Ohhhhhhhhhhhh God Save Us From These Two Idiots!!!!!!!!!!
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.
Wish I had said that.
Nailed it.
The guy equated Ann with the perps of 09/11. Get a grip.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh God Save Us From These Two Idiots!!!!!!!!!!
Im with you. I cant even take Ann in sporadic episodes. She so lacks confidence in her argument that she continuously feels the need to belittle others withwhom she disagrees. If Ann wasnt blonde, thin, and somewhat attractive to guys who arent getting any, she wouldnt be noticed.
Form your own friggen argument. Such as??
My comments did not have to do with the article at hand as you can see this thread has become another referendum on Ann herself. The comments I responded to were rebukes of posters who weren't big fans of Ann.
As far as what the editor wrote, he can hire and fire who he pleases, why he chose to write this scribe is beyond me.
Don't waste the good snide comments on the wrong target ;-)
Do you really think we need more like Ann? Frankly I question that. Most conservatives minds are made up as are most liberals. Neither side is going to change. That leaves the dredded independents. What do independents hate more than anything? Politicians yelling at each other, negative advertising, vicious attacks. That doesnt wash with them so who is Ann really reaching? The teenager who cant or wont vote but he digs the babe???? Get real, Ann loses us more votes than she gains.
So, Mr. Unger (may I call him Felix, only because the irony is too delicious???) decides to label her hateful because, YEE-GADS!!!, she actually speaks her mind. As has been pointed out in this thread, we could refer to literally dozens upon dozens of liberal twits who have spewed nothing BUT hate, lies, innuendo, slurs, character assassination, insults.........you name it............at Conservatives (oh yes, especially if you're white and.........worse........Christian). THAT......that's ok.
Well, Unger, never heard of your pissant Web site and I am a devoted Conservative who spends FAR more time on the Internet than one man should.....and a man who is a true news junkie. You're a fart in a windstorm, dude, and no one gives a flying fiddler's damn what you think, let alone what you think about Ann Coulter.
I guess some people so lack confidence in their argument that they feel the need to ascribe someone's very real and tangible success to her appearance and to her audience's hormones.
Hee. ;-)
Let those Kennedys who claim otherwise step forward.
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