NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book

Phillyburbs/AP ^ | 6/8/06 | staff

[pissant]

TRENTON, N.J. - Commentator Ann Coulter's incendiary words about outspoken 9/11 widows have led two state lawmakers to calls for a boycott of her book in the widows' home state of New Jersey.

Assemblywomen Joan M. Quigley, D-Hudson, and Linda Stender, D-Union, on Thursday called on New Jerseyans to stop buying the book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," and for retailers in the state to stop selling it.

"Coulter's vicious characterizations and remarks are motivated by greed and her desire to sell books. By making these claims, she proved herself worse than those she is attempting to vilify - she is a leach trying to turn a profit off perverting the suffering of others," the two assemblywomen said in a statement.

A spokeswoman for Crown Forum, the publisher of Coulter's book, did not immediately return calls for comment Thursday.

In her new book, Coulter writes 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."

The comments drew criticism Wednesday from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., who said the book should be called "Heartless," and New York's Republican Gov. George Pataki, who said he was stunned by the remarks.

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

Her criticism was aimed at four New Jersey women she dubbed "The Witches of East Brunswick," after the town where two of them live.

The women - Kristen Breitweiser, Lorie Van Auken, Mindy Kleinberg and Patty Casazza - have spent the years since the 2001 terror attacks supporting an independent commission to examine government failures before the attack. During the 2004 presidential race, they endorsed Democrat John Kerry.

[tongue-tied]

Absolutely no disrespect meant to you or your wife. (I'm jumping on another's reply to make sure you understand)

I simply meant to point out that some folks have different tastes, and belittling her for being skinny seems to make your point less clear. Is it her statements, her book, or her skinny little butt that you dislike?

[Jameison]

"I'm not attracted to women who might be lesbos or harpies"

Question is whether women are attracted to you at all, let alone hot women.

"Bones doesn't hold a candle to the woman I've been married to for 28 years. "

Oh dear.
I take it she has plenty of umm.."meat" on her bones then does she?


"Now, go ahead and attack my wife "

Why would I do that?
Woman has already suffered enough being married to you for 28 years.
Why should I give her even more headache?

[sinkspur]

By that, I assumed you meant that YOU were capable of having such a political disagreement without getting personal. Then I read your many posts degrading Ann Coulter for her looks, etc.

I can, but why should I? It's easier and more fun to get personal, like Harpy does.

[The Lion Roars]

Works in China....kinda.

the chinese version is slightly different. when you cant fight them, shoot them.

[Jameison]

Does anyone still watch "Hardball" at all ?

[JCEccles]

Don't flatter yourself. You're no great cutting wit. You're an orangutang smearing its feces on a piece of tree bark.

[tongue-tied]

I hadn't checked until now (normally doesn't matter) when you signed up. Funny, I assumed from that response you were newer. But that is fine, to each his own.

LOL..."Like Harpy does".

I'm having ribeye steaks tonight for dinner...you? If Ann came by, I'd still feed her.

[MarkL]

I'm trying to decide if I want to buy the book from Amazon or use the 40% off coupon from Borders that I just got in my email.

Mark

[sinkspur]

Well, maybe, just maybe, you take her rhetorical devices to seriously.

No. A rhetorical device would be to say that Bush's nominating Miers meant his wife was having undue influence on him. Something like that.

That's not Coulter's style, however. She has to drag some personal failing of Bush's out to use as a means of ridicule. Kinda like Miers as a "cleaning lady."

[pissant]

Well, rhetoric, or hyperbole, either way, its rhetoric and hyperbole. Bottom line is she likes the Prez.

[sinkspur]

Is it her statements, her book, or her skinny little butt that you dislike?

It's her that I dislike. She's mean, nasty, and cruel. I criticize her looks because she uses ad hominems to attack HER targets.

Why does it bother you that I use her methods?

[pissant]

Yes, it's ancient chinese secret.

[Peach]

Exactly so, Enchante, but prepare to be attacked for stating that Ann was over the top.

[Peach]

:-)

[sinkspur]

[Peach]

Didn't Ann say those women are glad their husbands are dead? She has no way of knowing that and thus made it up.

[Peach]

Oh, no. I'll leave the book reading to Ann's gutter friends.

[Larry Lucido]

Great idea. Say, how did that whole DaVinci boycott work out, anyway?

[tongue-tied]

Well, it is either that I like her unbelievably flat stomach and hold on to a fantasy that she loves only me...or it is because within your many comments targeting her you seems to disregard the reality that what she says is basically true.

Even if she attacks someone with apparent venom to me, anyway, it is obvious that they deserve it.

Now leave her perfect abdominal muscles alone.

[pissant]

Order it from Ann's website.