Ann Coulter Identifies John Murtha as a Target for Murder

[wizdum]

Peter Daou - Opinion
Fri Jun 16, 11:48 AM ET

I posted an extended guest entry on Crooks and Liars earlier today explaining why I think Ann Coulter should not be ignored by the online community. Since Coulter-fatigue is setting in, I'm posting the entire essay below to reiterate why I believe it's premature to drop the issue and why the media should be held accountable for giving her a platform.

First this excerpt from an interview on Right Wing News:

John Hawkins: How about dashing off a quick sentence or even just a word or two about the following individuals...

John Murtha:

Coulter's reply: The reason soldiers invented "fragging."

Here's the definition of "fragging" for those who don't know:

"Frag is a term from the Vietnam War, most commonly meaning to assassinate an unpopular member of one's own fighting unit by dropping a fragmentation grenade into the victim's tent at night. A fragging victim could also be killed by intentional friendly fire during combat. In either case, the death would be blamed on the enemy, and, due to the dead man's unpopularity, no one would contradict the cover story. The intended victim of a fragging was sometimes given warnings, of which the first might be a grenade pin on the sheet of the victim, and later on, a tear gas grenade."

Here's how a rightwing blogger reacts:

"Absolutely disgusting. I have very little love for Mr. Murtha - and I recently agreed with his opponent Diana Irey when she said his words and actions of late were not that of a patriot. But there's no excuse - NONE - for the allusion to soldiers who kill other soldiers. It's despicable - and frankly, so is Coulter."

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[Wetzelbill]

1. like that chickenshit would even know anything about fragging

or the reasons behind it. :crazy:

[BOSSHOG]

2. And to amplify your point

would ann attempt it herself? Would limbaugh get a job with halliburton driving a truck in fallujah? Would rove pass on student deferments to go to Vietnam? Cowards propped up by the ignorant.

[Wetzelbill]

7. oh definitely

Here is what Murtha does to people who talk tough about the military and try to attack him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6nR7mgjfmE&search=Thank%20God%20For%20Murtha

Like that priveleged wench knows anything about fragging. I won't defend it by any means, but those soldiers who were in Vietnam were put into an impossible situation where their lives were in danger 24/7. It had to be hell, just like any combat zone has to be I would imagine. I know people who have been in wars, and cowards like Coulter have no idea what that does to a person. But, Jack Murtha does and it's a good thing he's willing to stand up and fight for what is right.

[Karenca]

3. Her remarks are beyond "mean" or "hateful".

This woman is insane.....I don't understand
why insanity does not apply in her case.....I don't
get it how she gets any air time book deals or attention at all.
She's like that crazy person standing on a street corner screaming obscenities to the sky.

[Wetzelbill]

8. I heard she considers herself a bit of a comedienne

that she's being so absurd so she can sell books and it is all a game for her. Except she isn't funny. She's hateful. And, pretty damn sick too. So I think she has something wrong with her too. That she gets presented as a legitimate voice is beyond me. You know, George Will, William F. Buckley, those guys are legitimate Conservative voices. Sure, I doubt I would ever agree with them on much, but they are viable Conservative thinkers and I can respect that. Coulter is not. If she isn't completely nuts than she is a hate-filled satirist, but she is by no means a respectable authority on Conservatism or politics.

[wizdum]

10. Money talks, that's why the MSM lends her an ear...

...and unfortunately her views are shared by many right wing "anti-abortion" freakazoid hypocrites. Isn't that rich??? They believe abortion is murder, but war somehow isn't??? Nor is calling for the execution of a Supreme Court justice and a democratic representative. They really suck.

[Wetzelbill]

12. yes, suggesting the emperor has no clothes

is somehow treasonous, but advocating death is considered righteous. Go figure. :)

I was amazed at how many nutjobs came out of the woodwork in the last 6 years. Frankly, I was pretty naive about a lot of stuff. I thought basic virtues like compassion and fairness were pretty much accepted norms. The crazy stuff I hear about race, gender, the poor etc, just blows me away sometimes. Well, not anymore, but it used to anyway.

[wizdum]

13. Jesus said the path to heaven is narrow, and there are few who find it...

...while the path to hell is wide, and many travel it.

Consider yourself one of the few. It's not easy to humble the ego and love your neighbor, especially when they're right wing black hearted fascists.

Just think, when ann dies, her grave will be saturated with piss. That's her legacy. And it'll follow her beyond the grave.

[Benhurst]

4. Isn't it against the law to advocate murdering a public official? NT

[BOSSHOG]

5. Its okay if republicans do it

The law does not apply to them. they are too good for the law, or joining the military.

[Gatchaman]

6. All she has to do is

say she was misquoted out of context, and the whole thing will go away.

Of course, they still daily regurgitate about how Al Gore invented the Internet, which John Kerry was for before he was against.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

9. One of these days, I fear,

some idiot who thinks Ann is pretty and smart will follow her advice. The idiot will be charged with murder, will use her words has his "excuse"-and Annie will run away, distancing herself as far as possible from the horror she has created. The idiot will either get life or the death penalty, and I hope Ann gets her black dress sued off her back because of her depraved indifference.

[wizdum]

11. Well said. I have a feeling that coultergeist's right wing wacko boy toy..

...is feeding her these lines and ideas and she is parroting them in her books and interviews. I have seen other women influenced in this manner by their sadistic mates and it is pretty scary. What a bunch of hated filled sickos the right wing has morphed into. They're simply revolting.

[Jack Rabbit]

14. In the immoral word of Ari Fleischer, "We must watch what we say."

While there can be no doubt that Ms. Coulter is being facetious, one of these days she's going to say something like this and some Brownshirt wannabe who takes her more seriously than most of us here do will take her up on it.

[yurbud]

15. I asked a former Marine colonel & Vietnam/Korea vet why someone

in the Pentagon didn't just push Rummy or his neocon cohorts down a flight of stairs.

He didn't even respond.

Military people take that seriously because it isn't hyperbole, but something that actually happens, but usually to someone so reckless & incompetent that he endangers or costs the lives of some of his troops.

So there is some kind of irony in a Bush defended using that term.