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National Review Cans Columnist Ann Coulter
Washington Post ^ | 10/2/01 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 10/01/2001 10:00:14 PM PDT by Jean S

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Even by her usual incendiary standards, Ann Coulter's response to the terrorist attacks was something of a jaw-dropper.

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity," the conservative commentator declared in her column on National Review Online.

Those words created an uproar at the Web site, which refused to run a follow-up piece in which Coulter singled out what she called "swarthy males." She promptly began bad-mouthing National Review, which responded by axing her as a contributing editor.


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To: Doctor Stochastic
NR doesn't need her or her bony legs.
381 posted on 10/02/2001 9:03:44 AM PDT by TN Republican
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To: Prodigal Daughter
The people in post #31 are "leaders?"

I have no problem with missionary work, but its going to take a lot more than just showing up and proclaiming our faith to get that ball rolling...even if we did go in and "kill all their leaders." *g*

382 posted on 10/02/2001 9:07:44 AM PDT by JMJ333
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To: NYCVirago
I think Maher's comments were incredibly stupid, but I appreciate people who are honest. I would rather have a principled leftist who defends outright communism, than a lukewarm conservative who is afraid to stand for anything. I don’t care that NR canned Ann, and I don’t care that advertisers left Maher. That is the way it is supposed to work.

However, our enemies view this as a holy war while we sit around debating the least offensive way to name it. These people are determined to destroy our country and they won’t stop until every one of us or them is dead. And every single one of them is Muslim. That’s not racist, or even sectarian, but FACT.

Muslim extremism is a terminal cancer that the patient is comfortable with. How many Muslim clerics have you heard issue a fatwah against these murderers? How many “moderate” countries will not stand against this evil? Is their inaction motivated by cowardice or complicity? The latter is more often the case then we would like to admit.

383 posted on 10/02/2001 9:10:16 AM PDT by antidisestablishment
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384 posted on 10/02/2001 9:11:44 AM PDT by Old Fud
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To: Conservative til I die
I think I get it. I see FReepers being huge hypocrites. If it were Molly Ivins saying "We need to bomb those Christians and convert the idiots to secularism ASAP!" the FReepers would be whining and calling for boycotts. But because its a conservative, and most of the FReepers happen to be fundamentalists anti-every religion but theirs, they go "tee hee, ain't it funny!" about Coulters idiocy.

Hear, hear. For further proof of FR hypocrisy, check out the thousands of posts calling for Bill Maher's head. By the way, one of the guests on a recent PI -- the show with Ann Coulter on it -- had this to say about Maher's and Coulter's 'problems':

"Never attempt subtlety in an undeveloped nation. And I'm afraid, based on what I've seen happen to Bill and Ann, America is becoming an undeveloped nation."

It cuts both ways, FReepers.

385 posted on 10/02/2001 9:12:37 AM PDT by nicknack
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To: BamaG,JohnHuang2
I WILL FREEP ALL THREADS PUT UP HERE WITH NATIONAL REVIEW AS THE SOURCE AND I ASK JohnHuang2 TO HELP AND ALL OTHERS.

EITHER YOU ARE WITH US OR AGAINST US...........WE ALL HANG AS ONE.........

386 posted on 10/02/2001 9:14:00 AM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: TLBSHOW
Lithium level recently?
387 posted on 10/02/2001 9:18:33 AM PDT by Kay
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To: Polonius
Bump to #154.
388 posted on 10/02/2001 9:19:03 AM PDT by TN Republican
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To: All
Thanks to Libertarian Liz who posted Goldberg's original articles on Africa. After re-reading them I will state that there are substantial differences between Goldberg's articles and Coulter's. Clearly Goldberg is advocating nation-building (or in this case, continent-building) whereas Coulter's column invites comparisons to forced conversions.

What suprises me about this thread is the number of people who have raised Ann Coulter to the status of a demi-god. She has many insightful comments but I would hardly classify her as the leader of the conservative movement. She makes poor decisions just like any other conservative--let's not hold her out to be perfect. I respect the fact that Ann was probably lashing out following the death of her friend Barbara Olson but other NR contributors knew Barbara as well and did not write similiar articles.

