Posted on 06/13/2006 3:02:44 PM PDT by Mike Bates
In the controversy over Ann Coulter's comments about the group of 9/11 widows, there is one critical question, from the point of view of ensuring standards of accuracy in the media. How does Coulter know it to be true that, "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much." There is no evidence whatsoever that those women enjoyed their husbands' deaths, and Coulter offers none. The only "evidence" for this preposterous and hurtful claim is that the women became activists and sought the media spotlight and took a political position at odds with that of Coulter. But what does that prove?
I think Coulter probably would have been correct to say that the women appeared to enjoy the media attention. You don't go on these shows unless you enjoy them to some degree. But enjoying a death? And the death of a loved one when fatherless children were left behind? Coulter's comments are not only false but cruel. She has also made other disparaging personal comments about the women.
In journalism, facts and truth are supposed to matter. Opinions are allowed, and Coulter, a columnist for Human Events and many other newspapers, is entitled to her own opinions.
SNIP
If the matter only involved personal opinions about people or things, Coulter's comments wouldn't really be newsworthy or significant. But she is claiming to have inside knowledge of the personal psychology of this group of women who lost their husbands on 9/11. That is why the comments have generated so much outrage—except from a few conservatives unwilling to criticize her.
(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...
I should clarify my comments then. I do not criticize Ann Coulter. Instead I support her. She's right on target as far as I am concerned.
When the lift criticizes her, I dismiss it.
I read almost nothing of this thread and thought your original comment was okay, as it didn't imply a break with Coulter in the context in which I read it.
Well said.
Exactly.
Her arguement/position is totally correct, but she blew it with her over-zealous cruelty and poor taste.
Somebody call the WAAAAAAAAAAHmbulance.
You should know.
Gentle readers behold a tiny fraction of Sinkspur's endless spew about Ann Coulter.
He dislikes her because she gets "too personal."
Ann Coulter to appear Wednesday on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno ^
Posted by sinkspur to AnnaZ
On News/Activism ^ 06/12/2006 10:52:20 PM EDT · 144 of 280 ^
I can't attack her marriage since she can't seem to get a man on a bet.
Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior [New York Times weighs in on "Godless"] ^
Posted by sinkspur to capt. norm
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 11:30:15 PM EDT · 142 of 336 ^
It's tough for me to understand why a woman who can't snag a man on a bet would ridicule the marriages of women who had marriages, and children. Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior [New York Times weighs in on "Godless"] ^
Posted by sinkspur to RonDog
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 11:15:04 PM EDT · 116 of 336 ^
You know that Coulter dated Maher, don't you?
Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior [New York Times weighs in on "Godless"] ^
Posted by sinkspur to capt. norm
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 11:10:45 PM EDT · 110 of 336 ^
She's certainly not a nun, yet she can't seem to find anybody who will spend more than six weeks with her. Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior [New York Times weighs in on "Godless"] ^
Posted by sinkspur to Right Wing Professor
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 10:48:38 PM EDT · 92 of 336 ^
Coulter ridiculing anybody's marriage is hilarious, since marriage or anything longer than a six week affair is something she knows nothing about. 'Heroin Addict', 'Lunatic', 'Crackpot': Fox News Watch Unkind to Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to capt. norm
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 10:57:12 PM EDT · 115 of 179 ^
I can't believe that a conservative would stoop to name-calling to make a point.
Why is it OK for Coulter to do it and not me?
Would "Harpy" be better? That's her name for the 9/11 widows.
"Bones" is better, IMO. It fits.
'Heroin Addict', 'Lunatic', 'Crackpot': Fox News Watch Unkind to Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to top 2 toe red
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 10:19:28 PM EDT · 90 of 179 ^
If she had wanted to be married she wouldn't have waited until she was a long-in-the-tooth 45. And forget kids, unless some adoption agency is negligent enough to trust this piranha.
Coulter's a mercenary. Her love is money. 'Heroin Addict', 'Lunatic', 'Crackpot': Fox News Watch Unkind to Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to Rummyfan
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 9:33:22 PM EDT · 74 of 179 ^
That's Coulter. She always personally attacks anyone who disagrees with her.
'Heroin Addict', 'Lunatic', 'Crackpot': Fox News Watch Unkind to Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to UCANSEE2
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 9:20:04 PM EDT · 68 of 179 ^
But Pinkerton is right. She IS addicted to publicity and money. Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to UCANSEE2
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 1:52:06 AM EDT · 252 of 350 ^
Those aren't personal attacks? What business does Bones have even bringing up these dead men?
