Lethally Blonde (Ann Coulter Alert)

The Observer (UK) ^ | 6/11/2006 | Gaby Wood

[1066AD]

Lethally blonde

Ann Coulter has made a career out of saying the unthinkable. Last week the bestselling American author caused outrage when she described the widows of 9/11 as 'witches' who revelled in their husbands' deaths. Mixing soundbites with short skirts, this former lawyer has become the most extreme - and popular - polemicist in America. How did that happen?

[finnigan2]

"was she criticizing his Views or the fact he was Handicapped?

- If memory serves, Cullen had made the point that many wounded veterans (such as himself) had been injured by US land mines - the implication being that the war was so incompetently managed that the US was careless enough to blow up it's own soldiers. It's at that point that Anne made her remark, so she was in fact criticizing his views and not his handicap.
As it turns out, the Viet Cong had a practice of recovering and/or cannibalizing parts from US mines that they found and resetting them to kill Americans. So Cullen was not correct in his charge of incompetence but he was correct to say that US mines were being used to kill American soldiers.
It's the old story that a good lie always contains a grain of truth.

[Nightrider]

thanks! appreciate that.

[TET1968]

"Think Janet Reno. I'm sorry, but that is the ugliest woman on earth."

My child,
Helen Thomas makes Janet Rhino look like a foot locker pin-up.
Helen Thomas would put Zarqeeri's goat in demand.

Helen Thomas makes......anyone?.....anyone?

[JustaCowgirl]

Not to hijack this thread any more than I already have, but I see Helen Thomas has many fans in the 'ugliest woman on earth' category.

Maybe everyone is right, but Janet Reno is definitely a player. I have to say Janet gets my vote, I think she's even uglier than HT. At least you can tell at first glance that Helen is a woman (well, sort of), even if she is an old crone/old bat/old harpy.

[D1X1E]

Thats right and now I remember DUH! CRS is getting worse :) Most recently read about him, Bobby Muller, on FreeRepublic and it reminded me of some things I had forgotten about him. See article posted 6/10/06 titled Over The Top

[TET1968]

I can tell your a very compassionate human bean.
You would have to be to grant Thomas a # two slot
All I know, is that every time an image of her is posted on this site without warning, my Yorkie starts barking.

[bvw]

Fame attracts defame.

[Thumper1960]

"These comments notwithstanding (except for the one wrt a Vietnam Vet which I don't believe she ever said) - THIS ARTICLE IS A HIT PIECE!!!! "

If she was referring to a Murtha or Kerry type, I'd say she was quite correct.

[marc costanzo]

>>correct. Whether it happened during a commercial break is another question.
What actually happened was that Coulter and the veteran, a man named Cullen, were set up to debate the Vietnam war. Cullen was the leader of an anti Vietnam war group, in much the same way as Kerry was. During the debate, Coulter said to Cullen, speaking about his views, "No wonder you guys lost the war". It was for that remark that she was fired.<<

Actually she criticized him for the erroneous remark he made: " 90% of all American casualties were from American made mines"

Wrong ! It is true that many of the Viet Cong IED's used parts they salvaged from the remains of U.S. made ordinances, though .. . . . . . .

[marc costanzo]

>>correct. Whether it happened during a commercial break is another question.
What actually happened was that Coulter and the veteran, a man named Cullen, were set up to debate the Vietnam war. Cullen was the leader of an anti Vietnam war group, in much the same way as Kerry was. During the debate, Coulter said to Cullen, speaking about his views, "No wonder you guys lost the war". It was for that remark that she was fired.<<

Actually she criticized him for the erroneous remark he made: " 90% of all American casualties were from American made mines"

Wrong ! It is true that many of the Viet Cong IED's used parts they salvaged from the remains of U.S. made ordinances, though .. . . . . . .

[Paulus Invictus]

It was that idiot Max Cleland she was talking to at the time, I think. Therefore, the statement fits him perfectly as it would Kerry too.

[shezza]

Ann Coulter has made a career out of saying the unthinkable.

No, she made a career out of saying what many people think, but are too polite to say!

There's a reason why all of Ann's books are runaway bestsellers. You'd think a reporter would be able to put two and two together. I guess that's why Gaby Wood is a journalist and not a mathematician.

[Wolfstar]

Must have a picture on a Coulter thread.

Yeah. One that demonstrates clearly her hatchet face and anorexic body. Ugh!

[hosepipe]

[ Ann Coulter has made a career out of saying the unthinkable. ]

BULL.... Ann merely says, "THE KING HAS NO CLOTHES"..

UnThinkable IN BRITAIN.. But its True too, she does say the Queen is a Skank as well..

[JustaCowgirl]

All I know, is that every time an image of her is posted on this site without warning, my Yorkie starts barking.

LOL! That's certainly a piece of evidence we can't ignore.

[RonDog]

Must have a picture on a Coulter thread.

Yeah. One that demonstrates clearly her hatchet face and anorexic body. Ugh!

De gustibus.

http://www.drudgereport.com/dnc1.jpg

[finnigan2]

"Actually she criticized him for the erroneous remark he made: " 90% of all American casualties were from American made mines"

- I was unaware of Cullen's actual remark that you quote above. Obviously, you consulted a better Google source than I did when I made my comments.

[marc costanzo]

>>"Actually she criticized him for the erroneous remark he made: " 90% of all American casualties were from American made mines"

- I was unaware of Cullen's actual remark that you quote above. Obviously, you consulted a better Google source than I did when I made my comments.<<

No, that was an approximate statement .
I did not google it !
~ ~ Most of the U.S. casualties of landmines in the Viet Nahm War were from American made mines~ ~

Cullen got it wrong, probably diliberately, for
most of these Viet Cong mines used parts salvaged from exploded U.S. mines and bombs - not that they(US Soldiers) were victims of our US-made mines . .