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| '''Ann Hart Coulter''' (born ], ]) is a ] ] syndicated columnist, bestselling author, constitutional lawyer, and television ]. Her commentary has earned her a reputation as a vehement critic of social and political ]. Her speaking and writing style is aggressive and often controversial. | |||
| She has written four political commentary books, all of which have been on the ]. | |||
| Coulter is a legal correspondent for the magazine '']''. Her ] ] for ] is carried by or linked to by many ] websites, including ] and ]. Coulter was the subject of a ] cover story in ] ], and has made frequent guest appearances on national ] and syndicated ] programs. She has appeared on a large number of topical ]s, including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']''s '']'', '']'' and '']'' with ], and '']'' with ]. Coulter has also appeared in '']'', a rebuttal of ]'s '']''. | |||
| ==Personal background== | |||
| Ann Coulter was born in ] into a ] family that she has described as "]". She was born on December 8, 1961 according to the ] voting registration office. Coulter has two older brothers. As a lawyer, her father, John V. Coulter, represented clients in opposition to ]; he later became a ]. Her mother, Nell M. Coulter, is a member of the New Canaan Republican Town Committee. (Cloud, 2005) Ann Coulter attributes her conservative opinions and acerbic rhetorical style to her upbringing in ] and subsequent life in ] living with her oldest brother, John, and his law school roommate, Bill Bendix, now a Brooklyn, NY Personal Injury Attorney {{fact}}. | |||
| As an undergraduate in ]'s College of Arts and Sciences, Coulter helped launch a conservative newspaper, The '']'', with funding from ]'s ]. She graduated ] from Cornell in ], and received her ] from the ] Law School, where she achieved membership in the ] and was an editor of ''The Michigan Law Review''. While in Law School, Coulter was often seen wearing a fur coat to class, even in temperate weather. This was perceived by many fellow students as a political statement directed at her more liberal "] loving" classmates. | |||
| At law school, Coulter shared an apartment with ] and ] advocate ], who is now the Legal Director for the ]. At Michigan, Coulter founded a local chapter of the ] and was trained at the National Journalism Center. Coulter practiced ] for four years, then became a ] aide in ] in ], to Republican Senator ], who served on the ]. | |||
| Asked if she is a ] ], Coulter told interviewer David Bowman, "I don't think I've described myself that way, but only because I'm from Connecticut. We just won't call ourselves that" (2003). Though she seldom argues from a religious point of view, Coulter has commented on leaders of the so-called "]," stating that ]'s support was overrated and that ] is ineffective and not conservative. (''Slander,'' ch. 9) She commonly supports the positions of other Christian conservatives — although she argues that such a term often constitutes a "liberal slur." | |||
| In June 2005, Coulter purchased a $1.8 million home on ] Island in Florida. | |||
| ==Communication style== | |||
| Coulter is well-known for her ] criticism of ] and ] members and policies. She quickly established a reputation as a controversial and colorful speaker, and relishes the role (Coulter, August 2002). As she told '']'' in ], "I am a ]. I am perfectly frank about that. I like to stir up the pot. I don't pretend to be impartial or balanced, as broadcasters do." | |||
| Critics such as ] have taken issue with her "shoot-from-the-hip" style of commentary, arguing that it makes her reckless with facts. | |||
| === Canada and Vietnam === | |||
| In a January 2005 interview with the ]'s '']'', Coulter stated, "] used to be one of our most loyal friends and vice-versa. I mean Canada sent troops to ] - was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than ]?" She was countered by host ] who said, "No, actually, Canada didn't send troops to Vietnam... ] was there, not Canada" (). In a subsequent interview on ], Coulter stated that while Canada did not send combat troops to Vietnam, thousands of Canadians had volunteered for the US military: | |||
| :''Yes, 10,000 Canadian troops, at least. There is a ] to them, at least for most of that. 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... People keep saying: "well, he didn't tell you that they - 10,000 troops - ran across to sign up with the Americans" because I don't think he knew.'' | |||
