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| '''Ann Hart Coulter''' (born ], ]) is a controversial ] ] ], ], ], former litigator with the ], and "relentlessly combative"<ref></ref> | |||
| ] ] who frequently appears on national television and radio programs, and who frequently speaks on college campuses and at other events. <ref>, Young America's Foundation, retrieved ] ].</ref> | |||
| She writes and speaks in a highly combative style: | |||
| :"Coulter's approach is not so much take no prisoners as capture one's opponents, string them up with piano wire, machine-gun them until all movement has ceased and then fire a celebratory volley into the air." | |||
| == Biography == | |||
| Ann Coulter was born in ]<ref>Cloud, John. "Ms. Right". ''Time''. ], ]: "Ann Hart Coulter was born in New York City on Dec. 8, 1961"</ref>, and later raised in ], in a family she describes as "]"; she has described her attorney father as a "union buster". <ref>, ''The Guardian'', ] ], retrieved ] ].</ref> She owns homes in New York and Florida. <ref>, ''New York Daily News'', ] ], retrieved ] ].</ref> | |||
| Coulter has described herself as a "]" who likes to "stir up the pot" and makes no pretense at being "impartial or balanced, as broadcasters do." <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April06/coulter.pre.dea.html | title= Conservative pundit Ann Coulter '84 to speak May 7 | publisher=Cornell University Chronicle Online | author=Daniel Aloi | date=April 17, 2006}}</ref> She is known for her expressed disdain for the ] and ]. | |||
| ===Education and early legal career=== | |||
| As an undergraduate at ], Coulter helped launch a conservative newspaper, '']'', and was a member of the ] national ].<ref>, ] ], retrieved ] ].</ref><!--PLEASE SEE THE SITE'S DESCRIPTION BEFORE CHANGING THIS TO "SORORITY"-->She graduated ] from Cornell in ], and received her ] from the ], where she achieved membership in the ] (an honor society for academic excellence) and was an editor of '']''.<ref> — Coulter's Profile</ref> At Michigan, Coulter founded a local chapter of the ] and was trained at the ].<ref>]. "" </ref> | |||
| After law school, Coulter ] for ] of the ], and was an ] in the ] for outstanding law school graduates. After a short time in private practice in New York City, Coulter worked for the United States ], where she handled crime and immigration issues for Senator ] of Michigan. She later became a litigator with the ] in ], a ] conservative/libertarian public interest law firm dedicated (according to its website) "to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments" by means of "aggresive litigation and publicity." | |||
| ===Religious views=== | |||
| Coulter openly professes her ] religious beliefs. At one public lecture she proclaimed her faith in Jesus Christ, saying: "I don't care about anything else: Christ died for my sins and nothing else matters." ] magazine's John Cloud reported that he attended a service at ] in New York City with Coulter, where she worships and often brings guests. <ref>Max Blumenthal. "". ], ].</ref> | |||
| When asked during an interview about the morality of non-marital sex, she replied: "Christians are the most tolerant people in the world—because we know there's original sin. We know people do bad things. But it seems to me it's a much worse thing to go around saying that it isn't a sin to commit a sin. I mean—at least feel guilty about it." | |||
| She has stated that her Christian faith "fuels everything" she writes, and that it particularly fuels her book ''Godless.'' In that book, Coulter says in a footnote, "Throughout this book, I often refer to Christians and Christianity because I am a Christian and I have a fairly good idea of what they believe, but the term is intended to include anyone who subscribes to the ] of the God of ], including ]s and others." Coulter has stated: "Although my Christianity is somewhat more explicit in this book (''Godless''), Christianity fuels everything I write. Being a Christian means that I am called upon to do battle against lies, injustice, cruelty, hypocrisy—you know, all the virtues in the church of liberalism." | |||
| In a commentary on Mel Gibson's film "]" she wrote: "Being nice to people is, in fact, one of the incidental tenets of Christianity (as opposed to other religions whose tenets are more along the lines of 'kill everyone who doesn't smell bad and doesn't answer to the name Mohammed')."<ref>, ''townhall.com'', ] ]</ref> | |||
