Coulter, Harry Take Each Other On

Have Words On The Early Show About Her Mention Of Him In Her New Book, And Other Matters

(CBS)  Ann Coulter says liberals should look in the mirror.

In her latest book, "Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and Their Assault on America," the conservative firebrand stirs up controversy again, contending that liberals in America try to play victim when really, they're the bullies.

While she's at it, she points fingers at what she calls the liberal media.

"(The book is) basically about how victimhood is rewarded and everyone wants to be a victim," Coulter told CBS News. "It's about the rewards and praise you get for being a victim and the way liberals use victimhood and they oppress others."

At one point in "Guilty," Coulter remarks about an interview of Sen. Ted Kennedy by Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith in which Smith asks Kennedy if Barack Obama is at increased risk of being assassinated because he's African American. She dismisses the notion, saying presidential assassinations have been the work of left-wingers or people with no political leanings at all. She said conservatives Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and President George Bush are more likely targets of an assassination than the president-elect.

Coulter and Smith met face-to-face on The Early Show Tuesday, and didn't mince words about that issue or anything else.

Among other things, Coulter contended that liberals are at fault for the skyrocketing rate of out-of-wedlock births in the U.S.

Smith said, in one context, Coulter is a whiner, and accused Coulter of doing the very thing she claims liberals do: playing the victim.



For much more on "Guilty," click here.

The watchdog group Media Matters explored what it asserts are inaccuracies in "Guilty." To see that assessment, click here.

[rputch]

Ann Coulter is obviously in a great deal of pain. I generally don''t find hostile behavior funny. It is difficult to take someone seriously when they appear to have such little control of themselves.

[oklawandaxxo]

Did not like ann coulters comments or her way of thinking.would not buy her books or anything with her name on it. Enjoy watching your morning show.

[jbear460]

I am a military widow, who has moved on with her life and that includes having a child out of wedlock...because of this economy and governmental red tape I cannot remarry... I feel like Ann needs to investigate some of the situations of people before she shoots off her mouth and calls peoples children illagitamate!!! my daughter is anything but,... and I can''t stand the labels that Ann is shooting out of her mouth it is complete garbage.

[martene1]

Dear ALL Media----STOP giving this idiot any forum on ANY news or media program. She is not a cure, but part of the problem.

Shame on you Harry.

[angelak30]

Harry Smith was very unproffessional this morning in his interview with Coulter. Where was his "thank you" at the end of his interview to Coulter for coming on the show? His attitude was simply RUDE. I knew CBS was news was liberal/Democratic/Socialist, but have respect for others'' opinions. You just lost my viewing.

[dar341]

Now here is proof that you can let someone make a fool of them selves, by just letting them go on and on and on, Harry did exactly that! There are people in this world that think they can win an argument by just not letting anyone else speak thier opinion. Ann Coulter is one of them. Good Job Harry! As the old saying goes, " they hung them selves with thier own rope".

[texanforlogi]

Bye bye, AngelaK30. Don''t let the door hit you in the backside on the way out.

[chefferoo]

The main reason I don''t watch the Early Show anymore is because of Harry Smith. He can''t hide his disdain for conservatives. So much for objective journalism. In the above article about the Coulter interview, she is referred to as a "conservative firebrand" and in the very next paragraph says "she points fingers at what she calls the liberal media". Well if calling her a conservative firebrand isn''t a liberal slant on the news, what is. How about calling her an author? Agree with Coulter''s views or not, Smith finally met his match in someone who wouldn''t let him hide his liberal agenda. Imagine if this guy takes over the CBS Evening News. At least pretend like your objective.

[ricinboerne]

Ann Coulter is irrelevant. She''s a legend in her own mind!

[dc_311]

Ann Coluter calls it like it is. Horray for Anne. In regards to jbear460, Ann is obviously not referring to your case in the vein as the "classic" case of single motherhood, which means there was no marriage to begin with. Please.