| Despite Coulter's admission, columnist John Cloud stated in a '']'' article dated ], ], that, "Canada did send noncombat troops to ] in the ] and again to Vietnam in ]". (Canada sent officials to Vietnam in ] and ], as observers with the ]). Media watchdog ] disputes this assertion, however, saying that Cloud was "making quite a stretch" to prove that Coulter wasn't inaccurate. They explain: "Canada was officially ] during the Vietnam War, so if any noncombat troops were sent they would not have been sent to support U.S. forces there". | |||
| ==Books== | |||
| In 1998, Coulter published '']'' as the first of several ] books targeting Clinton. As its title suggests, the book argued for the ] of then President ]. | |||
| In 2002, Ann Coulter published '']'', a polemic that alleged institutional misconduct by liberals. Like ]'s ''Bias'', published in 2001, ''Slander'' alleged ] in the ], and was number one on ''The New York Times'' ] list for seven weeks. | |||
| ''Slander'' lobs attacks on U.S. journalists, claiming that many have ties to the ] and that liberalism, which she condemns, biases their reporting. Coulter argues that ] faced a difficult and unfair battle for positive media coverage from the moment he announced the decision to run for president, and that a similar battle for fair coverage has been waged by every other ] presidential candidate since ]. | |||
| Her next book, '']'', claims that Democratic politicians and the media have undermined the ] goals of the ] since the end of ]. She accuses liberals of ] or idiocy, and in defense of the presidency of ] she claims the ] scandal, instead of being an investigation of corruption in Nixon's presidency, was "...the left's ultimate ] against him for telling the truth about ]." Among Coulter's other opinions: the United States side of the war in ] was lost by Democrats; ] won the ]; and the ] were ]. Coulter even has an opinion about actors saying, for example, that "Actors are constantly engaging in conspicuous fighting to distract from the fact that they are sissy-boys who put on little-girls' plays." (249) | |||
| On June 6, 2006 (6/6/06, a play on the superstition of the number 666) Coulter will release her newest book, "Godless. The Church of Liberalism". | |||
| ==Media career and relations with media outlets== | |||
| In ], the fledgling television network ] hired Coulter as a legal correspondent and ], launching her media career. Though she was allowed to make many partisan and controversial comments as a panelist, she was fired in ] after an exchange with ], president of the ], in which she said, "No wonder you guys lost" (]'s ''NewsChat'', October 11, 1997). | |||
| Coulter was contributing editor and syndicated columnist at the '']'' (NRO) when she was asked by the editors to make changes to a piece written in 2001 directly after the ] in which her friend ] had been killed. Coulter went on the national television show '']'' accusing ''NRO'' of ] and claiming her pay was only five dollars per article (accounts of Coulter and the website differ over which piece was in dispute. ). '']'' then dropped her column and terminated her editorship. Despite media reports to the contrary, ], 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." (Goldberg, 2001) | |||
| Coulter was contracted by '']'' to cover the ], but was replaced by Goldberg of ''NRO'' after a "disagreement over editing" (Memmot, 2004). Her one article from the convention 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 did not print the article, but Coulter published it on her website. (Coulter, ] ]) | |||
| On ], ], Coulter's syndicated column was dropped by the ] newspaper ''Arizona Daily Star''. David Stoeffler, the publisher and editor of the ''Star'' said, "We've decided that syndicated columnist Ann Coulter has worn out her welcome. Many readers find her ], bombastic and mean-spirited. And those are the words used by readers who identified themselves as conservatives." | |||
| Coulter is represented by Premiere Speakers Bureau. | |||
| ==Paula Jones controversy== | |||
| Coulter debuted as a figure on the public scene shortly before becoming an unpaid legal advisor working for the attorneys representing ] in her ] suit against President Bill Clinton. Coulter wrote a column about the Paula Jones case for the magazine '']''. Coulter's friend George Conway had been asked to assist Jones' attorneys, and shortly afterward Coulter 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 told Jones that she didn't have a case and should take a ]. (Daley, 1999) From the onset of the lawsuit, Jones had sought an apology from Clinton at least as eagerly as she sought a settlement (Barak, 1998), and in an interview Coulter said, regarding herself that she had believed that Jones' case was solid, that Jones was telling the truth, that Clinton should be held publicly accountable for his misconduct, and that a settlement would give the impression that Jones was merely interested in ] money from the President. (Daley, 1999) | |||
