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Posted on 03/30/2005 1:38:36 PM PST by zerosix
Ann Coulter causes stir at KU Heckling, standing ovations interrupt right-wing commentator
By Mike Belt, Journal-World
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Conservative columnist and author Ann Coulter was greeted with a mixture of standing ovations and heckling after she took center stage Tuesday night at Kansas University's Lied Center.
As soon as she stepped up to the microphone, Coulter fired off one zinger after another about liberalism while promising to answer questions from left-wing members in the audience who could "thrash their way to a coherent thought."
"I've come to find I like liberals a lot more," Coulter said early in her speech. "They're kind of cute when they're cold, shivering and afraid."
Coulter spoke as the 37th J.A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture Series lecturer to a crowd estimated by KU officials at about 1,800 people. The lectures, which began in 1971, were established through a gift to the Kansas University Endowment Association by the Vickers family of Wichita.
Coulter received several standing ovations during her speech, but she also found herself interrupted several times by a small, scattered group of hecklers.
"I think there are some people in the audience who meant to be at the sexual reorientation class down the hall," Coulter said, in response to the heckling.
Moments later Coulter stopped and called for assistance from students when hecklers started in again and no one of authority was seen trying to stop them.
"Could 10 of the largest College Republicans start walking up and down the aisles and start removing anyone shouting?" Coulter asked. "Otherwise, this lecture is over."
Richard Gwin/Journal World-Photos
Ann Coulter speaks at the Lied Center as part of the J.A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture Series. Coulter, the 37th speaker in the series, is a right-wing commentator, attorney and author of three New York Times best-sellers.
Several people responded, leaving their seats to confront the hecklers, and verbal confrontations erupted in parts of the auditorium. One of those who answered Coulter's call was Michael Conner, a Shawnee freshman.
"All I did was say they shouldn't stop her from speaking," Conner said of confronting some audience members in the back of the auditorium.
Later, when heckling broke out again, a couple of uniformed KU Public Safety Department officers appeared and escorted about six people out of the auditorium.
Coulter resumed her critical remarks, calling Sen. Ted Kennedy a "human dirigible" and the Democrats' "spiritual leader." She also made fun of the Democrats' dalliance with filmmaker Michael Moore and former presidential candidate John Kerry, who she said got away with telling "big, fat, enormous lies."
6News video: Coulter visit riles crowd Audio: Coulter on the Democratic losses in the election Audio: Coulter on Democratic values Audio: Coulter on recent scandals Audio: Coulter dealing with hecklers and threatening to leave Audio: Coulter on the Democratic position on Iraq Audio: Coulter on Democratic foreign policy Lecture to feature right-wing commentator (03-29-05) AnnCoulter.com
Despite Kerry's loss, Democrats think their political stances and ideas just "need new labels for their bottles," Coulter said.
She also blasted the nation's judicial system for its handling of the Terri Schiavo case. "We no longer have a single check on the judiciary," she said.
Coulter's appearance spurred mixed emotions among those who came to see her. About a dozen protesters stood outside the center before her speech, carrying signs bearing quotes from her books and columns. Ron Warman Jr. dressed up in a clown suit to express his dislike of Coulter.
"I think she's a clown or a witch," the 45-year-old Lawrence man said.
Some of the protesters, such as Robert Richardson, said they were members of the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics.
Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo
Kay Wright, Lawrence, carries a copy of Ann Coulter's book "How to Talk to a Liberal." Wright hoped to get it signed for her son, Lt. Col. Kevin Wright, of Fort Knox, Ky.
"We're just not open-minded enough to like Ann Coulter," Richardson, 28, of Lawrence, said.
Others, such as Mollie Devine, 26, said she was a big fan of Coulter.
"I love her," the Lawrence woman said. "She doesn't back down. She's also funnier than the other (conservative) columnists."
Mary Anne Smith, 38, said she welcomed a chance to hear a noted right-wing conservative speak.
"We hear so much of the liberal side in Lawrence," she said. "I'm excited she came here, and this is not a very easy place to come."
John Altevogt, a conservative GOP activist from Wyandotte County, also welcomed Coulter.
"Ann Coulter is logical, rational and an independent thinker," he said. "In essence, everything the left hates in their womenfolk."
Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo
Stephanie Kirmer, 20, Lawrence, and Jim Boyd, 27, Lawrence, protest outside the Lied Center, where right-wing commentator Ann Coulter spoke Tuesday to an estimated crowd of 1,800 people.
Unhappy with controversy
Others said they were displeased with the hecklers, including brothers Richard and Alfred Dyer, who sat in front of a few hecklers they described as acting like children.
"I think they did a disservice by heckling her," Alfred Dyer, 54, Tonganoxie, said.
"She's got a right to be treated in a civilized manner," Richard Dyer, 53, Lawrence, said.
John Hoopes, 46, Lawrence, said the event reminded him of watching the "Jerry Springer Show."
Coulter was paid $25,000 for her appearance, which was paid from the Vickers endowment fund, said Toni Dixon, director of communications for the KU School of Business. State and university money were not used, she said.
Wonder if Mike Belt, Lawrence Journal-World, has ever referred to liberal speakers as "left-wing commentators"?
RULES ARE RULES!!!!!!!WE MUST HAVE PIX!!!!!!
Unacceptable! :)
I get a kick out of Ann coulter. She's balsy, brainy, feminine, and a looker. Unfortunately, alot of conservatives think she's "polarizing" the conservative agenda. Then, by all rights Dan Rather or Barbara Boxer should be "polarizing" the left's agenda. What do you think?
My favorite comment from the article.
They should've saved the heckling for the KU basketball team.
Where are the required pix?
"Society of Open-Minded Atheists And Agnostics" Um, okay...
"I think there are some people in the audience meant to be at the sexual reorientation class down the hall..." Zing!
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ballsy - yes, I get lazy with the old typing and thinking thing.
Polarizing. Certainly Whoopie's crotch grabbing was polarizing for the left. I hope she continued to play with herself.
Sometimes I think Ann Coulter can be polarizing. Sometimes I think she goes too far, but don't get me wrong: I'm a huge fan of hers.
I do too, but I wonder if the guys ever get past her short, short, skirts to ever know what she is saying. :-)
You just stuck her head on someone else's body. :-)
Every thing Ann says is calculated, when you figure that out you will understand her more.
LOL!
Ann was taking no prisoners...
Yes, we do. Although I will admit that sometimes it takes a while. A long while. And the shorter the skirt the longer the while.
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