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| |name = Ann Coulter | |||
| |image = Ann Coulter by Gage Skidmore.jpg | |||
| |caption = Ann Coulter at ] in February 2010. | |||
| |birth_name = Ann Hart Coulter | |||
| |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|12|8}} | |||
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| |occupation = Author, columnist, political commentator | |||
| |years_active = 1996–present | |||
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| '''Ann Hart Coulter''' (born December 8, 1961) is an American ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anncoulter.org/cgi-local/content.cgi?name=bio |title=AnnCoulter.com |publisher=Ann Coulter |date=2005-04-25 |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> ] ] and ] ], author, and ]. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public events and private events. Well-known for her right-wing political opinions and the controversial ways in which she defends them, Coulter has described herself as a ] who likes to "stir up the pot" and, unlike "broadcasters," does not "pretend to be impartial or balanced."<ref name="polemicist">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April06/coulter.pre.dea.html|title=Conservative pundit Ann Coulter '84 to speak May 7|last=Aloi|first=Daniel|date=April 17, 2006|publisher=]|accessdate=July 2, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ==Early life== | |||
| Ann Hart Coulter was born in New York City on December 8, 1961, to Nell Husbands (née Martin; a native of ]) and John Vincent Coulter (a native of ]). The family later moved to ], where Coulter and her two older brothers, James and John, were raised.<ref name="imdb_bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1326010/bio|title=Biography for Ann Coulter|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> She graduated from ] in 1980. | |||
| While attending ], Coulter helped found '']'',<ref name="horowitz">Horowitz, David. "". '']''. May 21, 2001. Retrieved on July 10, 2006.</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 = PDF|page = 29 (16 in PDF)| accessdate = 2006-07-11 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060528155158/http://www.deltagamma.org/anchora/summer_05_anchora.pdf |archivedate = May 28, 2006}}</ref> She graduated '']'' from Cornell in 1984 with a ] in ], and received her ] from the ] in 1988, where she achieved membership in the ] and was an editor of the '']''.<ref>" (Profile)". ''''. Retrieved on July 10, 2006. See also ''Michigan Law Review'' vol. 86 No. 5 (April 1988), where Ann Coulter "of Connecticut" is listed on the masthead as an articles editor.</ref> At Michigan, Coulter was president of the local chapter of the ] and was trained at the ].<ref>Hallow, Ralph. "". '']''. February 21, 2006. Retrieved on July 10, 2006.</ref> | |||
| ==Law career== | |||
| After law school, Coulter served as a ], in ], for ] of the ].<ref>See {{cite news |title=Liberals, conservatives duke it out on paper |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20031005/ai_n11424888 |last=Lythgoe |first=Dennis |date=2003-10-05|publisher=] |page=E1}}; {{cite news |title=Op-Ed: Congress Goes Fishing |last=Hentoff |first=Nat |date=1998-12-05|publisher=Washington Post |page=A23}}; Coulter herself says it was Bowman. See ; see also {{cite news |title=ABA's ratings no more |last=Coulter |first=Ann |date=2001-05-03|publisher=] |page=A15}}</ref> After a short time working in New York City in private practice, where she specialized in ], Coulter left to work for the United States ] after the ] ] in 1994. She handled crime and immigration issues for Senator ] of Michigan and helped craft legislation designed to expedite the ] of aliens convicted of ].<ref name=Daley1999>Daley, David. . ''Hartford Courant''. June 25, 1999. </ref> She later became a litigator with the ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Conservative Coulter sounds off in her latest book; ''Treason'' aims to change views on McCarthy |last=Moore |first=Frazier |date=2003-10-05|publisher=] |page=e2}}</ref> | |||
| ==Media career== | |||
| Ann Coulter is the author of seven books, and publishes a weekly syndicated ] column. Known for her polemical style,<ref name="coulter_style">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1203281,00.html|title=What Would Ann Coulter Do?|last=Schmidt|first=Tracy Samantha|date=June 12, 2006|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> she also makes numerous public appearances, speaking on television and radio ]s, as well as on ] ]es, receiving both praise and protest. During one appearance at the ], a ].<ref name="ua_pie">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1022042coulter1.html|title="Al Pieda" Targets Ann Coulter |date=October 22, 2004|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref><ref name="ua_pie_2">{{cite news|url=http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/98/236/01_4.html|title=Former student enters plea in 2004 Coulter pie assault |last=Wells|first=Holly|date=January 12, 2006|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref><ref name="foxnews_pie">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155550,00.html|title=The Pie-Proof Ann Coulter on Hecklers |date=May 4, 2005|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> Coulter has, on occasion, responded with insulting remarks towards hecklers and protestors who attend her speeches.<ref name="pickfights">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1401932/I-love-to-pick-fights-with-liberals.html|title='I love to pick fights with liberals'|date=July 19, 2002|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009 | location=London | first=Toby | last=Harnden}}</ref><ref name="the_oracle">{{cite news|url=http://www.usforacle.com/2.5741/controversial-conservative-pundit-elicits-praise-and-protest-thursday-1.622425|title=Controversial conservative pundit elicits praise and protest Thursday.|last=Guidi|first=David|date=October 20, 2006|publisher=The Oracle (University of South Florida)|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ===Books=== | |||
| ] | |||
| Coulter is the author of seven books, all of which have appeared on ], with a combined 3 million copies sold, as of May 2009.<ref name="depasquale">{{cite news|url=http://townhall.com/columnists/LisaDePasquale/2009/05/06/being_ann|title=Being Ann|last=De Pasquale|first=Lisa|date=May 6, 2009|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| Coulter's first book, '']'', was published by ] in 1998. The book details Coulter's case for the ] of ]. | |||
