April 19, 2005

The main thing is that she hasn't lost her dignity . . .

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On a book tour for her bestseller How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), which was released last October, Ann Coulter “waded into the adopted hometown of the late liberal U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone” — Northfield, Minnesota — “reeling off one-liners and exchanging sharp barbs with St. Olaf College students Sunday night.” According to a Minneapolis Star Tribune report by Rochelle Olson, Coulter told the liberal crowd “you’re never going to see the White House again,” and quipped “I wonder why those ‘I heart partial-birth abortion T-shirts’ aren’t working.” But Olson reports “the students treated Coulter’s sarcasm in kind,” but “For every heckle and hiss, she had a comeback.” One student asked “about Coulter’s assertion that Muslims should be converted to Christianity.” Coulter responded, “What is your name? I’m sending it to John Ashcroft.” Another audience member ” asked whether she was going to change her flame-throwing style.” Replied Coulter, ” No, I’m not. It’s working very well. I’m making a lot of money.”

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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