Posted on 06/22/2006 7:51:19 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Ann Coulter certainly stirred up a hornet’s nest when she accused the so-called Jersey Girls of wallowing in their widowhood. Tim Rutten, the resident media critic for the L.A. Times, accused Coulter of being cruel and tasteless. He was so outraged by what she had written and said about the quartet that, in a frenzy of self-righteousness, he then went on to describe her as a gaunt 45-year-old, an “ingénue with fangs,” and summed up her appeal as pornographic, likening it to “black leather and Nazi paraphernalia” which “have a kind of iconic status in the sadomasochistic subcultures inclined toward fetishism.” Talk about cruel and tasteless! And, frankly, it sounds to me like Mr. Rutten has dipped more than his toe into this nether world about which he writes so knowingly. For the record, I completely agree with Coulter. It’s deliberate and it’s cynical the way that liberals keep dragging out these people to espouse their leftist agenda, counting on their status as victims to not only add gravitas to their partisan drivel, but to ward off legitimate criticism.
The Jersey Girls, who might easily be mistaken for the Dixie Chicks if they could carry a tune, are only the most recent examples. We have also had Cindy Sheehan, the woman who dumped husband and young son in order to pursue her passion for nutball politics. When her soldier son, who had re-upped to do a second tour of duty in Iraq, was killed, she decided to cash in on her status as a gold star mother. Alive, she’d had no time for him, but, once dead, she wore him like a Congressional Medal of Honor.
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"Victims" rip off the government all the time. In turn, the government sticks it to the rest of us.
Nice one!
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This article points out something I've been thinking about for a while. Those Jersey witches made a big stink about there being a seperate memorial for the firemen and police. They didn't think it was fair because everyone was a hero that day. I'm sorry, and I cried from deep in my soul for those VICTIMS on that day, but you can not deny that the firemen and police were true HEROES that day. That just pissed me off and it's been bothering me since. I'm glad this author differentiates between them.
A victim dies because he or she has no choice. A hero dies when he or she could have run away but, instead, does his or her duty.
Professional victims such as the Jersey Girls will never understand that.
...hence my chosen screen name
Good article!
So well said with every word carrying maximum importance.
Mahalo
Because they have been so vocal and yes irritating, I do think about the "Jersey Girls" in a purely negative way when I hear that another soldier has died in the war. I know that loss will be as devastating for his family as the above mentioned "ladies'" loss was to them.. I also know that soldier's family will not be compensated by an extra million or so in payment.
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(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
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