Comments That Demand Condemnation

Captain Ed Morrissey has picked up on one of the stories of the day, and it concerns one of our own. That person is Ann Coulter, and like times in the past where we have stepped up to condemn her deplorable comments, we do so again. She had an interview on the Today Show where this exchange occured between her and Matt Lauer:

LAUER: On the 9-11 widows, an in particular a group that had been critical of the administration:

COULTER: “These self-obsessed women seem genuinely unaware that 9-11 was an attack on our nation and acted like as if the terrorist attack only happened to them. They believe the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony. Apparently, denouncing bush was part of the closure process.”

"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by griefparrazies. I have never seen people enjoying their husband’s death so much.”

Let me emphasize the point that we do agree with her and a number of other pundits (including Michelle Malkin) that the Jersey Girls used their victimhood to gain sympathy from the nation. And while this nation does owe them a level of said sympathy, it does not entitle them to become unhinged antiwar nuts, and spread their vitriolic rhetoric. What the Jersey Girls did was use their "fame" in the political arena to gain a pass from the MSM day in and day out while they lambasted the administration over the decision to go to war.

However, as our readers will note, our argument with the Jersey Girls is from a professional point of view. We disagree with how they have handled themselves, and the message they present. As Thomas is oft heard stating, "Always professional, never personal." Ms. Coulter's answer (which, after hearing the exchange, is much more than what is above) to Mr. Lauer is precisely the sort of personal swipe that is completely unprofessional. It is one thing to disagree with someone for what they believe, for what they state. It is another to basically accuse them of enjoying their fame, which did not arrive at their doorstep until the day their respective husbands died.

Like her "raghead" comment from a couple months ago, this sort of an attack is beyond the pale. As a conservative, I am actually embarrassed by her comments. As Thomas and I often go into chat rooms, we will be branded as the same "insensitive" individual as Ms. Coulter seemingly is, in this instance. As someone who speaks for our ideology, and quite well, she should remember that certain things just are not said. Being honest does not mean being as brutal as she was. Honesty would have been best served by stating that she disagreed with the Jersey Girls, and a conversation could have ensued over their beliefs. She immediately killed the idea of having any sort of debate.

We know she is on a book tour, and that she is trying to garner attention for it, but this is not the way to do it. Those on the Right should condemn her as much as we condemned past conservatives for misdeeds. Furthermore, that is what serves as the defining factor between the Right and the Left.

We hold our own accountable. When people make stupid comments like this, like Tom Tancredo's "bomb Mecca" comment, like "Duke" Cunningham's selling votes scheme, we stand up and call them on the carpet. We do not give them leeway. We do not grant them a "grain of salt" in any clarification. We hold them answerable to what they have done. This should be no different for her. She slammed a group of widows, and in a way she slandered them. Ann Coulter went right into the gutter where the Left resides. And I really hope she does not demand a pass by the New Media. If she does she will be waiting for some time because it will not come. It is deplorable to think that such a brilliant woman has to reduce herself to the level of those she reviles the most to make a point that could have been better enunciated.

The Bunny ;)