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| Ann Coulter causes stir at KU |
| 2005-03-30 |
| EFL: Conservative columnist and author Ann Coulter was greeted with a mixture of standing ovations and heckling after she took center stage Tuesday night at Kansas University's Lied Center. As soon as she stepped up to the microphone, Coulter fired off one zinger after another about liberalism while promising to answer questions from left-wing members in the audience who could "thrash their way to a coherent thought." "I've come to find I like liberals a lot more," Coulter said early in her speech. "They're kind of cute when they're cold, shivering and afraid." Coulter received several standing ovations during her speech, but she also found herself interrupted several times by a small, scattered group of hecklers. "I think there are some people in the audience who meant to be at the sexual reorientation class down the hall," Coulter said, in response to the heckling. Coulter resumed her critical remarks, calling Sen. Ted Kennedy a "human dirigible" and the Democrats' "spiritual leader." She also made fun of the Democrats' dalliance with filmmaker Michael Moore and former presidential candidate John Kerry, who she said got away with telling "big, fat, enormous lies." Despite Kerry's loss, Democrats think their political stances and ideas just "need new labels for their bottles," Coulter said. She also blasted the nation's judicial system for its handling of the Terri Schiavo case. "We no longer have a single check on the judiciary," she said. Coulter's appearance spurred mixed emotions among those who came to see her. About a dozen protesters stood outside the center before her speech, carrying signs bearing quotes from her books and columns. Ron Warman Jr. dressed up in a clown suit to express his dislike of Coulter. "I think she's a clown or a witch," the 45-year-old Lawrence man said. Some of the protesters, such as Robert Richardson, said they were members of the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics. "We're just not open-minded enough to like Ann Coulter," Richardson, 28, of Lawrence, said. Others, such as Mollie Devine, 26, said she was a big fan of Coulter. "I love her," the Lawrence woman said. "She doesn't back down. She's also funnier than the other (conservative) columnists." Mary Anne Smith, 38, said she welcomed a chance to hear a noted right-wing conservative speak. "We hear so much of the liberal side in Lawrence," she said. "I'm excited she came here, and this is not a very easy place to come." John Altevogt, a conservative GOP activist from Wyandotte County, also welcomed Coulter. "Ann Coulter is logical, rational and an independent thinker," he said. "In essence, everything the left hates in their womenfolk." |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 Bushitler regime and all its fascist running-dog lackies |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-30 6:51:36 PM |
| #7 Apparently, Mr. Warman didn't get the memo telling him that giant puppets are the only appropriate method of showing the corrupt, misogynistic, environment-destroying, homophobic, saber-rattling, patriarichal nature of the Bushitler regime and all its fascist running-dog lackies like the gender self-hating toady Ann Coulter. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-03-30 5:21:25 PM |
| #6 Ron Warman Jr. dressed up in a clown suit to express his dislike of Coulter. "I think she's a clown or a witch," the 45-year-old Lawrence man said. /and there you have it |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-03-30 4:58:45 PM |
| #5 Ann, you Go girl. |
| Posted by: Fan 2005-03-30 4:30:59 PM |
| #4 I noticed that most of the 'protestors' were not even students at KU. Sounds like rent-a-crowd folks with nothing better to do that day. Love the way Ann causes LLL to go even loonier! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-03-30 3:32:35 PM |
| #3 This is dog bites man. It would have been news if Coulter hadn't been heckled at KU. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-03-30 3:02:54 PM |
| #2 Annie C's at it again! Gotta lover her! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-30 2:15:17 PM |
| #1 I read Ann Coulter's column from time to time, just to get a feel for what goes on on the far side. She's the only person I know of who can make Bill O'Reilly cringe. I'd love to send her some comments, but interestingly, she doesn't have an e-mail address on her site. WhaFo not? Huh? Whafo? |
| Posted by: Weird Al 2005-03-30 2:08:57 PM |