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May 11, 2007

Coulter Skates

Ann Coulter has been cleared in the investigation into her having voted illegally in a district where she did not actually live at the time. It would seem she has friends in high places. It took a phone call from a big-wig in the FBI (Supervisory Special Agent Jim Fitzgerald of the FBI Academy's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, VA) but the call apparently worked. Crisis averted – for Ms. Coulter, anyway. Because now the FBI is wondering why the guy who made his name going after the Unibomber took the time to help out a blond bombshell (or so they say). And the County Supervisor of Elections is also miffed about the "FBI intrusion" and "preferential treatment" that Ms. Coulter received.

The justification Fitzgerald gives is that Coulter was afraid of a stalker so she intentionally put the wrong address on her voter registration. Fitzgerald says he simply called the county to confirm that he was, at that time, "working a stalking incident" involving Coulter. The "stalker" turned out to be conservative Christian blogger Dan Borchers of coulterwatch.com, but the investigation – which entailed a five-minute conversation – actually occurred eight years prior to the voting incident and nine years prior to Fitzgerald's call stating he was actively working the case.

The County says it was the testimony of a poll worker that led them to dismiss the case. According to the poll worker, Coulter ran out of the polling place when asked to write down her new address. The poll worker then bragged on the radio that he saw her commit a felony, but three months ago he changed his story and said he thought she may have misunderstood him and it may have been partially his fault that she voted in the wrong precinct.

Brad Blog, which has been following this story from the beginning, promises additional bizarre plot twists yet to come.

And since we're on the topic of hate speech and homosexuality today as well, this editorial referencing Ms. Coulter's anti-gay hate speech and entitled "'Femiphobia' sanctions bigotry in hypermasculine Americans," adds some interesting flavor to the mix. (If the link takes you to a subscriber-only website, you can get to it via a Google search.)

Posted by Becky at May 11, 2007 02:22 PM