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June 8, 2006
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Assemblywoman Quigley
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James Sverapa IV
Assemblywomen Stender
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QUIGLEY/STENDER CALL ON NJ MERCHANTS TO BAN SALE OF 'VICIOUS' COULTER BOOK
Hate-filled Attacks on NJ 9-11 Widows Has No Place on NJ Bookshelves
(TRENTON) - Assemblywomen Joan M. Quigley and Linda Stender
today castigated political commentator Ann Coulter for vicious remarks made
against four New Jersey September 11th widows in her new book "Godless: The
Church of Liberalism."
In her book, Coulter refers to the women as, "the Witches of
East Brunswick," after the town where two of the women reside, and writes
she has "...never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much." In
promoting the book, she added further insult to injury by saying the women
used their grief "...to make a political point," and used "...the fact that
[they] lost a husband as the basis for being able to talk about it
[political viewpoints]."
In response to these incendiary, hate-filled attacks on women
who suffered a terrible personal tragedy four-and-a-half years ago and have
selflessly advocated to improve national security in the intervening years,
the Assemblywomen issued the following statement, denouncing Coulter's
attacks and asking New Jersey retailers to ban the sale of her book
throughout the state:
"Ann Coulter's criticism of 9-11 widows, whose only desire since
the attacks have been to repair their shattered lives and protect other
families from the horrors they have experienced, is motivated purely by
petty greed and hate.
"Her assertion that these women enjoyed watching their husbands
die on national television is hateful, hurtful, and runs counter to every
sentiment expressed since the September 11th tragedy.
"Coulter's vicious characterizations and remarks are motivated
by greed and her desire to sell books. By making these claims, she proves
herself worse than those she is attempting to vilify - she is a leech trying
to turn a profit off perverting the suffering of others.
"No one in New Jersey should buy this book and allow Ann Coulter
to profit from her hate-mongering. We are asking New Jersey retailers
statewide to stand with us and express their outrage by refusing to carry or
sell copies of Coulter's book. Her hate-filled attacks on our 9-11 widows
has no place on New Jersey bookshelves."
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James Sverapa IV
Press Secretary
Assembly Majority Office
Ph: 609-292-7065
Fax: 609-292-2386
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