posted October 12, 2005 12:41 PM              

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...But first, she is a columnist and attorney whose latest best-seller is How to Talk to a Liberal, If You Must. She's my friend. Do not boo. Straight outta Compton, Ann Coulter! [applause] How are you, homie?

ANN COULTER [via satellite]: I'm fine, thanks. How are you?

MAHER: I understand you're at an undisclosed location.

COULTER: Compton. [laughs]

MAHER: [laughs] You are that – can you imagine you in Compton? I cannot. [laughter]

COULTER: Could be very popular.

MAHER: Okay. But I wanted you here for many reasons. But first of all, you have to explain to me – you and the right wingers, your peeps – you have to explain to me why you do not trust Harriet Miers to do what you want and overturn Roe v. Wade. She is the “church lady.” [laughter] She is a woman who is – she was a Catholic, like you. That wasn't enough. She had to get more “Christ-y.” [laughter] She became a twice-born evangelical. She thinks George Bush is the most brilliant man in the world. What kind of signal do you need? Do we have to put it – do we have to put it on the Jumbotron for you? [laughter]

COULTER: [laughs] No, I think you're right. I think she probably will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. But unlike liberals, we're principled. There is more to the Supreme Court than overturning Roe v. Wade.

MAHER: [laughing] Wait a second, I'm still laughing over that last…[laughter] [applause] [Maher continues laughing]

COULTER: The point is, she's unqualified. Not that she won't vote right. I mean that is the one thing Bush keeps telling us about her, that, you know, he knows her heart. She's not qualified for the position. This isn't like, you know, “best employee of the month.”

MAHER: But you didn't make that objection with every other of George Bush's appointments.

COULTER: It never occurred to us that he'd nominate, as you say, “the cleaning lady”! [laughter] We thought this was clear.

MAHER: Yeah, but where were you when he nominated Mike Brown and every other loser that he put in high positions? [laughter] Why is this sudden – [applause] [cheers] – why is this suddenly an issue?

COULTER: Well, I didn't know Mike Brown was ever being nominated to anything. It wasn't the U.S. Supreme Court. Like I say, this isn't – it's not an ambassadorship. It's not Surgeon General.

MAHER: Right.

COULTER: This is the U.S. Supreme Court. It's the third branch of government. Yeah, we do want somebody qualified, surprisingly enough. And I'm second to no one in wanting Roe v. Wade overturned. But, you know, once that's done, there are other cases. And she is simply unqualified for the job. It's stunning that he would nominate her.

MAHER: Okay, I'm amazed that you don't care about just the one thing, Roe v. Wade, because, I mean—

COULTER: No, I mean, those are the cases you read about in the newspaper, the big social cases, but there's a lot the Supreme Court does. And, you know, there are complicated issues.

MAHER: Right. Hey, sister, we're in accordance on this one.

COULTER: [she laughs]

MAHER: So what do you think of your boyfriend George Bush now? [laughter] I mean – seriously, I mean, this, the deficit—

COULTER: I'm not very happy.

MAHER: He F***** up the hurricane. I mean, are you willing to – are you willing to admit that he's in over his head and always was? And that when Karl Rove looked at him—[applause]—wait, shut up! [laughter] When Karl Rove looked at him and said, “I could make him president,” that was different than looking at him and saying, “He should be president.”

COULTER: [she laughs] No, actually, I'm more mad at you, Bill. If you hadn't been so mean to our Georgie, this never would have happened. [laughter] [groans and boos]

MAHER: [he laughs]

COULTER: I'm running scared now.

MAHER: So, really, what do you – are you – are you turning on him? Because it seems like a lot of the right wing is.

COULTER: Yes, I think this is a big problem.

MAHER: Wow.

COULTER: And as you were saying in your opening—[applause]—you don't want your base turning against you. I mean, this was at least something Bill Clinton had the political wisdom to figure out: when you're on the ropes, you turn to your base. You don't screw your base. [laughter] [applause]

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posted October 12, 2005 02:30 PM              

I couldn't believe my ears, when I saw her really putting bush down and saying it was embarrassing that he would pick his OWN personal attorney...

Never thought the time would come when I would agree with anything that woman had to say....but I guess miracles never cease...*sigh*

posted October 12, 2005 07:01 PM              

Anyhow... It was quite a shock to agree with what she had to say on the show.