Her views on liberals, women and the media are called “controversial” at the very least. She has opinions on airport security, and feels the Middle East would benefit greatly from a large dose of Christianity. Whether her audience loved her or hated her, when Ann H. Coulter spoke last night at the Knight Law School, she got their attention.
Stan Pulliam, the chairman for the University of Oregon’s College Republicans, introduced Coulter to a near-full lecture hall as someone who is “seen on Fox News on almost a daily basis.” No matter what attendees expected, he said, “I guarantee you … you’ll be fascinated by her.”
Coulter has authored several pieces in the weeks since the Sept.11 attacks. First year law student Lincoln Nehring has read her work, and said he came to hear Coulter’s speech on Sunday night because “she’s scary.” Nehring heard about the presentation through an e-mail from the law school list serve and said he found her work to be “more than entertaining.”
The right-wing columnist and attorney spent about 30 minutes espousing her views on politics since the terrorist attacks, and had strong words against liberals.
On the war currently being fought in Afghanistan, Coulter said liberals are being impatient. She also suggested that “the only fundamentalist liberals want to go to war with is Jerry Falwell.”
Her religious beliefs were also made clear in the speech. She said, “This nation was founded as a Christian experiment,” and reminded the audience that America embraces the rights of people to practice their individual religions.
She said she recognizes women’s rights as being limited under Taliban rule, but said that is not the reason we are at war.
“We’re fighting because we were attacked on Sept. 11,” she said.
Though Coulter said she believes that women and men are equal, she said that “women always become hysterical because they don’t have the ability to solve problems.”
She ended her speech discussing airport security, which she feels is lacking.
Coulter scoffed at the idea of a national identification card and said, “I’ve yet to hear a liberal explain how a national ID would prevent terrorism.”