Ann Coulter: Still Bomb N.Y. Times ( She Won't Back Down )

NewsMax ^ | 07/01/2006

[SirLinksalot]

Ann Coulter: Still Bomb N.Y. Times

Ann Coulter, whose book, "Godless, The Church of Liberalism," has reached runaway best-seller status, won’t back down on comments made about bombing the New York Times main office building in Manhattan.

Coulter’s comments are reverberating around the journalism world. This weekend, Editor & Publisher magazine featured this story: "Coulter Affirms Prevous Statement About Bombing 'NYT' Office.”

Coulter had stated that her "only regret with [Oklahoma City bomber] Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building."

She added such a bombing would have been appropriate only if Times’ reporters and editors were inside.

Editor & Publisher noted that recently Lee Salem, the head of Universal Syndicate, wrote to the publication explaining that Coulter was simply engaging in satire and did not seek violent harm to liberals.

But E&P says Coulter doesn’t feel the same way.

Asked if she would recant her "bomb the New York Times" remark by Alan Colmes during her appearance last Thursday night on Fox News, Coulter said she stood by her comment.

"No, I think the Timothy McVeigh line was merely prescient after the New York Times has leapt beyond -- beyond nonsense straight into treason, last week," Coulter said.

Coulter was referring to what she called "the latest of a long list of formerly top-secret government anti-terrorism operations that have been revealed by the Times," noting that "last week the paper printed the details of a government program tracking terrorists' financial transactions that has already led to the capture of major terrorists and their handmaidens in the U.S."

An angry Colmes shot back with sarcasm: "This is great humor. This belongs on 'Saturday Night Live.' It belongs on 'The Daily Show.'"

Despite their upset over violence talk, neither Colmes or E&P have yet to express outrage when left-leaning figures called for the killing of prominent Republicans, including:

* During the 2000 election, "The Late Show with Craig Kilborn" showed footage of George Bush while the words "Snipers Wanted" was superimposed.

* Actor Alec Baldwin appeared on "Late Night With Conan O’Brien" and called for Republican Congressman Henry Hyde and his family to be murdered. Baldwin said: "I’m thinking to myself if we were in other countries, we would all, right now, all of us together ... would go down to Washington and we would stone Henry Hyde to death! We would stone him to death! Wait! ... Shut up! No shut up! I’m not finished. We would stone Henry Hyde to death, and we would go to their homes and we’d kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families."

* Al Franken told Matt Lauer on NBC’s "Today” show that Karl Rove and Lewis Libby should be "executed." The comment drew a laugh from Lauer. Franken's comments drew no criticism from the major media, including NBC News.

[Puppage]

[muawiyah]

At last I have to disagree with Ann.

It's insufficient to have only the editors and reporters ~ we must have the stockholders (both classes), other "owners" and "stakeholders", managers, editors, writers, reporters, pressmen, systems people, advertising sales people, as well as all the associated critters from their field offices in that building first.

Then Tim McVey can do his thing.

Of course Tim is dead so this can all be seen as nothing more than hyperbole and cynical satire.

[TheDon]

AlQ certainly won't bomb the NYT. If they ever get the chance to nuke NY, they will probably call the NYT ahead of time to warn them to get out of the city. And no, the NYT will not tell anyone else.

[sauropod]

Go Annie!

[Lee'sGhost]

Like I'm gonna get upset about somebody suggesting we should off traitors to our country. Yeah, try again, libs.

[Brilliant]

Why should she back down now, after the NYT proved her correct?

[Cinnamon]

"Actor Alec Baldwin appeared on "Late Night With Conan O’Brien" and called for Republican Congressman Henry Hyde and his family to be murdered. Baldwin said: "I’m thinking to myself if we were in other countries, we would all, right now, all of us together ... would go down to Washington and we would stone Henry Hyde to death! We would stone him to death! Wait! ... Shut up! No shut up! I’m not finished. We would stone Henry Hyde to death, and we would go to their homes and we’d kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families."

I remmember this one... my jaw dropped to the floor!

[Oztrich Boy]

Thank you Ann, for making us look like crazy people

[Thombo2]

When someone on the left like Ward Churchill says the victims of 911 were "little Eichmans"and deserved to die,it's ok.When Ann speaks her mind,it's simply horrendous,gross insensitivity,etc...