| David Daley, who wrote the interview piece for the '']'' recounted what followed: | |||
| <blockquote>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... </blockquote> | |||
| <blockquote>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.</blockquote> | |||
| <blockquote>I just wanted to help Paula. I really think Paula Jones is a hero. I don't think I could have taken the ] she came under. She's this poor little country girl and she has the most powerful man she's ever met hitting on her sexually, then denying it and smearing her as president. And she never did anything tacky. It's not like she was going on TV or trying to make a buck out of it. (1999)</blockquote> | |||
| According to the Coulter Watch website, Coulter also told Isikoff, "We were terrified that Jones would settle. It was contrary to our purpose of bringing down the president." ("Oh, Paula", 2002, par. 5, 2) | |||
| The case eventually was brought to court after Jones had broken with Coulter and the rest of her original legal team, and it was summarily dismissed because the judge found that Jones could not show that she had suffered any damages, even if her allegations proved true. Jones did gain a settlement, however, from Clinton in exchange for not ] the decision, although at $850,000 it was only one-third of the amount she had been asking for and all but $151,000 went to pay her legal expenses. However, the Jones case eventually led to the ] and to the movement ] for Clinton's ], as Coulter had wished. Coulter made appearances on MSNBC (a role which began before her legal involvement with Jones) in which she commented on the case, and went on to write a critical exposé of Clinton, boasting on '']'' that she "got a bestseller out of it" (''High Crimes and Misdemeanors'', which included a chapter on the lawsuit) and telling '']'' in August 1999, "The reason we were doing it for Paula–well, was for Paula. She had been ] and I think we can say we got her reputation back." ("Oh, Paula", 2002, par. 8) | |||
| Jones (who had ]d her husband during the case, purchased a house after the settlement, and incurred a large ] bill) then posed nude for '']'', stating that she wished to use the money to pay the tax and fund her two grade-school-aged children's college education. Coulter publicly denounced her as "]", saying, "I totally believed she was the good ] girl she made herself out to be.... ow it turns out she's a ], at least to the extent of pretending to be an honorable and moral person" ("Oh, Paula", 2002, par. 12). Jones defended herself in an interview with ] in October 2000, saying, "I haven't been offered a book deal like everybody else in this huge thing has done. Ann Coulter's done books. I haven't seen her call me up and say: 'Paula, would you like for me to help you write a book, a really nice, decent book?' I haven't had any help from anybody whatsoever." ("Oh, Paula", 2002, par. 14) | |||
| ==Criticism== | |||
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| Ann Coulter has made a career of controversial arguments, inviting much criticism. Many claim that Coulter's polemical comments are extremely "nasty" and that they are intended to incite hysterical hatred toward liberals, people who object to the encroachment of religion into politics, and certain minorities (particularly ]s). Her style is not universally admired among those who share her political philosophy. Arnold Beichman reviewed ''Treason'' in the conservative '']'', and wrote that he'd "tried to read Miss Coulter's book and failed. Life is too short to read pages and pages of rant." Many find her presentations, both published and spoken, to be both highly offensive and inflammatory. Critics have labeled her comments and opinions as blatantly racist. | |||
| Critics also accuse her of ] and ]s, and argue that, since she has such strong conservative bias in her comments and writing, she is willing to misrepresent sources and facts to support her case. This criticism mirrors the argument that she herself uses in her criticism of liberal politicians, ]s and the news media, particularly '']''. | |||
| Coulter has been the subject of frequent protests, especially when speaking on ] ]es. On one occasion, during an appearance at ], a ] which missed. | |||
| While speaking at the ], she was shouted off stage to the chant of "you suck" by protestors. In retaliation, she told the crowd of 2,600, "I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am" . | |||
| The controversy at the University of Connecticut also concerned $16,000 in speaking fees paid out of student funds to Coulter by a bitterly divided Undergraduate Student Government. | |||
