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| '''Ann Hart Coulter''' (born ], ]) is an American ], ], and ]. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public and private events.<ref name="pickfights">Staff Writer. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Known for her ]<ref>Schmidt Tracey. "." ''].''</ref> style and ] views, she has been described by '']'' as "the ] ]", and "] in a miniskirt".<ref>Wood, Gaby. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Coulter has described herself as a "]" who likes to "stir up the pot" and makes no pretense at being "impartial or balanced".<ref name="polemicist">Aloi, Daniel. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ==Background== | |||
| Ann Coulter was born to John Vincent Coulter (born 1926) and Nell Husbands Martin Coulter, (born ], ], ]). Her maternal grandfather Hunter Hart Martin (1897-1954) was originally named Hunter Hart Weissinger, but changed his name. | |||
| After her birth in ], the family moved to ], where Coulter and her two older brothers (James M. and John) were raised. She has described her family as "]" and has termed her attorney father a "union buster".<ref name="timemag">Cloud, John. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref name="appmagic">Staff Writer. "." ''].'', ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> She owns homes in ] and ].<ref>Lisberg, Adam. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved ], ].</ref> | |||
| As an undergraduate at ], Coulter helped found '']'',<ref name="horowitz">Horowitz, David. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> and was a member of the ] national ].<ref name="deltagamma">{{cite news | title = From the Pens of Delta Gammas | publisher = Anchora of Delta Gamma | date = Summer 2005 | url = http://www.deltagamma.org/anchora/summer_05_anchora.pdf | format = ]|page = 29 (16 in PDF)| accessdate = 2006-07-11 }}</ref> She graduated '']'' from Cornell in 1984, and received her ] from the ], where she achieved membership in the ] and was an editor of '']''.<ref>" (Profile)." ''.'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> At Michigan, Coulter founded a local chapter of the ] and was trained at the National Journalism Center.<ref>"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Hallow, Ralph. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| After law school, Coulter served as a ] for ] of the ], and was an ] in the ] Honors Program for outstanding law school graduates. After a short time in private practice in New York City, she worked for the United States ], where she handled crime and immigration issues for Senator ] of Michigan. She later became a litigator with the ]. | |||
| ===Personal life=== | |||
| Coulter is single and lives in the ] area. She has reportedly dated conservative author ], ] talk show host ], and '']'' magazine founder ].<ref>"." ''] (].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> She is a fan of the ],<ref>Bowman, David. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> and some of her favorite books include ], '']'', '']'', most ] stories about ]s, or anything by ].<ref>Glazov, Jamie. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Prior to moving to Florida, Coulter resided in New York City. {{fact}} | |||
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| ==Media career == | |||
| Coulter has gained renown as a political commentator who combines serious analysis with a willingness to use insult humor and sometimes plain insults against people she feels (not excluding herself<ref> For example, in an August 2005 broadcast of the ''Sean Hannity'' radio show, she ridiculed her particularly personal attachment of her public persona to opposing the liberal agenda. When asked by the host what her response was when she heard that ] had tentatively approved the ] Supreme Court nomination, in a pretended gasping voice she replied, "waves of depression". In October 2005, during the ] Supreme Court nomination process, in which ] put forward a candidate that Coulter said she felt was seriously underqualified, on a ''Hannity and Colmes'' broadcast, in the same vein she ridiculed the fact that the moods expressed through her public persona was strongly determined by the success or failure of the political views she supports, saying that after seeing Miers give speeches, " officially went on suicide watch." "." Foxnews.com. October 13, 2005. Retrieved on October 6, 2006</ref>) behave foolishly or wrongly. When asked by ] how she would characterize her politics, she replied, "Conservative...evidently means I believe in a being even higher than ''The New York Times'', which could make me a member of the religious right, especially when you throw in that I would like taxes cut," and added, "I'd roll back the government probably as far as would." <ref name="Lamb">"." '']/].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Television=== | |||
| Coulter's first national media appearance came after she was hired in 1996 by ] as a legal correspondent. ''Time'' magazine said this about her tenure there: | |||
| {{cquote|The network dismissed her at least twice: first in February 1997, after she insulted the late Pamela Harriman, the U.S. Ambassador to France, even as the network was covering her somber memorial service.... Even so, the network missed Coulter's jousting and quickly rehired her. | |||
