Posted on 06/07/2006 4:50:52 AM PDT by RonDog
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June 7, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - Conservative rabble-rouser Ann Coulter created an uproar among 9/11 victims' families yesterday after she charged in her new book that a group of "self-obsessed" politically active widows are enjoying their husbands' deaths.
The razor-tongued blond polemicist made unflattering remarks about the high-profile widows who liked to call themselves the "Jersey girls." In Coulter's latest book, "Godless," she calls them "harpies" and the "Witches of East Brunswick."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
"Coulter makes her living being low class and mean. We ought to be able to do better than looking to this banshee for any kind of conservative wisdom."
Agreed on your points- 100%. Oh, but I forgot, shes "hot" (ROFLMAO). Flame away.
To what RINOs?.. You can remove the democrat from the party but its hard to remove the democrat from the democrat..
So you see warren, you were right, these types aren't out to convince or persuade people to a better ideology, they don't want to win hearts and minds, only attack and belittle.
Maybe it gives them a rush, but it sure doesn't win votes.
You noticed that too...me thinks you hit the nail on da head.
According to the handful of excerpts I've seen, she seems to have attacked the spirit of the Democratic Party.
I particularly enjoy her "over the top" comments on abortion.
Few Democratic I've spoken to can defend their Party's view on abortion using their Christianity. They overlook a few million deaths as "collateral damage" and argue that abortion doesn't define the Democratic Party.
Any comment that helps to frustrate the opposition by getting them to apologize for their opinion causes them to rethink their position.
While I'm not doing a comparison here, Christ angered quite a few Pharisees with what was seen as angry rhetoric in his day. His parables were seen as blasphemy to the opposition.
"In your face" commentary has worked on a select few for thousands of years.
Also see the NY Daily News
Massive chip on her Coulter
Ann's vicious screed
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/424405p-358034c.html
BY ADAM LISBERG
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
When their husbands were killed on 9/11, four New Jersey widows tried to find out why - and now no-holds-barred conservative pundit Ann Coulter is mercilessly denouncing them as "witches."
"I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much," Coulter writes in her new book.
Her brutal words were challenged yesterday on national television by "Today" host Matt Lauer - and she was slammed by the widows she derided as self-absorbed, limelight-seeking "harpies."
"I'd like her to meet my daughter and tell her how anyone could enjoy their father's death," said Kristen Breitweiser, one of four widows known as the "Jersey Girls."
"She sounds like a very disturbed, unraveled person," added Breitweiser.
In "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," the uncompromisingly right-wing Coulter writes the Jersey Girls have no right to criticize President Bush or any of the failures that led to the terror attacks.
"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis," Coulter writes.
"And by the way, how do we know their husbands weren't planning to divorce these harpies? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they'd better hurry up and appear in Playboy. . .
"These self-obsessed women seemed genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them."
Breitweiser, Lorie Van Auken, Mindy Kleinberg and Patty Casazza bonded after their husbands died on 9/11, leaving them with seven children and a desire for answers.
They pushed to create the 9/11 commission, which put out a scathing report criticizing the Clinton and Bush administrations for not taking the terrorist threat more seriously - and found New York's emergency response system wasn't prepared for a serious attack.
"Our ports have not been secured. Our borders have not been secured. We still haven't caught [Osama] Bin Laden," Van Auken said yesterday. "She's not even talking about what we were talking about. She's just attacking."
The Jersey Girls - or, as Coulter calls them, "the Witches of East Brunswick" - have been criticized before, but never like this. Van Auken told the Daily News she was stunned by the vitriol.
"Having my husband burn alive in a building brought me no joy," she said. "Watching it unfold on national TV and .seeing it repeated endlessly was beyond what I could describe. Telling my children they would never see their father again was not fun. And we had no plans to divorce."
When Lauer grilled Coulter about the book, she yelled at him so harshly that gasps echoed through Rockefeller Center - and then she made a wisecrack about CBS-bound former host Katie Couric.
"If you lose a husband, you no longer have the right to have a political point of view?" Lauer asked.
As the exchange grew tense, Coulter said, "Look, you're getting testy with me."
She later added: "Hey, where's Katie? Did she leave or something?"
Last night, Coulter didn't back down from bashing the 9/11 widows. "These women got paid. They ought to take their money and shut up about it," Coulter said on MSNBC's "The Situation with Tucker Carlson."
Coulter made headlines in the past when she called for blowing up The New York Times Building, advocated forcing Muslims to become Christians and wrote an entire book that said every American liberal is guilty of treason.
Her controversial writings have made her a best-selling .author and syndicated columnist and put her on the cover of Time magazine. She's made big bucks in the process, buying a $1.5 million condo on the upper East Side.
Politicians of both parties denounced Coulter's comments.
"It's totally inhumane to be saying things like this about people who went through such agony," said Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.).
"It seems that she's just full of anger and hate," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan), who held a news conference yesterday with relatives of 9/11 victims on the country's failure to improve security.
"Like an insecure child, it's always been clear that Ann Coulter is prepared to do anything to get attention," added Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn, Queens). "This is a new low."
Typical leftist. If they can't win the argument, they change the subject. The comments weren't made about her daughter.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
Scuse me...I am a Jew, a conservative and somewhat intelligent (I like to think); so don't tell me I don't have a clue. Perhaps you meant LIBERAL Jews, Gays, Blacks? Liberal Jews put their liberalism way before their faith, so being Jewish has little to do with it. And don't trot out that old canard that all Jews are libs. I can assure you, we are not, and the number of conservative Jews grows daily.
This is cerrtainly not a liberal mindset as it applies to life. I certainly subscribe to that mindset in my life. Always look for the opportunity that comes from every misfortune. It doesn't mean that one wishes for misfortune or "enjoys" it.
I aplogize if that's the way I came off.
I went out of my way to state that I think the warriors are a neccesary part of the conservative movement. I should have emphasised that more.
My main point was to explain to hosepipe why I choose not to join the "fight" for its own sake. Also, an explaination was in order for by agreement with sinkspur, with whom I disagree vehemently many times (especially immigration).
I will say, without apology, that our side (and I mean conservative, not Republican) has a disproportionate number of attack dogs (which, once again, I think are neccessary). We need a few more good cops to complement the bad cops. I'm waiting for the next Reagan to appear. (Would he EVER say anything like Coulter? If not, did that make him a PC wimp?)
Again, sorry I came off as attacking fellow conservatives, I was anticipating the Rino, Wimp, PC attack that would come my way if I criticized Coulter's way of doing things. It was wrong of me to pre-emptively strike.
I'm sorry, is this politics or pro wrestling?
What? No Mancow?
I purchased mine at Barnes and Noble last evening. Wanted to buy it on the release date. It's the only Ann Coulter book I own. Read the first chapter last night. Hope to read more this evening.
That is why he (sinkspur) opposes Coulter and Malkin (and myself), because he is PRO-illegal.
The heros of 9/11/01 were those performing the heroics, giving their lives in defense of others, as did those who fought back on Flight 93, and those who risked AND gave their lives to help victims.
You are indeed sorry.
I got Godless last night, as soon as I finish Vince Flynn's latest, and Party of Death, it'll be next in line.
Reality check!...
You guys know where you are, RIGHT?..
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Maybe you forgot WHERE you are... Thats about as nice as I get..
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