| At a February 23, 2006 appearance at ], in a speech entitled "Liberals Are Wrong About Everything", she told the extremely divided audience, "Liberals hate both God and America," and referred to a man with an effeminate voice who was asking questions as a "gay boy." Audience members supporting and opposing Coulter repeatedly broke out into altercations during the speech and had to be removed by ushers, whom she also mocked. | |||
| A minor controversy started when the '']'' reported Coulter had a ] driver's license with her birthdate listed as December 8, ], two years after her actual birthdate on her Connecticut license. | |||
| ===Controversial statements regarding the apartheid=== | |||
| According to a 2002 submission in the UCLA Daily Bruin, Coulter has suggested that she supported the apartheid in South Africa, calling the black people there "savages." The Bruin printed: "In response to a question on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Miss Coulter said she supported the government of Israel for the same reason she supported apartheid in South Africa, because they were surrounded by 'savages.'" See: Attention-getting Coulter distorts realities . | |||
| ===Controversial statements regarding religious cults, white separatists, and domestic terrorists=== | |||
| Coulter has frequently criticized the government's handling of radical ]. She described members of the ] at the ] compound as "harmless American citizens" after the bulk of the group was immolated in the fire started during the ] raid (the cause of the fire is in dispute). Likewise, she berates what she calls the "unprovoked government assault" and "murder" at ] . | |||
| In an interview with George Gurley, Coulter stated that: "My only regret with ] is he did not go to the ''New York Times'' building." (Coulter, August 26, 2002) Melik Kayan of '']'' described the statement and others she has made as "tongue-in-cheek ]". When later asked by John Hawkins if she regretted that statement, Coulter replied: "Of course I regret it. I should have added, 'after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters'." However, ] of '']'' and ], and many other critics were not amused. While acknowledging that "Coulter jokes about McVeigh blowing up the ''Times''", Alterman still found the comment offensive, calling Coulter a "] ]" and "ideological comrade" of McVeigh due to their similar statements about the Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents. | |||
| ===Controversial statements regarding Arabs and Muslims === | |||
| Coulter has also drawn criticism for several remarks regarding ]s, Muslims, people of ]ern descent, and other U.S. ]. For instance, in an article published one day after the 9/11 attacks, she wrote "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 ]." | |||
| A minor controversy ensued after Coulter denounced ], calling her an "old Arab" . In other instances, she has referred to the Middle East as a "swamp" and advocated ] on airliners. In an interview with a reporter from '']'', Coulter stated: "I think airlines ought to start advertising: 'We have the most ] lawsuits brought against us by Arabs.'" When asked by the reporter about what Muslims would then do for travel, she replied: "They could use flying carpets." | |||
| On February 10, 2006, Coulter spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where she referred to Arabs as "]s". "I think our motto should be post-9-11, raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences." The audience then applauded her. | |||
| Other expressions that Coulter uses to describe Muslims include "camel jockey", "jihad monkey" and "tent merchant". On her website, she has also commented that "The 'offense to Islam' ruse is merely an excuse for Muslims to revert to their default mode: rioting and setting things on fire." ], ] | |||
| ===Controversial statements about women=== | |||
| Coulter has stated that women are "not as bright" as men ('']'' - 09/23/04), "have no capacity to understand how money is earned" ('']'' - 02/26/01), and "shouldn't be in the military" (''Hannity and Colmes'' - 05/05/04). | |||
| On a few occasions Coulter has suggested that the ] should be repealed. In a ], ] '']'' article she wrote, "If this ticket doesn't close the gender gap, it's time to repeal the 19th Amendment." On ], ], she said, " all have to give up their vote" (''Politically Incorrect''). She also argues that banning women from voting would ensure Republican presidents would be elected - as historical voting patterns had shown men had voted in majorities for Republican candidates. | |||
| ===Controversial statements at Philander Smith College=== | |||