| Eight months later, Coulter's relationship with MSNBC ended permanently after she tangled with a disabled Vietnam veteran on the air. ], co-founder of the ], asserted that "in 90% of the cases that U.S. soldiers got blown up —Ann, are you listening?—they were our own mines." (Muller was misquoting a 1969 Pentagon report that found that 90% of the components used in enemy mines came from U.S. duds and refuse.) Coulter, who found Muller's statement laughable, averted her eyes and responded sarcastically: "No wonder you guys lost." It became an infamous—and oft-misreported—Coulter moment. | |||
| But her troubles with MSNBC only freed her to appear on CNN and Fox News Channel, whose producers were often calling.<ref name="timemag"/>}} | |||
| Howard Kurtz of the ''Washington Post'' made a point to respond to the ''Time'' article to explain that his widely quoted misreporting of Coulter's reply to the veteran in an article he wrote had its origin in Coulter's own later recollection of the incident. Describing his previous story, Kurtz added, "I did note that, according to Coulter, the vet was appearing by satellite, and she didn't know he was disabled."<ref> "Kurtz, Howard. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ]. </ref> | |||
| She has made frequent guest appearances on television, including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and the ]'s '']''. | |||
| In 2005, Coulter appeared as one of a three person judging panel in '']'', a four-part interactive television event for the ] hosted by ].<ref>"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Starting with 100 nominees, each week interactive viewer voting eliminated candidates. | |||
| ===Films=== | |||
| Coulter has appeared in four movies. She made her first movie appearance in 2004, when she appeared in three movies. The first was ''Feeding the Beast'', which was a made-for-TV documentary on the "24-Hour News Revolution".<ref>"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The other two movies were '']'', a ] documentary designed to rebut ]'s '']'', and | |||
| ''Is It True What They Say About Ann?'', a documentary on Coulter containing clips of interviews and speeches.<ref>"" ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| In 2006, Coulter refused permission to include a scene featuring herself and ] in a debate in Connecticut in Franken's film, '']''.<ref>Faraci, Devin. CHUD.com. August 29, 2006. Retrieved ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Radio=== | |||
| Ann Coulter has been a frequent guest on many ] shows, including ], ], ], and others. | |||
| ===Books=== | |||
| Coulter is the author of five books. All have appeared on '']'' ]. | |||
| Her first book, '']'' (ISBN 0-89526-113-8), was published by ] in 1998. The book details Coulter's case for the ] of President ]. | |||
| Her second book, '']'' (ISBN 1-4000-4661-0), 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 1-4000-5030-8), 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.<ref>Guthmann, Edward. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ]</ref> | |||
| Crown Forum published a collection of Coulter's columns in 2004 as her fourth book, '']: The World According to Ann Coulter'' (ISBN 1-4000-5418-4). | |||
| Coulter's fifth book, published by Crown Forum in 2006, is '']'' (ISBN 1-4000-5420-6). 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.<ref>"." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Columns=== | |||
| ", '']'', ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref>]] | |||
| In the late 1990s, Coulter worked for a time as a regular ] for ] magazine.<ref>Coulter, Ann. "[http://www.uexpress.com/anncoulter/index.html?uc_full_date=19990728 A Republican tribute to John", www.uexpress.com, July 28, 1999. Retrieved on October 22, 2006.</ref> | |||
| Coulter's weekly ] column for ] began appearing at that time also and today is printed in more than 100 newspapers nationwide and is featured on many well-known ] 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."<ref name="astormitchell">Astor, Dave; Mitchell, Greg. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Her column is also permanently linked to on the ] web page, a site with 10 million hits a day, and has been for many years. <ref>]. DrudgeReportArchives.com. November 18, 2001. Retrieved on October 25, 2006</ref> | |||
| Coulter also writes an occasional 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 ] ]. | |||
| Her columns are invariably highly critical of liberals and Democrats. In one she wrote: | |||
| :This year's Democratic plan for the future is another inane sound bite designed to trick American voters into trusting them with national security. | |||
| :To wit, they're claiming there is no connection between the war on terror and the war in Iraq, and while they're all for the war against terror — absolutely in favor of that war — they are adamantly opposed to the Iraq war. You know, the war where the U.S. military is killing thousands upon thousands of terrorists (described in the media as "Iraqi civilians", even if they are from Jordan, like the now-dead leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi). That war.<ref name="082306">Coulter, Ann. " ], ]. Retrieved on ], 2006.</ref> | |||
| ====Negative reactions from publishers==== | |||
| Coulter's controversial style of writing has caused some publishers to disassociate themselves from her. | |||
