RIGHTY WRITER COULTER HURLS NASTY GIBES AT 9/11 GALS [the "Godless" counter-attack begins]

New York Post ^ | 6/7/06 | NILES LATHEM

[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."

[jebeier]

There's no such thing as bad publicity, if you're trying to sell books. Go Ann!

You're right about that. This controversy will help to sell Ann's book.

But I think it will also have the very positive effect of piercing the armor of the so-called Jersey Girls. They have been getting a free ride for waaaay too long. The MSM will gather 'round to defend them one last time, but I think this pretty much puts an end to their political utility.

[rintense]

Actually, none of those women asserted that view...the majority of America simply had the decency and respect to listen to them because of their unique view on the terrible events that unfolded that day. And if you really want to find a group of whiny, self-important individuals who use the "you can't disagree with my opinion because I am __________" argument, the just replace the blank with "Christian."

Or better yet, replace it with these:

homosexual, black, Muslim, liberal, disenfranchised, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, etc...

[Rummyfan]

Here's one reason I love Ann Coulter....

Went to hear her speak at CPAC this year. After a twenty minute address, she took questions from the audience.

One of the questioners asked 'when are you going to expand your act from attacking Muslims to attacking Jews, blacks, and hispanics?'

Ann's response: when they start flying planes into our buildings! Next question!

[stopem]

What is your problem? So you think that after all the money they got they had the right to bash the President??

Liberals can spout out their ugly rhetoric but when someone calls the liberals on their bashing you attack the defender.
Why?

If her book offends you don't buy it.

[mathluv]

E. D. is an admitted dim, even tho she is from Texas and her family are pubbies.

[gop_gene]

At least they were married, with children, unlike Coulter, who can't seem to snag a man on a bet.

If Ann is not married, I can't know for sure but I'm guessing it's by choice. She's looks good for her age, is attractive, is famous and makes good money. With those factors I'm sure she can have her pick.

[Lurking in Kansas]

Niles? Who names their kid Niles?

The Cranes?

;-)

[SamAdams_Lite]

I wish Katie was still there, it would have been a great catfight.

The only reason she got on was because K-K-Katy wasn't there.

Laura Ingraham had a running story of how Today would call her up to be on the next morning only be to be vetoed by KC later.

[XJarhead]

COulter has a great point about how the Jersey Girls status as 9/11 widows does not make their views immune from criticism. But as usual, her publicity seeking means that the validity of her points gets lost in her own rhetoric.

Well, I guess it helps her sell her books, which is all she apparently really cares about anyway.

[Sloth]

For a long time I have been calling Breitweiser & her friends "the Terror Whores."

[sinkspur]

So you think that after all the money they got they had the right to bash the President??

What does money have to do with it? You bash the President on a daily basis here, for free.

Liberals can spout out their ugly rhetoric but when someone calls the liberals on their bashing you attack the defender.

The Jersey Girls are old news, and have been old news for way over a year. Now, Coulter gives them a reason to come back out and be glorified by the media.

Did she genuflect to Joe McCarthy again in this book?

Sometimes I think she pulls out these hot buttons to get guys like you jacked up to buy her books. She knows exactly how to play her sycophants.

[auto power]

I wish Fox would hire Ann to replace E.D. on the Fox morning show......how about it Mr. Rupert?

[RonDog]

...The Coulterites love this red meat, but this goes in her pantheon of describing Harriett Miers as a "cleaning lady," and her entreaty to force Muslims to convert to Christianity...

If you keep posting the DU talking points, I will keep correcting you. :o)

Ann said NOTHING about using force.

As I posted on the "Ann's birthday" thread, see Ann's own words from her interview with Katie "the affable Eva Braun" Couric:

Katie Couric: You were also fired, I guess, because you wrote in the National Review that we should -- when it came to fighting terrorism, we should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity. Do you still believe that that's the best way to combat terrorism worldwide?