[blackie]

"Thank you Ann, for making us look like crazy people"

Speak for yourself, I agree with Ann 100%!

The only people that agree with you are quislings.

[chae]

She forgot to mention the recent one, at the fundraiser for Schumer, I believe, where the guy introducing him said he wanted the shot George Bush in the forehead.

[billbears]

It's insufficient to have only the editors and reporters ~ we must have the stockholders (both classes), other "owners" and "stakeholders", managers, editors, writers, reporters, pressmen, systems people, advertising sales people, as well as all the associated critters from their field offices in that building first. Then Tim McVey can do his thing.

Ah yes, the new 'conservatism'. Death to those we disagree with. Dissent is verboten eh comrade?

I don't give a d#mn what someone says. I don't care if it makes my blood boil to hear it. There is no way to condone what she (or you) said as conservative, Christian, or civil in any manner.

Your statement is nothing more than partisanship and nationalistic fervor.

[no dems]

YOU GO ANNIE!!! I've been wishing someone would do just that.

[photodawg]

Thank you Ann, for making us look like crazy people

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Whose approval are you so desperately trying to maintain? And don't you mean sound like crazy people. Say what you will about Ann's hyperbole, she doesn't look crazy. I don't know if the same can be said for cindy sheehan.

[Non-Sequitur]

When someone on the left like Ward Churchill says the victims of 911 were "little Eichmans"and deserved to die,it's ok.When Ann speaks her mind,it's simply horrendous,gross insensitivity,etc...

Turning it around, when Churchill says stuff like the 9/11 victims deserved to die is bad, but when Coulter says people deserve to die it's just Ann being Ann?

[JamesP81]

She's just giving them a dose of their own bile...

[Non-Sequitur]

The only people that agree with you are quislings.

So your point, and Coulter's, is not that McVay was wrong to blow up men, women, and children. He just blew up the wrong ones. Oztrich Boy is right. You and she do make conservatives sound like nuts.

[Roccus]

The "..guy introducing him..." was NYC Mayor Bloomberg.

[JamesP81]

Like I'm gonna get upset about somebody suggesting we should off traitors to our country.

In fact, that's the prescribed punishment for treason.

[toddlintown]

My father used to say that if he became King of the United States, he would have all reporters killed, down to the paper boys who delivered the papers to homes back in the '60s and '70s. Then he'd pour himself another Scotch.

He and Ann would have gotten along splendidly.

[JNL]

I thought she copied the bile from someone else:


http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/copycatty_coulter_pilfers_prose__pro_nationalnews_philip_recchia.htm

[daviscupper]

I remember that also. Alec was near foaming at the mouth with anger and hatred. He could not control himself. Conan tried to take charge and sluff it off as a joke but was unable to diffuse the rage of Alec.

Hey, wasn't Alec supposed to leave the country if Dubya got elected. What is he still doing here? Oh yeah, now I remember. After the 2000 election he was going to work night and day to ensure that Dubya was not re-elected. I think he did Kerry more harm than good.

On second thought maybe it is a good thing that people like Alec stay in this country. They probably add 5-10 points to the Republican ledger on election day. Hang in there, Alec. Don't shut up. Please keep your big fat ugly face on the tube. Mug that camera and spew your filth and hatred.

[Oztrich Boy]

Speak for yourself, I agree with Ann 100%!

I usually do. And I certainly don't want a blonde with Tourette's speaking for me.

[Froufrou]

I have to say, there's no benefit to any of the 'death to [insert name here]' rhetoric. Not to mention it's quite childish, on top of serving no viable purpose. So she stooped to their level. What does it prove, aside from how low she may go?

[blackie]

This what Ann said: Coulter had stated that her "only regret with [Oklahoma City bomber] Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building."

She added such a bombing would have been appropriate only if Times’ reporters and editors were inside.

It's very appropriate for traitors to be killed, or are you in favor of treason against America?

[2ndClassCitizen]

Does Baldwin have a family? Anyone want to post pics and maps?

[IronJack]

It's not unusual in times of war for one side to use explosive ordinance against assets of the enemy. Why would anyone object to us using a bomb against the New York Times? Is it the noise? The dust? I don't understand the objection.

It's war. They're the enemy. It's pretty simple, really.