| Her second book, '']'', published by ] in 2002, became number one on ''The New York Times'' non-fiction best seller list.<ref name="slander_bestseller">{{cite news|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/ann_coulter/index.html?scp=2&sq=slander:%20liberal%20lies%20bestseller&st=cse|title=Ann Coulter|date=March 10, 2009|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=July 21, 2009 | first=Ian | last=Austen}}</ref> In ''Slander'', Coulter argues that ] was given unfair negative media coverage. The factual accuracy of ''Slander'' was called into question by then-] and author, and now Democratic ] from ], ]. He also accused her of citing passages out of context.<ref name="frankenbook">{{cite book|author = Franken, Al|title=Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them|publisher = Dutton Books|year = 2003|isbn = 0-525-94764-7|unused_data = Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right}}</ref> Others investigated these charges, and also raised questions about the book's accuracy and presentation of facts.<ref name="slippery_slander">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26741210_ITM|title=Books: How Slippery is Slander?|last=Scherer, Michael ; Secules, Sarah|date=November 1, 2002|publisher=Columbia Journalism Review|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> Coulter responded to criticisms in a column called "Answering My Critics", where she wrote "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., referring to "endnotes" as "footnotes", or incorrectly identifying ]' grandfather, ] presidential candidate ], as his father).<ref name="answering_critics">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter100903.asp|title=Answering my critics|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=October 9, 2003|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| In her third book, '']'', also published by Crown Forum, she reexamines the 60-year history of the ] — including the career of ], the ]–] affair, and ]’s challenge to ] to "]" — and argues that liberals were wrong in their Cold War political analyses and policy decisions, and that McCarthy was correct about Soviet agents working for the U.S. government. She also argues that the correct identification of ], among others, as ]s was misreported by that liberal media. ''Treason'' was published in 2003, and spent 13 weeks on the Best Seller list.<ref name="sfgate">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/02/DDG4F3DPKR1.DTL|title=An outbreak of partisan warfare on the best-seller list is encouraging authors to stoke the fires of readers hungry for political squabbles -- and the Bay Area is fertile ground for Bush-whackers|last=Guthmann|first=Edward|date=December 2, 2003|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| Crown Forum published a collection of Coulter's columns in 2004 as her fourth book, '']''. | |||
| Coulter's fifth book, published by Crown Forum in 2006, is '']''. In it, she argues, first, that ] 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 number one on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list.<ref name="nyt_bestsellers_062506">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/books/bestseller/0625besthardnonfiction.html?_r=1|title=Best Sellers: Hardcover Nonfiction|date=June 25, 2006|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| Coulter published '']'', in October 2007. | |||
| Her most recent book was released January 6, 2009, entitled ''].'' | |||
| ===Columns=== | |||
| In the late 1990s, Coulter's weekly (biweekly from 1999–2000) ] column for ] began appearing. Her column is featured on six conservative websites: '']'', ], ], ], '']'' and her own website. 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="EP_mitchell-astor">{{cite news|url=http://www.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2006061922.html|title=Newspaper Clients, and Syndicate, Stick With Coulter|authors=Astor, Dave; Mitchell, Greg|date=June 16, 2006|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| In 1999, Coulter worked as a regular ] for '']'' magazine.<ref name="arm candy"/><ref name="tribute-to-john">{{cite news|url=http://www.uexpress.com/anncoulter/index.html?uc_full_date=19990728|title=A Republican Tribute to John|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=July 28, 1999|publisher=|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> Coulter also wrote exclusive weekly columns between 1998 and 2003 and with occasional columns thereafter for the conservative magazine '']''. In her columns for the magazine, she discusses judicial rulings, ]al issues, and legal matters affecting Congress and the ]. | |||
| 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 said that 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="goldbergjonah">{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/nr_comment/nr_comment100301.shtml|title=L'Affaire Coulter|last=Goldberg|first=Jonah|date=October 2, 2001|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</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, ], 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 '']'' 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 name="speakerscage">{{cite news|url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39644|title=Put the speakers in a cage|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=July 26, 2004|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref><ref name="usatodaydrops">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/26/politics/main631949.shtml|title=USA Today Drops Ann Coulter|last=Collins|first=Dan|date=July 26, 2004|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref><ref name="usatodaydrops2">{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2004-07-26-coulter-column_x.htm|title=Coulter column canceled after editing dispute|last=Memmott|first=Mark|date=July 26, 2004|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</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 name="AZDailyStar">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/opinion/90500.php|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060321202508/http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/opinion/90500.php|archivedate=2006-03-21|title=Opinion pages get a makeover|last=Stoeffler|first=David|date=August 28, 2005|publisher=]|accessdate=July 10, 2006}}</ref> | |||
