Ann Coulter, the repeat offender
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Odds are right-wingers are going to jump on Ann Coulter's latest legal trouble with all the venom they can muster for "liberal judges" and whatnot. They'll of course also attack the entire process of singling out Coulter because of her fame and status.
You know what? They're absolutely right. Coulter is being singled out because of her status, but not in the way conservatives are going to whine about.
Odds are, Coulter will have a representative release a statement blaming some other election official for the mistake. Her vote can't be redacted or discounted, so it's not really like there's any penalty for what she did. (And if there is, she won't be forced to pay it) It'll make a day's press cycle and she'll probably get a column out of it.
All of which is extraordinary special treatment for someone who has now been suspected of voter fraud twice. You may recall that Coulter gave a trademarked "look, I'm clever" joke response when confronted with her DC driver's license application that suggested she first registered to vote (illegally) at the age of 16. (To be fair, she could have screwed up the DC license, thus making her only guilty of one count of vote fraud and one count of forging government documents.)
In other words, the woman who wrote that the residents of Palm Beach were too stupid to understand proper voting procedure is under investigation for the second time in her life for not understanding proper voting procedure. And in the long run, her right to vote has not, and will not, be hindered in any way. Meanwhile, several thousand residents of New Orleans were told by a judge this month they simply don't have the right to vote anymore.
Contrary to Coulter, who was apparently both too stupid to count to 18 as well as too stupid to read a map, their outrageous offense was the ungodly sin of being too poor to afford driving back to where their homes used to be to cast a ballot.
You know what? They're absolutely right. Coulter is being singled out because of her status, but not in the way conservatives are going to whine about.
Odds are, Coulter will have a representative release a statement blaming some other election official for the mistake. Her vote can't be redacted or discounted, so it's not really like there's any penalty for what she did. (And if there is, she won't be forced to pay it) It'll make a day's press cycle and she'll probably get a column out of it.
All of which is extraordinary special treatment for someone who has now been suspected of voter fraud twice. You may recall that Coulter gave a trademarked "look, I'm clever" joke response when confronted with her DC driver's license application that suggested she first registered to vote (illegally) at the age of 16. (To be fair, she could have screwed up the DC license, thus making her only guilty of one count of vote fraud and one count of forging government documents.)
In other words, the woman who wrote that the residents of Palm Beach were too stupid to understand proper voting procedure is under investigation for the second time in her life for not understanding proper voting procedure. And in the long run, her right to vote has not, and will not, be hindered in any way. Meanwhile, several thousand residents of New Orleans were told by a judge this month they simply don't have the right to vote anymore.
Contrary to Coulter, who was apparently both too stupid to count to 18 as well as too stupid to read a map, their outrageous offense was the ungodly sin of being too poor to afford driving back to where their homes used to be to cast a ballot.
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