[Dazedcat]

"Thank you Ann, for making us look like crazy people"

Actually you're correct. Unfortunately the great minds here will flame you out of existence for having the nerve to say such a thing....independent thought? God forbid.

Coulter is no better than Al Franken or Alec Baldwin when she spews her garbage. Lunatics on both sides of the argument.

[blackie]

[Cinnamon]

we have Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, oh my goodness.. all powershots!

[bert]

Slay Pinch

[Cinnamon]

He used to be married to Kim Bassinger... and had a couple of kids with her I believe

[Jameison]

""Meanwhile, many of the 344 citations Coulter includes in "Godless" "are very misleading," said Barrie, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, where he specialized in pattern recognition. ""

The People's Republic of Berkley?
When is the last time anyone from that loony left institution say anything sane?
'nuff said.

[JamesP81]

I don't think anybody, and certainly not me, is advocating that we really actually do something like McVeigh did. I think Ann is using hyperbole here: she's using the same venom the libs use on the libs, and they're mad because they don't like how it tastes.

That said, the NYT did commit an act of treason. There should be an investigation.

[2ndClassCitizen]

It is regrettable but sometimes you must fight fire with fire.

The Islamic terrorists have pinpointed unarmed people as their principle targets. They refuse to negotiate and all they want is something like Hitler had.

Unfortunately or fortunately, if you are perceived as supporting people like the Islamic terrorists, then you run a real big risk. By the way where were you on 9/11. My brother was in the cloud of dust, my other brother was in a plane that took off from Logan. Both made it out OK.

I predict that it will get a whole lot uglier for terrorist sympathizers, and rightly so.

[Jameison]

"Coulter is no better than Al Franken or Alec Baldwin when she spews her garbage"

Groan.
Here we go again.
The ADS (Ann Derangement Syndrome) lunatics strike again.
You are the one that is talking all the garbage.

[JamesP81]

...she's using the same venom the libs use on the libs conservatives,

PIMF.

[Jameison]

"He used to be married to Kim Bassinger"

Who has accused him of beating her up.
But, hey, that's about par for the moonbats, isn't it?

[ExpatGator]

I think her intent is to bring the philosophy of the left to light by highlighting it via comparable statements.

All movements must have their Jonathan Swifts. They sometimes cause a stir, but are usually quite effective.

[blackie]

"That said, the NYT did commit an act of treason. There should be an investigation."

And then a public hanging!

[chae]

Oh, ok. Didn't remember.

[Feckless]

Marry me Ann!

[Froufrou]

I agree with your take on it. And, the fact that it was brought up, and will be again, merely serves to highlight and underscore the effectiveness of it. That, and the fact that the Libbies boohoo about it so...
;o)

[fish hawk]

Maybe you look crazy. Take out the "us", you don't speak for us Freepers.

[Cinnamon]

I want Ann Coulter's babies! Marry me!

[Berlin_Freeper]

The NYT published where Cheney and Rumsfeld have homes along with a picture of Rumsfeld's house which showed the location of a hidden security camera. In effect the NYT has aided the terrorists in targeting our leaders. That is unacceptable and in so doing have made themselves legitimate military targets.

In order to protect America, the military should use precision guided bombs with cameras and target their NYT office windows.

[Jameison]

"Thank you Ann, for making us look like crazy people"

Speak for yourself.
Given that The New York Slimes is functioning as the defacto Counterintelligence Depatrtment of Al Quaeda, and we are fighting a war against Al Quaeda, I am not going to lose any sleep over The evil doers at The Slimes getting bombed.
After all they supplied the intelligence to keep the wheels of Al Quaeda's finances, going very smoothly.

[motzman]

The "..guy introducing him..." was NYC Mayor Bloomberg.

I hate Bloomberg more than anyone, but the guy who actually made the comment was Alan Hevesi.

[Amelia]

Coulter was referring to what she called "the latest of a long list of formerly top-secret government anti-terrorism operations that have been revealed by the Times," noting that "last week the paper printed the details of a government program tracking terrorists' financial transactions that has already led to the capture of major terrorists and their handmaidens in the U.S."

The Times couldn't do this without the cooperation of someone within the government who is feeding them information.

Demonizing the newspaper is counterproductive.

If the government is REALLY worried about these stories, it will find & prosecute the person responsible for the leaks.

Coulter ought to be smart enough to figure that out.