Crazy Ann Coulter wants Sarah Palin to endorse pro-abortion Rob Simmons

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From Ann Coulter's latest Human Events column:

Connecticut will not vote for a professional wrestling "impresario" for the U.S. Senate. So unless Republicans have secret information that [Richard] Blumenthal does enjoy dressing up in diapers, Republicans are forfeiting a Senate seat for no reason.

By contrast, Rob Simmons, who recently suspended his primary campaign against [Linda] McMahon for lack of money, is a Haverford College graduate, a former Yale professor and an Army colonel. Unlike fantasist Blumenthal, Simmons really did serve in Vietnam, coming home with two Bronze Stars.

And Simmons, who remains on the Aug. 9 primary ballot, can win even in moderate-Republican Connecticut. He's good on taxes, he's good on defense -- and he's the best Connecticut is ever going to get.

Simmons was elected to Congress three times from a very liberal Connecticut district, beating an incumbent Democrat in his first run. As a result, he had the distinction of representing the largest number of Democrats of any Republican in the House of Representatives. Even in the dark Republican year of 2006, Simmons lost to his Democratic challenger by only 83 votes.

Instead of sitting around, idly predicting massive Republican landslides this fall, how about Republicans work on running candidates who might actually win?

If only we had some popular former governor, preferably a moose-hunter, whose endorsements are gold ... Then we'd show 'em.

Read the complete Coulter column here.

h/t: Andrew Malcolm

With all due respect, Ann, have you lost your mind? Here are ten reasons why Gov. Palin might NOT want to endorse Rob Simmons:

• Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
• Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
• Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
• Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
• Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
• Voted NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
• Voted NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
• Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)

Even libertarian Peter Schiff opposed late-term (third trimester) abortion, and he doesn't think the federal government should be using taxpayer money to perform or subsidize abortions. While that's still not a pro-life stance, it's not as bad as Rob Simmons' position on the issue. To our knowledge, Ann, Gov. Palin has not endorsed a pro-abortion candidate. We doubt that she will start now. This Connecticut race is one that we would be genuinely surprised to see the governor get herself involved in. There's just no good reason for her to do so.

- JP