You can take no issue with the facts of what she is saying, because they are facts. Don''t shoot the messanger.

[jimfilyaw]

i can stand coulter for about as long as it takes me to find the remote. even with that minimal exposure, it occurs to me that if the average man on the street was prone to make the kind of comments she spouts regularly, i''d give odds that he would at the least, end up on the secret service''s watch list.

[concorde5]

Ann Coulter has some serious mental issues she needs to work on.

I don''t know why they keep giving her a forum to spew her hatred.

[notblue]

The screaming child leftwing in this country do not like it when conservatives like Coulter use the same tactics.

[rightstuff4]

Ann is correct. I think that some liberals (those with some conscience left) are beginning to get it. That''s why we will see some discomfort on the part of some of them.

[rockyfox]

To jbear460, You weren''t forced to have a child out of wedlock. You chose to do it. The government red tape and economy didn''t force you not to marry, you chose to not marry. You can''t blame others for your decisions. Some decisions are choices that make life harder. That is the choice. You want it both ways. You want to live a lifestyle that gives you certain benefits without paying the price for it. If you choose to have a child, get married. If you don''t get it, at least think of someone other than yourself and think of the child growing up without a married parent. If it costs you money to get married because you''d lose some government benefit, then choose which is more important, the money or the child. You are exactly the kind of self-appointed victim that this is all about. You make choices and then whine that you can''t have life on your terms. Last time I checked there was nothing in life (no religious writing, no government guarantee, nothing anywhere) that says life will be easy or fair. Life is hard. You make choices and sometimes you have to choose a hard choice because it''s better. No wonder this society is going down the tubes!

[jbear460]

she is talking about my situation no marriage at all and a birth of a child.... I am in a commited relationship and would love to be married but cannot!! so although I thank you for your comment she is talking exactlly about that.

[janet_jump]

In pain? Ann Colter is one of the few people who will not back down to the goofy left. She is right. To those of you who posted the silly comments above should go out and get a job instead of sitting in front of the TV every morning letting to left tell you how to think. (my day off I will be back to work tomorrow at my back breaking job and if you are working you are sitting on a computer not doing your job but posting comments to the morning show, go to work) Harry Smith I cannot wait until you wake up and repent for your arrogance. Oh also I have a daughter that is 27 and has to daughters buy different men and never married. Now before you tell me what a bad parent I am you should know that she is my step daughter. I married her father when she was 7. He also had 2 boys ages 5 and 8. His wife died and I assumed the roll of mom. When she was in highschool she was encouraged to read. Great idea right? However all she would read is romance novels. I tried to explain that that was not real life. Real life is hard work and responsibility. The public library had a women that had the nerve to tell her with me standing there that she did not care what I said that as long as she was reading all was well. When she was 8 months pregnant I took her to the library and asked the women if she still felt that romantic novels were the answer. I have many more stories of trying to fight the looney left in the schools, library. Oh please continue to blame us on the right.

[rightstuff4]

concorde5 at 09:34 AM : Jan 06, 2009

Concorde5, you need to look up Lyle Rossiter, and get his book "The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness", and you will see what serious mental issues are. All liberals are sick, and they need serious intervention, or the country is doomed. If anyone places any faith in Hillary Clinton''s Media Matters, they are just plain stupid.

[jcascarelli]

Coulter is correct. Liberals lack a sense of humor unless it bashes conservatives. Harry seems to be unable to conduct an objective interview. While I believe that it is not in the country''s best interest to have a liberal lawyer in the White House, the congressional leadership is much more frightening to me. My big fear is that the fawning over Obama will continue for the next four years. Hosts like Harry Smith will be among the most fawning. Guests like Coulter are important voices.

[mizzerz]

Why give this reactionary hate monger a voice on TV. She is only out to sell books to the brain dead.

She makes controversial statements and gets the news to cover them. With the news coverage of her hate filled mantra, she reaches her consumer based, the brain dead. Why won''t CBS and the other networks catch on?