| Coulter also quotes Christian ] in her work. ''Godless'' begins with: "They exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the creator.... Therefore, God gave them up to passions of dishonor, for their females exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature. — Romans 1:25-26", and each chapter of the book begins with a quote from Christian scriptures. | |||
| == Media career == | |||
| ===Television and films=== | |||
| ] | |||
| Coulter's first national media appearance came after she was hired in 1996 by ] as a legal correspondent. She was fired the next year after an exchange with Bobby Muller, president of the anti-war group Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, during which she said, "No wonder you guys lost." <ref>(MSNBC's NewsChat, October 11, 1997)</ref> | |||
| She has made frequent guest appearances on television, including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and the ]'s '']''. | |||
| Coulter has starred in four movies. She made her first movie appearance in 2004, when she appeared in three movies. The first was was '''', which was a made for TV documentary on the "24-Hour News Revolution". The other two movies were '']'', a ] documentary designed to rebut ]'s '']'', and '''', a documentary on Coulter containing clips of interviews and speeches. | |||
| In 2005, Coulter appeared as one of a three person judging panel in '']'', a Four-part interactive television event for the ] hosted by ]. Starting with 100 nominees, each week interactive viewer voting eliminated candidates. | |||
| ===Books=== | |||
| Coulter is the author of five books. All have appeared on '']'' ]. | |||
| Her first book, '']'' (ISBN 0895261138), was published by ] in 1998. The book details Coulter's case for the ] of President ]. | |||
| Her second book, '']'' (ISBN 1400046610), published by ] in 2002, remained number one on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for seven weeks. In ''Slander'', Coulter argues that President ] faced an unfair battle for positive media coverage. | |||
| Her third book, '']'' (ISBN 1400050308), also published by Crown Forum, defends the presidency of ] and claims Democratic politicians and the media have treasonously undermined ] ]. She also claims that ] was correctly identified by ] as a ]. ''Treason'' was published in 2003, and spent 13 weeks on the Best Seller list . | |||
| Crown Forum published a collection of Coulter's columns in 2004 as her fourth book, '']: The World According to Ann Coulter'' (ISBN 1400054184). | |||
| Coulter's fifth book, published by Crown Forum in 2006, is '']'' (ISBN 1400054206). Coulter argues, first, that liberalism rejects the idea of God and reviles people of faith, and second, that it bears all the attributes of a religion itself. ''Godless'' debuted at #1 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. | |||
| ===Columns=== | |||
| ", '']'', ], ]. "My feet are the size of the Atlantic Ocean, and my head is the size of a tiny little ant."</ref>]] | |||
| Coulter's weekly ] ] for ] is printed in more than 100 newspapers nationwide, and linked to by many ] websites, including ] and ]. Her syndicator says "Ann's client newspapers stick with her because she has a loyal fan base of conservative readers who look forward to reading her columns in their local newspapers." | |||
| Several websites contain archives of Ann Coulter columns from its earliest days to the present. | |||
| Coulter also writes a weekly legal column in the conservative magazine '']'' in which she discusses judicial rulings, constitutional issues and legal matters affecting Congress and the executive branch. Coulter was the subject of a ] cover story in ] ]. | |||
| In 2001, as a contributing editor and syndicated columnist at the '']'' (NRO) Coulter was asked by editors to make changes to a piece written in 2001 soon after the ] in which her friend ] had been killed. On the national television show '']'', Coulter accused NRO of ] and claimed she was paid $5 per article. NRO dropped her column and terminated her. ], editor-at-large of NRO, said, "We did not 'fire' Ann for what she wrote. ... We ended the relationship because she behaved with a total lack of professionalism, friendship, and loyalty".<ref name=13laffaire>Jonah Goldberg, "", '']'' Online, ], ]</ref> | |||
