ANN COULTER THE QUEEN OF MEAN
I don’t want my occasional blog to become a political screed, but while the Southern Belle loves wit, she was offended by Ann Coulter’s mean spirited attacks on the women whose husbands died in the 9/11 attacks. I sent this letter to the WASHINGTON POST.
Howard Kurtz, in his article “The Coulter Conundrum” in the WASHINGTON POST, (June 12, 2006) quotes Ms Coulter as saying, of the widows of 9/11, “These broads are millionaires lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities. . . . I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much. . . . And by the way, how do we know their husbands weren't planning to divorce these harpies? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they'd better hurry up and appear in Playboy."
They say artists always draw themselves, well it seems to me Ms Coulter is talking about herself… a millionaire, lionized on TV and in articles about her, reveling in her status as a celebrity… enjoying (or at least making hay) from the deaths of those who died on 9/11. Maybe she should take her own advice and hurry up and appear in Playboy or is that what she’s been angling for all along?
Was I too mean spirited? What do you think?
Author Loraine Despres will give you short takes on love, life's little ironies, and the world as she moves through it, with detours including how to attract men and keep them happy. That's easy. Writing, that's harder. The writer's life, that one is the hardest of all.
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What a Southern Belle Needs
What a Southern Belle Needs
The other day I got a call from a friend in need. A beautiful, well-educated, clueless friend from New Jersey. She said she’d met a great guy, early forties, never been married, and very attractive. He seemed to like her a lot whenever they got together, but they didn’t get together enough to suit her. “What should I do?” my Yankee friend asked.
“Well, if he’s in his early forties and never been married, he’s not likely to be impetuous.”
“I should let him take his time?”
“Until you get bored and decide to move on. It might be OK to invite him to a small party at your house or tell him you have an extra ticket to a baseball game, but you have to actually give a party or buy tickets.”
“Then I shouldn’t I tell him I need more attention?”
I was floored by the question.
I explained that when you tell a man you need something, he hears: she has a problem and it’s up to me to fix it. And if he can’t fix it or believes it’s too much of a commitment, he’s out of there.
I made up a new rule on the spot:
Before a man commits, the only need a Southern Belle can safely admit to is help moving a heavy object from one place to another.
Rule Number 205, The Southern Belle’s Handbook
Moving a heavy object will give him a chance to flex his muscles and a chance for you to admire them. Of course, if he’s mechanical you may safely ask him to help you set up an electrical appliance, but not a computer. That takes real commitment.
Agree? Disagree? Let me know at loraine@LoraineDespres.com
The other day I got a call from a friend in need. A beautiful, well-educated, clueless friend from New Jersey. She said she’d met a great guy, early forties, never been married, and very attractive. He seemed to like her a lot whenever they got together, but they didn’t get together enough to suit her. “What should I do?” my Yankee friend asked.
“Well, if he’s in his early forties and never been married, he’s not likely to be impetuous.”
“I should let him take his time?”
“Until you get bored and decide to move on. It might be OK to invite him to a small party at your house or tell him you have an extra ticket to a baseball game, but you have to actually give a party or buy tickets.”
“Then I shouldn’t I tell him I need more attention?”
I was floored by the question.
I explained that when you tell a man you need something, he hears: she has a problem and it’s up to me to fix it. And if he can’t fix it or believes it’s too much of a commitment, he’s out of there.
I made up a new rule on the spot:
Before a man commits, the only need a Southern Belle can safely admit to is help moving a heavy object from one place to another.
Rule Number 205, The Southern Belle’s Handbook
Moving a heavy object will give him a chance to flex his muscles and a chance for you to admire them. Of course, if he’s mechanical you may safely ask him to help you set up an electrical appliance, but not a computer. That takes real commitment.
Agree? Disagree? Let me know at loraine@LoraineDespres.com
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