I fly out of Chicago so there's lots of liberals to piss off by just having the book.
You go Ann.
Rules people, rules!
Posted on 06/10/2006 4:55:46 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
June 10, 2006
Jealous guardians of high standards or just . . . jealous? There was a rare bit of consensus on tonight's Fox News Watch, as journalists from left and right came together to excoriate Ann Coulter for what they judged to be her money-motivated excesses in her latest opus, 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism'. The focus was on Coulter's controversial statements about the Jersey Girls - the 9/11 widows turned harsh Bush administration critics. Highlighted was this excerpt from Ann's book:
"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them . . . I have never seen people enjoying their husband's death so much."
Here's a sampling of statement's from the News Watch crew:
National Review editor Rich Lowry observed that those who publicly proclaim their outrage "might as well go to the bank, take out bags of money, and hand them to Ann Coulter. This is bait. They take it every single time. And Ann, no matter what you think of her, is a marketing genius."
Lefty Neal Gabler: "I blame anyone who puts this lunatic on their air or gives her a forum. If she were a 300-pound balding man, she would be just a crackpot."
Jim Pinkerton, columnist at Newsday and TCS: "I think she jumped the shark on this one. She went too far. She crossed the line. She's like a heroin addict. She's addicted to publicity and money. And eventually it destroys you."
Summed up Jon Scott, guest-hosting for Eric Burns "ka-ching, ka-ching."
Heroin addict? I guess journalism is reaching new depths. Coulter brought some of this on herself by trying to stir the hornet's nest with what she had written.
Little Ricky can only drool at Ann's success. His National Review magazine is okay, but it has neither the audience nor the influence of Ann Coulter.
I watch that show precisely so that I can watch Gabler rant. It just ratifies everything I already believe about liberals.
It was also interesting when O'Reilly got mad at Gabler for dissing O'Reilly and demanded that the show's host fire Gabler.
Oh you and your perfect memory.
BWAHH HAA HAA HHHAA!!!
Good one!
I'm so disappointed to read this! I like that show, most times--didn't watch it this weekend, though...and I'm glad. Because I don't like watching people trash Ann Coulter.
I really like that young woman. She's bright, smart, funny, and has all the right enemies. I pray for her continued success in telling the truth and making a profit at it.
Ann, if you're reading this, God bless you, dear girl.
Sincerely,
A little old retired lady who thinks you are grand--
Judith Anne
i've started a brand new booming business handing out crying towels to the MSM...it's absolutely amazing what comes out of the woodwork, not......i am a little surprised at Fox, though...
So the 'Natalee Holloway Channel' is accusing Ann Coulter of over-marketing? That's rich.
I fly out of Chicago so there's lots of liberals to piss off by just having the book.
You go Ann.
Rules people, rules!
I don't agree with every line she writes, but she is fearless.
We could do with a little more fearless on our side.
I don't even disagree with all of the criticism of her, but right now most of it is coming from weasels who don't have half the nerve she has. When she misses, sometimes its a real clinker, but when she's on, she drives the nail home in one solid swing. And doesn't apologize either way.
Wonder what the reaction of these sorry excuses for american males, would be if their wives and mothers expressed the same truths?
LOL! Love it.
The talk about Ann pushed Neal's button big time today, and I burst out laughing when he went into his rant. Oh man, what a maroon!
That's dead on. LOL.
If you get a chance to watch a re-run do it. It was happy time when Neal went into a meltdown rant.
I'm surprised at that, although I usually do watch if I'm home, mostly to see what rotten, crummy thing Gabler will say. As Miss Marple has pointed out, no mention is made of Kos going off on how he had no sympathy for the contractors burned and hung from a bridge in Iraq, but when Ann hits home (I happen to agree with her take on the Witches of East Brunswick and wish I had said it first), they are all righteous. If I had been her editor, I might have changed the charge that they were enjoying their husbands' deaths to enjoyment of the status and attention is brought them, but she could well have changed my mind :)
Wonder what Bill Maher thinks of Ann's remarks.
She's gone and pissed off the Cindy Sheehan nation... wow, are they above criticism?
If I need a pick me up on a Saturday if, for example, the Red Sox have lost, I turn on Fox News Watch and wait to see Neal's eyeballs come half way out of his skull while rants about some Bush administration conspiracy.
Brightens my mood, every single time.
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