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Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate
Regan Books
October 2006
On Sale: October 10, 2006
272 pages
ISBN: 0061246492
EAN: 9780061246494
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"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." –Ann Coulter,
2006 Is she ever! Ever since the
publication of her Clinton-bashing debut, High Crimes and
Misdemeanors, right-wing fire-brand Ann Coulter has made
herself one of the most talked-about figures in contemporary
American life-;and has done so by issuing a near-continuous
barrage of insult and invective, which has been described as
"shameless," "cruel," "shrill, bombastic, and
mean-spirited," "grossly inappropriate," "hate speech." She
has called the 9/11 widows "witches" and "harpies," referred
to Muslims as "ragheads," called Al Gore a "total fag," and
said that both New York Times editor Bill Keller and
antiwar congressman Jack Murtha deserved to die. Yet with
each new statement-;and each new book launch-;Coulter
somehow manages to co-opt the media as a megaphone for her
attacks, while emerging from the backlash miraculously
unscathed. Until now. With Soulless,
political commentator Susan Estrich takes on Ann and the
"Coulter culture" she has created, exposing how the pundit
provocatrice has downgraded our political discourse
with her irresponsible rhetoric, personal attacks, and
slanderous asides. Trawling through Coulter's history of
often-violent public statements, Estrich asks which are more
cynical: the pundit and her headline-grabbing drive-by
character assassinations, or the networks who happily bring
her back for more. Soulless also casts a light on
"the Anns," wannabes like Michelle Malkin and Glenn Beck,
whose imitation Coulterisms coarsen our culture with every
passing news cycle. And, most important, she challenges
us-;the readers, the voters-;to remember that behind the
huckster's rhetoric lurks a dangerous reactionary whose real
agenda is wildly out of step with the American public.
As Estrich says, "She knows exactly what she is doing.
And she is scary as hell because of it."
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