Ann Coulter: Well, that's a somewhat dishonest quote. I was referring to the people in the previous sentence of that column, cheering and dancing in the streets right now, and, in fact, this -- the way that was so widely misquoted is an example of what I described in my book, which is the constant mischaracterizations, which is a small word, picking out the word of parents. It makes a big difference. And these subtle differences that are then glossed over as if there's absolutely no difference. To try to portray conservatives as crazy people, as Nazis, slave owners, (unintelligible), homophobic, how about dealing with our ideas? I mean I've written two books now, I've written hundreds of columns, I've been on TV hundreds of times. The idea that someone can go out and find one quote that will suddenly, you know, portray me just dismiss her ideas, read no more, read no further, this person is crazy --

Katie Couric: Well, obviously --

Ann Coulter: -- is precisely what liberals do all the time.

Katie Couric: But obviously the National Review had a problem with these articles and some of the pieces you did because you were fired from that job. Can you elaborate or at least tell us what you exactly meant?

Ann Coulter: That also isn't quite true. I mean I write a syndicated column, I write for Human Events. That's the newspaper that hires me. People buy a syndicated column, and they dropped the column. But a lot of people don't like me for a lot of different reasons, including --

Katie Couric: Why don't you explain what you meant, then.

Ann Coulter: -- that they're my competitors.

Katie Couric: What do you think is the best way to battle terrorism?

Ann Coulter: Point one and point two by the end of the week had become official government policy.

As for converting them to Christianity, I think it might be a good idea to get them on some sort of hobby other than slaughtering infidels. I mean perhaps that's the Peace Corps, perhaps it's working for Planned Parenthood, but I've never seen the transforming effect of anything like that Christianity...

CLICK HERE for the full text of Ann's EXTRAORDINARY article ("This is War" -- posted on 9/12/01) from which that quote was taken.

[Skooz]

I still what they have DONE is far more disgusting than anything Coulter SAID.

[stopem]

I never bash the President ever!

[johnny7]

On four MSM networks... on the same day... these bee-atches bleated in unison... “ ...it was on Bush's watch!” Such choreography hasn't been seen since the days of the June Taylor Dancers.

[frithguild]

These women have been off the radar for months. Why on earth did Coulter feel she had to get her rocks off by attacking them with criticisms that, frankly, sound like she's describing herself?

The timing is perfect. The Republican Party has lost it's voice in several national debates. For example, Liberals have turned the criminal alien element into a class of new victims ready for electoral exploitation. The base is restless. The tone of the debate needs to change as we approach the midterm election. What Anne is telling us is that we should not fear to poison whatever icon of suffering the Liberals choose to prop up as their shill.

As far as taking a shot at the Author, rather than discussiong the import of the message and the means of delivery, you debate like a Democrat.

[b4its2late]

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."

And she's correct. They are equivalent to that nutbag Cindy Sheehan. They are nothing but opportunists tryong to cash in politically or any other way possible on their loved ones deaths.

[sinkspur]

If Ann is not married, I can't know for sure but I'm guessing it's by choice. She's looks good for her age, is attractive, is famous and makes good money. With those factors I'm sure she can have her pick.

Uh-huh. She dates, but nobody sticks around.

[NCLaw441]

You said, in part: Actually, none of those women asserted that view [that you can't say anything bad because they are 9/11 widows] ...the majority of America simply had the decency and respect to listen to them because of their unique view on the terrible events that unfolded that day.
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These widows DID have a unique view and position because they were related to the actual victims of 9/11. Their view is NOT unique as it relates to US foreign policy, preparation for such terror events and backing democrat presidential candidates. These women can speak authoritatively on what it means to lose a husband in a terror attack (just as Cindy Sheehan can speak on the issue of losing a son in battle). Their authority does not extend to opinions on whether it was appropriate to go into Iraq or Afghanistan, and certainly not into the issue of presidential politics. They have the right to state their opinions, but they have no more authority than Barbra Streisand on such issues, and those who disagree with them should not be treated as being insensitive to "the poor widows."