| On ], ], Coulter's syndicated column was dropped by the ] newspaper ''Arizona Daily Star''. David Stoeffler, the editor and publisher said, "We've decided that syndicated columnist Ann Coulter has worn out her welcome. Many readers find her ], bombastic and mean-spirited. And those are the words used by readers who identified themselves as conservatives."<ref>{{cite news|last = Stoeffler|first = David|title = Opinion pages get a makeover|date = ]|publisher = ]| url=http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/opinion/90500.php}}</ref> Despite this sentiiment, '']'' magazine wrote that she "hasn't lost any of her 100-plus newspaper clients, or the support of her syndicate, ]," despite the swirl of negative press that has accompanied the release of her latest and most controversial book, ''Godless''. | |||
| Coulter contracted with '']'' to cover the ], but was replaced by Jonah Goldberg after an editing disagreement. She wrote one article that began, "Here at the Spawn of ] convention in ]...", and referred to some unspecified female attendees as "], no make-up, natural fiber, no-bra needing, sandal-wearing, hirsute, somewhat fragrant ] chick pie wagons." The newspaper declined to print the article, and .<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/26/politics/main631949.shtml | title=USA Today Drops Ann Coulter | date=July 26, 2004 | publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| ==Political activities== | |||
| In addition to her frequent media appearances and popular writings about politics and political beliefs, Coulter's political activities have ranged from considering a run for Congress to advising a plaintiff suing the president. | |||
| === The Paula Jones - Bill Clinton case === | |||
| Coulter debuted as a public figure shortly before becoming an unpaid legal advisor for the attorneys representing ] in her ] suit against President ]. | |||
| Coulter disagreed with the lead lawyer, Joseph Cammaratta, who advised Jones that her case was weak and to settle it. (Daley, 1999) From the onset, Jones had sought an apology from Clinton at least as eagerly as she sought a settlement.<ref>Barak, Daphne. . '']''. ], ].</ref> However, Coulter said she believed the case was strong, that Jones was telling the truth, that Clinton should be held publicly accountable for his misconduct, and that a settlement would give the impression that Jones was merely interested in ] money from the President. (Daley, 1999) | |||
| David Daley, who wrote the interview piece for the '']'' recounted what followed: | |||
| {{cquote|Coulter played one particularly key role in keeping the Jones case alive. In '']'' reporter ]'s new book ''Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story'', Coulter is unmasked as the one who leaked word of Clinton's "distinguishing characteristic" — his reportedly bent ] that Jones said she could recognize and describe — to the ]. Her hope was to foster mistrust between the Clinton and Jones camps and forestall a settlement...<P> | |||
| I thought if I leaked the distinguishing characteristic it would show ] in negotiations. Bob Bennett would think Jones had leaked it. Cammaratta would know he himself hadn't leaked it and would get mad at Bennett. It might stall negotiations enough for me to get through to Susan Carpenter-McMillan to tell her that I thought settling would hurt Paula, that this would ruin her reputation, and that there were other lawyers working for her. Then 36 hours later, she returned my phone call.<P> | |||
| I just wanted to help Paula. I really think Paula Jones is a hero. I don't think I could have taken the ] she came under. She's this poor little country girl and she has the most powerful man she's ever met hitting on her sexually, then denying it and smearing her as president. And she never did anything tacky. It's not like she was going on TV or trying to make a buck out of it.(1999)}} | |||
| Coulter also told Isikoff, "We were terrified that Jones would settle. It was contrary to our purpose of bringing down the President." | |||
| The case went to court after Jones broke with Coulter and her original legal team, and was summarily dismissed. The judge ruled that even if her allegations proved true, Jones did not show that she had suffered any damages, stating "plaintiff has not demonstrated any tangible job detriment or adverse employment action for her refusal to submit to the governor's alleged advances. The president is therefore entitled to summary judgment on plaintiff's claim of quid pro quo sexual harassment", and dismissed the case. Clinton settled with Jones for $850,000 in exchange for not ] the decision. The Jones lawsuit led to the ]. Coulter wrote a book critical of Clinton called '']''. | |||
