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Olbermann slams Coulter: Shameless
Olbermann: Honestly, if you
were Ann Coulter's attorney at a sanity hearing where could you possibly
start? Our #2 story on the Countdown, eclipsing even Bill O'Reilly and
Malmedy, the Connecticut Screech has continued her assault on 9/11
widows. After calling them "witches who acted as if the terrorist attacks
happened only to them" she has now told Reuters news that they are, quote,
"professional victims." All as part of the promotion of a book in which
she claims *liberals* are, quote, "godless."
[Today Show interview tape]
Let's return to *this*
planet. To recap Coulter's argument: The wives of those who died in the
worst attack in this nation's history enjoyed their husband's deaths and
profited off them, they have politicized 9/11, their positions as widows
immunize them from any criticism or debate over their opinions. All of
this stated by a commentator much of whose income in the last four and a
half years has derived from *her* speeches and writings about the deaths
of those same men on 9/11. All this stated by a commentator who has
staunchly, repeatedly, and enthusiastically defended an administration
that began to politicize 9/11 within a month of the nightmare and has
never paused for a moment since. All of this stated by a commentator who
has called those who have criticized her and her party "un-American" and
now, "godless." All of this stated by a commentator who is bitching that
these 9/11 widows can't be criticized while she is writing a book and
going on TV and venomously criticizing them.
[Tucker Carlson interview
tape, ending with Coulter saying, "these women got paid, they ought to
take their money and shut up about it."]
The way Ann Coulter always
does when she's criticized.
Ms. Coulter's walk on the
swaying tightrope of her own emotional stability did not end there. In
her book she also wrote, "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..."
Appearing in Playboy and
getting divorced -- neither of those being scenarios that Ann Coulter is
ever going to have to deal with in *her* life.
Five of the most politically
active 9/11 widows, including Kristen Breitweiser and
Lorie Van Auken, have responded in a written statement.
[Statement shown]
And lastly, back to my
allusion about having to defend Ann Coulter in a sanity hearing, that was
inappropriate -- because it was insufficient. Imagine, in fact, defending
her on Judgment Day -- and trying to find her soul.
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Palast vs. Coulter - Battle of the Books begins today
 TODAY,
ANNE COULTER AND I BOTH LAUNCH OUR BOOKS -- hers to promote the latest
flavor of hate and militant ignorance; mine -- 'Armed Madhouse: Who's
Afraid of Osama Wolf?, The Scheme to Steal '08 and other Dispatches from
the Front Lines of the Class War -- the investigations, first broadcast on
BBC, simply banned from US airways and print. (There's no truth to the
rumor Coulter chose to release her book on 06-06-06 in honor of her
father's birthday.)
I'm asking you to buy (or order) 'Armed Madhouse' THIS WEEK, right NOW in
fact.
Why right now? Amazon and the industry have set up this Coulter vs.
Palast 'launch week' as the Battle of The Books: Can progressives
match the forces of darkness (they call them "conservatives")?
Coulter has a million-dollar Right Wing campaign behind her -- thereby
allowing her and other hate-salesmen to control the media and the national
discussion. The Coulter crew buys and dumps massive amounts of books,
buying her way onto the bestseller list. I have only you.
Asia Times says, "Greg Palast, the man widely considered as the top
investigative journalist in the United States, is persona non grata in his
own country's media." But it's not ME that's 'non grata,' it's the
information about the Washington regime -- that is shut out of the Fox-ified
press. They may not count ballots, but they sure as hell count sales.
That's the blunt, ugly truth of it: that's how you get the attention of
America's media.
Pick up Armed Madhouse this week at your local bookstore or through Amazon
or Barnes and Noble You can get to these from my website
www.gregpalast.com/armedmadhouse/preorder.html
When my last book, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, was released, you
made it a bestseller and, that ended the silence over the theft of the
2000 vote. We broke through the electronic Berlin wall of the American
media.
The new book out today, Armed Madhouse, details the fix of the 2004
election, the Bush Administration's confidential, and surprising, plans
for Iraq's oil, the untold story of the destruction of New Orleans, the
dark, misunderstood economics of the rise of the India-China colossus, Ken
Lay's unindicted co-conspirators and many more tales of the current regime
you won't get on your nightly news.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the book is entertaining -- this is my
most serious investigative reporting yet, connecting Venezuela's
petrodollars, 3.6 million missing ballots, Thomas Friedman, Hurricane
Katrina and, the death of General Motors and the Arnold Schwarzenegger's
tawdry little gatherings with Ken Lay.
The full title is Armed Madhouse: Who's Afraid of Osama Wolf?, China
Floats Bush Sinks, the Scheme to Steal '08, No Child's Behind Left and
other Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Class War. Welcome to the
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box-cutters has metastasized into a billion-dollar fear industry, where
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Hear excerpts from Armed Madhouse read by Amy Goodman, Randi Rhodes, Larry
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Randi Rhodes calls it the "best investigative reporting in America -- and
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attention -- and get it today. Yes, this is a hard sell for this book --
and for good reason: I'm asked again and again, What can we DO? The
answer is, we can't do anything until we're INFORMED. We can't prevent
the theft of the '08 election until you know the crazy details of the
theft of '04. We can't shield ourselves from economic slaughter until we
have the hard, if hidden, facts of class conflict from the Sino-dollar
panic to the privatization of hurricane planning. That's why I wrote this
book: as a class war defense course.
And that's why Code Pink, Operation PUSH, Ohio Citizens for Secure
Elections, Democracy for America affiliates and a score of other
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The ARMED MADHOUSE TOUR BEGINS TONIGHT. I will be traveling to twenty
cities across the US to meet with you during teach-ins, which will expose
economic piggery so deep and devious you'll just have to scream or cry -
or laugh.
For a list of cities and locations, see the end of this email or go to:
http://www.gregpalast.com/madhouse/index.php/tour/tour-dates/
For sponsors and sponsorship info, go to:
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Read an excerpt from Armed Madhouse:
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Armed Madhouse Tour:
Tue. June 6. San Francisco
Wed. June 7. Berkeley
Wed. June 7. Santa Rosa
Thurs. June 8. Seattle
Fri. June 9. San Francisco
Fri. June 9. Los Angeles
Sat. June 10. San Diego
Sun. June 11. Chicago
Mon. June 12. Washington D.C.
Tue. June 13. NYC
Wed. June 14. NYC
Thur. June 15. Boulder
Fri. June 16. Denver
Sat. June 17. Albuquerque
Sun. June 18. Austin
Mon. June 19. Houston
Tue. June 20. Columbus
Thur. June 21. Albany
Fri. June 23. Atlanta
Sat. June 24. Tampa
Details at
http://www.gregpalast.com/madhouse/index.php/tour/tour-dates/
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