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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
Whether we lean left or right, the posts in this thread seem to demonstrate that we all know and understand what's happening with Ann Coulter. Indeed, she is a pretty, smart (top student and member of the Law Review while at the University of Michigan Law School), and obviously a terrific businesswoman.
Let's not forget how Ann Coulter, or any columnist, makes their money--whether they be ultra-liberal, ultra-conservative or maybe focused only on a narrow subject or issue. They don't have to be "right" or intelligent or reasonable. All they need to do is write things that cause people to read their columns. People can read because they believe what is written or because they are aggravated or maybe just entertained. It makes no difference. If readership is high, more papers syndicate her column, she gets more TV interview invitations, and she makes lots and lots more money.
Ann Coulter does a great job of making money for herself. If anyone thinks that her purpose in writing what she does is anything more purposeful than that, maybe you should think more deeply about it.
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She is doing no more that all your mothers and fathers and good teachers have advised and instructed all of you to do your entire childhood. Do what you love and what gets you excited, if you can, and you'll have a happy and successful career and a great life.
Sure she's making lots of money, but it doesn't mean she's not doing what she loves and what she believes in. Her career grew to the point it's at now because of her perseverance and her passion for her work and her ability to convey her observations to the world in an entertaining way. To try to demean her accomplishments as mere avarice devoid of true conviction or a sense of purpose is not thinking deeply about it , in my opinion.