(Her) Syndicate runs edited version of Ann Coulter column

[Robb]

from Editor and Publisher:

NEW YORK Ñ Ann Coulter, no stanger to controversy, stirred the pot some more this past week, when she took up the subject of the still-simmering story of ex-White House reporter James Guckert, better known as Jeff Gannon, formerly of Talon News.

Writing in her February 23 column for Universal Press Syndicate, Coulter observed, among other things, that Guckert/Gannon was a better reporter than The New York Times' Maureen Dowd and his "only offense is that he may be gay." Nothing unexpected there, but Coulter also wrote: "Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president."

But when the column got posted by by Universal on its Web site, that line was changed to: "Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that dyspeptic, old Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president."

(a little more)

[joefree1]

1. Here, I edited Annthrax's book

[Neverarepublican]

2. She is such a bitch.

[kris10ep]

9. When she was on Bill Maher last October...

Richard Belzer was just ripping on what a horrible person she is...

From the transcript:
BELZER: She’s a repugnant person who says the most vile things. (applause) (cheers) She lies. She’s a liar and you know that. You just confronted her on ten different things. I mean, come on, man! Some people, you have to call them for what they are. (applause) (cheers)

He also called her a facist Barbie doll when Bill was introducing her.

I thouroughly enjoyed every moment.

[Eric J in MN]

12. Sounds like a good show (nt)

nt

[pretzel4gore]

14. wow! richard did that?

anyone who can castrate that obnoxious bushickey wins my respect....though i'm sure richard does very well w/out it
:9

[bluestateguy]

3. It is funny watching conservatives defend gay prostitution

:)

[jonnyblitz]

7. no kidding.

I can't imagine what would be happening right now if a Democrat was in the white house and this happened.

[Eric J in MN]

4. I'd like to give myself

a little credit for my threads about this
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3183799

and also thank everyone else who contacted the media.

I don't think that "Editor & Publisher" article would have been written if we hadn't contacted the media

[bluestateguy]

6. Have the "Big 3" bloggers been contacted yet?

Atrios, Kos and TPM?

Many MSM types read these blogs now. Air America hosts should also be contacted.

[Eric J in MN]

11. You should contact TPM and "Air America" since I didn't.

I did try to contact Atrios and Kos.

[sonicx]

5. so instead of firing her for being racist...

they just keep it quiet. Nice. :eyes:

[Coastie for Truth]

8. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

So Ann says:

Writing in her February 23 column for Universal Press Syndicate, Coulter observed, among other things, that Guckert/Gannon was a better reporter than The New York Times' Maureen Dowd and his "only offense is that he may be gay."

Being a good, egalitarian, SF Bay Area LIBERAL, I will not ask the obvious question about Ann.

Nasty - that kind of question can get me stopped at the BART Station or thrown out of the SFMOMA or Moscone Center or even the Metreon -- and exiled to San Benito County or Stanislaus County.

[bpilgrim]

10. another opportunity for progressives to slam the M$MW and the reTHUG

hate and racist agenda :evilgrin:

peace

[roguevalley]

13. they need buried with demands to discontinue her.

[kskiska]

15. James Wolcott has commented on this, too

Lipstick Fascism

Wearing surgical gloves, DCMediagirl extracts this latest choice morsel from Ann Coulter:

"Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president."

I wonder what would happen if a writer, say me, were to refer in a Vanity Fair column to "that old Jew Norman Podhoretz" or, naughtier still, "that old Jewess Lucianne Goldberg."

Through the magic of exaggeration, I can just imagine the commotion. Daniel Pipes and David Horowitz would blow their respective lids, Michael Medved would wince with feigned pain, rightwing bloggers would demand that liberal bloggers disavow me and delink, I'd be lumped in with Justin Raimondo and Kurt Nimmo as prime examples of the New Antisemites, petitions would file in to Vanity Fair demanding that I be fired, or, for penance, be forced to tour Auschwitz with Prince Harry.

Arabs of course are fair game on talk radio and the trash punditry, of which Ann Coulter is stringbean queen.…

(snip)

I'm sure this sort of thing doesn't fluster them in the slightest. Conservatism and sadism have become indivisible.

more…
http://jameswolcott.com/