something else if given the chance. Can you believe that?
I've also seen that our own government sometimes puts the interests of big businesses ahead of those of the people who elected them. Bizarre I know.
I'm not familiar with Ann Coulter so I'm still left with the question, "Is she hot?"
She's hot in the sense that she's tall and thin.
And in the sense that you'd love to teach her a lesson...a bad...bad..lesson.
I would describe her as 5-years-ago-hot. She's getting older now and the maintenance of her 90 lb. frame only makes her look like an etheopian refugee. Besides, you listen to her for more than 2 minutes and any physical beauty evaporates instantly.
...thats what ball gags are for...
CyberD I know you know how to put pictures up! I am interested to see what she looks like (90 lb refugee)
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