(M)Ann Coulter calls Claude Allen's arrest "revenge of the queers"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200603170013

Coulter called NY Times coverage of ex-Bush aide's arrest "revenge of the queers," falsely named private secretary as "most highly placed black in the Clinton administration"

Summary: Ann Coulter described The New York Times' coverage of the arrest of President Bush's former domestic policy adviser, Claude A. Allen, as the "revenge of the queers," a reference to a comment Allen made in 1984 describing a political opponent of his then-employer, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), as linked to "queers." Coulter also falsely claimed that "the most highly placed black in the Clinton administration was his secretary, Betty Currie"; in fact, six former Clinton cabinet officials are African-American.

In the March 15 publication of her nationally syndicated column, right wing pundit Ann Coulter described The New York Times' coverage of the arrest of President Bush's former domestic policy adviser, Claude A. Allen, as the "revenge of the queers," a reference to a comment Allen made in 1984 describing Senate Democratic hopeful James B. Hunt Jr.'s links to "queers." At that time, Allen was press spokesman for then-Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), whom Hunt was challenging. Coulter also falsely claimed that "the most highly placed black in the Clinton administration was his secretary, Betty Currie"; in fact, six former Clinton cabinet officials are African-American.

Allen was recently arrested and charged with theft for allegedly bilking Hecht's and Target stores though a refund fraud scheme: He would buy an item, then return later to the store to pick up an identical item off the shelf, purporting to return it using the receipt for the originally purchased item. In her column titled "Revenge of the Queers," Coulter criticized the Times for -- she claimed -- devoting nearly the same amount of coverage to Allen's March 9 arrest as was devoted to Allen's entire tenure in the Bush administration. Coulter claimed that "uring the entire time" Allen "held high positions in the Bush administration, he was mentioned in only 11 articles in The New York Times," yet, she wrote, "since Allen was accused of stealing from department stores a few weeks ago, the Times has mentioned him in seven articles." In fact, the Times has mentioned Allen in only four news articles since his arrest, according to a Nexis search. In addition to the four articles, the Nexis search revealed that Allen's name also appeared in two Times news summaries and an editorial -- presumably the basis for Coulter's false claim that "the Times has mentioned him in seven articles."

[sinkingfeeling]

1. She has such a way with words...I mean name calling.

[bostonbabs]

2. Crazy Ann...what will she say next

he biggest fear in life is not being talked about.The drugs and lack of food have made her crazyyyyyyyyyy.

[tabasco]

3. Sure, republicans should be allowed to commit felonies.

The absolute gall of the police for arresting someone in the act of committing a felony !

But Oh! how those repulinazis scream "rule of law" when it suits their agenda.

[Daphne08]

4. One has to wonder... Does she commune with 'unseen forces'

in order to come up this crazy crap.

I'm just sayin... :shrug:

[FiveGoodMen]

5. She should have been either committed or arrested by now!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. The most fitting fate for Annthrax is to be utterly, completely ignored.

She spews out her mad rants like some crazy homeless person on a street corner. Yes, maybe -- like the odd-looking, tinfoil-hatted guy who walks around babbling to himself -- she should be taken in and offered psychiatric treatment and a heavy dose of Haldol. But she doesn't deserve the attention she gets. In fact, I shouldn't even be commenting about her myself.

[Neil Lisst]

6. is the reference to M(Ann) really necessary?

I read a thread started by Aliengirl a while back and it asked for more understanding from DUers for transgender persons. It pointed out the issues you raise about Ann Coulter, and threads talking about it. To me, the whole line of attacking her because she looks like a man, or seems like she might have been a man at one point, is inappropriate.

I hate Ann Coulter, but it's because of what she stands for, not what kind of genitals she has or doesn't have, or the extent to which she might have manly features.

[nickinSTL]

14. thank you

I tend to look for this transphobic ignorance in every post on Ann Coulter, and I find it pretty much every time.

I guess it's still PC to attack transpeople, huh?

How the hell do we expect the rest of the world to become more tolerant if WE bash people for who they are?

And make no mistake, using transgenderism to attack Ann Coulter IS bashing transgendered people. It demeans them and belittles the struggles they face.

Grow up, people.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

7. Imagine what she would say if Allen worked for Clinton instead of *

[tanyev]

8. Is she calling law enforcement officials "queers"?

:crazy:

[chaumont58]

9. How does this cow stay alive? If there were a just God, he would....

strike her dead.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. How much longer will we have to listen to this bitch?

Surely that hot air in her balloon is seeping out by now.

[NastyRiffraff]

12. Who listens to this anorexic bitch anymore?

Except of course the wingnuts who just luv her.

[mitchum]

13. Odd coming from a notorious f**hag like Coulter...

but she is batshit crazy

[JunkYardDogg]

15. Ann Coulter is Revenge of the Queers

If she was the Role model for women
and all women were her
All men would turn gay
or cut off their Johnsons
I personally would take up Bestiality if she were the only woman on Planet Earth
I figure that a Buffalo would be more feminine than Coulter, even a month old dead buffalo