| In July 2006, some newspapers replaced Coulter's column with those of other conservative columnists following the publication of her fourth book, ''].''<ref name="EP_anothernewspaper">{{cite news|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4699774-1.html|title=Another Newspaper Decides to Drop Ann Coulter's Column|date=July 26, 2006|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> After the '']'' dropped her column, newspaper editor Michael Ryan explained that "it came to the point where she was the issue rather than what she was writing about."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002878146|authors=Astor, Dave; Mitchell, Greg|title=Augusta Editor Explains Why He Dropped Coulter Column|date=July 24, 2006|publisher=]|accessdate=July 26, 2006}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Ryan also stated that "Pulling Ann Coulter's column hurts; she's one of the clearest thinkers around." | |||
| She has criticized former president ]'s immigration proposals, saying they led to "amnesty". In one column, she claims that the current immigration system is set up to purposely reduce the percentage of whites in the population. In it, she said:<ref name="roachmotel">{{cite news|url=http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=188|title=Bush's America:Roach Motel|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=June 6, 2007|publisher=|accessdate=April 7, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| {{quotation|In 1960, whites were 90 percent of the country. The Census Bureau recently estimated that whites already account for less than two-thirds of the population and will be a minority by 2050. Other estimates put that day much sooner. <br><br> | |||
| One may assume the new majority will not be such compassionate overlords as the white majority has been. If this sort of drastic change were legally imposed on any group other than white Americans, it would be called genocide. Yet whites are called racists merely for mentioning the fact that current immigration law is intentionally designed to reduce their percentage in the population.}} | |||
| Overall, Coulter's columns are highly critical of liberals and Democrats. In one, she wrote:<ref name="waronterrorism">{{cite news|url=http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=144|title=What Part of the War on Terrorism do they Support?|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=August 23, 2006|publisher=|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| {{quotation|This year's Democratic plan for the future is another inane sound bite designed to trick American voters into trusting them with ]. <br><br> | |||
| To wit, they're claiming there is no connection between the ] and the ], 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 ]s (described in the media as "Iraqi civilians", even if they are from ], like the now-dead leader of ], ]). That war.}} | |||
| ===Television and radio=== | |||
| Coulter made her first national media appearance in 1996 after she was hired by the then-fledgling network ] as a legal correspondent. She was dismissed from the network at least twice. First, in February 1997, after she insulted the late ] (U.S. Ambassador to France), as the network was covering her memorial service. They missed her jousting and quickly rehired her, only to fire her eight months later after she tangled with a disabled ] 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 ] 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. The '']'' and others turned the line into a more personal attack: "People like you caused us to lose that war." But her troubles with MSNBC only freed her to appear on ] and ], whose producers were often calling.<ref name="msright">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1050304-1,00.html|title=Ms. Right|last=Cloud|first=John|date=April 17, 2005|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ] of the ''Washington Post'' made a point to respond to the ''Time'' article to explain that his widely quoted reporting 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 ], and she didn't know he was disabled."<ref name="Kurtz">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A208-2005Apr19.html|title=The Conservative Pin-Up Girl|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|date=April 19, 2005|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| In an interview with ] on the January 26, 2005, edition of '']'', Coulter came under criticism for her statement: "Canada used to be...one of our most...most loyal friends, and vice versa. I mean, Canada sent troops to Vietnam. Was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than ]?" McKeown contradicted her with, "No, actually Canada did not send troops to Vietnam."<ref name="fifth estate">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/sticksandstones.html|title=Sticks and Stones|accessdate = June 28, 2009|date=January 26, 2005|publisher=]}}</ref> On the February 18, 2005, edition of '']'', Coulter justified her statement by referring to the thousands of Canadians who served in the American armed forces during the Vietnam era, either because they volunteered or because they were living in the USA during the war years and got ]. She said, "The Canadian Government didn't send troops but they came and fought with the Americans. So I was wrong. It turns out there were 10,000 Americans who happened to be born in Canada." (Between 5,000 and 20,000 Canadians fought in Vietnam itself, including approximately 80 who were killed.).<ref name="vvic">{{cite web |date=2005-06-10, September 11, 2005 updated|url = http://www.vvic.org/canadians.htm|title = Canadians in Vietnam |publisher = Vietnam Veterans In Canada| accessdate = November 24, 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061127044721/http://www.vvic.org/canadians.htm |archivedate = November 27, 2006}}</ref> John Cloud of ''Time'', writing about the incident a few months later, said "Canada noncombat troops to ] in the 1950s and again to Vietnam in 1972".<ref name="msright"/> | |||
| In 2005, Coulter appeared as one of a three-person judging panel in '']'', a four-part interactive television program for the ] hosted by ]. Starting with 100 nominees, each week, interactive viewer voting eliminated candidates. She voted for ], over ] and ], for the title of Greatest American ever. | |||
| Coulter has also made frequent guest appearances on many television and radio ]s, including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
| ===Films=== | |||