[bostonjrk]

Exactly what did Mr Smith mean when he used the crucifix analogy to compare Ann Coulter''s thesis of victimhood to Jesus Christ? He accompanied this insulting analogy with a mock crucifixion pose. Typically of MSM''s pervading mores, this religious slight seems to have been missed in the critique of this interview. Mr Smith - why a Christian rather than a Muslim analogy? Scared of the consequences of the latter by chance?

[jbear460]

to rockyfox...you are right I did choose not to marry because if I did I would loose benifits that would take away from my other 3 three children from thier DEAD FATHER!!!! I have done everything in life that I was supposed to do... I am not claiming victum because I have chosen my lifestyle...for your information I did pay the ultamate price I lost my husband of 11yrs who served his country proudly...so shame on you for saying that I am being selfish nowhere did I say that I wanted my benifits to take care of my other child I just didn''t like the label that Ann was putting out.

[janet_jump]

To ricinboerne, excuse me, Ann Colter is NOT irrelevant. There are many of us out here who agree with her. Your comments are what the left cry about that we on the right don''t give you respect for your views. You are such hypocrites.

It''s hilarious hearing Coulter callin'' anybody else a bully..

[roadysmom]

Give him hell Harry! And I do mean HIM. That loudmouth hermaphodite is a hypocrite. Illegitamacy is the fault of liberals? You mean like Sarah Palin''s illegitimate grandchild? Ann Coulter is the certifiably crazy one!

[jojoyce-2009]

Harry is my favorite, but this interview was a no-win situation. Ann and Harry were both on the defensive.
Very uncomfortable for the viewers.

[estabwary]

Her schtick is boring and done. NEXT!

[rightstuff4]

Harry Smith is a wimp, and a perfect example of what is lowering the moral plane upon which this country is founded. His example of a "friend" who was shot was totally insane. The person who shot the man was a total loony-tune, and not associated with the conservative right.

Give him hell Harry! And I do mean HIM. That loudmouth hermaphodite is a hypocrite. Illegitamacy is the fault of liberals? You mean like Sarah Palin''''s illegitimate grandchild? Ann Coulter is the certifiably crazy one!

Posted by roadysmom
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Yea, crazy like a fox, a very cunning fox. Like Rupert Murdoch, she knows there is good money to be made exploiting ignorance, prejudice, and especially anger and hate.
She''s just grinding her axe, thats all.

[janet_jump]

As usually the left will start their attack with the silly comments like is Ann really a guy or that she is a bore. If she bores you turn to Charlie G. and if you have a ? on her *** you have sick mind that cannot stay on point.

[roadysmom]

Good news lefties. Ann won''t contribute to the illegitimacy problem as humans with asexual hermaphrodism are sterile. Thank goodness for for genetic anomalies! I have never seen a real woman with an Adam''s apple, but hers and other physical traits prove her defect. Poor Annie - she may believe she is conservative, but doesn''t know if she is female or male....SOB! LOL

[rightstuff4]

raflin0010 at 09:51 AM : Jan 06, 2009

Your goofy comment is a perfect illustration that the left has no standards, no playbook. You use a personal attack to try and make your "point". You and the liberals have no points to make. Ann is correct on every issue. The left just can''t take the truth. libertymind.com

[mizzerz]

Posted by RightStuff4 at 09:58 AM : Jan 06, 2009

Sure sure the right is right, they made the last 8 years so good for all Americans.(end sarcasm)

[notblue]

rightstuff, when the libs who frequent these posts have no logical rebuttle they simply resort to insults, it''s the leftwing way.

[mss2400]

I can''t imagine Harry giving the same treatment to an outspoken, opinionated outrageous liberal...(like Al Franken?)

[ricinboerne]

To janet_jump. Anybody''s views who are not sided with yours is a hippocrit, is that it? You need to look in the mirror. You are irrelevant too.

