Senator Hillary Clinton Lashes Out at Ann Coulter

[Catherine Vincent]

http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/06/07/ap2800202.html

Associated Press
Hillary Lashes Out at Ann Coulter
By DEVLIN BARRETT , 06.07.2006, 02:08 PM


New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lashed out at Ann Coulter for a "vicious, mean-spirited attack" on a group of outspoken 9/11 widows, whom the right-wing television pundit described as "self-obsessed" and enjoying their husbands' deaths.

Coulter writes in a new book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," that a group of New Jersey widows whose husbands perished in the World Trade Center act "as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them." She also wrote, "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much."

Clinton, who has felt Coulter's wrath over the years, responded angrily on Wednesday.
"Perhaps her book should have been called 'Heartless,'" the senator said. "I know a lot of the widows and family members who lost loved ones on 9/11. They never wanted to be a member of a group that is defined by the tragedy of what happened."

The New York Democrat and former first lady said she found it "unimaginable that anyone in the public eye could launch a vicious, mean-spirited attack on people whom I've known over the last four and a half years to be concerned deeply about the safety and security of our country."

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Sorry for another thread on Ann Coulter.

[LynneSin]

1. No, this is an important one!

Say what you will about Hillary Clinton, it was very important for her to defend the widows from 9/11 since so many of them are from the state that she represents.

[Lerkfish]

5. I heartily appplaud Ms. Clinton.

:thumbsup:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. The particular 9/11 widows Coulter was attacking are nicknamed "The Jersey

Girls" because they live in NJ and not NY.

[Divernan]

14. Their husbands worked and died in NYC, though

When I worked for PA state government, we had many people working in Philadelphia who lived over the line in Jersey. We didn't dismiss their concerns because they weren't registered to vote in the state. That was a main difference between Republican & Democratic reps/staffers W/ the R's, they'd check to see not only if the caller lived in their district, but if they were registered Rs.

[LynneSin]

16. Yes but the attack happened in NYC AND the comment affected ALL

9/11 widows - not just the New Jersey ones

[bunkerbuster1]

2. Don't get to say this often at DU but--Hooray, Hillary!

Go get the vile creep! Kick her in the balls!

[Cha]

17. Me too! I'll applaud Hillary

when I think she's doing a good job.

[Kikosexy2]

3. Alrighty Hillary...

you keep bitch-slapping that mega-bitch Ann the man and kick her in the balls too...

[CottonBear]

4. "Perhaps her book should have been called 'Heartless,'" the senator said.

Senator Clinton did not mince words. Good for her for standing up to the evil Coulter harpy.

[MADem]

6. Ah, Forbes, no shame at all..."catfight" headline writer strikes again

Lashes OUT...oh, MEOW!

Why not criticizes, reprimands, takes issue with, or DEFENDS WIDOWS AGAINST COULTER SMEAR?

[tanyev]

7. This is the first time I realized she actually wrote that garbage

in the book. I thought it was something that just popped out of her vicious maw during the Today show interview. W-O-W. The widows should sue her scrawny a**.

[madinmaryland]

8. I hope they sue Mann Coulter for every cent it has!

[Kikosexy2]

12. And all...

the widows hunt her down and kick the living daylights out of her ass...too bad witch-burning went out of style many, many centuries ago...a bonfire of Ann's books while the witch herself is tied up to burn with her own viled rhetoric...yeah, it's evil...but evil is as evil does...

[MikeNearMcChord]

10. Subject: Agreed, keep the light shining on the mean-spritness

on Anne Coulter, her attacks on war heroes like Max Cleland, the glorification of Joseph McCarthy and this vile shameless attack on the 9-11 widows do more to turn off those who think for themselves, even those who would be politically opposed to the Democrats are repulsed. shine a light on Anne

[Chipper Chat]

11. And keep repeating (s)he is a Fox News common-tater.

Tie her ass in to her Bobsey-twin Sean Hannity as often as possible. Bitch!

[OwnedByFerrets]

13. I dont think the douche bag cares one bit

if the 90% of the population hates her as long as that filthy book of hers sells....and today it's # 3 at Amazon. Just what she wants. Publicity.

[Sgent]

15. I'm proud

I'm proud of her response -- although I half think democrats would do better to just ignore the bitch.

[Bretttido]

18. Ignoring people like her is what got us in this mess

We thought, people can't really believe that message... can they?

