Piling on

The Anchoress and InstaPundit round up conservative blog reaction to Ann Coulter's disgusting comments about the 9/11 widows.

Is this the beginning of the end for Coulter? Here's hoping, but the controversy is probably going to help her book sales, at least for the first few weeks.

Damian P.

Update: Lileks: "Everyone writes something that makes them say oooh, I shouldn’t. Most people take it out. Some people hope it makes it into the press kit."

Update II: Captain Ed: "Let me make this point clear, since it seems to have escaped some. Had Ann said in her book that the media should not shield the 9/11 widows and Cindy Sheehan from criticism or hold them up as unassailable voices with the only moral standing for commentary, I would have applauded that effort. Had she said that Kristen Breitweiser accrued too much influence and used it inappropriately, I would consider that just fair commentary; after all, Mrs. Breitweiser chose to go public and push policy, and that means opening one's self to criticism.

However, there is a HUGE difference between that and explicitly saying that these women are 'enjoying' their husbands' deaths. It implies that they have reveled in their murders, and cared less for their husbands than for a few moments in the spotlight. It's cruel, it's irrational, and it's unnecessary for the point she makes. I don't care if she goes on then to argue the points I made above -- she lost me when she lost her humanity."

Update III: fair comment on the "Jersey girls" here. (via Kathy Shaidle)

Posted by damian at June 8, 2006 07:43 AM