| In 2004, Coulter appeared in three films. The first was ''Feeding the Beast'', a made-for-television documentary on the "24-Hour News Revolution".<ref name="feedbeast">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412709/|title=Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution|date=February 16, 2004|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> The other two films were '']'', a ] documentary intended to rebut ]'s '']'', and | |||
| ''Is It True What They Say About Ann?'', a documentary on Coulter containing clips of interviews and speeches.<ref name="isittrue">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431153/|title=Is It True What They Say About Ann?|year=2004|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| In 2006, Coulter refused permission to include a scene featuring herself and ] in a debate in Connecticut in Franken's film, '']''.<ref name="chud">{{cite news|url=http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/7505/1/IS-ANN-COULTER-SABOTAGING-AL-FRANKENS-FILM/Page1.html|title=Is Ann Coulter Sabotaging Al Franken's Film?|last=Faraci|first=Devin|date=August 30, 2006|publisher=|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Coulter has been engaged several times, but never married.<ref name="pickfights"/> She has dated '']'' founder and publisher ],<ref name = "arm candy"/> and conservative writer ].<ref name="coultergeist">{{cite news|url=http://www.observer.com/node/37827|title=Coultergeist|last=Gurley|first=George|date=August 25, 2002|publisher=]|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}</ref> In October 2007, she began dating ], the former president of the ], a liberal Democrat. When asked about the relationship, Stein told the paper, "She's attacked a lot of my friends, but what can I say, opposites attract!"<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted: 5:00 AM, October 10, 2007 |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102007/gossip/pagesix/andy_and_ann__.htm |title=Andy And Ann?! |publisher=Nypost.com |date=2007-10-10 |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> On January 7, 2008, however, Stein told the '']'' that the relationship was over, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref name="Post_jan2008">Froelich, Paula; Hoffman, Bill; Steindler, Corynne; Garvey, Marianne. "." ''].'' January 7, 2008. Retrieved on March 4, 2008.</ref> | |||
| Coulter owns a ] in ] and a house, bought in 2005, in ]. Although she says that usually she lives in New York, she votes in Palm Beach and is not ] to do so in New York.<ref>Lisberg, Adam. "". '']''. June 8, 2006. Retrieved August 21, 2007.</ref> She is a fan of several ], such as the ], the ], and ].<ref name="BowmanD">{{cite news|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/books/int/2003/07/25/bowman/index.html|title=Ann Coulter, woman.|last=Bowman|first=David|date=July 25, 2003|publisher=].|accessdate=August 19, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Jambands">{{cite news|url=http://www.jambands.com/Features/content_2006_06_23.06.phtml|title="Deadheads Are What Liberals Claim to Be But Aren't": An Interview with Ann Coulter.|last=Hill|first=Taylor|date=June 23, 2006|publisher=''''|accessdate=August 19, 2009}}</ref> Some of her favorite books include ], '']'', '']'', ] stories about ]s and anything by ].<ref name="frontpagemag">{{cite news|url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=14633|title=Frontpage Interview: Ann Coulter.|last=Glazov|first=Jamie|date=January 12, 2004|publisher=]|accessdate=August 19, 2009}}{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref> | |||
| ==Religious views== | |||
| Coulter says that she holds ] beliefs, and has declared that she is Presbyterian;<ref>{{cite web|last=Cosh |first=Colby |url=http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/23/coulter-the-she-devil-in-her-own-words/ |title=Colby Cosh, "The She-Devil In Her Own Words," Maclean's, Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |publisher=.macleans.ca |date= |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> she has mentioned that her father was ] while her mother was not.<ref name="JVC memoriam">{{dead link|date=December 2010}} by Ann Coulter, '']'', January 11, 2008</ref> | |||
| At one public lecture she said: "I don't care about anything else: ] died for my ]s and nothing else matters."<ref>Olasky, Marvin. "". '']''. August 13, 2005. Retrieved on July 10, 2006.</ref> In a 2004 column,<ref name="passion">, ''townhall.com'', March 4, 2004</ref> she summarized her view of Christianity: "Jesus' distinctive message was: People are sinful and need to be redeemed, and this is your lucky day because I'm here to redeem you even though you don't deserve it, and I have to get the crap kicked out of me to do it." She then mocked "the message of Jesus ... according to liberals," summarising it as "...something along the lines of 'be nice to people'," which, in turn, she said "is, in fact, one of the incidental tenets of Christianity." | |||
| Confronting some critics' views that her content and style of writing is un-Christian,<ref>Norman, Tony. "". Commondreams.org. June 10, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2006.</ref><ref>Thoreau, Jackson. "". OpEdNews.com. June 9, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2006.</ref> Coulter has stated that "I'm a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it."<ref name="E&P">E&P Staff. "Coulter: Press Either 'Incompetent' or Full of 'Left-Wing Bias'." ''Editor and Publisher''. July 31, 2006.{{dead link|date=December 2010}}(subscription required)(free)</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=autogenerated2>De Pasquale, Lisa. ". '']''. June 6, 2006. Retrieved on July 10, 2006.</ref> In '']'', as well as in personal appearances, Coulter characterized ] as "bogus science",<ref> on ]</ref><ref> by ]</ref> and contrasting her beliefs to what she called the left's "obsession with ] and the Darwinian view of the world, which replaces sanctification of life with sanctification of sex and death."{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} | |||
