Hillary Clinton calls Coulter's 9/11 remarks "vicious"

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WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused commentator Ann Coulter of making a "vicious, mean-spirited attack" on outspoken 9/11 widows whom the television pundit described as "self-obsessed" and enjoying their husbands' deaths.

Coulter writes in a new book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," that a group of New Jersey widows whose husbands perished in the World Trade Center act "as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them."

She also wrote, "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much."

"Perhaps her book should have been called 'Heartless,'" the senator said. "I know a lot of the widows and family members who lost loved ones on 9/11. They never wanted to be a member of a group that is defined by the tragedy of what happened."

The New York Democrat and former first lady said she found it "unimaginable that anyone in the public eye could launch a vicious, mean-spirited attack on people whom I've known over the last four and a half years to be concerned deeply about the safety and security of our country."

New York's Republican Gov. George Pataki also voiced anger and surprise at Coulter's words.

Coulter appeared Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show, and stuck by her stance, saying the women used their grief "to make a political point."

The women, who are still pushing for changes in how the government guards against future attacks, issued a joint statement after Coulter's television appearance.

"We have been slandered. Contrary to Ms. Coulter's statements, there was no joy in watching men that we loved burn alive. There was no happiness in telling our children that their fathers were never coming home again. We adored these men and miss them every day," the women said.

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I think she just imploded.

I haven't heard any Republicans disagreeing with or chastizing her, have you? On the contrary, I've seen and heard some in agreement concerning not only 9/11 widows, but Gold Star Mothers as well. Each time, after any one of her overtly offensive sadistic statements, Republicans have enjoyed defending her? Why? Because she speaks for damn near everyone of them.

how can anyone deny her totally "self obsessed" pursuit of the almighty buck now? For any of the national news shows to put this mugs face on TV is unbelieveable. No wonder she is alone.

"ANN COULTER RESPONDS TO SEN. CLINTON: 'BEFORE CRITICIZING OTHERS FOR BEING 'MEAN' TO WOMEN, PERHAPS HILLARY SHOULD TALK TO HER HUSBAND WHO WAS ACCUSED OF RAPE BY JUANITA BROADDRICK AND WAS GROPING KATHLEEN WILLEY AT THE VERY MOMENT WILLEY'S HUSBAND WAS COMMITTING SUICIDE.' "

-Drudge

:puke:

Give it up already, Ann.

as a role model? What will the repukcons say?

anthax doesn't have a leg to stand on.

is that the mainstream media keeps giving her a forum. There's no way that she should have any bigger forum than a street corner to rant and rave on. Instead she gets continuously put on all these mainstream programs, as well as being invited to speak at universities, and getting printed by major publishers.

She's one of the main reasons that I completely stopped watching the "news" channels.

100 most influential people in the world.

In the whole world! What sick pricks they are.

and plays into her hands. There's nothing worse than being ignored. Any response from anyone just gets her more airtime.

She should be dismissed. All this is her PR campaign which expected 'shock' and 'awe' at the pretend outrageousness of her remarks. They plan it, and she is stupid enough to be the front person for the money makers. Although her books are being given away free on RW sites, so I don't think she's much of a moneymaker anymore.

She's an aging harpy and taking up valuable airtime which should be devoted to, eg, the trial of David Safavian, or the Aipac pre-trial motions, the unprecedented number of Republicans under indictment, investigation or already convicted of corruption.

If I were a public figure and anyone asked me about her remarks, I would just say, I wouldn't know about them, I'm not into tabloid nonsense when our country is in so much trouble as a result of the current Republican leadership. Use her to slam Republicans.

I would simply ignore any questions regarding this worthless, lying, pathetic middle-aged woman incongruously dressed up like a teen-ager. Since she never had a husband, she's not qualified to speak about the subject anyway.

I think Senator Clinton, If she discussed Ms. Coulter at ALL, should have done so in a dismissive manner maybe "Is this what the right wing/Republicans stands for? Interesting" or some such statement.
She validated Ms. Colter existence by that response.
On the other hand, maybe by calling attention to her, people will actually look at what she is saying, which is horrid, usually bigoted, wrong, and ignorant.
I would love to see the right HAVE to distance themselves from her. Then maybe she's go away.

Our right wing members of the Republican Cult put her on a pedastal for doing it. They adore her. They want to be like her. She's one of them: Souless, selfish, opportunistic, and ugly. They name her as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Fuck you, Time Magazine, for celebrating hatred. Fuck you for pissing me off enough to even comment about the demented bitch.

Edit: Photo removed.
Ann Coulter arrives at a dinner to celebrate Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Monday, May 8, 2006 in New York.The group of outspoken 9/11 widows who pushed for the commission to investigate the attacks are "self-obsessed" and act "as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them," the conservative author charges in her new book. Coulter appeared on NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, marking the release of "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," and reiterated her stand. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

I guess I should expect it from those brain warped ppl.

You nailed the first word I thought - UGLY, when I read what he said.

is just a cheap stunt to gain attention. I hate to see people used that way.

I wouldn't wipe my shit hole with Ann Coulter's book. Now, I might just consider using her hair. I'd be afraid she'd bite me though.
A shit stick with no real reason for being on tv or radio in the first place will go away if ignored.
In fact, the mainstream media is really disgusting me more than ever. People should demand that these news channels ONLY put people on tv or radio if and only if they have verified, truthful things to say. This misinformation is a confusing waste of time and if getting America nowhere. The American people don't have time to sit around and filter out all of this bullshit that comes across the tv and radio. We are too busy trying to keep our credit card bills paid!
BTW: WHERE IS ANN COULTER'S HUSBAND? WHERE IS HER BOYFRIEND? SHE DOES LIKE MEN DOESN'T SHE???

worthless diversion. I can and do ignore her except when the media goes out of its way to elevate her into the public dialogue. They are all in the same family, I guess. Dogs lying with dogs.

