Status: Real
I don't like to make fun of people's appearances (doing so disturbs my soft, liberal sensibilities), but when I saw this picture of Ann Coulter I thought that it was either photoshopped, or she had the strangest looking hand I've ever seen in my life. In fact, I would hesitate to even use the words 'hand' to describe that thing at the end of her arm. Instead, the phrase 'raptor claw' seems like it might be more appropriate. The thing is almost as long as her forearm! But a quick check on
anncoulter.com (which, I assume, is her website) reveals that the picture is posted there. Which means that it must be real. Freaky. I think I'm going to be having nightmares about this. (Via
US Magazine)
Comments
"I think she has Marfan's Syndrome. "
Damn it, TC, you beat me to it--although I was struggling to remember the word "Marfan's."
I've seen a thing or two about Marfan's in some medical-type books and she has the typical look. I think that's what leads some people to think that she's transgendered. That and her huge Adam's Apple and big feet, of course. Oh, also the penis.
My forearm on my left (to the first line under my hand) is 10 inches. My hand from that same line to the tip of my middle finger is 7.25 inches. So...I'm only 2.75 inches off. It might just be the way the angles look from the lighting or camera. It sort of looks like her fingers aren't really that long - it's her palm that's so long. My palm is only slightly bigger than my middle finger - by about .75 inches.
Even so, I vote for photoshop. And anorexia.
And yes, she is too skinny for my tastes. And though I am in disagreement with her politically, that, oddly enough, is enough to want to do her.
My first thought was that the picture could have been "stretched" to make her look taller and thinner than in real life (fashion ad producers are said to do this often).
The description of Marfan Syndrome I just read says people who have it are usually tall and slender and have elongated bones. But it doesn't say anything about them being shrieking, homicidal lunatics, so I doubt that Marfan's is Ann Coulter's problem (or maybe I should say, it isn't her only problem).
Looking at it again, it is bad lighting and a bad makeup job.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/Rozi/FeetHands.shtml
Remind me to tell you sometime about me and Jean Kirkpatrick.
If her hand looks like that in all her pictures though, I'd vote for the martian thingy being the cause.
I don't like looking at her, so I don't want to bother looking it up myself. Thankfully, I live in Canada now, so I'm not exposed to her ravings all that much.
I have Marfan's, and I would stick up for anyone else with it -- except for HER.
(By the way -- a couple of you have expressed wonderment about what Marfan's is. I'll tell you here. I'm male; know that both females and males can have this dread disease. However, it is congenitally-borne; you cannot contract it outside of the womb.)
Marfan's syndrome is a connective-tissue disorder. Problems include: joints, muscles, and ligaments all being weakened. Curvature of the spine and veins that can rupture are life-threatening aspects of Marfan's syndrome.
The aorta transmits blood to and from your heart. My aortic system has been surgically-repaired, in two grueling surgeries five years apart, and I have an artificial heart valve. My aorta did NOT actually break, or rupture, but it "dissected," meaning that the walls of the vein were coming apart.
To see for yourself the way that this happens, take an onion, chop it in half, and hold it under water from a faucet. You will see as the water begins to force the layers apart. This is what happens to Marfan's people with advanced cases like mine.
You can read more about Marfan's at Wikipedia.org.
If Ann has Marfan's, she might die. If her aorta ruptures, she will be dead in about ten seconds or less. I'm not even going to TOUCH that comment, but I expect that someone else here will. Good luck.
- Jim
Boston
That being said, go ahead and bash the bitch for being such a C-U-Next-Tuesday!!!