| ===Potential congressional run=== | |||
| In 2000, Coulter considered running for ] from ] on the ] ticket to serve as a ] in order to throw the seat to the Democratic ] and see that Republican Congressman ] failed to gain re-election, as a punishment for Shays' voting against the ] of President ]. The leadership of the ], after meeting with Coulter, declined to endorse her. As a result, her self-described "total sham, media-intensive, third-party ] campaign" did not take place.<ref></ref> <ref></ref> | |||
| == Allegations of improper acts == | |||
| ===Registration and voting=== | |||
| Coulter is under investigation by election officials in ] for filing an inaccurate ] form in June 2005. Government documents indicate she provided her ]'s address instead of her own home address. On ], ], the '']'' reported that elections officials had given Coulter 30 days to explain the inaccuracy. | |||
| According to one news account, poll worker Jim Whited recalled that Coulter tried to vote in the February 7, 2006, town council election at Bethesda-by-the-Sea, where she should vote based on her actual address. Although Coulter initially tried to vote in the proper location, Coulter left the precinct as soon as Whited inquired about the discrepancy in her address and voting precinct. She then cast her ballot at precinct that matched the address on her registration, which was actually the incorrect location, St. Edward's precinct. <ref> | |||
| </ref> | |||
| Knowingly voting in the wrong ] in the state of Florida is a ]. | |||
| ===Coulter's Plagiarism=== | |||
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| Coulter has been accused of several instances of ]. Coulter's ], ] column titled "Thou Shall Not Commit Religion" was shown to have segments taken almost verbatim from several sources including The Flummery Digest, Jeff Jacoby's 1995 ] article, and the magazine Counterpoint.<ref> by John Byrne at ]</ref> | |||
| In a July 2, 2006 article in the '']'', ], creator of the ] plagiarism-recognition system said that three passages in Godless and two of her columns include material that is substantially similar to content from other sources.<ref name=postplag>{{cite news | |||
| |first = Phillip | |||
| |last = Recchia | |||
| |url = http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/copycatty_coulter_pilfers_prose__pro_nationalnews_philip_recchia.htm | |||
| |title = Copycatty Coulter Pilfers Prose: Pro | |||
| |work = New York Post | |||
| |publisher = NYP Holdings | |||
| |date = July 2, 2006 | |||
| |language = English | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| *"Barrie told ''The Post'' that one 25-word passage from the ''Godless'' chapter titled 'The Holiest Sacrament: Abortion' appears to have been lifted nearly word for word from ] literature published at least 18 months before Coulter's 281-page book was released. | |||
| *A separate, 24-word string from the chapter 'The Creation Myth' appeared about a year earlier in the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' with just one word change - "stacked" was changed to "piled." | |||
| *The Post had asked his company to put Coulter's book and the past 12 months of columns through his program. But his staffers stopped before completing the task--"we gave up after awhile, we'd seen enough," he explained. The many examples added up to "advanced plagiarism," he said, the kind of stuff that would "flunk any English student." | |||
| Coulter's has not responded directly to the charges raised. Her only response was to attack the New York Post saying that "It's New York's second-crappiest paper." <ref> from ]</ref> | |||
| Editor & Publisher wrote: | |||
| :Universal Director of Communications Kathie Kerr, when contacted by E&P, said she called Barrie on Wednesday morning and left him a message asking him for a copy of his report. "Once we see a copy of the report, we'll be happy to comment on the findings," she added. "We take allegations of plagiarism very seriously." E&P has also left a message for Barrie, who appeared on MSNBC late Wesnesday. | |||
| Othe web reporters have noted that Coulter's ], ] column titled "Thou Shall Not Commit Religion" was shown to have segments taken almost verbatim from several sources including The Flummery Digest, Jeff Jacoby's 1995 ] article, and the magazine Counterpoint.<ref> by John Byrne at ]</ref> | |||
