Coulter calls 9/11 widows "witches"

The1calledTKE · #1 06-07-2006, 08:53 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Conservative author Ann Coulter sparked a storm on Wednesday after describing a group of September 11 widows who backed the Democratic Party as millionaire "witches" reveling in their status as celebrities.

"I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much," Coulter writes in her book "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," published on Tuesday, referring to four women who headed a campaign that resulted in the creation of the September 11 Commission that investigated the hijacked plane attacks.

Coulter wrote that the women were millionaires as a result of compensation settlements and were "reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis."

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DeltAlum · #2 06-07-2006, 08:59 PM

Is this a political comment, or a way to sell some books, I wonder.

The1calledTKE · #3 06-07-2006, 09:00 PM

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Is this a political comment, or a way to sell some books, I wonder.

And people think she is better than Michael Moore?

PiKA2001 · #4 06-07-2006, 09:04 PM

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And people think she is better than Michael Moore?

I dislike both. Ann is following the path of Moore in the sense that she feels the need the push the envelope further than before with each book she releases.

DolphinChicaDDD · #5 06-07-2006, 10:18 PM

I rarely get involved in political debates, but I feel the need to weigh in with this one.

The woman offended me with her apperenence on the Today show. Between her comments about the 9-11 widows and other comments, like Democrats aren't religious, shes just stepping over a line with me. And its a pretty deep line. I'm a public school teacher, it takes a lot to offend me.

GeekyPenguin · #6 06-07-2006, 10:43 PM

What religion is she? I've always wondered.

AGDee · #7 06-07-2006, 10:52 PM

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I rarely get involved in political debates, but I feel the need to weigh in with this one.

The woman offended me with her apperenence on the Today show. Between her comments about the 9-11 widows and other comments, like Democrats aren't religious, shes just stepping over a line with me. And its a pretty deep line. I'm a public school teacher, it takes a lot to offend me.

Ditto. I saw her on the Today show also and was offended also. She is an extremist and extremists always offend me, whether liberal or conservative.

valkyrie · #8 06-07-2006, 11:07 PM

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What religion is she? I've always wondered.

Church of Latter Day Bitches?

Jill1228 · #9 06-14-2006, 12:26 PM

No kidding! She needs a serious bitch slap!

I think all the 9/11 widows need to line up and give that heffa a beatdown!

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Church of Latter Day Bitches?

KSigkid · #10 06-14-2006, 01:33 PM

Whatever I think of Coulter, I didn't like Matt Lauer's interview style. Generally I think he's a good interviewer, but in this one he seemed to be on the attack from the word go. With someone as volatile as Coulter, I didn't think he needed to be quite so aggressive from the start; the interview would probably have naturally led to an aggressive tone at a later point.

It's just a pet peeve of mine in general when interviewers start an interview in attack mode.

kddani · #11 06-14-2006, 02:17 PM

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Whatever I think of Coulter, I didn't like Matt Lauer's interview style. Generally I think he's a good interviewer, but in this one he seemed to be on the attack from the word go. With someone as volatile as Coulter, I didn't think he needed to be quite so aggressive from the start; the interview would probably have naturally led to an aggressive tone at a later point.

It's just a pet peeve of mine in general when interviewers start an interview in attack mode.

Don't worry, i'm sure he'll redeem himself with his interview with Britney airing tomorrow.

AlphaFrog · #12 06-14-2006, 02:25 PM

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Don't worry, i'm sure he'll redeem himself with his interview with Britney airing tomorrow.

The words "Britney" and "redeem" never belong in the same sentence, regardless of the subject.

KSigkid · #13 06-14-2006, 02:28 PM

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Don't worry, i'm sure he'll redeem himself with his interview with Britney airing tomorrow.

Haha, probably. I tend to think Campbell Brown is the best interviewer on the show, but that's just my opinion.

DeltAlum · #14 06-14-2006, 04:24 PM

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Whatever I think of Coulter, I didn't like Matt Lauer's interview style. Generally I think he's a good interviewer, but in this one he seemed to be on the attack from the word go. With someone as volatile as Coulter, I didn't think he needed to be quite so aggressive from the start; the interview would probably have naturally led to an aggressive tone at a later point.

Remember that the interview you saw (I didn't see it) wasn't really the beginning of the interaction between Lauer and Coulter. They probably had at least a two minute (maybe more) commercial break or some other program element leading into the segment. That would be enough for her to make me agressive. (OK, read that P-ss me off)

I agree that Campbell Brown is excellent. Actually, I wish she had gotten the Couric position full time. I think Lauer is also, by and large. In either example, as was the case with Katie Couric, it's not easy to go from hard news to softball entertainment. It takes skill.

KSigkid · #15 06-14-2006, 04:47 PM

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Remember that the interview you saw (I didn't see it) wasn't really the beginning of the interaction between Lauer and Coulter. They probably had at least a two minute (maybe more) commercial break or some other program element leading into the segment. That would be enough for her to make me agressive. (OK, read that P-ss me off)

I agree that Campbell Brown is excellent. Actually, I wish she had gotten the Couric position full time. I think Lauer is also, by and large. In either example, as was the case with Katie Couric, it's not easy to go from hard news to softball entertainment. It takes skill.

That could very well be the case, although it wasn't the first time I've seen him use that interview style. I've seen him do some good ones as well, but I've also seen the aggressive streak in him.

I too thought Campbell should get the position, although I'm just glad they didn't give it to Ann Curry. I'm not a fan of her appearances on Dateline.