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'Not Going With the Flow': Herman Cain, Ann Coulter, and Breaking Convention
Illustration by Dylan C. Lathrop
When conservative flamethrower Ann Coulter appeared on Sean Hannity's show a few days ago to defend Herman Cain, she uttered a particularly cringewort
The conservative of color
Current poster child: Herman Cain
See also: Marco Rubio, Allen West, Condi Rice, Clarence Thomas
Risks: Propping up a party hostile to civil rights, affirmation action, and immigrants
The anti-feminist woman
Current poster child: Ann Coulter
See also: Phyllis Schlafly, Michele Bachmann
Variation: "Conservative feminists"—Sarah Palin and the Mama Grizzlies,
The sinner-turned-saint
Current poster child: Stephen Baldwin
See also: Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan, Dawn Eden, born-again virgins
Risks: Teen pregnancy; being the boring one at the party
Gains: Christian rock;
The heartland leftist
Current poster child: Michael Moore
See also: Thomas Frank, Joe Bageant, Ann Richards
Risks: Awkward family dinners
Gains: The view from the belly of the beast; credibility points from
The filthy rich liberal
Current poster child: Warren Buffett
See also: Bill Gates, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, pretty much every celebrity, the people on the W
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