| Still more plagiarism has been pointed out: In chapter 1 of ''Godless'', Coulter makes reference to a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River in Maine halted by the discovery of a previously believed extinct plant. <ref></ref> Her sentence is an almost direct copy of one found in an article from the ''Portland Press Herald''.<ref> #38</ref> In the same chapter, Coulter references an attack on the Alaskan pipeline. Her sentence is similar to one from the ''History Channel''.<ref></ref> Neither source is given attribution by Coulter. | |||
| == Notable Controversies == | |||
| Coulter courts ]. | |||
| ===Criticism of her style=== | |||
| Although she is in constant demand on the US lecture circuit<ref></ref> and has had a string of best-selling books, her style grates on some in her audience, including fellow Conservatives. Arnold Beichman reviewed her book '']'' | |||
| in the '']'', writing that he "tried to read Miss Coulter's book and failed. Life is too short to read pages and pages of rant."<ref>Arnold Beichman, "", '']'', ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Factual disputes=== | |||
| Liberal ] ] questions the factual accuracy of her books, and is critical of her use of numerous ].<ref>{{cite book|author = Franken, Al | title=]|publisher = Dutton Books|year = 2003|id = ISBN 0525947647}}</ref> Others have investigated these charges, with equivocal results. <ref>Michael Scherer and Sarah Secules. . 2002.</ref> Coulter responded to these and similar criticisms in a column called "Answering my Critics."<ref>Ann Coulter, "", ''Jewish World Review'', ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Speeches at college campuses=== | |||
| Coulter has been the subject of several protests when speaking on ] ]es. | |||
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| ;Victim of pie throwers at the University of Arizona | |||
| On one occasion, during an appearance at ], a ], splattering her and causing an estimated $3000+ worth of damage to a "] ]''] ]" stage backdrop. The two perpetrators were charged with criminal damage, and one of them later said "we were throwing pies at her ideas, not at her."<ref name="pieing">{{cite news | title = "Al Pieda" Targets Ann Coulter | pages = 3 | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1022042coulter3.html | accessdate = 2006-07-04}}</ref> | |||
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| ;Speech at the University of Connecticut | |||
| In another instance, Coulter was heckled while speaking at a crowd of 2,600 at the ] to the point that she ended her speech early and began to take questions from the audience, remarking that "I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am." A student said of the rowdy crowd, "It really appalled me that we're not able to come together as a group and listen to a different view in a respectful environment." <ref>Shelly K. Wong, "", '']'', ], ].</ref> | |||
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| ;Remarks about Justice Stevens at Philander Smith College | |||
| Speaking at ] in ], ], on January 26, 2006, Coulter said of United States Supreme Court Justice ]: "We need somebody to put rat poisoning in ] ]. That's just a joke, for you in the media."<ref>, '']'', ], ]</ref><ref>]. "", ''Midwest Values PAC'', ], ].</ref> | |||
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| ;"Gay boy" comment at Indiana University | |||
| At an 2006 appearance at ], in a speech entitled "Liberals Are Wrong About Everything", she claimed "Liberals hate God and hate America," and that there is no hope for the Democratic party. Her speech was frequently interrupted while protestors were removed. The school's newspaper, the ], reported that during the ] session, a young man asked her if she didn't like Democrats, wouldn't it just be better to have a dictatorship; Coulter replied: "You don't want the Republicans in power, does that mean you want a dictatorship, gay boy?" A student leader defended her comments, saying "I think the guy could have been more respectful to her."<ref name=idsnews>Adam Aasen, "", ''Indiana Daily Student'', ], ].</ref> | |||
| === The 9/11 "Jersey Girls" === | |||