| In October 2007, while being interviewed by ] on the ] show '']'', Coulter stated that Christians consider themselves "perfected Jews" and that it would be better if everyone was a Christian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301216,00.html |title=Columnist Ann Coulter Shocks Cable TV Show, Declaring 'Jews Need to Be Perfected by Becoming Christians' |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=2007-10-11 |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> Deutsch had asked that if her dreams came true, what would this world look like, and she responded that "It would look like New York City during the Republican National Convention. In fact, that's what I think heaven is going to look like." When Deutsch continued to press her on the statement, she explained that people at the convention were happy, tolerant, and Christian. Deutsch then asked her if she believed everyone should be a Christian, and Coulter replied, "Yes". Coulter then went on to explain that Christians believe themselves to be "perfected Jews" and ended the interview with: | |||
| {{quotation|I don't want you being offended by this. This is what Christians consider themselves, because our testament is the continuation of your testament. You know that. So we think Jews go to heaven. I mean Falwell]] himself said that, but you have to follow laws. Ours is 'Christ died for our sins.' We consider ourselves perfected Jews. For me to say that for you to become a Christian is to become a perfected Jew is not offensive at all.}} | |||
| ==Political activities and commentary== | |||
| ] | |||
| Ann Coulter has described herself as a "]" who likes to "stir up the pot" and doesn't "pretend to be impartial or balanced, as broadcasters do".<ref name="polemicist"/> While her actual political activities in the past have included advising a plaintiff suing President ] as well as considering a run for Congress, she mostly serves as a political ], sometimes starting firestorms of ], ranging from rowdy uprisings at many of the colleges where she speaks to protracted discussions in the media. ''Time'' magazine's John Cloud once observed that Coulter, "likes to shock reporters by wondering aloud whether America might be better off if women lost the right to vote."<ref name="msright"/> This was in reference to a statement that she made: "It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950—except ] in '64—the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted."<ref name=appmagic/> Similarly, in an October 2007 interview with the ''],'' Coulter said:<ref>Gurley, George (October 2, 2007) ''The New York Observer'.' Retrieved October 5, 2007.</ref> | |||
| {{cquote|If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women. | |||
| It also makes the point, it is kind of embarrassing, the Democratic Party ought to be hanging its head in shame, that it has so much difficulty getting men to vote for it. I mean, you do see it's the party of women and 'We'll pay for health care and tuition and day care — and here, what else can we give you, soccer moms?'}} | |||
| ===Paula Jones–Bill Clinton case=== | |||
| Coulter first became a public figure shortly before becoming an unpaid legal advisor for the attorneys representing ] in her ] suit against President Bill Clinton. Coulter's friend George Conway had been asked to assist Jones' attorneys, and shortly afterward Coulter, who wrote a column about the Paula Jones case for '']'', was also asked to help; she began writing legal briefs for the case. | |||
| Coulter later stated that she would come to mistrust the motives of Jones' head lawyer, Joseph Cammaratta, who by August or September 1997 was advising Jones that her case was weak and to ], if a favorable settlement could be negotiated.<ref name=Daley1999 /><ref name=conason/> From the onset, Jones had sought an apology from Clinton at least as eagerly as she sought a settlement.<ref>Barak, Daphne. "". '']''. September 23, 1998. Retrieved on July 10, 2006.</ref> However, in a later interview Coulter recounted that she herself had believed that 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: | |||
| {{quote|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 penis that Jones said she could recognize and describe — to the news media. Her hope was to foster mistrust between the Clinton and Jones camps and forestall a settlement... | |||
| :I thought if I leaked the distinguishing characteristic it would show bad faith in negotiations. ] 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 ] 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. | |||
| :I just wanted to help Paula. I really think Paula Jones is a hero. I don't think I could have taken the abuse 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 />}} | |||
| In his book, Isikoff also reported Coulter as saying: "We were terrified that Jones would settle. It was contrary to our purpose of bringing down the President."<ref name=conason>Conason, Joe; Lyons, Gene. "". '']''. March 4, 2000. Retrieved July 10, 2006.</ref> After the book came out, Coulter clarified her stated motives, saying: | |||
| {{quote|The only motive for leaking the distinguishing characteristic item that gives in his book is my self-parodying remark that "it would humiliate the president" and that a settlement would foil our efforts to bring down the president.... I suppose you could take the position, as does, that we were working for Jones because we thought Clinton was a lecherous, lying scumbag, but this argument gets a bit circular. You could also say that ]'s secret motive in accusing Clinton of rape is that she hates Clinton because he raped her. The whole reason we didn't much like Clinton was that we could see he was the sort of man who would haul a low-level government employee like Paula to his hotel room, drop his pants, and say, "Kiss it." You know: Everything his defense said about him at the impeachment trial. It's not like we secretly disliked Clinton because of his administration's position on California's citrus cartels or something, and then set to work on some crazy scheme to destroy him using a pathological intern as our ].<ref>Coulter, Ann (May 1999). "Spikey and me". ]</ref>}} | |||
| The case went to court after Jones broke with Coulter and her original legal team, and it was dismissed via ]. 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 ] sexual harassment". The ruling was ]ed by Jones' lawyers. During the pendency of the appeal, Clinton settled with Jones for $850,000 ($151,000 after legal fees) in November 1998, in exchange for Jones' dismissal of the appeal. By then, the Jones lawsuit had led to the ]. | |||
