By GottaLaff
For the past few days, Stephanie Miller has gotten all kinds of hate mail, including death threats (Google it to witness the negative spin), because of something she said on Larry King Live about Boss Limbaugh... as a joke.
Nobody on the panel was fazed because they realized it was said in jest, but apparently some conservative websites took it out of context and put the word out. The relevant snippet starts at about 1:15.
"He loves this attention, and if I could say something tonight that gets me that kind of attention, like maybe Rush Limbaugh should be executed for treason. How about that?""If I could say something.. that gets me that kind of attention, like..." Okay? Context. Good. Now check out this response to a question from a New York Times reporter to The Madam's Apple about her upcoming debate with Bill Maher:
In her response, which was written in all capital letters, [Ann] Coulter called the paper the “Treason Times” and said that the Times’ editors should have been “executed for treason” for revealing the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program:Do you consider yourself as speaking for the conservative movement, or just someone who has attracted many conservative fans? Something else?
I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL AMERICANS WHO THINK NEWSPAPER EDITORS WHO PRINT THE DETAILS OF TOP-SECRET ANTI-TERRORIST INTELLIGENCE GATHERING PROGRAMS ON PAGE ONE IN WARTIME SHOULD BE EXECUTED FOR TREASON.
Isn't she hilarious? See how she did that? The Madam's Apple threw out a snarky little quip, just like Stephanie Miller's! The tones are absolutely identical. Who couldn't see that?
This isn’t the first time Coulter has wished for the death of people who work for the New York Times. In August 2002, Coulter told the New York Observer that her “only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building.”
Double standard much? Meghan McCain was right. And Stephanie Miller deserves a whole lot of apologies... and perhaps a bodyguard or two.
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