| In her book, '']'', Coulter criticizes the four 9/11 widows known as the "]", writing that they abused their status as widows by acting as partisans to push for the ], to harshly criticize the G.W. Bush administration and its security policies, and to campaign for presidential candidate ]. The partisan activities of the "Jersey Girls" have been documented by other observers. . | |||
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| In a long chapter titled "Liberal Doctrine of Infallibility: Sobbing Hysterical Women," Coulter argues that one of liberalism's proselytizing techniques is to choose "people with 'absolute moral authority' - Democrats with a dead husband, a dead child, a wife who works at the CIA, a war record, a terminal illness..." as spokespersons to advance political goals. Doing so stifles a rational debate of the policy being advanced, according to Coulter, since "you can't respond to them because that would be questioning the authenticity of their suffering." | |||
| She lists a catalogue of such persons, including grieving mom and anti-war acitivst ], gun-control activist ], paralyzed actor and embyonic stem-cell activist ], disabled Vietnam veteran and anti-Iraq-war activist ], and the four Jersey Girls, about whom she wrote: "These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. These self-obsessed women seemed genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them. ... I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much ... the Democrat ratpack gals endorsed John Kerry for president ... cutting campaign commercials... how do we know their husbands weren't planning to divorce these ]? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they'd better hurry up and appear in ]." (from , pages 100-112) | |||
| Coulter's description of these women has garnered criticism, some of it invoking the memory of the women's tragically deceased husbands. The book was released on ], ], and that morning, Matt Lauer of NBC's ] interviewed Coulter. He questioned the propriety of several of its statements about the four Jersey Girls, including "They believe the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony. Apparently, denouncing Bush was part of the closure process." She defended the challenged statements and remarked that Lauer was "getting testy" with her.<ref>]. . ], ].</ref> | |||
| The next day, Senator ] (D-NY) called Coulter's charge a "vicious, mean-spirited attack", suggesting that Coulter's book should have been titled ''Heartless''. <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/07/coulter.911.widows.ap/index.html | title=Clinton slams Coulter's 'vicious' put-down of some 9/11 widows | publisher=CNN | date=June 7, 2006}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/67195.htm | title=Give-'em-hill Fury vs. Coulter | publisher=The New York Post | author=Selim Algar}}</ref> | |||
| Coulter later responded to Senator Clinton: "Before criticizing others for being 'mean' to women, perhaps Hillary should talk to her husband who was accused of rape by ] and was groping ] at the very moment Willey's husband was committing suicide."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/67195.htm | title=Give-'em-hill Fury vs. Coulter | publisher=The New York Post | author=Selim Algar}}</ref> | |||
| On the same day, Congressman ] (D-IL) called Coulter a "hatemonger" on the floor of the ] and urged his Republican colleagues to denounce her as well. Later, ], a member of the ] and a former Democratic Congressman, urged Americans not to buy Coulter's book.<ref> from ]</ref> | |||
| She has consistently defended her words and makes no apologies, even goading her critics by repeating her criticism of the Jersey Girls in subsequent columns: "If you're upset about what I said about the Witches of East Brunswick, try turning the page. Surely, I must have offended more than those four harpies." <ref>]. . ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Remarks regarding bombing ''The New York Times'' === | |||
| When asked by John Hawkins if she regretted a statement she made implying that she wished ] had bombed the New York Times instead of the Federal building in Oklahoma City, Coulter replied: "Of course I regret it. I should have added, 'after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters.'"<ref>Hawkins, John. . Accessed ], ]. </ref> While acknowledging that "Coulter jokes about McVeigh blowing up the ''Times''," ] of '']'' still found the comment offensive, calling Coulter a "] ]" and an "ideological comrade" of McVeigh due to what he considers to be similar statements the two have made about the Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents. <ref>]. . ''].'' ], ].</ref> | |||