[shameonharry]

Mr. Smith brought nothing to this interview with his comment about getting up on the cross. Rather he helped illustrate Ms. Coulter''s point by minimizing what most consider the greatest sacrifice ever made. Even if he personally has no regard for Christianity, he should, as a seasoned journalist, know better.

[notblue]

mizzerz, do realize there were Democrarts in congress the last eight years? Do you understand that the repubs never had a super majority and dems had to vote with them to pass the legislation you blame the repubs for? Guess not!

[shameonharry]

Mr. Smith brought nothing to this interview with his comment about getting up on the cross. Rather he helped illustrate Ms. Coulter''s point by minimizing what most consider the greatest sacrifice ever made. Even if he personally has no regard for Christianity, he should, as a seasoned journalist, know better.

[shameonharry]

Mr. Smith brought nothing to this interview with his comment about getting up on the cross. Rather he helped illustrate Ms. Coulter''s point by minimizing what most consider the greatest sacrifice ever made. Even if he personally has no regard for Christianity, he should, as a seasoned journalist, know better.

[marltondad]

Harry,
Since when was Jesus a victum?? He was our savior!! Please do not leave NYC. You will not understand morally honest people.

[shameonharry]

Mr. Smith brought nothing to this interview with his comment about getting up on the cross. Rather he helped illustrate Ms. Coulter''s point by minimizing what most consider the greatest sacrifice ever made. Even if he personally has no regard for Christianity, he should, as a seasoned journalist, know better.

[allamr18]

aryann seems to love bashing liberals its the only way she can sell books. make fun of people and when they get upset go on tv and say more silly stuff. im sure if she had written an entire book on why conservatives are the best party, no one would buy it. either way, i dont know why she thinks she can speak on family values when shes never been married has no kids. she acted as if liberals are the only portion of america who divorce or have children out of wedlock. o well, ill imagine that shell be writing another book shortly doing the same thing she did in the previous 5 bashing liberals and talking out the side of her neck

[janet_jump]

Hey ricinboerne. Who says the I am irrellavent? You? Off course I am to you your a lefty. Bad news for you. There are many of us out here thank God and one day you will know just how messed up you are in mind. I will pray for you. If the heat gets turned up in your life you will know why.

[georgiagal12]

I think Harry did a great job with his interview this morning. This is why I am a loyal fan of CBS and the Early Morning Show, they provide professinal journalism.

[libslie2]

Ann Coulter is correct on so many levels. I will no longer watch CBS unless they provide intelligent news coverage like Ann Coulter brings. Mr. Smith rated zero in this interview.We need 3 billion more like her in the world!!!!!

[daffy64]

I honestly think the media gives this wingy loser a soapbox so they can laugh at her when she leaves the studio.

[pauldia-2009]

Very telling CBS places a link to a George Soros funded group and gives them credibility by labeling "Media Matters" and independent watchdog group! Please do not insult your readers/viewers, most informed people know media matters sole reason for existence is to attack and seek out any minutia for use to attack anyone who is "conservative".

[bonzai90210]

I can''t believe CBS would end this article by sending readers to media matters. I''ve read enough of MM''s nonsense to know they don''t care about the truth even a little bit. It''s like sending someone to Hamas for some commentary on Israel. Coulter''s biggest problem is that she''s always trying to be funny. Sometimes I wish she would just answer questions w/out the snark. I like snark, but in moderation. I read one of her books several years ago and it was actually well written and well informed.

[sigmonde]

Ann Coulter puts a mirror to liberals and describes them and their behavior to a Tee. lol..She has a great sense of humor, something sorely missing in liberals, who seem to wallow in self pity and who are usually unpleasant to be around. No doubt Ann''s book will be a best seller on the NYT Best Seller list again. Liberals are no doubt buying her books in droves or we wouldn''t be hearing any criticism of what she writes. (OK, go ahead and tell us you never buy or read her books)lol