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Ann Coulter to WND: ‘I Speak at Harvard and I Certainly Don’t Endorse Their Views’

Posted on | August 18, 2010 | 53 Comments

The news that Ann Coulter would headline next month’s “Homocon,” a conference of gay Republicans in New York, has caused her to be dropped as a speaker at WorldNetDaily’s “Take Back America” conference:

“Ultimately, as a matter of principle, it would not make sense for us to have Ann speak to a conference about ‘taking America back’ when she clearly does not recognize that the ideals to be espoused there simply do not include the radical and very ‘unconservative’ agenda represented by GOProud,” said [WND publisher Joseph] Farah. “The drift of the conservative movement to a brand of materialistic libertarianism is one of the main reasons we planned this conference from the beginning.”
Asked by Farah why she was speaking to GOProud, Coulter said: “They hired me to give a speech, so I’m giving a speech. I do it all the time.” . . .
Coulter responded: “That’s silly, I speak to a lot of groups and do not endorse them. I speak at Harvard and I certainly don’t endorse their views. . . . The main thing I do is speak on college campuses, which is about the equivalent of speaking at an al-Qaida conference. I’m sure I agree with GOProud more than I do with at least half of my college audiences. But in any event, giving a speech is not an endorsement of every position held by the people I’m speaking to. I was going to speak for you guys, I think you’re nuts on the birther thing (though I like you otherwise!).”

Staunch conservative John Hawkins of Right Wing News has signed on as a Homocon sponsor, so turning this into a litmus test in a “More Conservative Than Thou” game is ridiculous.

UPDATE: I explore this dispute in more depth at The American Spectator.

Category: Ann Coulter, Gays

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53 Responses to “Ann Coulter to WND: ‘I Speak at Harvard and I Certainly Don’t Endorse Their Views’”

  1. Kojocaro
    August 19th, 2010 @ 10:00 am

    ccoffer if she were to speak at the naacp awards she would be branded a racist and get thrown in front of a speeding bus just sayin btw if homos do not want to be treated as worse than lepers they shouldn’t sue people for disagreeing with them

  2. Kawi gurl
    August 19th, 2010 @ 3:35 pm

    Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.

  3. Kawi gurl
    August 19th, 2010 @ 11:35 am

    Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.