MOORE V. COULTER

Atrios notes a boo-boo by Sweet Ann, the HuffPo catches some of her gems at the CPAC convention and Glenn Greenwald explains why the conservatives are hypocritical when it comes to Ann.

Here I post a snippet from a piece about why USA Today canned her* from covering the DNC Convention in 2004. (I didn't note the source and after Googling a bit, I haven't found it.)

Oh, and as an example of the difference between the left and the right, and as proof of how totally hate-filled Republicans are, USA Today asked Ann Coulter to write a column about the Democratic National Convention, and Michael Moore to write a column about the Republican National Convention.

Here is the opening of Michael Moore's first column:

"Welcome, Republicans. You're proud Americans who love your country. In your own way, you want to make this country a better place. Whatever our differences, you should be commended for that."

Here is the opening of Ann Coulter's:

"Here at the Spawn of Satan convention in Boston, conservatives are deploying a series of covert signals to identify one another, much like gay men do. My allies are the ones wearing crosses or American flags. The people sporting shirts emblazoned with the "F-word" are my opponents. Also, as always, the pretty girls and cops are on my side, most of them barely able to conceal their eye-rolling. Democrats are constantly suing and slandering police as violent, fascist racists - with the exception of Boston's police, who'll be lauded as national heroes right up until the Democrats pack up and leave town on Friday, whereupon they'll revert to their natural state of being fascist, racist pigs."

*Coulter column canceled after editing dispute
By Mark Memmott, USA TODAY
Posted 7/26/2004 11:38 PM Updated 7/27/2004 9:18 AM

BOSTON — USA TODAY's plan to have conservative columnist and author Ann Coulter write a daily opinion column from the Democratic convention was scrapped Monday after a dispute involving the first piece she submitted.

Coulter was replaced by Jonah Goldberg, another conservative columnist and frequent CNN commentator. The newspaper still plans to have filmmaker Michael Moore, a vociferous critic of President Bush, write an opinion column during the Republican national convention in a month.