| In 2001, as a contributing editor and syndicated columnist for '']'' (NRO), Coulter was asked by editors to make changes to a piece written after the ]. On the national television show '']'', Coulter accused NRO of ] and claimed she was paid $5 per article. NRO dropped her column and terminated her editorship. ], 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">Goldberg, Jonah. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Coulter contracted with '']'' to cover the ]. 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 citing an editing dispute over "basic weaknesses in clarity and readability that we found unacceptable." An explanatory article by the paper went on to say "Coulter told the online edition of ''Editor & Publisher'' magazine that '''USA Today'' doesn't like my "tone," humor, sarcasm, etc., which raises the intriguing question of why they hired me to write for them.'" ''USA Today'' replaced Coulter with ], and Coulter published it instead on her website.<ref>Coulter, Ann. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Staff Writer. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Memmott, Mark. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| In August 2005, the ] dropped Coulter's syndicated column citing reader complaints that "Many readers find her shrill, bombastic and mean-spirited. And those are the words used by readers who identified themselves as conservatives."<ref>Stoeffler, David. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Following the publication of her fourth best-selling book, '']'', in July 2006, some newspapers replaced her column with those of other conservative columnists:<ref>E&P Staff. "" '']'' ], ] Retrieved on ], ]</ref> | |||
| *'']'' of ], announced that it was replacing Coulter's column with that of ], stating that, "the complaints that mattered the most were from the conservative readers."<ref>Weber, Sarah. "" '']'' ], ]</ref> | |||
| *The '']'' of ] explained that they felt that her "stridency" had crossed the line.<ref>Astor, Dave; Mitchell, Greg. "" '']'' ], ] Retrieved on ], ]</ref> | |||
| *The '']'' announced that they were considering dropping Ann Coulter in favor of another conservative columnist because "She is more about entertainment and self-promotion," and that they had "come close" before.<ref>E&P Staff. "" '']'' ], ]</ref> | |||
| *''Yes! Weekly'' of ] replaced her column with that of ] due to plagiarism allegations as well as her comments on 9/11 widows, with readers' responses to the question running two to one for replacing her. The editor wrote, "Sure, there will be some who bemoan her absence from our pages and others who will question my decision to pull from our ranks a writer whose book currently sits atop the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. And they may have a point -- she's sold a lot of books. But I'm not gonna be helping her do it anymore. So goodbye, Ann. It's been a wild ride."<ref>Yes! Weekly Staff. "" '']'' Accessed ], ]</ref> | |||
| ==Religious views== | |||
| Coulter proclaims ] religious beliefs. At one public lecture she proclaimed her faith in ], saying: "I don't care about anything else: Christ died for my sins and nothing else matters."<ref>Olasky, Marvin. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Confronting some critics' views that her content and style of writing is un-Christian<ref>Norman,Tony. "." Commondreams.org. June 10, 2006. Retrieved on July 31, 2006.</ref>,<ref>Thoreau, Jackson. "." OpEdNews.com. June 9, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2006.</ref> she has stated that "I'm a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it."<ref>E&P Staff. "." Editor and Publisher. July 31, 2006. Retrieved on July 31, 2006.</ref> She has also said, "... 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."<ref name="depasquale">De Pasquale, Lisa. ." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| '']'' magazine's John Cloud, who attended a service with Coulter at ] in New York City, a church which boasts a typical weekly attendance of 4,400, reported that she worships and often brings guests there, <ref name="timemag"/> although when asked by a journalist about the article, the Redeemer communications and media director spoke of having heard of Coulter's attendance there only by hearsay and said that Coulter was not a member of the church nor known to the leadership.<ref>"." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| She 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. — ]" | |||
| ==Political activities== | |||
| In addition to her frequent media appearances and popular writings about politics and political beliefs, Coulter's political activities have included advising a plaintiff suing the president and considering a run for Congress. | |||
| ===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.<ref name=Daley1999>Daley, David (June 25, 1999). . Hartford Courant. </ref> From the onset, Jones had sought an apology from Clinton at least as eagerly as she sought a settlement.<ref>Barak, Daphne. . '']''. ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</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.<ref name=Daley1999 /> | |||
| 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.'<ref name=Daley1999 />}} | |||