| Speaking at ] in ], ], on January 26, 2006, Coulter made several controversial remarks. In arguing that the current ] should become more conservative, she stated, "We need somebody to put rat poisoning in ] ]." She followed the statement by saying, "That's just a joke, for you in the media." In the same address, she commented that the crack cocaine problem in the United States has "pretty much gone away." These and other comments earned her boos from some members of the crowd. | |||
| ===Criticism of ''Treason'' and ''Slander''=== | |||
| '']'', which contains many strident accusations against liberals, brought her under fire, even from many conservatives. Many felt her claim that Democrats such as Presidents ] and ] had worked against America's war on ] was unfounded. | |||
| ''Treason'''s defense of ] also came under criticism from both liberals and conservatives, who argued that Coulter had simply failed to accurately research the facts in her attempt to rehabilitate the controversial senator. In an interview with David Bowman, Coulter said that Joe McCarthy is the deceased person she admires the most. Coulter claims in ''Treason'' that McCarthy was simply misunderstood and unappreciated, and that the ] have vindicated him, proving there indeed were ] spies in the ]. In continuing efforts to rehabilitate McCarthy, she wrote some columns attacking ] movie '']'', about television journalist ] and McCarthy. She claims ] was not the destructive force it was made out to be, and says that the only suicide caused by the ] was Murrow's friend, ], now proven to be a Soviet spy. | |||
| For instance, President Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff Sherman Adams wrote a memoir in 1961, "First Hand Report" that makes clear the hostility the Republican administration held against Sen. McCarthy. Further, two Republican Senators wrote memoirs excoriating McCarthy. Sen. Arthur Watkins of Utah chaired his censure committee and wrote "Enough Rope" in 1969, sparing no detail in his fury over McCarthy's conduct. Sen. Charles Potter of Michigan sat on the Army-McCarthy hearings and the censure committe. His 1965 memoir "Days of Shame" is equally harsh toward the Wisconsin Senator. | |||
| An article in the '']'' criticized ''Slander'', claiming it contained numerous misstatements. In ''Slander'', Coulter expounds the view that liberals are out of touch with America, and "have absolutely no contact with the society they decry from their ] redoubts". This echoed the sentiments of an ] ] '']'' article, in which she argued that the media are biased to the left because Republicans don't have the wealth to start media outlets, while Democrats do. That Republicans are rich, she said, "is one of the stunning lies that Democrats have been able to palm off... Liberals really are the idle rich." | |||
| ], the author of ''Big Lies'', accuses Coulter of double standards, arguing that she is a highly-educated, affluent woman with a high-profile media presence who does not similarly accuse herself, or other privileged Republicans, of being out of touch. Conason goes on to say that Coulter's criticism is blunted by what he calls her pre-assumed opinions, making many of the conclusions she draws irrelevant to the actual nature of her arguments. | |||
| In his book, '']'', liberal commentator and conservative watchdog ] pointed out some factual errors and what he believed were misleading statements in Coulter's books. Two of these outright errors had already been corrected in the paperback version of ''Slander'', which was published in June 2003, preceding the publication of ''Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them'' by two months (according to its copyright page, Franken's book was first printed in September 2003). The relative timing of the release dates for these two books indicates that others had identified these factual errors prior to the release of Franken's book and had already taken steps to correct some of them. | |||
| ===Voter registration form/allegations of voter fraud=== | |||
| Coulter is currently under investigation by elections officials for apparently filing an inaccurate ] form in June of 2005. Government documents indicate she provided her ]'s address in lieu of her own. If proven, this constitutes a felony under Florida law. On ] the Palm Beach Post reported that elections officials have given Coulter 30 days to explain the inaccuracy. | |||
| ==Quotations== | |||
| <!-- As a courtesy, please discuss any changes to this section on Talk prior to making them. The current presentation reflects a compromise developed during over a year of discussion on Talk. --> | |||
| The following quotes are examples of Coulter's flamboyant and often inflammatory ] style. Some view these quotes as humorous examples of tongue-in-cheek ] or ], while others take them more seriously. Coulter herself once stated, "Liberals love to pretend they don't understand hyperbole." {{fact}} However, she has also stated, "I believe everything I say." | |||
