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Here is what she said on The Today Show the other day:
LAUER: On the 9-11 widows, an in particular a group that had been critical of the administration:
COULTER: “These self-obsessed women seem genuinely unaware that 9-11 was an attack on our nation and acted like as if the terrorist attack only happened to them. They believe the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony. Apparently, denouncing bush was part of the closure process.”
“These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by griefparrazies. I have never seen people enjoying their husband’s death so much.”
And here are some comments from conservatives:
Rick Moran, who has a long post taking Coulter to task for this and her general “schtick,” is an exemplar of the “Coulter unhinged” view.
She has descended into a black hole of necessity from which there is no escape; where she is forced to please her rabid base of red meat conservatives usually by going beyond the bounds of decency and proper public discourse in order to make a point that could have been made without resorting to the kind of hurtful, hateful, personal attacks that have become a hallmark of her war with liberals.
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The anti-Bush 9/11 widows are not immune from criticism for their political positions nor even for the tactics they use to advance those positions. But to say that they are “enjoying” their status as widows is so far beyond the pale that anyone who makes such a statement deserves the most severe censure possible. And the networks who use Coulter as some kind of “Spokesman” for the right should be told in no uncertain terms by as many of us as possible that she doesn’t speak for any conservatives that we want to be associated with.
Greg Tinti terms it,
Absolutely. Disgusting. And even worse, most of the reaction I have seen so far to this from conservatives around the blogosphere has been defending it or trying to explain it away as part of Ann’s “schtick.” Well, if it is “schtick,” it’s certainly not funny anymore. It’s all a shame because Ann is a great writer with a lot of talent, intelligence, and wit but now, unfortunately, has put herself in the uncomfortable position of having to out-shock herself.
The libs like to talk about speaking truth to power. That is what Ann does. The power of the media. To match wits with Ann, they need something of a larger caliber than Matt Lauer. James I am beggining to think you an apologist for the left. Why is that? There is nothing but truth in what she said about those particular 9/11 wives. Why is calling the President a liar acceptable speech, but telling the truth about those who oppose him is not.
Posted by: Zelsdorf Ragshaft III at June 7, 2006 09:20
Feh. Ann Coulter wouldn’t know truth if it fell on her. Exactly how many “millionaire Iraq soldier widows” are there? How many wind up on tv? Aside from Cindy Sheehan (who I’m pretty sure isn’t a millionaire), how many Iraq soldier widows can anyone here name without using Google?
The woman is not “speaking truth to power”, she is insulting and desecrating the memories of dead troops. Any time a conservative ever goes off about “supporting the troops”, I’m gonna point them to this transcript. Ann coulter is subhuman filth.
Posted by: legion at June 7, 2006 10:44
I’m with Confederate Yankee in that Ann should be able to criticize the political actions of the the Jersey Girls group of 9/11 widows. Stating that the women are “enjoying their husbands death”, though, is way, way over the line. I would even call it reprehensible and repugnant. As Joey on Friends once said, “You’re so far over the line that you can see the line. The line is a dot to you.”
I’m quite disturbed at the “You go, girl!” sentiments being expressed by many of my comrades on the right. Just because you agree with someone on many levels does not mean that you shouldn’t take them to task for being stupid. In this case, Ann’s turn of phrase was insanely stupid.
Posted by: physics geek at June 7, 2006
Ann is a blatant liar. I write for a newspaper and had covered, Ann’s stuff before. I am neither particularly liberal nor very conservative. Coulter came to a local University to give a speech. Her people agreed to set up an interview with me through the school’s news and information office. She stood me up and, during the Q & A after her speech I asked her about it and she denied it all in front of two thousand people.
I said so in print with no fear of libel as I can prove it 100%
Posted by: Travis Webb at June 7, 2006
Ann Coulter is a sociopath. Her glazed eyes are the givewaway. And to all the righties here who throw out the tired “she sez what she thinks” line, how come this great intellect of the right could only stare blankly and say, “I don’t know” when asked what has caused Bush’s unpopularity?
She doesn’t know?
Well, she just helped push Bush further down.
And for the record, Jesus wouldn’t call grieving widows “harpies.” Only the hypocrites on the right who claim Jesus as their own.
Posted by: CHRISTIAN at June 7, 2006 18:45
Yes, we on the right never trot out victims or their families to take advantage of them for our gain. Like the 2004 convention in NYC or a billion other examples. Puh-lease. Regardless of what is thought of the Dems and their methods, this is uncalled for and makes us look bad. She’s to us as Moore and Franken are to them. How do ANY of these idiots help either side?
�The outrage over her comments seems to be proving her point.�
Yes, people were outraged over Hitler, too. Did that prove his point? Jesus, people. Get a clue.
Posted by: HalfWit at June 8, 2006 15:33
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