Ann Coulter, filthy hatemonger

So Ann got heckled at a speech yesterday. *yawn* Whatever. She's used to it and so are we.

After waiting with her bodyguard on stage for several minutes for the music to stop while a section of the audience chanted "You suck, you suck," an irritated Coulter said she would not finish her speech. She said she would go straight to questions and answers, suggesting the disruption was the best the liberals could do to counter her.

But the best part is, the University of Connecticut decided to hire Mother Sheehan as a "counterpoint" to our Ann. That's like asking a sock puppet to rebut statements made by Dick Cheney.

To provide another viewpoint to Coulter's, the Progressive Students' Alliance had brought in Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who made headlines in August by camping out near President Bush's Texas ranch to protest her son's death in Iraq. Sheehan's speech Monday also was paid for with student government funds.

Coulter was paid $16,000. Sheehan was paid $10,000.

And oh, does Coulter have a way with words. I love this woman:

One student asked what she would do if she had a child who came out as gay.
Coulter replied: "I'd say, `Did I ever tell you you're adopted?'"

She also aimed plenty of criticism at the Democratic Party, calling U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer of California a great candidate for Democrats because "she is a woman and learning disabled." She also aimed barbs at Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.

"If the Democrats want to stick to the middle of the road, why did they pick Ted Kennedy. Didn't he have some trouble sticking to the middle of the road?" she said.

Well, some whiney, no-sense-of-humor having students were offended and thought her speech was hateful. Is sarcasm totally lost on these idiots? If Ann Coulter was a liberal would they then find their senses of humor? (remember Whoopie Goldberg's tirade against Dubya?)

Jerome Smith, a UConn graduate, talked about how he hid his homosexuality while at UConn, afraid his fraternity brothers and family would shun him.

"Words are sharp tools and certain people like Ann Coulter use them to hurt people," he said.

Is it really hateful to be funny? Or is it just that the truth hurts?

More at LaShawn Barber's Corner, as well as "News that Parodies Itself". Funny stuff - for those of use that aren't sarcasm-challenged, anyway...