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| *''"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."'' - on the 9/11/01 attacks, in which her friend ] was killed, from her syndicated column ], ] <!--from her column in the National Review Online--> | |||
| *"''The ethic of ] is the explicit abnegation of man's dominion over the Earth. The lower species are here for our use. God said so: Go forth, be fruitful, multiply, and ] the planet—it's yours. That's our job: drilling, mining and stripping. Sweaters are the anti-] view. Big gas-guzzling cars with phones and CD players and wet bars—that's the Biblical view''." <!--from her column ''Oil Good, Democrats Bad'', October 2000--> | |||
| *''"I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a ] might work particularly well with are the ]s, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood to be flogged publicly."''—MSNBC ], ] | |||
| *''"It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since ] - except ] in ]—the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted."''— ], ] | |||
| * ''"Liberals hate America, they hate flag-wavers, they hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions except ], post 9/11. Even ] don't hate America like liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now."''—(from Slander, pp. 5-6; published June 2002) | |||
| *''"The ''Times'' was rushing to assure its readers that 'prominent Islamic scholars and ] in the West say unequivocally that nothing in Islam countenances the Sept. 11 actions.' (That's if you set aside ]'s many specific instructions to kill nonbelievers whenever possible)"''—''How to Talk to a Liberal'', 2004. | |||
| *''"In the history of the nation, there has never been a political party so ridiculous as today's Democrats. It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc."'' - Jan 12, 2006 | |||
| *''"We need somebody to put rat poisoning in ]' ]. That's just a joke, for you in the media."'' - January 26, 2006 | |||
| *''"One showed Muhammad turning away suicide bombers from the gates of heaven, saying "Stop, stop -- we ran out of virgins!" -- which I believe was a commentary on Muslims' predilection for violence. Another was a cartoon of Muhammad with horns, which I believe was a commentary on Muslims' predilection for violence. The third showed Muhammad with a turban in the shape of a bomb, which I believe was an expression of post-industrial ennui in a secular -- oops, no, wait: It was more of a commentary on Muslims' predilection for violence...Muslims are the only people who make feminists seem laid-back."'' - February 8, 2006 | |||
| *''"Perhaps we could put aside our national, ongoing, post-9/11 Muslim butt-kissing contest and get on with the business at hand: Bombing Syria back to the stone age and then permanently disarming Iran.'' - February 15, 2006 | |||
| *''"You don't want the Republicans in power, does that mean you want a dictatorship, gay boy?"'' - February 24, 2006 | |||
| ==Trivia== | |||
| *Coulter is a fan of the rock band ], and even appeared on the pop culture channel ]'s now-defunct series '']'', about high school experiences, to discuss her years as a ]. Oddly enough, liberal Al Franken is also a fan, and uses Grateful Dead songs for his radio show's theme, even though Coulter and Franken disagree on nearly everything. | |||
| *Coulter is a fan of ] and defended his controversial comments on abortion as being taken out of context. | |||
| *A documentary about Coulter, ''Is It True What They Say About Ann?'', was made in 2004 by filmmakers Patrick Wright and Elinor Burkett, which was shown at various conservative film festivals and is available online and at select media distributors. The DVD includes the forty-minute documentary as well as about two hours of additional interviews and speeches, and a photo album. | |||
| *Coulter was a member of ], a national ], while at Cornell. | |||
| *Coulter is very fond of wearing ]. She has been satirized for her supposed ] about her ] by '']'', ], and '']''. | |||
| *According to , Coulter is a supporter of Indiana Representative ] for President of the United States in the 2008 election. | |||
| *Coulter has said she likes to read anything written by humorist ]. | |||
| *The ] band ] refers to Coulter in their song "You're Wrong" on the '']'' EP and their ]. . | |||
| ==References== | |||
| *Barak, Daphne (September 23, 1998). . ''Irish Examiner''. | |||
| *Bowman, David (July 25, 2003). . ''salon.com'' . | |||
| *Cloud, John (April 25, 2005). "Ms. Right." ''Time''. | |||
| *Coulter, Ann (October 30, 2000). . ''Jewish World Review''. | |||
| *Coulter, Ann (July 18, 2002). . ''Jewish World Review''. | |||
