I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much.

Ann Coulter's new book is raising the ire of many in our country...mainly because the only sentence anyone has read in the entire book is...

"I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much."

Referring to certain widows whose husbands were killed on Sept. 11.

Man, that sounds WAY harsh. Having been to NYC and personally interviewed widows and other survivors from the World Trade Center, I was shocked that someone whose work I enjoy and mostly agree with would say such a horrible thing.

Then I decided to read for myself what Ann was trying to say...not surprisingly, the quote all by itself is reprehensible. The quote in context is wonderfully insightful and explains why noone in the media wants you to read it. The two paragraph section where the quote is written is below.

"After 9/11, four housewives from New Jersey whose husbands died in the attack on the World Trade Center became media heroes for blaming their husbands deaths on George Bush and demanding a commission to investigate why Bush didn't stop the attacks . . . They first came together to complain that the $1.6 million average settlement to be paid to 9/11 victims' families by the government was not large enough . . .
"These self-obsessed women seemed genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them. The whole nation was wounded, all of our lives reduced. But they believed the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony. Apparently, denouncing Bush was an important part of their closure process. These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much."

Mike Rosen had this to say about the section above:

"Obviously, in none of these cases did these women take pleasure in the deaths of their loved ones. But they've "enjoyed," as in an alternate definition of that word, deriving the benefits from that tragic event.
Just as a mother whose child dies in a drunk-driving accident might seek meaning and therapy by becoming an activist for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), these women have redirected their grief, bitterness and aggression toward President Bush, his party and his policies.
The celebrity status, media attention, ego gratification and political influence can become addictive. These women have no standing to speak for others who lost loved ones on 9/11. But the liberal media spotlight doesn't focus on widows, mothers and fathers who support Bush and the mission in Iraq. "

I can't help but think of Cindy Sheehan, who has used her left-wing media platform to demand an audience with our president. Casey Sheehan was an adult. He joined the armed forces voluntarily. He is a hero. Instead of honoring his death, Cindy, along with the widows described above, give the terrorists fuel for their fire...motivation to keep killing our soldiers...