[ginnyinWI]

19. I think Coulter is trading on the fact that she's a woman

It takes another woman to call her out, apparently. Well at least Sen. Clinton did. Randi Rhodes is doing it right now, too.

[sandnsea]

20. Oh Hillary, how bold

Jumping right into the big controversies of the day. Video games, flag burning and Ann Coulter. :eyes:

I honestly wish she would just go away.

[lumpy]

23. And who would you put in her place?

Ann Coulter I suppose.

[sandnsea]

27. Feingold, Gore, Kerry

Edwards, Schweitzer, Boxer - a whole host of people. Hillary is the most politically posturing Democrat there is, worse than Bill even. I am sick of her and her fucking up every opportunity to move this party forward.

[ronnykmarshall]

50. Oh. My. What. A. Suprise.

Who. Would. Have. Thought.

I'm talking about your post.

[One_of_8]

21. "Lashes Out"?

How about: "Hillary Clinton Expresses Disgust at Vile Comments Made by Ann Coulter"?

or even more simply: "Clinton Responds to Ann Coulter's Slander of 9/11 Widows"?

The term "lashes out" has a negative connotation, and is more aptly applied to Ann Coulter's ravings on The Today Show.

[SPKrazy]

22. Gee, You'd Think She Was Running For Re-Election In New York

of course Mannie Annie (sorry, no offense to transgendered intended) was attacking the "Jersey Girls", but widows of 911 are going to be both New Yawkers and Jerseyites.

But, so brave of her to "speak out" over a book, just like she was running for re-election.










oh, she is running for re-election? No Wonder!

[Sadie5]

25. Nice to see Hillary fire back

Soon we will se Colter's book in the dollar stores as it will be a flop. One by one they are falling.

[SPKrazy]

34. I Suspect That The Old Saying

any publicity is good publicity is the case here

the more attention it is given, the more people (usually RW'ers) flock to it

especially now that Hillary (the RW's demon/love object) has fired back

She probably is personally attacking Coulter because she hates her, but I don't believe that she is defending any 9/11 wives unless it is politically expedient for her.

Being from Arkansas and knowing a little about Hillary I feel confident in saying these things.

[Catherine Vincent]

26. I don't think Hillary said this because of her re-election campaign

I really do believe she feels that way about Coulter. Hillary, of all people, at least have the right to criticize Coulter since the witch has wrote tons of books about her family. After reading those quotes, anyone (including Hillary) would want to give them a piece of their mind.

[TahitiNut]

24. Coulter doesn't deserve the attention. Hillary screwed up.

At best, have a staffer deal with such rotted garbage as Coulter. Coulter feeds on the attention.

[Twist_U_Up]

28. Hillary sticking up for 911 Truth Seekers ?

I wonder if she would actually get behind them and try to get an Independent Commission into the guberments ineptness on that horrific day ?

This is great exposure for the 911 truth movement.

Lets pick up the ball and run with it Hillary.

Everyone knows 911 was an inside job.

[SPKrazy]

35. LOL

yeah, like she's going to do that, sure

on edit

unless the polls tell her it is the thing to do, focus groups and all, she won't do anything.

[iconoclastNYC]

29. Meow! Catfight!!! Get out the jello and the mini-pool.

I think Hillary would rip Anne Coulter in two.

Man that'd be a very highly rated pay per view event. Someone call Don King!

[SideshowScott]

30. No, im done ingnoring Coulter and her ilk..

I think we all thought if we ingore her and not give her the time of day she and her kind will go away. The Democracts thought that by acting like the Coulters, Savages and those kind did not exist and would go away. Well they have not and wont. I think its time for the democrats to start fighting back. Sure give them more ink. Its what they want. But the old saying goes be careful what you wish for due to when the big brians on the left get pissed and challenge, you see more and more of them go back to the dark hole they came from. I hope Hillary's shot is the first of many at those scumbags who make a living on the seperation of the country. Fine i hope there are a million posts about Ann Coulter show her as the heartless skank she is and send a message to the Milkins, Savages, Lucciane Goldbergs, and such that we are done taking your crap..Have a taste!

[checks-n-balances]

44. Exactly, and we shouldn't let any Swiftliars get away with what they say

Coulter is a one-person (one-MAnn) Swiftboat Liar herself. Think of all that she's gotten away with all these years.

Time for a major SMACKDOWN - coming from all directions!

[Jacobin]

31. I think its a mistake to respond to self proclaimed idiots

It just gives her more air time and even gives her credibility, in that a sitting senator would respond to such utter blather.

