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Coulter won't apologize for slamming 9/11 widows
Newsday ^ | June 8, 2006 | JENNIFER MALONEY AND JOSEPH MALLIA

Posted on 06/09/2006 3:19:48 AM PDT by tlb

...a town where a dozen roadways are named in honor of those who died that day, few took to New York Avenue to protest the bookstore signing of the conservative author.

Instead, a defiant Coulter was met with more than 300 spirited fans at an event broadcast live to hundreds of radio stations by conservative commentator -- and Huntington Town resident -- Sean Hannity.

Huntington Town Board member Mark Cuthbertson, publicly rebuked her as he handed over a letter. "I'm here on behalf of many of my constituents. We are disgusted with your comments," he said, drawing hoots from the crowd.

Coulter ripped up the letter to the cheers of her admirers, an action Cuthberston later said shows she is "promoting hate speech."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alfrankenapologize; anncoulter; cookies; coulter
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To: Amos the Prophet

Exactly right. Libertarians are left wing libertines who demand no restraints on their sex, drugs, and smooth jazz life styles while pilloring those of us who defend our country.



Are you sure about that "smooth jazz" thing? I see it more as classic rock or jazz fusion...


121 posted on 06/09/2006 6:13:06 AM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

Are you sure about that "smooth jazz" thing? I see it more as classic rock or jazz fusion...




Thought about it briefly - and I like smooth jazz. On a higher level of pseudosophistication I grant your correction, jazz fusion it is.


122 posted on 06/09/2006 6:15:42 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Here come I, gravitas in tow.)
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To: Gaffer

I am almost positive she has one also...I could be wrong, but I think she has her own stretch.


123 posted on 06/09/2006 6:17:14 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: durasell

Uh, she's an entertainer.
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Uh, she's a superlatively sophisticated cultural analyst.


124 posted on 06/09/2006 6:18:33 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Here come I, gravitas in tow.)
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To: Loyal Buckeye
I wasn't going to buy it, but now I feel kind of obligated to do so.


I bought it for those reasons, but I'm also sure it's going to be a fun read.
125 posted on 06/09/2006 6:18:36 AM PDT by dagoofyfoot
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Faulkner captured the southern attitude toward the war in many of his books. He also said something to the effect:
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.


126 posted on 06/09/2006 6:20:35 AM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: Kjobs
Unnecessary. A little tact would serve you well on occassions, Ann.

Shove it, apologist....

127 posted on 06/09/2006 6:24:42 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
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To: Amos the Prophet

Uh, she's a superlatively sophisticated cultural analyst.



She's not analyzing. She's advocating a very specific point of view. She's an advocate by both training and inclination. Like any lawyer making a case, her point of view is set before she puts the first words on paper/screen. And that's fine. She presents her case in an amusing way.

Conversely, an analyst looks at a thing with as little bias as possible to reach a conclusion.


128 posted on 06/09/2006 6:24:45 AM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: Doc Savage
Sorry to hear that the Chippewas (IINO'S) are RINO'S! Does she upset your poor little moderate sensibilities???????????? Aw, come here and Momma will kiss your brain boo-boo!

Like I said on another Coulter thread, Coulter threads seperates the men from the boys here on FR.

You can tell the people who don't have the stomach to fight liberals when they starting whining that Coulter went "too far" and resort to the same arguments the Left uses.

129 posted on 06/09/2006 6:29:49 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

You mean someone has to agree with her 100% of the time? I have many close friends with whom I don't agree with 100% of the time.


130 posted on 06/09/2006 6:32:12 AM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Some people just can't take it when a gal has strongly held and sometimes controversial CONSERVATIVE opinions.

Most liberal women I'm friendly with don't have opinions....they just have talking points from big brother.

131 posted on 06/09/2006 6:33:02 AM PDT by grania ("Won't get fooled again")
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To: tlb

No and she should never apologize. They are professional widows, just like MLK's wife was.


132 posted on 06/09/2006 6:36:06 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: mewzilla

The Times has Greg Packer. Newday has Weintraub.


