National Review Cans Columnist Ann Coulter

Washington Post ^ | 10/2/01 | Howard Kurtz

[Jean S]

Even by her usual incendiary standards, Ann Coulter's response to the terrorist attacks was something of a jaw-dropper.

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity," the conservative commentator declared in her column on National Review Online.

Those words created an uproar at the Web site, which refused to run a follow-up piece in which Coulter singled out what she called "swarthy males." She promptly began bad-mouthing National Review, which responded by axing her as a contributing editor.

[gumbo]

National Review went down the drain of Political Correctness quite awhile ago in my opinion

They've been publishing John Derbyshire for a long time now. Hardly P.C. there.

If anything, he's more caustic than Ann.

[lavaroise]

Ann is right and she smells the American business cowardiness from miles away.

[FrogMom]

I thought Ann's words, although soothing to our angry souls, were incendiary.

Where was the editor? Was the article not run through some body at the web-site for review? If the thing was written at the height of her grief for her friend, the web-site MUST take some responsibility for allowing it to reach the light of day.

[jammer]

You're too young to remember, but D.Keith Mano, for my money, was the best of the lot (except James Burnham). What a lineup they've had. Coulter is loved by many here because she is aggressive and smart. But she can't compare to those two or to the people you listed.

[truthkeeper]

What a wonderful screenname you have.

[steve-b]

On Maher's ABC show, Coulter accused National Review of having "censored" her by refusing to run the follow-up column.

I see that the blonde roots are about four inches deep.

[WaterDragon]

We don't need more hysteria right now. The Lefties and the neo-Nazis provide sufficient. Good riddance to Coulter.

[TKEman]

Well, I think she has been a bit extreme in her comments. However, considering the circumstances, I'd give her a pass.....

[subterfuge]

"Christian bigot bashing is very OK. In fact its a moral obligation."

If "Conservative til I die" is really a Christian as he says he/she is, he needs to go over the part in the Bible that says "judge not, lest ye be judged." There is also a verse about bad mouthing other Christians but I can't recall the specific book.

[vrwc54]

From the article:

Coulter's column, distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, is carried by several Web sites and 50 newspapers, including the Washington Times (which did not run the columns on terrorism).

Are you going to boycott the Washington Times too? They censored Coulter.

[Plummz]

You're asking me to answer my own question and then offering to discuss something else in exchange. Pass.

[tomkat]

all it takes is for him to pout even once and Mommie Dearest...

eeuwwww - waaay nasty visual BD J

but trixie must be proud, ehh ?

[Plummz]

Maybe, but that's also beside the point of my simple query.

[7thson]

Today is the first day I have heard about her being fired from NR. How ironic! I see conservative pundits on TV stating that Bill Maher should not be fired or punished for his remarks and yet Ann Coulter gets canned. What a bunch of dummies. Reminds me when Samual Francis' column was booted out of the Washington Times several years back. And what's with these people at NR anyway. Did Ann just happen to sneak her column past the editors? Did any editor see the column beforehand and say 'hey - this seems a little harsh.' No - they probably liked it and now are unwilling to take the heat. Spineless!

[subterfuge]

"Hey, for some of us that are Christians, the rapture is nonsense. But then again, I don't send my paycheck into the preacher with the Kentucky Fried hairdo on TV with the 1-900 number either."

Your theology is incorrect. With all due respect, do you believe in the Bible or don't you? Sadly, many "Christians" only see what they want to see in the Bible.

[Daveinyork]

I no longer subscribe to National Review. After canning Buchannan, they have pretty much taken up his positions on immigration, and that from a magazine run by an Irish immigrant, John O'Sullivan.

[subterfuge]

"sadly many of the posters show their asses"

You sir, are lost. Its obvious your a man, as women are rarely as hateful as you, Christian or otherwise.

[Zviadist]

National Review firing someone for being too pro-war. Now I've seen everything.

(Actually, I am sure they fired her for daring to criticize them. They have a history of extreme intolerance.)