WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation into whether she voted in the wrong precinct, so the case will probably be turned over to prosecutors, Palm Beach County's elections chief said Wednesday.
Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson said his office has been looking into the matter for nearly nine months, and he would turn over the case to the state attorney's office by Friday.
Coulter's TV comments and newspaper columns routinely spark outrage, an effect that she cultivates. The columnist has bashed widows of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims as pro-Democrat propagandists, and has repeatedly ridiculed Islam and Muslims.
Coulter's attorney did not immediately return a call Wednesday. Nor did her publicist at her publisher, Crown Publishing. Knowingly voting in the wrong precinct is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Anderson's office received a complaint in February that Coulter voted in the wrong precinct during a Feb. 7 Palm Beach town council election.
Anderson, a Democrat, said a letter was sent to Coulter on March 27 requesting that she clarify her address for the voting records "or face the possibility of her voter registration being rescinded." Three more letters were sent to Coulter and her attorney, but she has yet to respond with the information requested, Anderson said.
In July, Anderson said, he received a letter from Coulter's attorney, Marcos Daniel Jimenez D'Clouet. The letter said the attorney would only discuss the matter in person or by telephone because, he complained, Anderson had given details to the media. Anderson said the matter had to be discussed in writing.
I don't suppose this legal pursuit has anything to do with her politics.. much like the stuff with Limbaugh didn't either? It could be entertaining though, Coulter has refused to cooperate, given that she's among other things a lawyer my guess is that as soon as someone fires a proverbial shot... they will find a much bigger barrel pointed back at them.
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Those who are willing to be the most ruthless always win. The pacifists always lose, because the anti-pacifists kill them.
Of course it's politically motivated. When someone shoots their mouth off so much about how other people should behave they are BEGGING to have the magnifying glass pointed at them. If they fuck up, they deserve a public flogging for being such assholes.
given that she's among other things a lawyer my guess is that as soon as someone fires a proverbial shot... they will find a much bigger barrel pointed back at them.
Its not cuz shes a lawyer its cuz shes a celeb. Wish someone would make an example out of one of them and force them to live by the same laws as the rest of us. In her case i hope she gets hit with everything she can be charged with. If you dont want to get fucked up you shouldnt antagonize half the people around you.
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[quote="Tossica"]Of course it's politically motivated. When someone shoots their mouth off so much about how other people should behave they are BEGGING to have the magnifying glass pointed at them. If they fuck up, they deserve a public flogging for being such assholes.[/quote]
Wait, so if someone is outspoken and often uses their first amendment rights they are open to scrutiny above and beyond the norm? Should we have the FBI investigate all loudmouths or just the ones that don't agree with your views?
Eziekial wrote:Wait, so if someone is outspoken and often uses their first amendment rights they are open to scrutiny above and beyond the norm? Should we have the FBI investigate all loudmouths or just the ones that don't agree with your views?
Yeah, cuz that's what I said...
No, if someone goes out of their way on a daily basis to comdemn others and try to stir up outrage, they had better be perfect themselves.
