Coulter Calls Arabs 'Savages' -- and Slams O'Reilly, 'NYT,' and Even 'Garfield'

By: E&P Staff Ann Coulter, in what has become a regular occurrence, again insulted Arabs in her weekly column. This time, she called them "savages."

Her exact words: "Isn't it enough that we're already patronizing the savages over the [Danish] cartoons? Do we have to let them operate our ports, too?" She also took another shot at the "Treason Times" -- i.e., The New York Times.

The latest installment of Coulter's Universal Press Syndicate column, posted on her Web site today, was mostly about President Bush's plan to have a United Arab Emirates company operate six major U.S. ports. Like a number of other conservative commentators (E&P, Feb. 22), she's not pleased with the plan. Coulter wrote: "Bush is going to need a better justification for turning over management of our ports to an Arab country than he's come up with so far."

Coulter also took a swipe at a certain Fox News host/Creators Syndicate columnist over the Danish cartoons picturing Muhammad. "Bill O'Reilly," she wrote, "refuses to show the cartoons on 'The O'Reilly Factor,' saying he doesn't want to offend anyone's religion. Someone should tell him those endless interviews with prostitutes from the Bunny Ranch and porn stars aren't high on Christians' list of enjoyable viewing either."

In addition, there was another Coulter slam of The New York Times. "Needless to say," she wrote, "the Treason Times won't show the cartoons that have incited mass rioting around the globe. At least The New York Times has a good excuse: It's too busy printing national security secrets that will get Americans killed."

And Coulter ended her column with a jab at the "Garfield" comic by fellow Universal creator Jim Davis. "Taking to heart the lesson that violence works, I hereby announce to the world: I am offended by hotel windows that don't open, pilots chattering when the passengers are trying to sleep, and 'Garfield' cartoons," she said, adding that "one minute after 'Garfield II' goes into pre-production, some heads are gonna roll."