| *Coulter, Ann (July 18, 2002). . Interview with Phil Donahue. Free Republic. posted by Pistolshot, July 19, 2002. | |||
| *Coulter, Ann (August 11, 2002). Interview with Brian Lamb. C-Span. ''Booknotes''. Reprinted at ''Booknotes.org.'' | |||
| *Coulter, Ann (August 26, 2002). . Interview with George Gurley. ''New York Observer'' reprinted at AntiAuthority. | |||
| *Coulter, Ann (October 9, 2003). . ''Jewish World Review''. | |||
| *Coulter, Ann (January 12, 2004). . Interview with Jamie Glazov. ''FrontPageMag.com''. | |||
| *Coulter, Ann (July 26, 2004). . ''anncoulter.com''. | |||
| *Daley, David (June 25, 1999). . ''Hartford Courant''. | |||
| *{{note|Franken}}{{cite book | author=Franken, Al | title=] | publisher =Dutton Books| year=2003 | id=ISBN 0525947647}} | |||
| *] (October 3, 2001). . ''National Review Online''. | |||
| *Memmot, Mark (July 26, 2004). . ''USAToday.com''. Updated July 27, 2004. | |||
| *{{note|shrill}}{{cite news | last=Stoeffler | first=David | title=Opinion pages get a makeover | date=] | publisher=] | url=http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/opinion/90500.php}} | |||
| * (.pdf file) (2002). Coulterwatch.com. Retrieved March 17, 2005. | |||
| *West, Nigel (2000). ''Venona: The Greatest Secret of the Cold War''. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0006530710 | |||
| *Lambiet, Jose (March 29, 2006). . ''PalmBeachPost.com'' Retrieved April 11, 2006. | |||
| ==Ann Coulter bibliography== | |||
| *'']: The World According to Ann Coulter'' (Crown Forum, 2004) ISBN 1400054184. The book is a collection of columns on varied topics, such as ], the U.S. ] and the ]. | |||
| *'']'' (Crown Forum, 2003) ISBN 1400050308 | |||
| *'']'' (Crown Forum, 2002) ISBN 1400046610 | |||
| *'']'' (Regnery Publishing, 1998) ISBN 0895261138 | |||
| ==Ann Coulter's filmography== | |||
| *'''', Four-part interactive television event for Discovery Channel hosted by ]. Starting with 100 nominees, each week interactive viewer voting eliminates the candidates. The three judges were Ann Coulter, ] and ]. ]. | |||
| *'']'', ] documentary designed as a rebuttal of ]'s '']'', released in ]. | |||
| *'''', ] documentary on Ann Coulter containing a clip of her interviews and speeches, released in ]. | |||
| *'''', Made for TV documentary on the "24-Hour News Revolution", released in ]. | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| ;Articles | |||
| * ''anncoulter.com''. | |||
| * - collection of syndicated columns on ''Jewish World Review''. | |||
| * - collection of columns (2000-2001) for ''National Review Online''. | |||
| ;Biography and quotes | |||
| *. | |||
| * on the ] | |||
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| * by mostly critical editors. | |||
| * documentary on Coulter. | |||
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| ;Book reviews | |||
| *"Limerick, Dr. Rush" (September 9, 2002). . Rev. of ''Slander''. ''slannder.homestead.com''. Looks at chapter 2. | |||
| *] (Winter 2003). . Rev. of ''Treason''. ''Claremont Review of Books'' . by biographer of Joseph McCarthy. | |||
| *] (July 8, 2003). . Rev. of ''Treason''. ''Frontpagemag.com''. Article by a conservative both critical and praising. | |||
| *Nyhan, Brendan (June 30, 2003). . Rev. of ''Treason''. ''spinsanity''. Media analyst protests "complicated set of rhetorical tricks." | |||
| ;Criticism | |||
| * | |||
| *] (September 5, 2002). . ''The Nation''. criticism of Coulter | |||
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| * by Jack Clark | |||
| * former "watch site" for Ann Coulter, now seldom updated. | |||
| * another defunct watch site. | |||
| *{{cite book| | |||
| title=The I Hate Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity...Reader: The Hideous Truth About America's Ugliest Conservatives| | |||
| author=Willis, Clint| | |||
| year=2004| | |||
| publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press| | |||
| id=ISBN 1560256141| | |||
| }} | |||
| ;Current events (fan sites and watch sites) | |||
| * not currently maintained, contains archive. | |||
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| * Organization in opposition to Ann Coulter's exploits | |||
| ;Interviews | |||
| * (June 26, 2002) Interview with Katie Couric. NBC. ''Today''. Reprinted at ''Drudge Report Archive.'' | |||
| * (August 11, 2002) Interview with Brian Lamb. C-Span. ''Booknotes''. Reprinted at ''Booknotes.org.'' | |||
| * (June 30, 2003) Interview with Chris Matthews. MSNBC. ''Hardball with Chris Matthews.'' Reprinted at ''the Rational Radical.'' | |||
| * Interview with Bob McKeown. CBC. | |||
| ;News features | |||
| *Leiby, Richard (March 2, 2005). . ''washingtonpost.com''. | |||
| * Harnden, Toby (July 19, 2002). ''telegraph.co.uk''. | |||
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