| ], the president of Universal Syndicate, which distributes Coulter's column, in a June 2006 letter to '']'', suggested Coulter was a brilliant satirist who does not mean it when she periodically wishes violence or even death on liberals and other "traitors." | |||
| E&P both denied and affirmed Salem's point of view. They (1) interpreted Coulter's interview with a New York weekly as " the notion that she is only joking and (2) quoted her as calling her remarks "great humor". <ref>"Coulter Affirms Prevous Statement About Bombing 'NYT' Office." 30 June 2006. "This is great humor," Colmes replied, sarcastically. "This belongs on Saturday Night Live. It belongs on The Daily Show. " ''Editor & Publisher''</ref> Later the subject again came up when she appeared on Fox News' ''].'' Allan Colmes mentioned Salem's claim, and asked her if she wanted to take back the earlier statement that ] should have bombed ''The New York Times'' office, especially if reporters were inside. | |||
| "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 replied.<ref>"Ann Coulter: Still Bomb N.Y. Times." 1 July 2006. ''Newsmax.''</ref> Coulter was referring to a ''Times'' report that revealed classified information about anti-terrorism surveillance of private financial transactions by the U.S. government. | |||
| === Coulter on domestic separatists === | |||
| Coulter has frequently criticized the government's handling of radical ]. She described members of the ] as "harmless American citizens" despite their use of violence and <ref>Ann Coulter, "", ''uExpress'', ], ].</ref> after the bulk of the group was immolated in an ] raid. Likewise, she berates what she calls the "unprovoked government assault" and "murder" at ].<ref>Ann Coulter, ", ''uExpress'', ], ].</ref> | |||
| === Coulter on Arabs and Muslims === | |||
| Coulter has made controversial comments about ]s and Muslims. | |||
| * In an article written a day after the ] (in which her friend ] was killed), she wrote, "Airports scrupulously apply the same laughably ineffective airport harassment to ] as to Muslim hijackers. It is preposterous to assume every passenger is a potential crazed homicidal maniac. We know who the homicidal maniacs are. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only ] and his top officers. We ] German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war."<ref>Ann Coulter, "", anncoulter.com, ], ].</ref> | |||
| * Coulter wrote in her column that she had reviewed the civil rights lawsuits against certain airlines to determine which airlines had subjected Arabs to the most "egregious discrimination" so that she could fly only that airline. She also said that the airline should be bragging instead of denying any of the charges of discrimination brought against them.<ref>Ann Coulter, "", townhall.com, ], ].</ref> | |||
| * In describing the ability of reporters to get passes to White House press conferences, Coulter speculated that they must be easy to acquire since the "White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president." ] is a White House reporter of ] ancestry.<ref>Ann Coulter, "", anncoulter.com, ], ].</ref> | |||
| * Coulter has referred to the Middle East as a "swamp"<ref>]. . ], ]. Accessed ], ].</ref> in reference to the metaphor "Drain the Swamp" and advocated ] on airliners.<ref>Ann Coulter, "", ''Jewish World Review'', ], ]</ref><ref>Adam Wild Aba, "", ''islamonline.net'', ], ].</ref> Later, in an interview with the British '']'' newspaper, Coulter quipped: "I think airlines ought to start advertising: 'We have the most ] lawsuits brought against us by Arabs.'" When asked what Muslims should do for travel, she responded that they "could use flying carpets."<ref name=appmagic>"", ''] Online'', ], ]</ref> | |||
| * On ], ], at the Conservative Political Action Conference she said, "I think our motto should be, post-9-11: raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences." Her comments brought criticism from both college student bloggers and fellow conservatives who attended the conference. <ref> http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200602\CUL20060213b.html </ref> | |||
| * Coulter has described Muslims as "camel jockey", "jihad monkey", and "tent merchant", and joked about the offensiveness of these remarks.<ref name="Muslim Bites Dog">Ann Coulter. . ], ].</ref> | |||
