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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: F16Fighter
Judging by all the slackjaws cheering on Ann Coulter's idiocy, I think they would.

But go ahead, keep being obnoxious if it inflates your view of your self worth.
61 posted on 10/01/2001 10:29:55 PM PDT by Conservative til I die
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To: smorgle
Click her for entire article.

I can't believe I did that!

62 posted on 10/01/2001 10:30:44 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: BoomerBob
They are finished as a conservative magazine. Everyone drop em, email em, fax em call em and tell em to take their two face spew to the democrats site because that is what they have done. Played right into the rats hands.
63 posted on 10/01/2001 10:30:55 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: TLBSHOW
I dropped my subscription to NR after nearly 35 years when they went soft a few years back when the Brit Editor left.
64 posted on 10/01/2001 10:31:33 PM PDT by SurferDoc
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To: BoomerBob
NR has only been 'conservative thought' to the RINOS in the northeast. It is primarily 'moderated middle' to this conservative. All in all, a pretty good read, but conservative in total---hah, only to the liberals.
65 posted on 10/01/2001 10:31:34 PM PDT by d14truth
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To: Plummz
Uh-huh. Didn't Trixie's boy call for conquering Africa a few months ago? How is what Coulter said substantially different?

Ann is Christian, Goldberg is Jewish. Any questions?

66 posted on 10/01/2001 10:31:41 PM PDT by Yellow Rose of Texas
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To: BoomerBob
I might suggest to all that National Review has done more for the Coservative cause than Ann Coulter will ever be able to do

Ann Coulter has done more for the "conservative cause" in the past six years than NR has done in the last 46 years. Besides, they are obviously losing their spine and probably don't have much more to contribute. Ann is young and brilliant, and has a long future ahead of her to get even better. Out with the old, in with the new.

I would also submit the following:
Jonah Goldberg is a gifted writer himself. I wonder if he and others at NR used this controversial piece by Ann to get rid of some competition in a smarmy "office politics" - type move. There may have been some rivalry going on.
Also, I think National Review needs Ann a whole lot more than Ann needs National Review, LOL!!!

68 posted on 10/01/2001 10:32:33 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Conservative til I die
Christian bigot bashing is very OK. In fact its a moral obligation.

Who's the bigot?! Who's judging whose morals?

69 posted on 10/01/2001 10:32:38 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: KingNo155
Here's an example for your consideration: Ronald Reagan credited Buckley and National Review as saving the Republican party following the Goldwater defeat in 1964.

Additionally, a country-club Republican does not describe the many cultural stands that NR has taken from religion to abortion etc.

70 posted on 10/01/2001 10:33:00 PM PDT by BoomerBob
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas
And Goldberg is a "Girly-Boy." Any other questions?
71 posted on 10/01/2001 10:33:26 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Conservative til I die
Ann is a FReeper, remember that.
72 posted on 10/01/2001 10:33:58 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: grlfrnd
They have gay writers there as well. Barf alert! Who? John Podhoretz?
74 posted on 10/01/2001 10:34:09 PM PDT by Big Bunyip
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To: All
Ahhh, nothing like conservatives fighting with each other. Nice to see that things are starting to get back to normal.
75 posted on 10/01/2001 10:34:18 PM PDT by oldvike
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To: Slyfox
Bill Maher should not be fired. He should be deported.
76 posted on 10/01/2001 10:35:12 PM PDT by henderson field
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To: jeremiah
Shelton didn't resign, his term as head of the Joint Chiefs had expired and he is being replaced.
77 posted on 10/01/2001 10:35:19 PM PDT by SCHROLL
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To: StormEye
"National Review went down the drain of Political Correctness quite awhile ago
in my opinion. Firing Ann Coulter is their homage to the "diversity is our strength" crowd. "

Ditto that.

78 posted on 10/01/2001 10:35:26 PM PDT by ThinkNot
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To: JMJ333
How easy it would be to "convert" these folks!!

Into what? :)

79 posted on 10/01/2001 10:35:48 PM PDT by Don Joe
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To: JeanS
I do not blame Ann for beeign fired up in the heat of the moment, but the folks ay the National Review should take a second look at their decision. I think it is a little premature and hasty to dump Ann!!

It is the human factor, not the journalist who made Ann made some off line statements, in light of the tremendous distruction of the Twin Towers.I sure hope that cooler heads will prevail at the National Review head quarters.

80 posted on 10/01/2001 10:36:04 PM PDT by danmar
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