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.
She could pick and choose talented conservatives and present their columns. She could promote the magazine on the television show she should be doing. Fox is really dropping the ball not having Ann. The sky is the limit for this lady, she's is inspiring enough to reach those non-voters and send them any direction she wants to with enough face time for her to be a household word.
Ivins doesn't seem to realize how foolish she can come across. Just a few months ago I was reading one of her columns about how Israel should (essentially) give terrorists whatever they want, so they can have peace. Hey, said Molly, it worked for Northern Ireland. A week later, a bomb went off in Northern Ireland. I laughed myself right out of a chair. But really, you'd think after her infamous book "Shrub: the short political life of George W. Bush" she'd have learned to shut up. Oh, I hope he gets a second term, just to rub it in. HA!!
Don't waste time with |confused| (a.k.a. "amused").
Please note the absolute value signs "| |" .
;-(
She was my dearest friend.
Sure and I teach my child never to hit anyone or call them names. But I also teach him to defend himself when attacked.
That's what Coulter is doing.
So you hate her hate? The intolerance of intolerance?
Bob, you're just a politically correct liberal who will not allow others to express how they feel unless their views line up with yours.
If you were in control of our First Amendment rights, how long would Free Speech continue?
Could it possibly be any more obvious that Bob Unger is a bitter, humorless, liberal scumbag who simply cannot stand the truth about his political party? LOL, what a crybaby.
BUMP
It's not about "lemmings", its about trashing your won. And I can think of a lot of people who deserve it far more than she.
It's because of people like her getting trashed that practically all the republican party consists of is a bunch of cowards who go along with the dems every chance they get.
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