133 posted on 06/09/2006 6:38:13 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: 54-46 Was My Number
What utter tripe. If you believe being, among other things, for increased government spending, a larger federal government, pro illegal alien, and pro-cronyism (i.e., modern Republicanism) is conservative, we've already lost the game. Why the hell even bother? And please spare us the partisan backlash as well.

Partisan backlash is the best kind!:) The Republican Party is the party of vouchers, of cutting taxes, of securing the border. To the extent that the Republcians ar an "open border" party it's in large part due to the influence of libertarians such as Tamar Jacoby who have lost the need for conservative restraints upon their utopian libertarian ideals. Conservatism means dealing with what is the case, not what we would like to be the case. Of course you're right that it's not the case that the Republican Party=conservatism. Augustine's City of God showed how no city, no nation nor any political party should ever be identified with the ideal it strives for. But, it's still the best option for non-utopian conservatives.

There's no Mike Pence offereing imaginative, constructive solutions to the border problem in the Democratic Party. There's no President Bush who bravely stepped on the "third rail" of politics to reform Social Security, either. Do I always agree with Mike Pence or Presiedent Bush? Of course not, not anymore than I think libertarians have nothing to offer the Republican Party. Representative Pence and President Bush don't always agree with each other, so it's logically impossible to agree with both all of the time. As for cronyism, I agree that's a problem--- but it's a problem for any political party anywhere with any degree of power, not a strictly Republican one, and the most forthright elected opponents of it have been Republicans like Ken Blackwell.

134 posted on 06/09/2006 6:40:11 AM PDT by mjolnir ("All great change in America begins at the dinner table.")
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To: tlb

Just damn! Ann is just awesome.


135 posted on 06/09/2006 6:40:25 AM PDT by Antoninus (I don't vote for liberals -- regardless of party.)
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To: sergeantdave

I will be the first to admit, I have a real issue with satire these days.

In my opinon, satire needs to somehow be distinguishable in some way from reality.

Liberals are SO outlandish, that there is nothing short of the introduction of Aliens from outer space that can make something recognizable as satire, and even then, there are some prominent liberals who think Karl Rove is an alien.

If it didn't make me so angry, it would be hilarious.


136 posted on 06/09/2006 6:42:14 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: grania

Now that's a good way to put it.


137 posted on 06/09/2006 6:45:09 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: sachem longrifle
The only difference i see between Ann coulter and howard dean is at least ann sides with america. Oh, and she doesnt carry the republican message

The big difference is that Ann gets her facts right.

138 posted on 06/09/2006 6:47:35 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: ncountylee

I agree, but...the point is exactly as you say, an ATF agnet is equally deserving of default respect (until, of course, you find out they were a Clinton era appointee who agrees with everything Janet Reno did...:)

The point is, everyone is deserving of default respect as a base level. You see an old guy driving down the road? You should give him default respect...he may be an elderly veteran or a father who worked his butt off raising his kids. A young woman might be a dedicated school teacher.

The point I was trying to make (and I suspect you don't disagree with me)is that EVERYONE who is unknown to you should be treated with respect.

How they act or speak when you interact with them may change that, but even if you disagree with them still doesn't mean you have license to treat them disrespectfully.

That old guy who might be a veteran who passed you on the road might cut you off or flip the bird, but that doesn't necessarily cause you to abdicate your default respect.

However, if you do things like spend all your waking hours denouncing in politically motivated, personal and sometimes vitriolic tones the very person doing the most trying to protect you (George Bush) while ignoring the people who actually caused you the harm (Al Queda), to the ADVANTAGE of the person or people who are trying to cause you harm, well, as far as I am concerned, my default respect is out the window. I am pretty tolerant, but I subscribe to freedom of speech unless it could hurt me, my family or my country.

The Jersey Girls possibly fall into all three of those categories.


139 posted on 06/09/2006 6:58:38 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: tlb

Liberal pundits say equally outrageous things all the time, Ann just gives them a taste of their own medicine.


140 posted on 06/09/2006 6:59:34 AM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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