| Coulter also told Isikoff, "We were terrified that Jones would settle. It was contrary to our purpose of bringing down the President."<ref>Conason, Joe; Lyons, Gene. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| 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 ($151,000 after legal fees) in exchange for not ] the decision. The Jones lawsuit had led to the ]. Coulter wrote a book critical of Clinton called '']''. | |||
| Coulter later wrote a very critical column on Paula Jones in 2000, calling her "trailer park trash" and a "fraud", after she revealed that she would pose for nude pictures in an adult magazine, Jones saying she needed the money for her grade-school-aged children's college education. Coulter wrote: "Paula surely was given more than a million dollars in free legal assistance from an array of legal talent she will never again encounter in her life, much less have busily working on her behalf. Some of those lawyers never asked for or received a dime for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal work performed at great professional, financial and personal cost to themselves. Others got partial payments out of the settlement. But at least they got her reputation back. And now she's thrown it away." <ref>Coulter, Ann. "." ''Jewish World Review.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Jones claimed not to have been offered any help with a book deal of her own or any other help after the lawsuit.<ref> (.pdf file) (2002). Coulterwatch.com. Retrieved March 17, 2005.</ref> | |||
| ===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's 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>Lehman, Susan. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Browne, Harry. ." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ==Legal and professional disputes== | |||
| ===Irregularities in public registration=== | |||
| In 2002, an ] in the '']'' stated that in 1980, Ann Coulter registered to vote in ], where the legal voting age is 18. A ] driver's license listed her birth date in December 1961, but a driver's license issued to her years later in ], said she was born in December 1963.<ref>"." '']'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Coulter's ''Time'' magazine cover article reported, "Coulter says she won't confirm the date 'for privacy reasons'—she's had several stalkers. 'And I'm a girl,' she adds."<ref name="timemag"/> | |||
| In June 2006, Coulter was reportedly under investigation by election officials in ] for filing an inaccurate ] form in June 2005. Coulter's voter registration form lists her real estate agent's address instead of her own home address.<ref>Lisberg, Adam. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> In March, 2006, elections officials had given Coulter 30 days to explain the inaccuracy.<ref name="lambiet">Lambiet, Jose. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| According to poll worker Jim Whited, 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 in the precinct down the road, St. Edward's, that matched the address on her registration, which was actually the incorrect location for someone with her actual street address. Coulter denied knowingly voting in the wrong precinct.<ref name="lambiet"/><ref>E&P Staff. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| On November 1, 2006, the '']'', '']'', and ] reported that Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson, a Democrat, had in fact begun an investigation into whether Coulter had voted in the wrong precinct, in which he sought confirmation of Coulter's address. Coulter's attorney, Marcos D'Clouet, complained that Anderson had given information concerning the investigation to the media, and D'Clouet said he would only discuss the matter over the phone or in person. According to the Associated Press, "Anderson said the matter had to be discussed in writing," and according to the ''Palm Beach Post'' he accused Coulter of "efforts to distract and divert focus on the process regarding this complaint." Anderson added, "I did express my frustration to the state attorney in a recent meeting and warned him I may need his services."<ref>{{cite news|title=Ann Coulter Says She Won't Cooperate in Voting Probe|publisher=Associated Press|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003346999|date=November 1, 2006}}</ref> | |||
| ===Allegations of plagiarism and factual inaccuracy=== | |||
| Liberal comedian, actor, author and political commentator ] has questioned the factual accuracy of her books, and is also critical of her use of endnotes by taking the cited passages out of context.<ref name="frankenbook">{{cite book|author = Franken, Al|title=Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them|Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right|publisher = Dutton Books|year = 2003|id = ISBN 0-525-94764-7}}</ref> Others have investigated these charges, with equivocal results.<ref>Scherer, Michael; Secules, Sarah. "" ''].'' 2002. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Coulter responded to these and similar criticisms in a column called "Answering My Critics"<ref name=answering>Coulter, Ann. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref>, where she claims "the most devastating examples of my alleged 'lies' keep changing" and that some accusations of her factual inaccuracy are either outright wrong or really just "trivial" factual errors (e.g. calling "endnotes", "footnotes", or incorrectly identifying ] grandfather, ] presidential candidate ], as his father). | |||
