Ann Coulter thrills KU
 

Interesting that a heckler wore a clown suit to protest Coulter...fitting. Of course it was probably his normal clothes. If the suit fits...LOL Too bad they feel that freedom of speech/expression is reserved for liberals. This really illustrates the difference betweeen liberal losers and the rest of the nation. Imagine if a handful of conservative heckers started drowning out a liberal speaker in front of 1800 liberals (NOW, a teachers union, or teamsters for example)

Ann Coulter causes stir at KU
Heckling, standing ovations interrupt right-wing commentator
By Mike Belt, Journal-World
Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Ann Coulter speaks at the Lied Center as part of the J.A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture Series. Coulter, the 37th speaker in the series, is a right-wing commentator, attorney and author of three New York Times best-sellers.
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 spoke as the 37th J.A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture Series lecturer to a crowd estimated by KU officials at about 1,800 people. The lectures, which began in 1971, were established through a gift to the Kansas University Endowment Association by the Vickers family of Wichita.
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.
Moments later Coulter stopped and called for assistance from students when hecklers started in again and no one of authority was seen trying to stop them.
"Could 10 of the largest College Republicans start walking up and down the aisles and start removing anyone shouting?" Coulter asked. "Otherwise, this lecture is over."
Several people responded, leaving their seats to confront the hecklers, and verbal confrontations erupted in parts of the auditorium. One of those who answered Coulter's call was Michael Conner, a Shawnee freshman.
"All I did was say they shouldn't stop her from speaking," Conner said of confronting some audience members in the back of the auditorium.
Later, when heckling broke out again, a couple of uniformed KU Public Safety Department officers appeared and escorted about six people out of the auditorium.
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."
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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."
Unhappy with controversy
Others said they were displeased with the hecklers, including brothers Richard and Alfred Dyer, who sat in front of a few hecklers they described as acting like children.
"I think they did a disservice by heckling her," Alfred Dyer, 54, Tonganoxie, said.
"She's got a right to be treated in a civilized manner," Richard Dyer, 53, Lawrence, said.
John Hoopes, 46, Lawrence, said the event reminded him of watching the "Jerry Springer Show."
Stephanie Kirmer, 20, Lawrence, and Jim Boyd, 27, Lawrence, protest outside the Lied Center, where right-wing commentator Ann Coulter spoke Tuesday to an estimated crowd of 1,800 people.
Coulter was paid $25,000 for her appearance, which was paid from the Vickers endowment fund, said Toni Dixon, director of communications for the KU School of Business. State and university money were not used, she said.

I know - April fools day - good joke!

"liberal losers" - get over it fintstone - namecalling is for children - how old are you?

cat: AN excellent question

fint: My own take; Ann Coltier is in the same league as George Carlin. The difference is (I think) she BELIEVES the stuff she speaks of.

Would I go to see her? Probably not. And politics have nothing to do with that; There is enough rancor in the world without being subjected to more. To those who do, I urge then to try to "get a life".

What was the joke?

Oh, so you would not call these clowns...in the clown suits.... losers? Why? Were you there or do you somehow identify with them? Do you have a clown suite too? Do you believe it is okay to try to prevent folks with another opinion from speaking..as these folks apparently do?

How old are you?

I would not expect you to go see her speak, but I would certainly expect you to support her right to do so. Why are liberal speakers allowed to speak on campus...and are actually funded with taxpayer dollars to do so, but when the rare, privately funded conservative speaks....the liberals refuse to allow them to do so? Is it because they are afraid of the truth and their ideas just do not hold up to examination? I guess the last election proved that...didn't it.

There is just something so rewarding about heckling a fascist or one of their mouthpieces, that is part of free speech. Could you imagine heckling Hitler or Saddam? Now do you see my point?

And no, the last election did not prove anything about certain ideas not "holding up to examination"...., the average Bush voter made their decision based on feelings, not ideas. :cool:

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edit: i mean I disagree:)

It was all about ideas. Your ideas simply did not hold up to scrutiny by serous folks. Heckling those with other ideas and calling them fascist simply do not constitute serious discussion on issues. Liberals will have to come up with something a bit more rational if they expect to ever win an election outside the liberal strongholds where name calling, wearing clown suits, and throwing food is considered serious political discourse.

fint: I have said it before and it deserves repeating: I may not agree with an individual's point of view but as long as it is not tantamount to yelling "FIRE!!" in a crowded theatre, I will defend their right to voice their opinion. That goes for Ann as well as for her detractors.

Is that clear enough?

as I posted (in response to your earlier post):

Was I not clear?

No, we voted Bush back in because he was the best man, and those of us who own businesses are tired of liberals taking our money and telling us how to live. Why is it that liberals always call Republicans fascist , yet it is them who are trying to take away our 2nd Amendment, tell us who can hire & fire, create rights for a group based on behavior, censor us, punish those who are successful, but we are called fascist??

Ah, yes. Civil rights, equal opportunity, all men are equal before the law. So you didn't want any of that?

Downstream the only people trying to tell you how you may live or how you may die are the right wingers.

You have been censored, how so? You have been puinished, how so?

I suggest the best man vote is nothing more than based upon feelings, feelings of hatred for the opponent.

Bush won due to policy. His message was clear. The RNC prob is that Bush is serious. The RNC is also a mess on budget issues. The Rep's raise spending like the Dem's. Huh!

The Dem's are still in disarray. Dean is using the DNC to cement the extreme left. Huh! Elections are won from the center.

Hillary is the only one moving to the center. No suprise here. Bill and Hillary are Dem pros.

Meanwhile the DNC is occupied trying to straighten another mess. In the early stages of Bush's SS routine the DNC tilt is that there is no SS prob. Lately the Dem bosses in the Senate and House are saying that there is a SS prob and that private accounts are off the table for negotiation. Huh! Could they mean that they will negotiate a tax increase. Maybe? The DNC believes is a top down democracy, from the leaders down to the public, using the courts when necessary. The RNC believes in weakening the gov't control over the public.

Hillary's policies will continue the tilt to more gov't control, as per her disasterous health plan.

Hillary will bring group hugs to everyone in the DNC like the good dominatrix she is. Huh!

As usual,


No!!

Actually, you have been more rational than formerly. What happened?

Cheers!!

Smarmy, pious comment - perhaps if Coulter had been more polite she wouldn't have been heckled.

I really don't see what was in the slightest bit newsworthy about this. The Cliff Notes are:

Coulter goes to campus, gives speech to 1800 people. 6 heckle her a little, the problem is resolved. No enduring problems.

Coutler is itch powder that's sprinkled heavily.

The untold inuendo is that guys will be lined up at an "adults only" party as she's doing them 2 and 3 at a time.. where as guys will be lined up for Hillary and discussing their style of whips.

For sale. Ann Coulter T-shirts.
Eat me, hump me, ***** me, suck me, bang me, blow me. Suck on my cilt.

For sale. Hillary T-shirts.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains exicte me.

contact RNC or DNC for group discounts.

I just call 'em like I see 'em. B!tch is a fascist. She has said things like, "we should go to ME countries and kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity"........:rolleyes:

How do you Jewish neocons feel about this? ;)

I could give plenty of other examples, Fintstone, but you sir would not say ***** if you had a mouthful. :cool:

She's bloodthirsty too, although I suspect that this is all part of the leather skirt and waistcoat conservative dominatrix fantasy.

If Coulter's puns are that disconcerting to you tough guys, Arnold calling you "girly men" must have caused hysteria.