[Snivi Yllom]

32. Hillary just helped sell another 100,000 copies

It's better to not respond and get baited into providing ammunition.

[ElboRuum]

33. At this point, who cares?

You know, sometimes you just have to take your shots. The only people buying this sad little tome are the little Freepers who'd have gone out and bought it anyway. Democrats MUST speak out and resist the temptation to remain silent when they get a hatchet job from one of these diseased brains. There is no higher ground in politics so it doesn't do a whole lot of good to try to take one.

One of the things I've always been dubious of with taking the "if you ignore them, they will go away" stance with the neocon punditry is that this only works if YOU are the one they're trying to talk to. They aren't talking to us. No neocon pundit is talking to any Democrat or liberal... anywhere. They're talking to other neocons... they're the club newsletters. And their audience is listening with anticipation to every next salvo of drivel these hacks churn out. These people should be challenged on each and every remark they make until they get tired of answering for every word said or penned... only THEN will they have any cause to go away.

[SPKrazy]

36. Yeah, Like Hillary Needs Any Tutelage About Fighting Back

she will fight back if it passes her focus groups

and believe me, she knows how to do it, and when she does, she wins!

So, the trick is get public opinion to agree with our side more and she will stand up for us.

I'm sorry, I used to like Hillary, then I saw how she is a bigger "operator" than her husband, she just lacks the charisma that Bill has.

[Connie_Corleone]

37. We get the point. You don't like Hillary.

[SPKrazy]

41. Yeah, I Don't

but if she got the nomination in 08 I'd still vote for her as she would have to be better than anyone else that was running at that point.


My hope is that she doesn't get the nomination despite the Right winger's wet dreams that she does

[ElboRuum]

43. Doesn't matter if you're a Hillary fan or not...

It's the principle. Seriously, how often does a person have to be kicked in the shins by someone like Coulter before a response is permitted? I mean, really, one of the big issues I've had about the Democratic party is that they let their opponents define them, and what better way to show that they've done it other than to allow ourselves to imagine galvanizing an opposing force through opposition to their statements and tactics? Once this happens, you've already lost the game. You're hosed if you do and hosed if you don't.

You have to stand for something. We do. But you have to be willing to risk unpopularity with some to galvanize support with others. That's all part of taking a stand, picking a side, call it what you want. This is one of the reasons why Democrats lose elections. They let the neocons define them. They let them take charge of the conversation. They let them play aggressive games and rarely fight back when they do. And when it's all said and done, the only thing that's ever offered as a mea culpa is a plaintive, "we didn't stoop to their level."

I don't care if you're a Hillary fan or not. Me, I could care either way about her. She's a politician as are all the others, and YES, of course they'll go where it'll take them the farthest. But even a snake slithers into the light of day sometimes, and if you were going to take a stand, lambasting someone who has the unmitigated gall to question the aggrievement of 9/11 widows is certainly an ironclad, no-gray-hair one to take.

Even a jaded politician loses patience when some talking head with an ugly mind and a fat mouth (who can't be bothered to seek office herself) decides that the rules of propriety no longer apply in any way and goes where Coulter took it. Ann Coulter should be castigated publically by anyone who can find a microphone to shout into. Outside of Hillary, the silence is deafening.

[WI_DEM]

38. That is the Hillary Clinton I always admired

[Joe Chi Minh]

39. A vicious mean-spirited attack, but also, insanely disrespectful

of these widows' loss. Not the least vestige of a moral compass.

[bluefish]

40. Thank you Mrs. Clinton nm

[BlueStater]

42. This is the proudest I've been of Hillary Clinton in a long time

I think this is the first time Hillary has mentioned the stringbean. I don't know if she has ever adknowledged her existence until now.

Anyway, it's nice to see the Dems actually fight back against these right-wing media nazis for once. It's long overdue.

[WA98296]

45. Wow, takes a lot of guts to step out against Manne Coulter. Underwhelming.

[Mr_Spock]

46. I'm sorry for another one too

:D

[UTUSN]

47. Kick n/t

[robbedvoter]

48. "VENOM" Clinton Coulter suare off - NY Daily News cover

i wanted to post it but Zarkawi superceeded it aparently. Anyway , the title, and the two similar little pics at the ends of the huge word VENOM seems to imply the two are on par in this

[Dr Fate]

49. Go get her Hil! n/t

n/t