Ann Coulter's outrageous comments on 9/11 widows
 

Ann Coulter in her new book labelled a group of 9/11 widows "harpies" who seem to be "enjoying their husbands' deaths." She also has repeated and defended her comments on various TV and Cable News programs in the last week. Even an article on the Fox News website has criticised her outrageous statements and said that Coulter has gone too far. You can see the video footage of her interview comments here along with analysis.

It's people like Ann Coulter who help set the appalling tone of politics in the USA right now. I really hope that such people in the same style as Coulter never find traction and attention to their comments within my country. Please, please Ann, if you ever undertake an international book tour, feel free to skip Australia.

Apparently Coulter is now under investigation for what is alleged to be a possible case of electoral fraud. Her response to such questions in typical Coulter fashion was that reporters were "all retarded", and she added "I think the syphilis has gone to their brains," in reference to Palm Beach officials. Charming as always from Coulter. :nope:

Anthrax Annie strikes again. Coulter's real problem with the 9/11 widows is that she can't dismiss their opinions with her typical retort that those who disagree with her are siding with the terrorists, or don't understand the implications of 9/11. So instead she resorts to levelling the same kind of charge against the 9/11 widows that her kind uses against Cindy Sheehan. In Coulter's little world having a dissenting view means that you are only doing so to profit from it (unlike Coulter, of course, who only makes her living on peddling politics).

I normally read with Anns columns with wry amusement but I do think she stepped over the line this time.

It's ok to ignore politicking widows but not disparage them.

I think she hit the nail right on the head. Think about it. Would these people be as active as they are had they're loved ones not been killed?

Effective politics requires discussion, even on those topics that are painfull for some.

And don't think I'm being heartless. Just real.

I am not a fan of hers and I don't plan to buy her book but I have no disagreement with the essence of her response, per se, other than a lack of tact, which is why I'm not a fan of hers in the first place.

Can somebody tell me who Ann Coulter actually is? I have heard the name and have seen some stuff about yankee politics that she seemed to have some sort of voice in, but I'm not so well up on american internal politics; I gather she's some kind of skinny, blond solicitor type?
UK politics being what it is, none of our lot seem to have any conviction about much of anything tbh. Whereas my observations of american poiticians (shallow and not overly informed it may be) seem to show a bunch of really quite disturbing people, both in their ideals and moral duplicity... perhaps that's only the bad ones I hear about? Whichever, on first impressions there's now way in hell I'd like to have them running my country- better the devil you know and all that. The division between Conservative and Labour seems tame compared to Republican and Democrat- would that be a fair thing to say?

If I refused to listen or talk to someone who has displayed a lack of tact, I would be a very lonely person.

I'll take (and give) tactlessness over PC anyday!

"Skinny blond solicitor type" :lol:

In a nutshell: she is a paid political commentator who makes her living defending and promoting the views of the US government (ie: she is a shill in the same mold as Michelle Malkin, only more rabid).

I agree with your observations on American politics and they about sum up my own feelings. Perhaps the divisions aren't quite so deep as they appear to us outsiders though.

Not quite. Coulter is an independant political commentator who makes her living defending and promoting the conservative political viewpoint, via, radio appearances, speaking tours and through selling books. Neither her nor Michelle Malkin are paid by the US government or work directly for the Republican party.

By work directly, i mean they may be paid for speaking engagements at Republican functions much the same way Michael Moore is paid vis-a-vis the Democratic party for similar services but none of them should be considered employees.

She sounds like a hot head full of hot air. :88)

That chick ain't right, man! :huh:

Don't worry, I live in the US and I don't even know who she is. And from the looks of it, I don't think I'll go out of my way to figure out who she is either! :)

-S

She's the conservative equivalent of Michael Moore.

C'mon! No one's that cracked!:nope: