Coulter admits sending fake anthrax to NY Times

[warrens]

FAN MAIL: If you falsely yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater and everyone tramples each other to death, you get sent to jail. So what should be done with Ann Coulter, who has argued that The New York Times should have been blown up by Timothy McVeigh and that Times executive editor Bill Keller should be executed by firing squad?

This was the question one Times source asked on Friday after an employee at the paper of record received an envelope with an X scrawled through it and a suspicious powder inside. "This thing makes all of Ann Coulter's comments a little less funny," said the source. "I wonder if she considers herself at all responsible when lunatics read her columns and she says that we should be killed."

So Memo Pad went and asked her, sending an e-mail to her AOL account. And guess what? She not only responded, but claimed to be the sender of the mysterious powder.

"So glad to hear that The New York Times got my letter and that your friend at the Times thinks I'm funny," she wrote back. "Good luck in journalism and please send me your home address so we can stay in touch, too.

"P.S. If we get hit again, don't forget to ask the NYT if they consider themselves responsible since they have repeatedly exposed classified government programs designed to prevent another terrorist attack."

Thankfully, the powder at the Times turned out to be cornstarch. Memo Pad declined to send Coulter its home address.
— Jacob Bernstein

http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/107729

So, um, since she admitted sending the Times the fake anthrax, how come she's not in jail?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Exactly!

Something like that is a form of terrorism, imho. Terroristic threatening is illegal, I believe.

[The Deacon]

11. "Making Terroristic Threats"

Is what the offense is called. Instituted to prevent people making "bomb" jokes in airports back in the Seventies.

[Kire]

47. She didn't threaten to do it

She took credit for it. There is no way to prove she did it. All she did was use her freedom of speech.

All of the hysteria (wish I could use another word) in this thread is what she wants.

[symbolman]

66. Well, we can ASSUME she has

Fingerprints, tho looking at those hands it may just be that she doesn't, not many mannequins do from what I've seen..

DUST IT FOR PRINTS, THEN ARREST HER. ADD THE FELONY VOTER'S FRAUD While you're at it Officer.

I would like an Investigation, because SAYING THAT YOU DID IT, is nearly as dangerous as DOING IT, a Threat is a Threat is it not?

On the other hand, Why would someone admit to a CRIME unless they are crazy, just crazy enough to do it :)

[Kire]

69. thanks for shouting at me

warm regards

[symbolman]

71. Hmmm

Could you turn down the brightness on your screen, the glare is killing my eyes.. can hardly see to type.. :)

[Kire]

74. meh

no use responding to insults I don't even understand

[symbolman]

77. Who killed all YOUR puppies?

Also who made YOU the Sheriff of uppercase and lowercase use? "No use responding to insults you don't understand?" silly goose..

MEH.

Go away kid, you bother me.

[Kire]

80. so much for being the voice of reason

self delete

[Rosco T.]

72. No, she didn't threaten.. SHE CONFESSED!

nuff said.

[cboy4]

18. delete

[cantstandbush]

2. Is this for real? I am speechless? nt

[kittenpants]

10. yeah, I can't believe that it's real... but it IS Coulter...

Send her terrorist ass to Gitmo!

[Ecumenist]

3. Ummm, correct me if I'm wrong

BUT haven't people gone to prison for that? At least, haven't they been arrested?

[QuettaKid]

6. Is this for real? Has the FBI been contacted? nt.

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[warrens]

7. Amazing, isn't it

I know she was "kidding" in a really despicable way, but the only way to make sure is to drag her downtown and sweat her at gitmo for a couple of years. Just to make sure.

[kittenpants]

16. yeah, she's "more aspirational than operational"

but that seems to be enough these days.

[magellan]

25. "Aspirational Republican" = Patriot

Aspirational anyone else and you're off to the hoosegow.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

53. Yes, it certainly meets the 1% Doctrine as presented by

Suskind in his book.

If there is even a 1% likelihood of a threat, then act, arrest, jail, detain, torture, take preemptive action.

Wish someone would start a petition to have Coulter investigated. Maybe SHE WAS the source for the real anthrax in 2001?

Definitely at least a 1% likelihood.

[Ecumenist]

28. People have gotten sent to jail

for doing things of this nature for "mirth". Where's her orange jumpsuit? Or striped or something....

[rodeodance]

52. if you say bomb in an airport --you bet you would be surrounded by

guns pointed at you!

[Ecumenist]

60. H_E_L_L_O!!!!

That's what I'm saying I don't get the double standard screaming for attention here.

[durrrty libby]

4. I read this yesterday and wonder the same thing

She is such a low-life.

[tinfoil tiaras]

5. Um...okay...

She officially is clinically insane. No questions asked.

[QuettaKid]

9. kick.nt.

.

[Minnesota Libra]

8. If that was a Democrat/Liberal they'd be facing..........

....20 years in prison with no parole. Oh, but obviously being a rabid neocon she'll be labeled "patriotic".

[Fridays Child]

19. Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

If the article is accurate, Coulter should be investigated, at the very least.

[Minnesota Libra]

29. Let's hope the liberals dog her.................

.....the same way the neocons dogged Clinton.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. If this is true and can be proven, she will be in Jail.

Using the US Mail for shit like that is frowned upon.

[Minnesota Libra]

33. It may be frowned on for liberals but for neocons it's PATRIOTIC..........

.....because they are defending Amurika!!:sarcasm:

[EstimatedProphet]

13. What a complete shitheel

She needs to do hard time for that one. Maybe we can bring up charges, if the Times won't.

[NYCGirl]

17. She was undoubtedly being sarcastic. NT

[EstimatedProphet]

37. Yeah, right. It was a 'joke'.

Just like it would be a 'joke' if she shot someone in the head. She'd say "Just kidding" and expect to get away with it.

[NYCGirl]

40. Let me know if she shoots someone. NT

[Critters2]

42. Try being "sarcastic" about such thing in an airport, on a plane,

or on a military base. It's a great way to get to know federal law enforcement types. She should be investigated!

[Kurovski]

14. "There's no proof! Show us the proof! I see no proof!"

That's why.

The right-wing is letting it all hang out these days. No longer bothering to hide their insanity.

It doesn't bode well for what's coming next, IMO.

[gatorboy]

23. No it doesn't.

Necasue if we take Congress, I guarantee the Timothy McVeigh's will start coming out of the woodwork. You only have to glance at the Freerepublic to know that it's coming.

[Marie26]

15. Sounds like a sarcastic "joke". nt

[warrens]

24. They arrested a guy for making a joke about a "burning bush"

I think they should make absolutely certain that she was just kidding. A few years with 20 hours of stress positions every day should get to the bottom of this. If she's not a terrorist, we'll let her go. But no lawyers, no hearings, no nothing. See if she still thinks liberals are little crybabies and terrorist-lovers. I think it's time we crack down on these damn terrorists.

And since she admitted it, it's the Justice Dept.'s job to arrange a nice little cage for her down in Gitmo.

[Kire]

48. Innocent until proven guilty

The only thing they should make certain is whether she actually sent the stuff. Are her fingerprints on it? Stuff like that.

You can't prove someone was just kidding. She'll take credit for it until her dying breath, but it still doesn't mean she did it.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

61. A confession is proof of guilt, I believe

The ordinary Annie on the street who said this sort of thing would, at the very least, be taken down to the station for some questioning.

[Kire]

63. only a confession under oath

good luck getting probably cause for that

[Bretttido]

43. A "joke" of sending fake anthrax is not to be taken lightly

That kind of "joke" would shut down washington for an entire day.

[NYCGirl]

49. No, she didn't actually send it. NT

[gatorboy]

20. The "party of personal responsibility" will call her a hero.

It's been said before...

Is it fascism yet?

[Catherine Vincent]

21. That woman will say and do anything to keep her name in the news!

[charlie]

22. Naw, she's playing them

She knows this is the sort of reaction it would provoke and is enjoying the attention.

[warrens]

31. If the attention involved a couple of years in a stress position

I think she'd stop giggling.

[AndyTiedye]

26. Anthrax Coulter Made a Mistake

She got her powders mixed up.
She ended up sending her coke to the NYT and snorting up the anthrax.
The anthrax spores all expired out of sheer revulsion.

9998

[reichstag911]

41. Proving that even anthrax spores...

...have standards.

[Laha]

27. Does anyone have any other sources?

Or any information on the reliability of that site? That's a rather insidious charge to be making..

I'm not a fan of that shrew, but I'd certainly like to make sure my story is accurate before I go repeating this..

[NYCGirl]

30. It's the gossip column of Women's Wear Daily. She was yanking their

chains.

[cantstandbush]

32. I would like another source too. What has the NYT said?

I despise the hate this woman spews but I am not ready take this on its face.

