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NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book
Phillyburbs/AP ^ | 6/8/06 | staff

Posted on 06/08/2006 12:38:21 PM PDT by 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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
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To: Jameison
According to you, in an earlier post, you have been attacking Ann Coulter at FR for over 4 years. That is long before Harriet Miers. Stop using Harriet Meris as an excuse for backing a bunch of Bush-hating harpies from Joisey

GAME, SET, MATCH!

Well done, Jameison.

501 posted on 06/09/2006 5:15:51 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Jameison

You seem not to have looked at the rest of my comment where I praise her political views and support her. I just think her extraordinary polemical skills are a very double edged sword that would make her quite unpleasant to be married to. Just because a peson's admirable in one way doesn't mean she's admirable in others.


502 posted on 06/09/2006 5:23:24 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: Jameison

If you mention me, ping me. It is rude to talk about people behind their backs.


503 posted on 06/09/2006 5:26:13 AM PDT by sinkspur (Today, we settled all family business.)
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To: sinkspur

Don't make me laugh.


504 posted on 06/09/2006 5:31:16 AM PDT by Jameison
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To: Puppage

Thanks.


505 posted on 06/09/2006 5:31:55 AM PDT by Jameison
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To: libstripper
"Just because a peson's admirable in one way doesn't mean she's admirable in others"

No one is admired by everyone else.
No woman is attractive to every man, not even the most "beautiful" women.
People have different tastes in women, clothes, cars, everything.
Which is good thing, or we'd be having wars all the time.
The point being you are not in a position to say Ann "would be a horrible one to marry"

Its perfectly fine to say she is not your type of woman to marry. But don't speak for the other 3.3 bilion men on the planet.
506 posted on 06/09/2006 5:39:53 AM PDT by Jameison
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To: Kenny Bunkport

Democrats condemn freedom of speech.




To be fair, we boycott all the time. We boycotted DiVinci Code, Brokeback Mountain, etc. I don't find it wrong to boycott. I can't believe I am saying this. lol.


507 posted on 06/09/2006 6:23:46 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Peach

Baloney. You defeat our enemies, both foreign and domestic. These women are of the seditious, leftist type and only represent 2% of the 9/11 families. They get what they deserve.


508 posted on 06/09/2006 6:26:12 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: pissant

And toxic waste......


509 posted on 06/09/2006 6:59:19 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Tagline removed per Admin. Moderator.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

You mean liberals?


510 posted on 06/09/2006 7:02:19 AM PDT by pissant
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To: Jameison
"Now that, coming from someone that calls themselves "libstripper", has got to be about the most moronic post on this thread (and there have been plenty of those)."

Why moronic? Seems a perfectly astute observation on how the average man would view Coulter in real life.
511 posted on 06/09/2006 7:39:40 AM PDT by Hoffa
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To: Hoffa
"Why moronic? Seems a perfectly astute observation on how the average man would view Coulter in real life"

Just one piece of advise : Stay off the crack!
512 posted on 06/09/2006 7:55:09 AM PDT by Jameison
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To: pissant

It was just a movie and I believe it was strawberries not meat........right?


513 posted on 06/09/2006 8:24:25 AM PDT by SweetCaroline (.....once there was a way to get back homeward.)
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To: SweetCaroline

Meat isn't quite as "romantic". ROFL.


514 posted on 06/09/2006 8:36:36 AM PDT by pissant
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To: Jameison

"Just one piece of advise : Stay off the crack!"

It's "advice," moron.


515 posted on 06/09/2006 8:46:59 AM PDT by Hoffa
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To: napscoordinator

You're right. I "boycotted" DiV Code, and BB Mt. But to have two elected officials urging people to boycott a book is...excuse the expression...a "chill wind."


516 posted on 06/09/2006 9:59:33 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport (Left's reaction to "GODLESS": "They haven't hated a book so much since the Bible." (pissant))
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To: Clemenza; pissant; Pharmboy; Coleus; Incorrigible; Calpernia

there used to be a time when you can smell caucus before you could see caucus


517 posted on 06/09/2006 10:25:35 AM PDT by Coleus (STOPP Planned Parenthood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/892053/posts)
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To: pissant

I added nj to the topics list.


518 posted on 06/09/2006 10:26:35 AM PDT by Coleus (STOPP Planned Parenthood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/892053/posts)
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AswQuigley@njleg.orgAswstender@njleg.org,  

519 posted on 06/09/2006 10:30:39 AM PDT by Coleus (STOPP Planned Parenthood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/892053/posts)
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To: pissant
[ Playing them like a fiddle. ]

Exactly, (laughing like Scooby Doo)..

520 posted on 06/09/2006 10:32:50 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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