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to One4Indictment
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 1:47:26 AM EDT · 247 of 350 ^
My dad paid plenty of attention to me, which is why I don't, unlike Coulter, have to get my rocks off mocking the marriages of dead men. Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to KoRn
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 12:42:32 AM EDT · 220 of 350 ^
Ann's not a conservative. She's a mercenary who uses conservatism as a means to fund her material existence.
To be more exact, there is no person, deficiency, handicap, or sorrow that she will not use to further her money-grubbing. She is, in fact, doing the very thing she accuses Kristen Breitweiser of doing: exploiting the "tragedy" of widows to ridicule them, put words in the mouths of their dead husbands, and suggest that they exploit themselves in Playboy.
They're all younger than Ann, all have children, and all had a husband, once, while Coulter goes home to her exquisitely furnished townhome in Manhattan where there are no children laughing, and no man to spoil her perfectly planned life. Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to Search4Truth
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 12:15:46 AM EDT · 210 of 350 ^
In Coulter's case, she would rather have a $1.5 million Manhattan townhouse and a $1.8 million Palm Beach mansion than an obscure marriage with an obscure man and obscure children in an obscure neighborhood.
It strains credulity that she was forced into her present position. She loves the attention, and loves the money, and will resort to trashing the marriages of men who died in the twin towers if she can keep her two loves flowin' like a river. Stop Ann Coulter Before She Bombs Again ^
Posted by sinkspur to JCEccles
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 12:08:05 AM EDT · 212 of 265 ^
She's getting a bit long in the tooth, so taking shots at younger, fertile women who actually had husbands is her way of ridiculing what she never had.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to Search4Truth
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 11:48:28 PM EDT · 187 of 350 ^
I hope she finds a good husband and has 10 children.
She's 45. If she's going to have 10 children, she'll have to get married next week, and have them all at once.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to BlazingArizona
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 11:45:35 PM EDT · 184 of 350 ^
Her goal is to wound, to hurt, to denigrate, to demean.
Is it any wonder there aren't any men who want to turn their backs on this shrew? Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to JCEccles
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 11:38:06 PM EDT · 179 of 350 ^
Coulter's lost any high ground she had with her ad hominems. Instead of their political views, this brainiac goes after the marriages of these 9/11 widows.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to najida
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 10:35:58 PM EDT · 153 of 350 ^
She's already challenged Breitweiser to a debate, as if any of these 9/11 widows would go on the same stage with somebody who might resort to trashing their children.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to JCEccles
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 10:03:14 PM EDT · 143 of 350 ^
Coulter's your kinda girl.
She doesn't appear to be anybody else's though. She probably sleeps and makes love to a stack of Ben Franklins. Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to republicofdavis
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 7:40:09 PM EDT · 42 of 350 ^
Yep, and there are some on this thread who are down to calling us out, they're so friggin' desperate to show they've got just as much hair under their arms as Bones does.
I really enjoy how much attention that line is getting, and the myopic press chooses not to focus on the argument Ann is making.
The reason? Because she's accurate.
I've never seen the press enjoy the focus on these widows and their husband's deaths so much.
If this guy wants to take on accuracy in the media, he should be more accurate in who and what he targets.
Ann Coulter to appear Wednesday on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno ^
Posted by sinkspur to AnnaZ
On News/Activism ^ 06/12/2006 10:52:20 PM EDT · 144 of 280 ^
I can't attack her marriage since she can't seem to get a man on a bet.
Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior [New York Times weighs in on "Godless"] ^
Posted by sinkspur to capt. norm
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 11:30:15 PM EDT · 142 of 336 ^
It's tough for me to understand why a woman who can't snag a man on a bet would ridicule the marriages of women who had marriages, and children. Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior [New York Times weighs in on "Godless"] ^
Posted by sinkspur to RonDog
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 11:15:04 PM EDT · 116 of 336 ^
You know that Coulter dated Maher, don't you?
Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior [New York Times weighs in on "Godless"] ^
Posted by sinkspur to capt. norm
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 11:10:45 PM EDT · 110 of 336 ^
She's certainly not a nun, yet she can't seem to find anybody who will spend more than six weeks with her.
Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior [New York Times weighs in on "Godless"] ^
Posted by sinkspur to Right Wing Professor
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 10:48:38 PM EDT · 92 of 336 ^
Coulter ridiculing anybody's marriage is hilarious, since marriage or anything longer than a six week affair is something she knows nothing about.
'Heroin Addict', 'Lunatic', 'Crackpot': Fox News Watch Unkind to Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to capt. norm
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 10:57:12 PM EDT · 115 of 179 ^
I can't believe that a conservative would stoop to name-calling to make a point.
Why is it OK for Coulter to do it and not me?
Would "Harpy" be better? That's her name for the 9/11 widows.
"Bones" is better, IMO. It fits.
'Heroin Addict', 'Lunatic', 'Crackpot': Fox News Watch Unkind to Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to top 2 toe red
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 10:19:28 PM EDT · 90 of 179 ^
If she had wanted to be married she wouldn't have waited until she was a long-in-the-tooth 45. And forget kids, unless some adoption agency is negligent enough to trust this piranha.
Coulter's a mercenary. Her love is money.
'Heroin Addict', 'Lunatic', 'Crackpot': Fox News Watch Unkind to Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to Rummyfan
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 9:33:22 PM EDT · 74 of 179 ^
That's Coulter. She always personally attacks anyone who disagrees with her.
'Heroin Addict', 'Lunatic', 'Crackpot': Fox News Watch Unkind to Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to UCANSEE2
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 9:20:04 PM EDT · 68 of 179 ^
But Pinkerton is right. She IS addicted to publicity and money.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to UCANSEE2
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 1:52:06 AM EDT · 252 of 350 ^
Those aren't personal attacks? What business does Bones have even bringing up these dead men?
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to One4Indictment
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 1:47:26 AM EDT · 247 of 350 ^
My dad paid plenty of attention to me, which is why I don't, unlike Coulter, have to get my rocks off mocking the marriages of dead men.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to KoRn
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 12:42:32 AM EDT · 220 of 350 ^
Ann's not a conservative. She's a mercenary who uses conservatism as a means to fund her material existence.
To be more exact, there is no person, deficiency, handicap, or sorrow that she will not use to further her money-grubbing. She is, in fact, doing the very thing she accuses Kristen Breitweiser of doing: exploiting the "tragedy" of widows to ridicule them, put words in the mouths of their dead husbands, and suggest that they exploit themselves in Playboy.
They're all younger than Ann, all have children, and all had a husband, once, while Coulter goes home to her exquisitely furnished townhome in Manhattan where there are no children laughing, and no man to spoil her perfectly planned life.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to Search4Truth
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 12:15:46 AM EDT · 210 of 350 ^
In Coulter's case, she would rather have a $1.5 million Manhattan townhouse and a $1.8 million Palm Beach mansion than an obscure marriage with an obscure man and obscure children in an obscure neighborhood.
It strains credulity that she was forced into her present position. She loves the attention, and loves the money, and will resort to trashing the marriages of men who died in the twin towers if she can keep her two loves flowin' like a river.
Stop Ann Coulter Before She Bombs Again ^
Posted by sinkspur to JCEccles
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2006 12:08:05 AM EDT · 212 of 265 ^
She's getting a bit long in the tooth, so taking shots at younger, fertile women who actually had husbands is her way of ridiculing what she never had.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to Search4Truth
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 11:48:28 PM EDT · 187 of 350 ^
I hope she finds a good husband and has 10 children.
She's 45. If she's going to have 10 children, she'll have to get married next week, and have them all at once.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to BlazingArizona
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 11:45:35 PM EDT · 184 of 350 ^
Her goal is to wound, to hurt, to denigrate, to demean.
Is it any wonder there aren't any men who want to turn their backs on this shrew?
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to JCEccles
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 11:38:06 PM EDT · 179 of 350 ^
Coulter's lost any high ground she had with her ad hominems. Instead of their political views, this brainiac goes after the marriages of these 9/11 widows.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to najida
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 10:35:58 PM EDT · 153 of 350 ^
She's already challenged Breitweiser to a debate, as if any of these 9/11 widows would go on the same stage with somebody who might resort to trashing their children.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to JCEccles
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 10:03:14 PM EDT · 143 of 350 ^
Coulter's your kinda girl.
She doesn't appear to be anybody else's though. She probably sleeps and makes love to a stack of Ben Franklins.
