Posted on 09/03/2002 2:28:07 PM PDT by SheLion
Editor's File | A letter to Coulter
Dear Ann Coulter:
You're fired.
It's not that extreme viewpoints are unwelcome on the opinion pages of the Centre Daily Times. All political viewpoints, from Cal Thomas on the right to Molly Ivins on the left, are welcome here.
But, we don't welcome haters, Ann, and that's what you are.
Well, you are either a hater or a hypocrite who calls names and spews enmity because you believe it will get your pretty face on television more or sell more copies of your best-selling books.
In either case, we won't be publishing your Friday column anymore . We decided not to publish a piece of yours a few weeks back because it was nothing more than a sexual history of some of your enemies -- i.e., private citizens who dared to give money to the Democrats.
I wrote a column about why we held the piece and told readers then that if you continued to cross the line, we'd can you.
Your Friday column, in which you declared that liberals are "no good," then trashed the entire Kennedy clan as a collection of "heroin addicts, convicted killers, cheaters, bottleggers and dissolute drunks," crossed that line. I'm not going to defend the Kennedy family or liberals; either group can argue with you if they'd like.
But, Ann, you're mean -- vicious, really -- which is why we do not believe that you in any way serve the public good.
On a late summer morning almost a year ago, all of us -- Republicans, Democrats and everyone else -- witnessed what hate is capable of.
Since that day, Americans have tried to remember that they are on the same side, regardless of differences in skin color, nation of origin, religion or political viewpoint. It has not always been easy because, more than ever, those who are different can seem more threatening. But we're trying because what we have in America is worth keeping.
And, Ann, you're not helping. You do nothing to elevate our spirits, to celebrate the great bond that holds us this unruly people together and makes us a nation.
Hate is easy; love is hard.
Our great nation gives you the freedom to hate all you want and even to make a buck off it if you can. But, even better, it gives us the right not to have to listen.
So, Ann, you're fired. I expect some of our readers are going to be mad at us over this, but we hope they'll understand that while we joyfully publish a wide spectrum of political and social viewpoints, we condemn hate where we find it.
You won't miss us much, Ann. Heck, you're rolling in money. And your fans can find your column on the Internet anyway.
We'll start looking for someone to replace you. It won't be easy because you sure are flashy and a lot of folks like flashy. But political conservatism has produced other columnists of merit whose ideas will provide subjects fit for public consumption and debate -- writers who do not believe those who disagree with them are traitors, or worse.
Sincerely,
Bob Unger, executive editor
Bob Unger can be reached by
e-mail at runger@centredaily.com or by phone at 231-4640.
Indeed, State College is an island of liberals in the central PA sea of conservatism. For those who don't know, it's a college town (PSU), most of whose residents are attached to the University. I used to cover the borough council meetings as a journalism major at PSU and I saw firsthand how the libs hold sway in everything.
I love scorched-earth politics. Therefore I love Ann. A shame the Republicowards have never heard of it.
--Boris
Mmmmmmhhhhh....I can't find anything here that is untrue.
Pray for GW and the Truth
If she hadn't made my son so happy, or birthed such lovely well mannered and educated grandchildren -- I couldn't have contained my horror...
But, we have been seeing signs of late - that this beautiful woman may be having second thoughts about turning her children over to the care of Government School brainwashers.... She is becoming SUSPECT! That is a very good sign in deed..
Can you offer any encouragement....is it possible to coexist with a liberal in the family? Or, is it possible that concern for her own children will ultimately turn her to the light of RIGHTeousness?
Semper Fi
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Typical liberal. He calls her names.... for calling other people names. DUH!!!!!
And what are you doing ?
No, Bob. Ann tells it like it is. Which is why you have to assassinate her character.
On a late summer morning almost a year ago, all of us -- Republicans, Democrats and everyone else -- witnessed what hate is capable of.
O.K. Point taken. But what we really saw was a group of hate-filled assassins murder 2,800 innocent Americans while liberals like you, Bob wrung your hands and spouted your vitriol about why exactly America deserved it.
Hate is easy; love is hard.
And I'm sure we'll need a Ph.D. professor from some secular liberal university to show us how to do this because the great unwashed scum that you hold in such contempt, Bob are so incapable of it.
. . .political conservatism has produced other columnists of merit whose ideas will provide subjects fit for public consumption and debate -- writers who do not believe those who disagree with them are traitors, or worse.
What can I say, Bob. If the shoe fits, wear it.
Best definition of a 'liberal' (leftwinger) and a Kennedy I have seen.
If it wasn't for someone who loaned Joe Kennedy's father the money for passage to the USA, the Kennedy clan would still be harvesting potatoes for the Duke of Wexford County (Ireland).
Case in point, Maureen Dowd.
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