All Aboard the Ann Coulter Express

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March 29, 2005

All Aboard the Ann Coulter Express

Thanks to schedule conflicts, inadequate PA, and some very noisy people (and some very noisy people's very noisy small children) in the corridor, I didn't hear much of Ann Coulter's reception speech at the Choo-Choo's Imperial Ballroom yesterday evening. The intent was to listen to all of it and gather reactions from all manner of attendees and do up a nice post about the whole thing here. Instead, a few more miles of the road to Hell got paved.

I did happen to briefly run into a couple of other local bloggers, whom I recognized thanks to their name tags. They were waiting in a line to talk to Ms. Coulter, which I would gladly have done as well, but I acquiesced to the wishes of the (pregnant) person who invited me and got out of the very stuffy ballroom right away. Then I bestowed my gratitude on the friendly Choo-Choo bartenders, who had cleared up my miscued directions while I was hastening to the event, by (more or less) thoroughly testing their Manhattan-mixing skills.

In partial replacement of the detail that I failed to come away with, I offer these brief words on the general enthusiasm displayed by the crowd -- the sheer size of which led to my standing outside the open ballroom doors during the speech -- and the vitality displayed by the candidate. The competition is going to be fierce in these next two weeks, but I can tell that at least one of the candidates is geared for such an environment. That fact is due in part to her leadership style, but also owes a lot to the wide base of support she enjoys. (Contrary to the opposition's accusations, I find very little evidence of an "insider cabal" running some kind of "puppet show" after witnessing yesterday's outpouring.)

I will blog on the runoff election itself in as neutral a tone as I can muster, but this post is fully disclosed as being biased in favor of Ann Coulter being elected as Chattanooga's next mayor.

The one line from Ms. Coulter's speech that I did manage to hear clearly, and wish to underline here, is that none of the support matters if we don't go vote. Donating, walking, and putting up signs are all good things to do, but they obviously don't count in the election results.

Early voting continues at its specified locations through April 7, and the official, city-wide runoff election is April 12. Check here for more detail on where and when you can vote.

Two questions for anyone who has made it this far: any word yet on the District 7 race? Is there a similar event planned by the Littlefield campaign, or has it already occurred?

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