Thank God for Ann Coulter ^
Posted by sinkspur to republicofdavis
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 7:40:09 PM EDT · 42 of 350 ^
Yep, and there are some on this thread who are down to calling us out, they're so friggin' desperate to show they've got just as much hair under their arms as Bones does.
Babies die as artillery barrage hits families on picnic beach ^
Posted by sinkspur to Nathan Zachary
On News/Activism ^ 06/09/2006 7:18:22 PM EDT · 50 of 168 ^
Imputing things to other people when you don't know what the hell you're talking about only makes YOU look stupid.
I would point out the decay that has already taken place. In our effort to be "decent," when the opposition holds no such qualms about invective, we have surrendered quite a bit of ground.
I agree that it is unfortunate that we lost decorum in this country, but we ought not bring hor d'vour toothpicks to knife fights. And we ought recognize that complaining about the knives will not hold sway over those who have already bought into the lies.
Ann is laughing all the way to the bank. Well deserved laughter, too.
At least the Jersey Girls were actually able to attract and keep husbands.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to Recovering_Democrat
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 11:27:41 PM EDT · 473 of 543 ^
Blame Bones. She started it; I'm just majoring in Coulter Slime 101.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to Recovering_Democrat
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 11:15:05 PM EDT · 470 of 543 ^
If she stops making personal judgments about people, I will stop making personal judgments about her.
Stop Ann Coulter Before She Bombs Again ^
Posted by sinkspur to GregoTX; monkapotamus
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 8:08:05 PM EDT · 93 of 265 ^
Coulter is not good on her feet. I know you'll tell me differently, but she's just not. She stutters, she stammers, and she giggles. Incessantly.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to tongue-tied
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 6:33:05 PM EDT · 424 of 543 ^
She has no abdominal muscles. She has no muscles at all, except in whichever hand holds a wine glass, and whichever fingers she uses to grip a cigarette. She's just emaciated.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to Jameison
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 6:01:15 PM EDT · 395 of 543 ^
I'm not attracted to women who might be lesbos or harpies. Besides, Bones doesn't hold a candle to the woman I've been married to for 28 years.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to tongue-tied
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 5:40:23 PM EDT · 363 of 543 ^
If Harpy was married, I'd speculate on the state of her marriage, since she thinks that's OK to do. But, alas, she can't seem to get a man on a bet.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to tongue-tied
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 5:24:32 PM EDT · 336 of 543 ^
Sorry if she doesn't meet YOUR definition of an attractive woman,
She doesn't. And that "attractive" label will vanish when the cigarettes and the booze catch up to her, as they will.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to Recovering_Democrat
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 5:01:03 PM EDT · 272 of 543 ^
That seems pretty personal, sinkspur. Do you know something we all don't about Ann's personal life? ;-)
Ever seen that adam's apple? Could it be that she's a transvestite? The body of a 14 year old boy, long fingers, short-term affairs with men....this is only speculation, of course, with no evidence.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to txrangerette
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 4:51:03 PM EDT · 238 of 543 ^
That's why Coulter's not married: men picture themselves on the receiving end of that and want no part of it.
NJ assemblywomen call for boycott of new Coulter book ^
Posted by sinkspur to Kenny Bunkport
On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 4:24:27 PM EDT · 143 of 543 ^
I've heard that she lives on coffee and cigarettes, which I tend to believe.
Coffee, cigarettes, and chardonnay.
What considerations of "decency" to the Leftist fanatics *deserve* in your book? The same as everyone else? Is that it?
Personally, I don't care what "insensitive" words the totalitarians are subjected to, and I don't give a damn to don a hair shirt and pound my breast over the "feelings" of a bunch of Leftist fanatics who would like nothing better than to see this country destroyed.
The enemies of human freedom don't deserve "decency." They deserve to be ridiculed, shamed, humiliated, and completely defeated. Ann Coulter didn't go far enough in describing the totalitarian swine you protect with your "decency."
LOL, sinkspur.
;-)
Good point(s).
"I didn't read it all...... but what I read was completely true."
LOL. Coulter hasn't smoked in years. Drinks maybe two glasses of red wine a day. And has been proposed to numerous times that I am aware of.
And it's nice to see you are not offended by SS's language.
It tells us everything we need to know about your current "outrage."
Too foolish to reply (to).
"It's tough for me to understand why a woman who can't snag a man on a bet would ridicule the marriages of women who had marriages, and children." ---
LOL, sinkspur.
++++++
Everything we need to know -- about you.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.