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Posted by UBERHIPPY on June 08, 2006 at 12:09:47:
In Reply to: PRESS RELEASE - Quigley & Stender Call on NJ Merchants to Ban Sale of 'Vicious' Coulter Book posted by ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS NEWS RELEASE on June 08, 2006 at 12:04:41:

: ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS NEWS RELEASE : www.assemblydems.com/news.htm : FOR RELEASE: : June 8, 2006 : CONTACT: : Assemblywoman Quigley : (201) 217-4614 : James Sverapa IV : Assemblywomen Stender : (609) 292-7065 : (908) 668-1900 : 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." : --30-- : : James Sverapa IV : Press Secretary : Assembly Majority Office : : Ph: 609-292-7065 : Fax: 609-292-2386
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