| On page 134 of Coulter's book ''Slander'', Coulter claims that during Reagan's ] scandal, Reagan's approval ratings fell five percent, from 80 to 75%. A '']'' article is cited from January 7, 1987.<ref name="slander">Coulter, Ann. "Slander." 2006, Crown Forum Publishing. ISBN 1-4000-4661-0</ref> In actuality, the article states that Reagan's approval ratings fell from 63 to 47%.<ref name="frankenbook"/> | |||
| In ''Slander'', Coulter alleges ] did not cover ] driver ]'s death until two days after he died: | |||
| {{cquote|"The day after seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt died in a race at the Daytona 500, almost every newspaper in America carried the story on the front page. Stock-car racing had been the nation's fastest-growing sport for a decade, and NASCAR the second-most-watched sport behind the NFL. More Americans recognize the name Dale Earnhardt than, say, ]. (Manhattan liberals are dumbly blinking at that last sentence.) It took ''The New York Times'' two days to deem Earnhardt's death sufficiently important to mention it on the first page. Demonstrating the left's renowned populist touch, the article began, 'His death brought a silence to the Wal-Mart.' The ''Times'' went on to report that in vast swaths of the country people watch stock-car racing. Tacky people were mourning Dale Earnhardt all over the South!"<ref name="slander"/>}} | |||
| ''The New York Times'' did cover Earnhart's death and covered it on the front page. Earnhardt died on February 18, 2001. Another article appeared in the ''Times'' on the front page, on February 19, 2001, one day later, after their initial front-page story, written by sportswriter Robert Lipsyte, making it two days in a row the ''The New York Times'' covered Earnhardt's death. Coulter cites an article indeed written two days later, by ], a ] winner who grew up in the South, who wrote a personal piece on Earnhardt and his passing, bringing the total to three times in which the ''Times'' covered Earnhardt, three days in a row.<ref name="frankenbook"/> | |||
| Coulter responded to this widely-publicized error by saying, "In my three best-selling books — making the case for a president's impeachment, accusing liberals of systematic lying and propagandizing, arguing that Joe McCarthy was a great American patriot, and detailing 50 years of treachery by the Democratic Party — this is the only vaguely substantive error the Ann Coulter hysterics have been able to produce, corrected soon after publication. Congratulations, Liberals!!! " She added, "At least I didn't miss the Ukrainian famine (cf., Pulitzer Prize-winning ''New York Times'' reporter ])." <ref name="answering"/> | |||
| In June 2006, the '']'' reported that John Barrie, former ] researcher, CEO of ] and creator of the ] ] detection software, had found at least three examples of what he and his program claim is plagiarism in Coulter's book ''Godless'' and other examples in the last 12 months of her syndicated columns.<ref>Recchia, Philip. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Others have provided further instances of alleged plagiarism, bringing the total number reported to 25.<ref>Rood, Justin. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Brynaert, Ron. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| The examples of alleged plagiarism include: | |||
| *Alleged plagiarized passage: "As New Hampshire attorney general in 1977, ] opposed the repeal of an 1848 state law that made abortion a crime even though Roe v. Wade had made it irrelevant, predicting that if the law were repealed, New Hampshire 'would become the abortion mill of the United States.'" | |||
| *Alleged source: "In 1977, Souter as state attorney general spoke out against a proposed repeal of an 1848 state law that made abortion a crime -- even though the measure had been largely invalidated by the Supreme Court in Roe. vs. Wade… 'Quite apart from the fact that I don't think unlimited abortions ought to be allowed . . . I presume we would become the abortion mill of the United States'" | |||
| *Alleged plagiarized passage: "Between 1982 and 2001, spending on New York City public schools increased by more than 300 percent, clocking in at $11474 per pupil annually." | |||
| *Alleged source: "In New York City, funding for public education has more than tripled since 1982, rising to $14.8 billion from $3.8 billion. In terms of per-pupil spending, that's an increase to $11,474 (for 2000-2001) from $4,165." | |||
| Lee Salem, editor and president of ], the company that distributes Coulter's column, rejected the allegations, saying a review of the work in question turned up nothing that merited concern. "There are only so many ways you can rewrite a fact and minimal matching text is not plagiarism," he said in a statement. | |||
| Crown Publishing Group, the publisher of ''Godless'', also rejected the allegations of plagiarism, characterizing the allegations "as trivial and meritless as they are irresponsible."<ref>Italie, Hillel. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Coulter has been known to use endnotes extensively. For example, in her book '']'', which incorporates 780 ], she stated that she had to include so many endnotes since she felt that the publisher would "jump on every single sentence" and "say it's not true."<ref name="Lamb"/> | |||
