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Posted By kellekrapache128 1 month, 1 week ago in News
Readers who turned to the Op-Ed page the past few Mondays expecting to find the longstanding feature pairing columnists Arianna Huffington and Ann Coulter found something else in its stead, like this column.
What’s up?, a number have asked. My response is this column. Those who have written directly to Stars and Stripes have received the following from the senior managing editor, Howard Witt:
Thanks for your inquiry regarding the discontinuation of the regular left/right columnist feature pitting Ann Coulter against Arianna Huffington. I decided to cancel this arrangement because I felt both columnists had become stale, predictable, utterly tiresome caricatures of what thoughtful political commentators should be. In their place, we are endeavoring to publish a broad selection of smarter, richer, deeper commentaries by columnists — from both the left and the right — who are more interested in making cogent arguments than throwing provocative ad hominem bombs intended to further their own book sales, Web sites and public media personas.
Coulter dismisses Witt’s rationale as “a stale, predictable, utterly tiresome caricature of what all left-wingers say about the most popular conservative columnist in America” — a reference to herself — but that “he’s right about Arianna’s columns — they are stale and predictable
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This is the second reason that Anne Coulter offers for her column being removed.
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"2) The reason the military is the only important institution in America (e.g. universities, Hollywood, nonprofit institutes and the media) that hasn't been taken over by the left is that liberals are too pussified to fight . . . but I guess they can still edit "The Stars and Stripes"! Shouldn't the military hire someone who's willing to risk more than a paper cut to edit its paper? Then you’ll get my column back"
This woman is nuts. She claims liberals are too pussified for a fight. Okay Ann, what branch of the service did you belong too? What has been your contribution to fighting the war on terror other than words? Bravery is not supporting war from the safety of America. There have been plenty of liberals and Democrats who have served in our nations military. Many veterans who are now Democratic lawmakers including those who served in Iraq.
Ann has no honor. She's just a self serving thoughtless bitch.
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