... and by appointing Rush Limbaugh king, he's helping put a face of hatred on the GOP:
From the floor of the US House of Representatives, June 8, 2006:
Mr. Speaker, as United States citizens, we are blessed with many freedoms. Among those is the right to freely speak our minds. While freedom of speech is one of the things that makes our country great, it also means we have to endure the words of a hatemonger like Ann Coulter.
In her new book, the goddess of the right slanders the 9/11 widows, writing, "These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzies. I have never seen people enjoying their husbands' death so much."
Lest Ms. Coulter forget, more than 3,000 Americans were killed simply because they lived in the United States. That doesn't matter to Ms. Coulter, because she is doing it to enrich herself.
But there is something more sinister in Ms. Coulter's words. The hate she spews is the same kind of hatred we are battling in the war on terror. As a country of thought and reason, I urge all of us to reject it.
I must ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, does Ann Coulter speak for you when she suggests poisoning Supreme Court Justices or slanders the 9/11 widows? If not, speak now. Your silence allows her to be your spokesman.
She should apologize to all of us who have lost our fellow citizens on 9/11.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-h20060608-7From a press release one week later:
"It has also been one week since I called on my Republican colleagues to reject Ann Coulter's vicious attacks on the widows of 9-11.
"Not a single Republican elected official has stepped forward to reject her hate, so I have to conclude they are comfortable with her as their spokesperson.
"Their silence is deafening. Apparently it's OK to exploit 9-11 to shore up your own sagging poll numbers or make a quick buck. So rather than see 9-11 as a moment to unite America, Ann Coulter and her followers have chosen to divide and demonize fellow Americans.
"I'm always amazed that the one casualty the American people would accept on 9-11 would be partisanship and that's the one casualty this Congress is not willing to give.
"Ms. Coulter is threatened by the 9-11 Widows.
"They threaten her simplistic world by daring to ask questions.
"Mr. Speaker, the 9-11 Widows have courageously stood up to demand that we never forget the horror of September 11th.
"All Americans who lost loved ones should be honored as we're doing in Arlington today - not denigrated simply because they don't fit simplistic world views."
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2006/06/rahm_emanuel_challenges_republ.html
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