Making Money From the Grief of Others

Extremist reactionary author Ann Coulter has stuck her bony foot in her mouth again.

In her newest book "Godless Liberals", Coulter reviles four women made widows on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade bombing, calling them "witches" who "reveled" in their status as "celebrities". "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much," Coulter wrote in the book.

To paraphrase Barbara Bush, the only "witch" I see here is Coulter. And it really starts with a B.

Coulter's attack on these particular women no doubt stems from the simple fact that they've publicly criticized President Bush's handling of the incident and that they formed a group urging investigation of the events of September 11th. And let's not forget they committed the unpardonable sin of supporting John Kerry in 2004.

She criticized them for making a campaign advertisement for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry in 2004, and added: "By the way, how do we know their husbands weren't planning to divorce these harpies? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they'd better hurry up and appear in Playboy..."

For shame. Shame on Ann Coulter for writing this incendiary, sensationalist garbage, and using the grief of these women to line her own pockets. Shame to the buyers who have made this book presently number one on the Amazon best seller list.

Every good American, liberal, conservative, and otherwise, ought to stop giving her the attention she so desperately craves, and maybe she'll soon fade into oblivion, along with her ideological compatriot, Fred Phelps.

Thoughts?