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:hi:

Hopefully, the controversy won't make the doofuses of the world grab up more copies.

Her adam's apple is much too big.

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Can`t Understand Normal Thinking !

It is a vile word that imples that female genitalia is offensive and disgusting. Is there an equivalent word for male genitalia that is also used as an insult? "He's a dick" doesn't have the same weight. I LOATHE coulter and think she is one of the most repulsive human beings in the public eye. But that word you used insults all women.

I want to add, perhaps Sen. Frank Lautenberg said it best:
"(Her) antics and accompanying vulgarity deserve our deepest contempt."

I stand by my first evaluation. Contempt does not go near deep enough.

You need to think about the meaning of that word. It means nothing to use it as an insult.

But words often get new meanings and nuances through usage beyond their possible beneficent anatomical meaning. You are very aware of what I mean.

I note that my original post has been deleted. George Carlin used to say there were seven words you couldn't use on TV. In my brief tenure on DU I have already inadvertently discovered one.

Read the section "Content," subsection "Bigotry and Broad-Brush Smears"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules_detailed.html

Peace.

She is a fucking CUNT.

A mentally ill witch.

She is whoring herself out to sell books and fuck everyone else.

Again it is all about the money. All about the book sales.

The she hag will die badly.

and i'm not offended by it being used on her.

Only a Nazi would say things full of so much venom as Coulter said about the 9-11 families.

and should be dealt with appropriately. Enough of her. Too fucking much shit coming out of her to tolerate.

can sue her for both slander and libel. That kind of attention is what the right wing can hardly ignore.

are both considered crazy. That's how the press reports on them - as if they're crazy people.

They made a point in both articles I read on this, to show his previous wacked out comments, which don't directly relate to this. It's basically showing he has a history of being crazy.

is that Coulter (among others) spews the hatred that they have infused into our society and which will keep this country divided and off balance for the foreseeable future.

edited to include "others"

that's her meal ticket and she knows how to wield it.

She probably has no concept whatsoever of the widow's grief. Disgusting to give her a forum, yet another new low for the corporate media.

ugly on the inside and repulsive through and through

"Scarborough Country". "Killer Joe" Scarborough tried his best to distance himself from Ann's venemous statements.

Try using it in a sentence.:)

<a href="http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2005/04/ann-coulters-cunt-saves-america-ann.html">Ann Coulter's "C" Saves America</a> The rude pundit of course spells it out.

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that persons of her political persuasion lack - completely and utterly - the facility of empathy. How else could she so unerringly miss the mark? It's as if she were another species altogether.

That's why she makes these outrageous comments: to create buzz and sell books. She is beneath serious political discourse and engaging her is beneath Hillary Clinton or George Pataki.

The fact that so many people buy her books and Michael Savage's books is really a national cultural disgrace and embarassment.

Each side's partisans overlook their own little horror in the closet.

Anyone remember Rall's attacks on widows and relatives of 9/11 victims, and most disgustingly, on Daniel Pearl's wife? Rall drew her as a tacky and shameless self-promoter who loved the after-the-beheading publicity. One panel showed her at a microphone, exclaiming, "It's a bummer that they slashed my husband's throat -- but the worst was having to watch the Olympics alone." I still remember the pornographic video showing the heroic mujahideen holding Pearl's severed head by the hair. Looked a little more than "slashed" to me.

Coulter and Rall should be handcuffed together and locked in a room with a carving knife. Nasty people deserve nasty people.

Consider this my entreaty for us here to be less nasty. There are some voices on the other side of the political spectrum making similar calls. Sounds like a patch of common ground to me.

Peace.

Why don't we all send an email to the producers of The today Show and complain.

Today@NBC.com

Giving this bitch air time to tout her book is empowering her. If not for Keith Obermann, I wouldn't watch that crap network on a bet.

Not because I agree with it. Not because those poor women deserve any more suffering (they've had more than enough). I'm glad she said it because it exposes the right's poster girl for exactly what she is. It also exposes the right in a terrible light that is (for once) getting media attention. :wow:

The more you discuss her the richer she gets. Ignore, ignore, ignore.

Read the ratings by 9/11 widows Mindy Kleinberg and Lorie van Auken of the
9/11 Commission's (non-) reponses to their questions:

http://www.justicefor911.org/Appendix4_FSCQuestionRatings_111904.php

Sign the Petition of Solidarity to ask the Attorney General of the State
of New York and the District Attorney of the Borough of Manhattan to open
urgent new investigations into 9/11:

http://www.justicefor911.org/

rounds when do you suppose she'll appear on the Daily Show or Colbert Report? Now that would be interesting.

She's through. Forever.

She will revive

Is not an easy thing to do. The widows should be more than outraged at just adam-apple-ann, the government has done an inside job here. One fraud supporting another fraud, birds of a feather :shrug:

headlines.

Hillary Clinton calls Coulter's remarks against 911 widows "vicious"

is a headline that gets eyeballs.

I wonder why any editor of a newspaper would write an article title in a way that doesn't stand out? Any wonder why newspaper readership is dropping?

Wellstone's survivors

Cindy Sheehan

Michael Schiavo

9/11 Widows

Nick Berg's father

Is their ANY grieving victim these pieces of garbage won't defile for political gain?

She's like a tantruming toddler who holds her breath , demanding attention..

Hillary should have just said.. "Hey even crazy people are allowed their 1st amendment rights"..and said nothing more...

She gave Coulter what she wanted...attention...