Looks like that moral mountain of a Christian, Ann Coulter, is
at it again. What a great example she sets for all those young compassionate conservatives out there. :-\
Read on!
Ann Coulter, a syndicated writer and journalist, has a history of insensitive and at times outright racist remarks and attitudes toward people of Arab descent and Muslims. Most recently, in an article published February 23, 2005, Coulter argues "Press passes can't be hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president."
The article intends to debate claims that the White House denies press passes due to political motivations. However, Coulter also uses this context as an opportunity for Arab bashing and perpetuating Arab phobia. Furthermore, the implicit characterization of Helen Thomas, one of the first female journalists and dean of the White House Press corps, as a threat to the president due to her Arab-American background is outrageous. Thomas was, and continues to be, a trailblazer for female journalists everywhere. During her time at the White House she insisted that women reporters have the same access and privileges as their male counterparts. As a result, she has interviewed or questioned every elected President since John. F. Kennedy.
Here's an excerpt from Coulter's article:
In response to the public disgrace and ruin of New York Times editor Howell Raines, CBS anchor Dan Rather and CNN news director Eason Jordan, liberals are directing their fury at the blogs. Once derided as people sitting around their living rooms in pajamas, now obscure writers for unknown Web sites are coming under more intensive background checks than CIA agents.
The heretofore-unknown Jeff Gannon of the heretofore-unknown "Talon News" service was caught red-handed asking friendly questions at a White House press briefing. Now the media is hot on the trail of a gay escort service that Gannon may have run some years ago. Are we supposed to like gay people now, or hate them? Is there a Web site where I can go to and find out how the Democrats want me to feel about gay people on a moment-to-moment basis?
Liberals keep rolling out a scrolling series of attacks on Gannon for their Two Minutes Hate, but all their other charges against him fall apart after three seconds of scrutiny. Gannon's only offense is that he may be gay.
Finally, liberals expressed shock and dismay that Gannon's real name is "James Guckert." On MSNBC's "Hardball," Chris Matthews introduced the Gannon scandal this way: "Coming up, how did a fake news reporter from a right-wing Web site get inside the White House press briefings and presidential news conferences?"
Democrats in Congress actually demanded that an independent prosecutor investigate how Gannon got into White House press conferences while writing under an invented name. How did Gary Hartpence, Billy Blythe and John Kohn (Gary Hart, Bill Clinton and John Kerry) run for president under invented names? Admittedly, these men were not reporters for the prestigious "Talon News" service; they were merely Democrats running for president.
Liberals keep telling us the media isn't liberal, but in order to retaliate for the decimation of major news organizations like The New York Times, CBS News and CNN, all they can do is produce the scalp of an obscure writer for an unknown conservative Web page. And unlike Raines, Rather and Jordan, they can't even get Gannon for incompetence on the job. (Also unlike Raines, Rather and Jordan, Gannon has appeared on TV and given a series of creditable interviews in his own defense, proving our gays are more macho than their straights.)
Gannon didn't write about gays. No "hypocrisy" is being exposed. Liberals' hateful, frothing-at-the-mouth campaign against Gannon consists solely of their claim that he is gay.
As ususal, our Christian Crusader misses the point entirely, and shows her ass (again) while missing it.