Opinion: In today’s pages: Coulter, Carona, and crack
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Columnist Joel Stein develops Ann Coulter Mad Libs™ and gets the mistress of liberal-baiting herself to play along:
After all these years of Coultering, people still get riled up over her obvious attempts to make us mad. Which makes me horribly jealous. Just how easy is it for Coulter to offend someone? Would any words from her mouth do the trick? To test this theory, I developed the Ann Coulter Mad Libs.™ Coulter -- never publicity shy -- quickly replied to my e-mail request for adjectives, verbs and European cities. She also gave the essay below that little something extra that only she can provide. (For ‘male Democrat’ she filled in ‘Hillary Clinton,’ for instance.) Still, the experiment worked. I expect to see these quotes taken out of context on ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ tonight.
Former Orange County senior deputy district attorney Brian Gurwitz asks OC Sheriff Mike Carona to resign. Law professor Harlan Protass says it’s time to revisit sentencing laws on crack cocaine. And columnist Ronald Brownstein wonders whether labor is stalling healthcare reform.
The editorial board says it’s OK for the Valley to get a break on power bills, but not water bills. The board asks LAUSD Supt. David L. Brewer to find a way to move forward with his transformation plan for 44 schools. Finally the board warms to a Senate bill on surveillance.