| In October 2000, Jones revealed that she would pose for nude pictures in an adult magazine, saying she wanted to use the money to pay taxes and support her grade-school-aged children, in particular saying, "I'm wanting to put them through college and maybe set up a college fund."<ref name=larryking>Jones, Paula. "". ''Larry King Live''. ''CNN''. October 24, 2000. Retrieved on October 24, 2000</ref> Coulter publicly denounced Jones, calling her "the trailer-park trash they said she was," (Coulter had earlier chastened Clinton supporters for calling Jones this name)<ref>Ann Coulter "". ''Human Events''. January 30, 1998. Retrieved on November 18, 2006</ref> after Clinton's former campaign strategist ] had made the widely reported remark, "Drag a $100 bill through a trailer park, and you'll never know what you'll find", and called Jones a "fraud, at least to the extent of pretending to be an honorable and moral person."<ref name=larryking/> | |||
| Coulter wrote: | |||
| {{quote|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''. October 30, 2000. Retrieved July 11, 2006.</ref>}} Jones claimed not to have been offered any help with a book deal of her own or any other additional financial help after the lawsuit.<ref name = larryking/> | |||
| ===Brief congressional candidacy=== | |||
| In 1999 and 2000, Coulter considered running for ] from ] on the ] ticket to serve as a ] in order to throw the seat to the Democratic candidate and see that Republican Congressman ] failed to gain re-election, as a punishment for Shays' vote against Clinton's ]. 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 name = "arm candy">Lehman, Susan. "". '']''. March 4, 1999. Retrieved July 10, 2006.</ref><ref>Browne, Harry. "". '']''. September 22, 2000. Retrieved July 10, 2006.</ref> | |||
| ===Comments on Islam, Arabs and terrorism=== | |||
| On September 14, 2001, three days after the ], Coulter wrote in her column:<ref name="this_is_war">{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/coulter/coulter091301.shtml |title=This Is War|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=September 13, 2001|publisher=]|accessdate=July 21, 2009 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20010914225811/http://www.nationalreview.com/coulter/coulter091301.shtml |archivedate = September 14, 2001}}</ref> | |||
| {{quote|Airports scrupulously apply the same laughably ineffective airport harassment to ] as to ] ]. 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.}} | |||
| Responding to this comment, Ibrahim Hooper of the ] remarked in the '']'' that before September 11, Coulter, "would have faced swift repudiation from her colleagues", but "now it's accepted as legitimate commentary."<ref name="Ritter_Jim">{{cite news|title=Muslims see a growing media bias|last=Ritter|first=Jim|date=September 4, 2006|publisher=]}}</ref> ], however, saw Coulter's words as irony: "I began running Coulter columns on Frontpagemag.com shortly after she came up with her most infamous line, which urged America to put ]ists to the sword and convert them to Christianity. Liberals were horrified; I was not. I thought to myself, this is a perfect send-up of what our ] enemies believe – that as infidels we should be put to the sword and converted to Islam. I regarded Coulter’s ] as a ] commentary on liberal illusions of multi-cultural outreach to people who want to rip out our hearts."<ref name="Horowitz_David_FPM">{{cite news|url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=17332|title=The Trouble with “Treason”|last=Horowitz|first=David|date=July 8, 2003|publisher=]|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref> | |||
| Coulter has also been highly critical of the ], particularly with regard to their refusal to use ] as a component of airport screening.<ref name="Mineta_Bataan_Death_March">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter022802.asp|title=Mineta's Bataan Death March |last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=February 28, 2002|publisher=]|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref> After a group of Muslims were expelled from a ] flight when other passengers expressed worries, sparking a call for Muslims to boycott the airline because of the ], Coulter wrote, "If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether."<ref name="uncomfortable_flight">{{cite news|url=http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=158|title=What Can I Do To Make Your Flight More Uncomfortable?|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=November 22, 2006|publisher=''''|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| Coulter cited the 2002 Senate testimony of FBI whistleblower ] for condemning her superiors for refusing to authorize a ] for 9-11 conspirator ] when he refused to consent to a search of his computer. It was known that he was a Muslim, had attended flight school, had overstayed his visa, and the ] had confirmed his affiliations with radical fundamentalist Islamic groups. Coulter said she agreed that ] existed in the case, but that refusing consent, being in flight school and overstaying a visa shouldn't constitute grounds for a search. Citing a poll 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 ], and that 48 percent said they would fight for ],<ref name="Smith_Michael">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1360927/Britons-who-join-Taliban-to-face-trial.html|title=Britons who join Taliban to face trial|last=Smith|first=Michael|date=October 30, 2001|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=July 21, 2009 | location=London}}</ref> she asserted "any Muslim who has attended a ] in Europe – certainly in England, where Moussaoui lived – has had 'affiliations with radical fundamentalist Islamic groups'", so that she parsed Rowley's position as meaning that "'probable cause' existed to search Moussaoui's computer because he was a Muslim who had lived in England." Because "FBI headquarters...refused to engage in racial profiling" they failed to uncover the 9-11 plot, Coulter asserted. "The FBI allowed thousands of Americans to be slaughtered on the altar of ]. What more do liberals want?"<ref name="whistleblower">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter061302.asp|title=This whistle-blower they like|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=June 13, 2002|publisher=]|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| Coulter wrote in another column that she had reviewed the ] lawsuits against certain airlines to determine which airlines had subjected ]s 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 name="arab_preboarding">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter043004.asp|title=Arab hijackers now eligible for pre-boarding |last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=April 30, 2004|publisher=]|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref> In an interview with '']'', 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 ]s."<ref name="appmagic">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/may/17/pressandpublishing.usnews|title=An appalling magic|last=Freedland|first=Jonathan|date=May 17, 2003|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=July 21, 2009 | location=London}}</ref> | |||