| In August 2006, the ] web site ], investigating Coulter's use of endnotes, claims that they are "rife with distortions and falsehoods". Out of 344 endnotes in her book '']'', it cites fourteen. The claimed distortions and falsehoods include: | |||
| *Citing a ''New York Times'' article that is close to 20 years old. | |||
| *Misspelling the name "Feldt" as "Febit". | |||
| *Citing a ''Washington Times'' article that quoted an "unsubstantiated claim by a Republican member of Congress". | |||
| *Referring to a 1995 editorial as having appeared in 1997. | |||
| *Referring to "opinion pieces" as "articles". | |||
| *Attributing a quotation from famous scientist ] to famous scientist ]. | |||
| *Stating private school teacher salaries are 60% less than public school teacher salaries when the source Coulter quotes states, ''"Starting pay in private schools begins at 78 percent that of public schools, rises to 92 percent of public school pay by a teacher's 12th year, and declines thereafter."''<ref>"" EducationNext, Summer, 2003, Page 71 (see Private-Sector Teachers). Retrieved on September 9, 2006.</ref> The source also states ''"The last comprehensive analysis, performed during the mid-1990s, indicated that average private school salaries were slightly less than 60 percent of average salaries in the public schools,"'' and explains that the 78 percent figure applies to a highly-selected sample of private school teachers.<ref>"" EducationNext, Summer 2003, Page 14 (see Public Versus Private). Retrieved on September 9, 2006.</ref> | |||
| Coulter's editors have responded stating that they will change any mistakes found.<ref>Singer, Matt; Biedlingmaier, Matthew. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ==Notable controversies regarding opinions and remarks== | |||
| While she is in constant demand on the US lecture circuit,<ref>Freedland, Jonathan. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Coulter's polemics sometimes start firestorms of ], ranging from rowdy uprisings at many of the colleges where she speaks to protracted discussions in the media. | |||
| ===Speeches at college campuses=== | |||
| Coulter has been the subject of several protests when speaking on ] ]es. | |||
| On one occasion, during an appearance at ], a ], causing $1,830 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">Staff Writer. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Wells, Holly. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Ann claims that she was not hit by the pies, which were thrown by liberals who "throw like girls", and that the College Republican women in attendance "gave them a beating they won't forget."<ref>"." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| 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>Wong, Shelly K. "." ''].'', ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Speaking at ] in ], ], on ], ], Coulter said of ] Justice ], "We need somebody to put rat poisoning in ] ]. That's just a joke, for you in the media."<ref>Staff Writer. "." ''].'' ], ]</ref> | |||
| At a ], ] appearance at ], in a speech titled, "Liberals Are Wrong About Everything", she claimed, "Liberals hate God and hate America," and that there was no hope for the Democratic party.<ref name="idsnews">Aasen, Adam. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> 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?" Shane Kennedy, then president of the IU College Republicans student group, defended her comments, saying, "I think the guy could have been more respectful to her."<ref name="idsnews"/> | |||
| During her speech at the ] attended by over 2000 students on ], ], a "walk out" was staged by some students, most of whom were members of Feminist Student Alliance, the Alliance of Concerned Students, Pride Alliance and Queer Liberation Front, wearing red shirts and giving her the ] when she spoke out against ]. After the speech, during a question-and-answer period, many audience members, including the wife of a soldier stationed in Iraq, voiced their support for Coulter and apologized on behalf of the unruly students. | |||
| ===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 ].<ref>Young, Cathy. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The purportedly partisan activities of the "Jersey Girls" have also been commented upon by other observers.<ref>Mosk, Matthew. ." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>"." ''] (Opinion Journal).'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Jacoby, Mark. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| The reaction to Coulter's more recent comments from her book ''Godless'' invoked heated responses; in it Coulter wrote: | |||
| {{cquote|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 ]."<ref>Coulter, Ann. "." 2006, ''.'' pp. 100-112.</ref>}} | |||
| These statements were described by U.S. Congressman ] as "hateful, divisive and ignorant" and reportedly disturbed families of 9/11 attack victims.<ref>"" ''North Brunswick Sentinel'' ], ]</ref> | |||
| 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 as ], gun-control activist ], disabled Vietnam veteran and anti-Iraq-war activist ], and the four Jersey Girls. | |||
