Bloggers For Analogy Quality Say "GENUG!"

Is it ironic that a carpetbagger would discuss ‘The Plantation”?

Is it ironic that right-wing windbag Ann Coulter would criticize Sen. Clinton about her remarks about "The Plantation"- Despite her own use of ‘The Plantation’in her quest to be racially caustic? Why can’t these people get enough of the Civil War Era, anyway? Isn't it gone with the wind?
Bloggers For Analogy Quality are not amused. They’re screaming ‘analogy abuse'.
“Why plantations? Why not Versailles? Why must they continue to boycott the French at the expense of meaningful snark? Versailles is a bonafide analogy, replete with self-proclaimed divinity, absolute monarchy, enlightened despotism- real fodder for some kick-ass comparison. So why is it always The Plantation?”
For one, 'plantation' is easier to spell. Second, pundits fear that public education has not prepared Americans for European references.
Critics point out that not enough attention is being paid to the selection of analogies, as the public seems largely focused on the real problems at hand. “People are too worried about reform and accountability these days, clammoring for responsive government and all that revolutionary crap... These remarks are hardly getting any air time at all! (continued)

Indeed, the public seem largely unaware of how much plantations are being used to court African-Americans. One wonders why this strategy would be ineffective? The numbers are still being crunched on the effectiveness of Nagin’s more industrious approach to race relations, likening diversity to a delicious Nestle Quik beverage.

But Coulter is determined to stay the course, asking if the cloture vote was the ONE thing the ‘Plantation’ was missing. (cloture refers to the discontinuation of debate, says Microsoft paperclip)
That’s right, Ann. Autonomy, dignity, freedom from rape? Not so much so.
According to Media Matters- Coulter:

“When host Neil Cavuto asked Coulter to comment on Clinton's January 16 remarks, she replied: "What a surprise that Hillary would be mentioning plantations on Martin Luther King Day in a black church. It's a crazy coincidence." Coulter called Clinton's comments "moronic," asking rhetorically, "Is that the one thing plantations were missing? A cloture vote?" She later asserted that Clinton's statements were "just the same old cliché. It's just Democrats once again running to the blacks whenever they're in trouble. You know, race-baiting on Martin Luther King Day. I think people are getting sick of it."

On the December 8, 2004, edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Coulter said that because liberals "feel like they have blacks on the plantation, they can say whatever they like" about black conservatives.”

Thanks for clearing that up, Ann.