| Another comment that drew particular criticism from the ], as well as fellow conservatives, was made during a speech at the ] in February 2006, where she said, referring to the prospect of a nuclear-equipped ], "What if they start having one of these ] episodes with ]s? I think our motto should be, post-9-11: raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences."<ref name="Kurtz_Howard_Misfire">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/02/14/BL2006021400549_pf.html|title=Monumental Misfire|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|date=February 14, 2006|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref> Coulter had previously written a nearly identical passage in her syndicated column: "I believe our motto should be after 9/11: ] monkey talks tough; jihad monkey takes the consequences. Sorry, I realize that's offensive. How about ']'? What? Now what'd I say? Boy, you tent merchants sure are touchy. Grow up, would you?"<ref name="muslim_bites_dog">{{cite news|url=http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=100|title=Muslim Bites Dog|last=Coulter|first=Ann|date=February 15, 2006|publisher=''''|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ===2008 presidential campaign=== | |||
| Just as the 2008 presidential campaign was getting under way, Coulter drew criticism for statements she made at the 2007 ] about presidential candidate ]:<ref>Tahman Bradley "." ''].'' March 5, 2007. Retrieved on December 24, 2008.</ref><ref>{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref><ref name="coulter_edwards_slur">"." March 2, 2007. Retrieved on March 6, 2007.</ref><ref>https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/coulter Flash video on Edwards' website</ref><ref name="coulter slur">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/index.html|title=Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur|accessdate=2007-04-05|publisher=Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company.|date=2007-03-04|work=CNN.com: Politics}}</ref> | |||
| {{cquote| I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word '],' so I'm – so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards, so I think I'll just conclude here and take your questions.}} | |||
| The comment was in reference to '']'' star ]'s use of the epithet and his subsequent mandatory "psychological assessment" imposed by ] executives.<ref name="greysanatomy">Lopez, Kathryn Jean. "." ''].'' March 3, 2007. Retrieved on March 6, 2007.</ref><ref> FoxNews.com, March 6, 2007</ref> It was widely interpreted as meaning that Coulter had called Edwards a "faggot", but Coulter has argued on a couple of occasions that she didn't actually do so, while simultaneously indicating she would not have been wrong to say it.<ref name="msnbc_edwards">{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21016080/|title=John Edwards' better half?|last=Mercurio|first=John|date=September 27, 2007|publisher=]|accessdate=July 16, 2009}}</ref> Edwards responded on his website by characterizing Coulter's words as "un-American and indefensible" and asking readers to help him "raise $100,000 in 'Coulter Cash' this week to keep this campaign charging ahead and fight back against the politics of bigotry."<ref name="coulter_cash">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/|title=Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur|date=March 4, 2007|publisher=CNN|accessdate=July 16, 2009}}</ref> He also called her a "she-devil", adding, "I should not have name-called. But the truth is – forget the names – people like Ann Coulter, they engage in hateful language."<ref name="she_devil">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/08/edwards-calls-c.html|title=Edwards Calls Coulter 'She-Devil'|last=Klein|first=Rick|date=August 17, 2007|publisher=]|accessdate=July 16, 2009}}</ref> Coulter's words also drew condemnation from many prominent Republicans and Democrats, as well as groups such as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (]).<ref name="e&p">E&P Staff. "{{dead link|date=December 2010}}" '']'' March 3, 2007. Retrieved on March 6, 2007.</ref><ref name="coulter_cash"/><ref name="nyt_gop_response">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/us/politics/04coulter.html|title=G.O.P. Candidates Criticize Slur by Conservative Author.|last=Nagourney|first=Adam|date=March 4, 2007|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=July 16, 2009}}</ref> Three advertisers (], ] and ]) also pulled their advertisements from Coulter's website,<ref name="pull_ads">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/05/coulter.ads/index.html|title=Companies to pull ads from Coulter's Web site|last=Hamby|first=Peter|date=March 5, 2007|publisher=CNN|accessdate=July 16, 2009}}</ref> and several ]s dropped her column.<ref>Astor, Dave. "{{dead link|date=December 2010}}" '']'' March 7, 2007. Retrieved on March 7, 2007.</ref><ref>Staff report. "{{dead link|date=December 2010}}" '']'' March 8, 2007. Retrieved on March 8, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Staff Writer | date=March 11, 2007 | title=Has Ann Coulter Hit Her Tipping Point? | url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=254652>1=7703 | publisher=] |accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref> Coulter responded in an e-mail to the ''New York Times'': "C’mon, it was a joke. I would never insult ]s by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean."<ref name="nyt_gop_response"/> On March 5, 2007, she appeared on '']'' and said, "aggot isn't offensive to gays; it has nothing to do with gays. It's a schoolyard taunt meaning 'wuss'".<ref name="foxnews">Staff Writer. "" '']'' March 6, 2007. Includes Flash video of exchange. Retrieved on March 6, 2007.</ref> | |||
| As the campaign waged on, she continued to insert her commentary regarding the candidates, both Democrats and Republicans. In a June 2007 interview, Coulter named ] as her choice for the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, saying "my favorite candidate is Duncan Hunter ]], and he is magnificent. The problem is most people say, "Who's Duncan Hunter?" He's a genuine war hero. He has one son, I think, in ], one in ]. He is good on every single issue. He has been out front on building a wall. He did build a wall at ]. He's very good on — on the life issue. He's good on everything."{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} | |||
