[Vision2020] Clinton Slams Coulter's 'vicious' Put-Down of Some 9/11 Widows

[Tom Hansen]

>From CNN at http://www.cnn.com

"She [Coulter] also wrote, 'I've never seen people enjoying their husbands'
deaths so much.'"

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Clinton slams Coulter's 'vicious' put-down of some 9/11 widows

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lashed out at Ann
Coulter for a "vicious, mean-spirited attack" on a group of outspoken 9/11
widows, whom the right-wing television pundit described as "self-obsessed"
and enjoying their husbands' deaths.

Coulter writes in a new book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," that a
group of New Jersey widows whose husbands perished in the World Trade Center
act "as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them."

She also wrote, "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so
much."

Clinton, who has felt Coulter's wrath over the years, responded angrily on
Wednesday.

"Perhaps her book should have been called 'Heartless,"' the senator said.

"I know a lot of the widows and family members who lost loved ones on 9/11.
They never wanted to be a member of a group that is defined by the tragedy
of what happened."

The New York Democrat and former first lady said she found it "unimaginable
that anyone in the public eye could launch a vicious, mean-spirited attack
on people whom I've known over the last four and a half years to be
concerned deeply about the safety and security of our country."

The senator spoke after delivering a speech on protecting children from
exposure to sex- and violence-saturated media.

Coulter appeared Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show, and reiterated her stance,
saying the women used their grief "to make a political point."

Her criticism was aimed at four New Jersey women whom she dubbed "The
Witches of East Brunswick," after the town where two of them live.

They have spent the years since the 2001 terror attacks supporting an
independent commission to examine government failures before the attack, and
in the 2004 presidential campaign they endorsed Democrat John Kerry.

The women are Kristen Breitweiser, Lorie Van Auken, Mindy Kleinberg and
Patty Casazza of New Jersey.

The women, who are still pushing for changes in how the government guards
against future attacks, issued a joint statement after Coulter's television
appearance.

"We have been slandered. Contrary to Ms. Coulter's statements, there was no
joy in watching men that we loved burn alive. There was no happiness in
telling our children that their fathers were never coming home again. We
adored these men and miss them every day," the women said.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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