Pointing out that Ann Coulter is a lunatic and a racist is usually a pointless drill. Actually, it’s worse than pointless, since all it’s doing is feeding the trolls. It’s not discussion the trolls are looking for, just more outrage to feed on.
But I will take issue with Universal Press Syndicate for cleaning up her racism. Writing on Jeff Gannon/J.D. Guckert, Annie offers us this piece of wisdom via Universal Press Syndicate.
"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."
Or, you know, they must not be that hard to come by if you’ve been covering the White House for 50 years for major news outlets. That, or if you’re a talentless hack with a website like Jeff Gannon. By that rationale, I should get a press pass. But here’s the actual quote, straight from the horse’s mouth. Get it? Ann Coulter looks like a…fuck it.
"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."
Hilarious, Annie. I wonder how long it would take net-dwellers, not to mention real news-outlets, to call for the head of the commentator that referred to “that Old Jew,” as in “that Old Jew William Safire.” Or someone. Doesn’t really matter who the example is. No one else is going to call Ann on this, partly because everyone knows her M.O., partly because this kind of passive racism towards Arabs is tolerated.
Editor & Publisher is all over this like Ann Coulter at a salt lick.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000818305