[warrens]

35. WWD is credible

It's a business newspaper in the fashion industry, and is very well-respected. She was clearly being sarcastic, but the law has no humor when it comes to threats like that, at least when they don't come from Republicans. WWD should turn over the email to the FBI.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. Gosip column or not

when is the FBI arresting her for terrorism

[AndyA]

36. If this were true, I'm certain The FBI would be interested in talking to

Mr. Coulter. This is no joking matter.

[warrens]

39. Only one way to find out if it's true

Send her down to Gitmo and talk to her for a couple of years. Alberto says we have the right to do it. This is no time to go soft on terrorism.

[Ringo84]

38. She did that?

If it's true, that's really unbelievable. The woman might really be mentally disturbed. Forget her previous comments about Timothy McVeigh and everything else... you don't joke around about sending people Anthrax.

I agree. If it's true, she should be hauled off to jail. I don't think even her Freep buddies could help her if that actually happened. She's despicable.
Ringo

[SiouxJ]

44. She should be investigated

If someone here joked about something like that, you know the feds would be all over it. They should be reading her emails, tapping her phones, tracking her bank accounts etc. I hope they come across that canceled check for the sex-change - then we'll have proof once and for all.

[leftofthedial]

45. jail is for Democrats and people with dark skin

silly.

[Mad_Dem_X]

46. HOLY CRAP

This woman is a nutball, a dangerous psychotic. :wow: :crazy:

[tuvor]

50. She didn't do it, and she thinks she's being funny by "admitting" to it.

I can't be the only one to have noticed the obvious.

C'mon, guys, she's a troll and we're only feeding her with this.

[rodeodance]

54. sick sense of humor

[tuvor]

55. No argument there.

[warrens]

58. Like I've been saying, let our boys at Gitmo get to the truth

A few months or years without sleep, spending half her time in stress positions will sort things out for good. She thinks it's funny? Let's see her chuckling inside a cage, standing on one foot with a bag over her head and handcuffed to the top of the cell door.

[EstimatedProphet]

59. That's still no reason not to arrest her

Seriously. If anyone else said the same thing as a joke, the police would have them in a cell inside of 5 minutes.

[Mr_Spock]

62. Of course

Let's hope nobody called the FBI for real.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

51. Isn't saying that prosecutable even if she DIDN'T actually do it? -nt

[Cell Whitman]

56. They're are doing their pre-spin and doing a good job of it

all this BS is about setting the stage for the next terrorist act on USA soil. They have to have it implanted in the cult's minds that "liberals" are endangering them. It keeps the cult scared and in line and it gives them an excuse for their failed policies when we are hit.

Fact is, Iraq has made us less safe, created a terrorist breeding ground and is used as a terrorist recruiting tool. Conservatism has made us less safe and they have to cover for that.

It is all about controlling the minds of their cult, everything they do is for that purpose.

[saracat]

57. I think she is doing her sick version of a "joke".

She didn't send the powder. That would take effort and a stamp. She just wants more attention for being outrageous and she is getting it.Ugh!

[FairVotes4all]

64. Do they make Orange prison cocktail dresses?

[warrens]

73. At least we wouldn't have to listen to her gripe about

Not being able to find a boyfriend. Big Irma would do right by her.

[Rex]

65. Ann, like Cruella reveals a truth about the Repuke Party.

I guess only the female repukes can do that, I dunno. Coulter just proved that she is above the law, like Rush and others. She wants everyone to know where the real anthrax attacks came from, her party. The party of hate and war.

Thanks Anthrax Ann, you just coined your name from now on. No wonder the FBI didn't look into this or Osama for 911. Ask Ann and her friends.

Sick and shameful.

[zulchzulu]

67. Let's not send her to jail...that would be too kind...

Her hateful books are already collecting dust in bargain bins everywhere.

Karma will make a very nice visit to her one day and her demise will be her legacy.

[PatrioticLeftie]

68. Ann Coulter admits

to being a morally reprehensible attention whore.

[Mr_Spock]

70. Ching ching

She's never denied it - she's the ULTIMATE media whore!!

[davekriss]

75. Why haven't charges been filed yet?

Why hasn't she been taken into custody?

[warrens]

78. She has an (R) next to her name

Laws only apply to the little people, doncha know.

[dogday]

76. If I had done that

I certainly would not be here right now typing my $0.02 worth.....

[noonwitch]

79. She's not in jail, because she was being sarcastic, most likely

I hate her, but I doubt she sent fake anthrax to the NYT.

Granted, if someone makes an innapropriate bomb joke while waiting in line to get on a plane, he gets arrested and detained.

I really think she was just being sarcastic.