http://www.idsnews.com/news/index.phpConservative author Ann Coulter drew a large crowd to the IU Auditorium Thursday night. More than 2,500 of the auditorium's 3,200 seats were full, but that number dwindled throughout her speech as many students were ejected for disruptions and others simply walked out after certain comments.
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The speech drew many dissenters and it didn't take long for public outbursts to occur. Within the first two minutes of her speech, one student yelled out to Coulter, "Go back to Germany," to which another student responded with obscenities. The two got involved in a heated altercation and four officers had to remove the students from the event.
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"If the Democrats want to stay in the middle of the road, why do they keep sticking with Teddy Kennedy?" she said. "Didn't he have some trouble staying in the middle of the road?"
During her question-and-answer session, Coulter responded to both fans and protesters. One comment that drew strong audience reactions came from a young man who asked her if she didn't like Democrats, wouldn't it just be better to have a dictatorship? Coulter responded with a jab at the way the student talked.
"You don't want the Republicans in power, does that mean you want a dictatorship, gay boy?" she said.
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http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2006/02/24/news.new.1140757751.sto?linInsults fly at Coulter speech
Conservative polemicist visits IU Auditorium
Not since Clifford the Big Red Dog hit the stage at the Indiana University Auditorium have the audience and performers acted so immaturely.
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More than 30 people stood in line to ask questions of Coulter, although those with liberal views were encouraged to ask a question while one person was allowed to make a comment about how much her fiance appreciated Coulter and her views.
Ending her speech, Coulter encouraged her supporters to fight liberals as they would "Islamic crazies."
"We've been hit, and now we've got to hit back hard, and I don't mean just the terrorists," Coulter said. "Liberals have attacked America for 50 years, and we've got to hit back hard."
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Among Ann Coulter's remarks Thursday at the IU Auditorium:
• On countering hecklers by comparing her visit to IU with her visit to Harvard: "You know what they do at Harvard? They listen to the speech, and they ask questions. I guess they're capable of forming questions at Harvard."
• On soldiers being shot in Iraq: "Yeah, our troops are being shot at. We're not liberating Ohio."
• On the new governor of New Jersey: "The new one is not secretly gay. I mean, at least, as far as we know."
• On the inability of ushers to stop the heckling: "You guys are doing a great job."
• On the Democratic view of Iraqis and democracy: "They thought little brown brothers couldn't live with democracy. The Iraqis are taking to it like fish to water."
• On the Libertarian Party: "I think if Libertarians want to be taken seriously, they can't keep making the main issue drug legalization."
• On eliminating the hecklers from the audience: "Find the really ugly ones and take them out."
• On why liberals hate conservative values: "Well, they hate God, and they hate America."
• During the question-and-answer session, when one person asked who Jesus would bomb: "Probably abortion clinics."