I wrote "I DID have a problem with her calling Roberts a 'closet Souter'"
Sam Hill wrote:
"Could you produce that quote?
I see it mentioned quite commonly by Coulter critics. But I've never seen that quote.
And I'm sure you don't want to misrepresent her words."
It comes from her July 25, 2005, column entitled "Souter In Roberts' Clothing" though like the famous not-quite-a-quote Al Gore-ism about inventing the Internet "closet Souter" is simply an honest condensation of what she actually wrote using a lot more words.
"It comes from her July 25, 2005, column entitled "Souter In Roberts' Clothing" though like the famous not-quite-a-quote Al Gore-ism about inventing the Internet "closet Souter" is simply an honest condensation of what she actually wrote using a lot more words."
No, it is a DIS-honest condensation. Since Coulter's complaint about Roberts was NOT he was a liberal (like Souter) but that we didn't know anything about him (like Souter).
There is a world of difference between saying that we should be wary about giving a lifetime appointment to one of the most powerful positions in the country to an unknown figure. And saying that the guy IS a liberal like David Souter turned out to be.
But I'm sure you will be careful to not misrepresent her sentiments from that column henceforth.