| Coulter's description of these women has garnered criticism, some of it invoking the memory of the women's 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 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 name="attack911">E&P Staff. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</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>Staff Writer. "." ''].'' ], ].</ref><ref name="lathemalgar">Lathem, Niles; Algar, Selim. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</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 name="lathemalgar"/> | |||
| 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.<ref>Staff Writer. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Later, ], a member of the ] and a former Democratic Congressman, urged Americans not to buy Coulter's book.<ref>Elliot, Philip. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</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>Coulter, Ann. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Coulter, Ann. "." .'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref name="attack911"/> | |||
| ===Comments about bombing ''The New York Times''=== | |||
| When asked by John Hawkins if she regretted a statement she made implying that she wished ] had bombed ''The ]'' 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. . Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Transcript. "." ''] (Crossfire).'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Lee Salem, the president of ], which distributes Coulter's column, later defended Coulter by saying that she was a brilliant ] who does not mean it when she periodically wishes violence or even death on liberals and other "traitors".<ref>Salem, Lee. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The subject came up again when she appeared on the ] program ''].'' ] 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. She responded, "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 (referring to a ''Times'' report that revealed classified information about an anti-terrorism program of the U.S. Government involving surveillance of international financial transactions of persons suspected of having Al-qaida links).<ref name="snl">E&P Staff. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> E&P staff reported Alan Colmes as sarcastically calling her remarks "great humor", and that it "belongs on Saturday Night Live. It belongs on The Daily Show."<ref name="snl"/> | |||
| ===Coulter on responding to 9/11=== | |||
| Since the ], Coulter has advocated a more warlike response to terror and fanatic terrorists. On ], ], the day after the attacks, (in which her friend ] had been killed) she wrote in her column: | |||
| {{cquote|Airports scrupulously apply the same laughably ineffective airport harassment to ] as to Muslim ]. 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>Coulter, Ann. "", . ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref>}} | |||
| Coulter has been highly critical of the ] and especially its then-secretary ]. Her many criticisms include their refusal to use ethnic profiling as a component of airport screening.<ref>Coulter, Ann. "", ''Jewish World Review.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Coulter also called for increasing the power of U.S. law enforcement agencies to search Muslims, describing the testimony of ], an FBI whistleblower who argued before the Senate in 2002 that in cases where Muslims suspected of a crime are known to be affiliated with radical fundamental Islamic groups or even simply had lived in England, authorities should be granted a search warrant based on probable cause, neither of which could have been considered a factor before 9/11, and which actually prevented ], later convicted of conspiring with the 9/11 hijackers, from being searched prior to attacks. Coulter cited a poll by the ''Daily Telegraph'' which found that 98 percent of Muslims between the ages of 20 to 45 said they would not fight for Britain in the War in Afghanistan, and that 48 percent said they would fight for Osama bin Laden, said she agreed with Rowley, "certainly after Sept. 11", and concluded: "The FBI allowed thousands of Americans to be slaughtered on the altar of political correctness. What more do liberals want?"<ref>Coulter, Ann. "", ''Jewish World Review.'' ], ]. Retrieved on October 1, 2006.</ref> | |||
| She wrote in another 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>Coulter, Ann. "." ''Jewish World Review.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> In an interview with the '']'' she quipped, "I think airlines ought to start advertising: 'We have the most ] lawsuits brought against us by Arabs.'" When the interviewer replied by asking what Muslims would do for travel, she responded, "They could use flying carpets."<ref name="appmagic"/> | |||
| One notable comment that drew criticism from the ] as well as fellow conservatives<ref>Gossett, Sherrie. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> was made during a speech at the ] in February 2006, where she said, referring to the violent response of some Muslims in the ] and the prospect of a nuclear-equipped Iran, "What if they start having one of these bipolar episodes with nuclear weapons? I think our motto should be, post-9-11: raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences."<ref>Kurtz, Howard. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
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ann coulter is a fucking dumbass.