CNN’s S.E. Cupp Makes a Fool of Herself over ICE and North Korea |
CNN’s S.E. Cupp Makes a Fool of Herself over ICE and North Korea
Perhaps the fact that she’s hanging out with some extremely politically misguided folks might serve as a clue;
Douglas V. Gibbs ——Bio and Archives--March 31, 2026
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Long ago I met S.E. Cupp at an event in 2008, and was rewarded with an autographed copy of one of her works (for the amazing price of twenty bucks). I offered, and she accepted, to have her as a guest on my online radio program (I didn’t move to terrestrial radio until 2010). Back then, she had a shred of brainwaves pulsing through her brain. During the interview I learned that she was a New York City girl who thought herself to be an undercover conservative.
What she had learned about what lefties think and conservatives actually are led her to write the book with Brett Joshpe: “Why You’re Wrong About the Right: Behind the Myths--The Surprising Truth About Conservatives.” The book proved to be a little tongue in cheek, and while interviewing her I picked up on the fact that she was a person in turmoil, wanting to believe what she was saying but not so sure about a few things. As a constitutionalist I picked up on a few moments of confused thoughts and tried to correct her in the most reasonable manner I could.
For a short spell, Cupp appeared on Fox News and commented on various issues. She wasn’t the most conservative person on the tube at the time, but she didn’t come across as a raving lefty. Then, she departed from the conservative landscape, only to reappear later in places like MSNBC and CNN. I wondered about that. Had she become a missionary attempting to take truth to the land of the lawless and deceived? Or, had she succumbed to the lures and bait put out by the left?
It didn’t take long to realize she had gone to the dark side. I don’t know what did it, but she was there. Did they reignite ancient indoctrinal blatherings hammered into her from her NYC youth? Did they tempt her with promises of power and might? Did they simply have better cookies and ice cream in the break room?
Facts about history and the U.S. Constitution seems to be a strength of mine, and I learned quickly not to take anything she had to say seriously, anymore, because on those fronts, she was all over the map--not that I took her words for gospel in the first place. So, as far as I was concerned, it was time to move on to other voices, and let her fall into whatever........