In New Column, Ann Coulter Again Slams Murtha and 9/11 Widows

By: E&P Staff Ann Coulter used her latest Universal Press Syndicate column to repeat some of the controversial language she has used in her new book, on TV appearances, and elsewhere.

"I dedicate this column to John Murtha, the reason soldiers invented fragging," Coulter began the piece, posted late yesterday on her Web site. She had said much the same thing in an online interview last week. A spokeswoman for Universal told E&P at that time that it does not censor columnists and, in any case, the "fragging" comment had not appeared in one of her columns -- until now.

"In response to the arguments of my opponents, I say: Waaaaaaaaaah! Boo hoo hoo!" Coulter continued. "If you're upset about what I said about the Witches of East Brunswick, try turning the page. Surely, I must have offended more than those four harpies. ... "

Murtha (D-Pa.) is the hawkish Congressman --and former Marine officer -- who now opposes the Iraq War, while "fragging" is the term for soldiers killing their own officers.
Appearing on the Hannity & Colmes show on Fox News this week, she declared, that if Murtha "did get fragged, he'd finally deserve one of those Purple Hearts."

Coulter has been calling some 9/11 widows "harpies" and "the Witches of East Brunswick."

Usually, the columns on Coulter's Web site have a Universal Press Syndicate copyright at the end. The June 21 piece doesn't. E&P asked Universal whether this was an oversight on Coulter's part or whether the syndicate didn't approve of the version posted on Coulter's site. A Universal spokesperson told E&P this morning that the column Universal sent out and the column on Coulter's site have the same wording.

Coulter also discussed abortion in her latest column. She wrote: "Liberals don't care about women. They care about destroying human life. To them, 2,200 military deaths in the entire course of a war in Iraq is unconscionable, but 1.3 million aborted babies in America every year is something to celebrate."

Actually, more than 2,500 American soldiers have died in the war, and many more Iraqis.

In addition, Coulter defended "The Bell Curve," the 1994 book which alleged that blacks are less smart than whites because of genetic rather than socioeconomic differences.

"Liberals were afraid of a book that told the truth about IQ ... because they are godless secularists who do not believe humans are in God's image...," Coulter wrote yesterday. "(L)iberals are terrified of making any comment that seems to acknowledge that there are any differences among groups of people -- especially racial groups. It's difficult to have a simple conversation -- much less engage in free-ranging, open scientific inquiry -- when liberals are constantly rushing in with their rule book about what can and cannot be said."

After mentioning New York Times/New York Times News Service columnist Maureen Dowd, Coulter called the Times' Op-Ed section "the cartoon pages." She didn't mention if that description applies to the days conservative Times columnists David Brooks and John Tierney appear.

Coulter's column conclusion: "Finally, a word to those of you out there who have yet to be offended by something I have written or said: Please be patient. I am working as fast as I can."