To those who keep reminding me and others that we are at war-- Do you think that you are in on some secret that the rest of us don't know about? Some things do change in wartime, agreed, but that doesn't mean that we abandon all our principles of fairness and reason (that is why the U.S. is morally superior to our enemies) to accomplish military objectives.

The "firing" of Coulter has been labelled a PC move by NR, yet she was the one who ran to television claiming to be a victim of censorship. That strikes me as a Liberal, PC tactic.

389 posted on 10/02/2001 9:19:30 AM PDT by BoomerBob
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To: ALL THE UNDERGROUND RATS ARE NOW WATCHING AND ATTACKING ANN
ender (468 posts) Oct-02-01, 10:48 AM (ET) 39. "wow... they really are insane on teh other side..." http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3bb949de2bc1.htm its fun watching a house of cards collapse. really, it is.

Hi Bingo

Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top DrGonzoLives (943 posts) Oct-02-01, 10:55 AM (ET) 41. "Those people are sad" Some of them even have a thing for her....

===================================== "It is not whether you get knocked down, it is whether you get back up." - Vince Lombardi

"She was practiced at the art of deception/Well, I could tell by her bloodstained hands..." - The Rolling Stones

Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top radfringe (237 posts) Oct-02-01, 10:59 AM (ET) 44. "not an unexpected reaction" to seeing one's idol crash and burn. Just picture the same reaction a thousand times over for this scenario.... plant a rumor on the freeper board that Limbaugh's show will be canceled

*********** Secrecy breeds Tyranny "...all Americans need to watch what they say, watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks like that; there never is." Ari Fleischer, Bush Press Secretary

http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=list_threads&om=5416&forum=DCForumID5#39

390 posted on 10/02/2001 9:26:43 AM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: TLBSHOW
You are a hormone-saturated idiot.
391 posted on 10/02/2001 9:28:43 AM PDT by TN Republican
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To: JeanS
Ann needs to slow down sometimes, thats all. I agree with what she says, but she is on KSFO ALL THE TIME and 49% of the words that come out of ther mouth are "um," "uh," "ah," and "eh."

Take a breath Annie!

392 posted on 10/02/2001 9:29:19 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod
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To: JeanS
Oh well,,... I guess she still has a job at Macdonalds!


393 posted on 10/02/2001 9:31:06 AM PDT by Hillary makes me Hot
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To: TN Republican
FROM THE LOOKS OF THIS THREAD I AM IN GOOD COMPANY

THANKS

394 posted on 10/02/2001 9:31:21 AM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: Conservative til I die
"for some of us that are Christians, the rapture is nonsense."

What Bible are YOU reading?
Or do you think God was lying when He talks about the end times?
Or maybe you don't think that the Bible is the unerring Word of God.
And if that is the case, you are not a "Christian", despite what you may call yourself.

396 posted on 10/02/2001 9:38:14 AM PDT by Psalm 73
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To: BoomerBob
What suprises me about this thread is the number of people who have raised Ann Coulter to the status of a demi-god.

Agreed. I watched her appearances during the election "recount," and while she was feisty, her arguments were often irrational. Pitted against intelligent, well-spoken liberals, she was often on the losing end of the debate.

We're sitting on a powder keg now with the potential of igniting the entire world; we need professional firemen, not someone who insists on playing with matches.

397 posted on 10/02/2001 9:45:02 AM PDT by browardchad
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To: WileyCoyote22
National Review 'claims' to be a conservative site but anybody who has seen Kristol on FOX knows that they are just a bunch of Liberals. Screw the Review, boycott them by not going to thier site and not posting any articles on FR from them.

I agree with you on Bill Kristol, but he is editor of the Weekly Standard, and doesn't work for National Review.

398 posted on 10/02/2001 9:50:15 AM PDT by NYCVirago
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To: JeanS
Who reads National Review? Who reads Ann Coulter? Does anyone really go to either of these sources for information/insight? Just wondering.
399 posted on 10/02/2001 9:55:40 AM PDT by Huck
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To: winstonchurchill
Funny how "Richie Rich" Lowry fired her, then left Goldberg to take the heat....ROTFLOL
400 posted on 10/02/2001 10:01:54 AM PDT by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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