| * She wrote in her column, in response to the riots stemming from the ]: "The amazing part of the great Danish cartoon caper isn't that Muslims immediately engage in acts of mob violence when things don't go their way. That is de rigueur for the Religion of Peace. Their immediate response to all bad news is mass violence. That's a "dog bites man" story and belongs on page B-34, next to the grade school hot lunch menu and the birth notices. After an Egyptian ferry capsized recently, killing hundreds of passengers, a whole braying mob of passengers' relatives staged an organized attack on the company, throwing furniture out the window and burning the building to the ground. Witnesses say it was the most violent ocean liner-related incident since Carnival Cruise Lines fired Kathie Lee Gifford. The 'offense to Islam' ruse is merely an excuse for Muslims to revert to their default mode: rioting and setting things on fire."<ref name="Muslim Bites Dog"/> | |||
| === Coulter on women === | |||
| * "I think the other point that no one is making about the abuse photos is just the disproportionate number of women involved, including a girl general running the entire operation. I mean, this is lesson, you know, number 1,000,047 on why women shouldn't be in the military. In addition to not being able to carry even a medium-sized backpack, women are too vicious." - appearing on ''Hannity & Colmes'', 5 May, 2004 | |||
| * "Conservatives have a problem with women. For that matter, all men do." – ''Cornell Review'', 1984, as reported in ''Time'', April 2005 | |||
| * "I think should be armed but should not vote...women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it...it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care." - appearing on the comedy show ''Politically Incorrect'', February 26, 2001 | |||
| * "Like the Democrats, ''Playboy'' just wants to liberate women to behave like pigs, have sex without consequences, prance about naked, and abort children." - ''How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)'', 2004 | |||
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| Coulter sparked more controversy<ref> by ]</ref> with comments supporting the ] using an analogy with a ] and slavery: | |||
| <blockquote>And why does native African kente cloth get a free pass ? It is a historical fact that American slaves were purchased from their slave masters in Africa, where slavery exists in some parts to this day. Indeed, slavery is the only African institution America has ever adopted. But while some Americans express pride in their slave-trading ancestors by calling themselves "African-Americans" and donning African garb, pride in ] ancestors is deemed a hate crime.<ref>Coulter, Ann - How to Talk to a Liberal (if you must)</ref></blockquote> | |||
| ==Trivia== | |||
| Coulter is a fan of the rock band ], and appeared on ]'s series '']'' to discuss her years as a ]. In a 2006 interview about her fondness for the band she discusses, among other things, smearing herself with purple ] before a show. | |||
| ==Notes and references== | |||
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| * Bowman, David (July 25, 2003). "". ''Salon.com'' . | |||
| * Cloud, John (April 25, 2005). "". ''Time'' . | |||
| * Coulter, Ann (October 30, 2000). "". ''Jewish World Review''. | |||
| * Coulter, Ann (July 18, 2002). "" ''Jewish World Review''. | |||
| * Coulter, Ann (July 18, 2002). . Interview with Phil Donahue. Free Republic. posted by Pistolshot, July 19, 2002. | |||
| * Coulter, Ann (August 11, 2002). Interview with Brian Lamb. C-Span. ''Booknotes''. Reprinted at ''Booknotes.org.'' | |||
| * Coulter, Ann (August 26, 2002). . Interview with George Gurley. ''New York Observer''. | |||
| * Coulter, Ann (January 12, 2004). . Interview with Jamie Glazov. ''FrontPageMag.com''. | |||
| * Coulter, Ann (July 26, 2004). "". ''AnnCoulter.com''. | |||
| * Memmot, Mark (July 26, 2004). "". ''USAToday.com''. Updated July 27, 2004. | |||
| * West, Nigel (2000). ''Venona: The Greatest Secret of the Cold War''. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0006530710. | |||
| * Lambiet, Jose (March 29, 2006). "". ''PalmBeachPost.com'' Retrieved April 11, 2006. (No longer accessible.) | |||
| * De Pasquale, Lisa (June 6, 2006) "". ''] Online''. | |||
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Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is a fucking bitch...