| On January 16, Coulter began endorsing Governor ] as her choice for the 2008 Republican nomination, saying he is "manifestly the best candidate" (contrasting Romney only with Republican candidates ], ], and ]).<ref>Ann Coulter: January 16, 2008</ref> | |||
| By contrast, Coulter was critical of eventual Republican nominee ]. On the January 31, 2008 broadcast of '']'', Coulter claimed that, if McCain won the Republican nomination for president, she would support and campaign for ], stating, " is more conservative than McCain."<ref name=Foxnews>{{cite web|author=“” |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuTqgqhxVMc |title=Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary if McCain is the nominee |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> | |||
| In an April 2, 2008 column, she characterized ]'s book '']'' as a "Dimestore '']''." Coulter writes, "He says the reason black people keep to themselves is that it's 'easier than spending all your time mad or trying to guess whatever it was that white folks were thinking about you.' Here's a little inside scoop about white people: We're not thinking about you. Especially ]. We think everybody is inferior, and we are perfectly charming about it."<ref name=MeinKampfObama>{{cite web|url=http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=243 |title=Printer Friendly Article: OBAMA'S DIMESTORE 'MEIN KAMPF' |publisher=AnnCoulter.com |date=2008-04-02 |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> | |||
| === 2010 Canadian university tour === | |||
| In March 2010, Ann Coulter performed a speaking tour of three Canadian universities: The ], the ] and the ]. The tour was organized by the ].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/783585--watch-your-mouth-ann-coulter-warned-for-canadian-tour?bn=1 | location=Toronto | work=The Star | title=Watch your mouth, Ann Coulter warned for Canadian tour | first=Bruce | last=Cheadle | date=March 22, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| A day before Coulter's speech at the University of Western Ontario, an e-mail to Coulter from Francois Houle, provost of the University of Ottawa, was leaked to the media. The e-mail warned that "promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges." Coulter released a public statement claiming that by sending her the e-mail, Houle was promoting hatred against conservatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/coulter-canada-provost-hate/2010/03/23/id/353652 |title=Coulter: Canadian U Provost Guilty of Hate Crimes |publisher=Newsmax.com |date=2010-03-23 |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> During Coulter's speech at the University of Western Ontario, it was widely reported that she told a Muslim student to "take a ]", in response to the student's question about previous comments by Coulter that Muslims should not be allowed on airplanes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100324/OTT_Coulter_Rxn_100324/20100324/?hub=OttawaHome |title=Students divided over Coulter's cancelled speech |publisher=Ottawa.ctv.ca |date= |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> | |||
| On March 22, the University of Ottawa made international news when Coulter's speech was cancelled because of protesters (the number of which there are conflicting reports). Event organizers and her staff cited security concerns, but Alain Boucher of the ] said the police were not undermanned; there were 10 officers visible at the scene "plus other resources" nearby.<ref>; March 26, 2010</ref> There was initially disagreement as to who cancelled the speech, but Boucher said Coulter's security team decided to call off the event: "We gave her options" – including, he said, to "find a bigger venue" – but "they opted to cancel ... It's not up to the Ottawa police to make that decision."<ref name="Adventures_in_Ottawa">{{cite news|last=O'Malley|first=Kady|title=UPDATED - Ann Coulter's Adventures in Ottawa: So, what happened last night?|url=http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/03/ann-coulters-adventures-in-ottawa-so-what-really-happened-last-night.html|accessdate=July 2, 2010|newspaper=]|date=March 24, 2010}}</ref> Boucher said the crowd did not get way out of hand, and that there were no arrests.<ref name="Ottawa_police">{{cite news|last=Wightman|first=Ken|title=Ottawa police say they didn't shut Coulter down|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/289589|accessdate=July 2, 2010|newspaper=Digital Journal|date=March 26, 2010}}</ref> CTV News reported "It was a disaster in terms of just organization, which is probably one of the reasons why it was cancelled", citing the small number of students tasked with confirming who had signed up to attend Coulter's talk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100324/coulter_cancellation_100324/20100324?hub=TopStoriesV2 |title=Coulter protesters attack free speech: Levant - CTV News |publisher=www.ctv.ca |accessdate=2010-03-27 }}</ref> | |||
| Event organizer and conservative activist ] blamed the protest on the letter sent to Coulter by Houle.<ref name="Ezra_Levant">{{cite news|title=Protest Cancels Coulter Speech in Ottawa|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/24/protest-cancels-coulter-speech-ottawa/?test=latestnews|accessdate=July 2, 2010|newspaper=]|date=March 24, 2010}}</ref> After the cancellation, Coulter called the University of Ottawa a "bush league", stating:<ref name="Wightman_Ken">{{cite news|last=Wightman|first=Ken|title=Ann Coulter cancels Ottawa talk over security concerns|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/289495|accessdate=July 2, 2010|newspaper=Digital Journal|date=March 24, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| {{cquote|I go to the best schools, Harvard, the Ivy League and those kids are too intellectually proud to threaten speakers. ... I would like to know when this sort of violence, this sort of protest, has been inflicted upon a Muslim — who appear to be, from what I’ve read of the human rights complaints, the only protected group in Canada, I think I’ll give my speech tomorrow night in a ]. That will protect me.}} | |||
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