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I had to pass on this interview with Ann Coulter in Paper Magazine.  It’s always great to read interviews with interesting questions and interviewer Fabian Basabe doesn’t disappoint.

Fabian Basabe: Having lived in New York, have you ever attended Fashion Week in New York?
Ann Coulter: No, though I’d like to just be at a cocktail party where I could talk to people eye to eye.

FB: We have both had our troubles with The New York Observer. They called you “the Republican Michael Moore”, and “Rush Limbaugh in a miniskirt.” Don’t you think your legs are much better than Rush or Moore’s?
AC: Don’t knock Rush Limbaugh’s legs — they’re better than Hillary’s.

FB: Time magazine took an unflattering cover shot of you with a fish eye lens. Which fashion photographer would you most like to shoot your next Time cover and in what setting?
AC: SHONNA VALESKA! She shot the cover photo on my next book. (If Democrats Had any Brains, They’d Be Republicans — in bookstores Oct 2.) Shonna also shot the best photo ever taken of me for… Time magazine. Time didn’t use that photo, instead choosing one of me mid-blink. (The photo editors are either blind or there’s some sort of ideological agenda at work. I can’t decide.) It is now available in poster size from Young America’s Foundation.

FB: You frequently appear in short skirts. Whose skirts do you like this season?
AC: Hmmm, I’m not sure. What’s John Edwards wearing? We seem to wear the same panties.

Read the entire interview here.

Actress and pro-life advocate Patricia Heaton recently commented on actress Sally Fields’ acceptance speech at the Emmys. 

Fields said, “And, let’s face it, if the mothers ruled the war, there would be no (expletive) wars in the first place.” 

Heaton said, “I’ve actually become a more violent person since I became a mother.  If someone came between me and my kids, they’d be dead meat.  So I didn’t agree with that particular statement.”

By the way, imagine what people in China and Venezula must think of America’s definition of “censorship.”  Everyone from Drudge to CBS to Shepherd Smith referred to Sally Fields as being “censored” at the Emmys.  Then, they proceeded to print all of her comments or show the video over and over again.  If that’s censorship, then hand me a microphone.

The Associated Press is reporting that former Senator Lincoln Chafee (?-RI) is leaving the GOP. 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he has left the Republican Party because the national GOP has drifted too far from him on critical issues, including the war in Iraq, the economy and the environment.

“It’s not my party anymore,” Chafee, who represented Rhode Island from 1999 until 2007, told The Providence Journal in an article published Saturday.

Chafee said he is now an unaffiliated voter after leaving the GOP “in June or July.”

He said he made the move because “I want my affiliation to accurately reflect my status.”

During his last year in the Senate, Chafee had the exact  same American Conservative Union Rating (12) as Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Debbie Stabenow and Hillary Clinton. 

From the ACU’s press release:

Alexandria, VA – American Conservative Union (ACU) chairman David A. Keene announced today that ACU has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against MoveOn.org Political Action and the New York Times Company for violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

On Monday, September 10, 2007, MoveOn sponsored a full page advertisement in the New York Times attacking General David Petraeus prior to his report to Congress regarding the status of the United States military operations in Iraq. The open rate for a full page black and white advertisement in the New York Times is $181,692. MoveOn only paid $65,000 for the ad, according to multiple press reports.

The New York Times Company’s “discount” is in effect a corporate soft money contribution to a federal political committee. MoveOn’s acceptance of this corporate soft money contribution exceeds federal contributions and is a clear violation of FEC laws.

 “ACU demands a full and thorough investigation of the cost of the Ad and the discount given by the New York Times Company to MoveOn.org Political Action, for payment by MoveOn of the usual and normal charge for the costs of the Ad and the requisite civil money penalty for violation of federal law by each of the Respondents,” ACU Chairman David A. Keene stated in the FEC complaint. 

Click here for the formal complaint (pdf).

Click here for the New York Post’s report, “$ign of the Times.”

Al Gore just “won” a random award on the Primetime Emmys for his internet-based Current TV. 

Yawn. 

Thankfully, there weren’t any other nominees, so there’s no need for a recount.  Gore got a standing ovation, which sort of takes away from the standing ovation the audience gave the cast of Roots (which deserved it).   Step aside yellow ribbons and American flags, the Left’s bumper sticker is “Election 2000 Recount: NEVER FORGET!”

UPDATE: Steve Colbert and Jon Stewart have a good bit about the “Green Emmys.”  Colbert says his leaf blower runs on Al Gore’s tears.

I don’t think it will be a good week for me.

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BOTUS (Buster of the United States) and I are going to Rehoboth Beach for the rest of the week.  See you back here on Monday!

Thanks to Ann Coulter for linking to the LOTUS blog!  This site is still in its infancy, so please the excuse the less than fancy graphics.  Please keep coming back and I promise I’ll make it worth your time!

Since I like to give the people what they want, I’ll share some of my favorite columns about Ann.

Coulter Attacks the Cult of Liberalism

Exclusive Interview: Coulter Says Book Examines ‘Mental Disorder’ of Liberalism

Coulter Foes Launch Hate-Filled Attacks

How to Write Like a Liberal (If You Have No Ideas of Your Own)

Mary Katherine Ham at Townhall has photos from yesterday’s protests at Ground Zero. 

Grab some tissue for this article.  So sweet…

Best Onion article in awhile.

Click here to read the rest of my Townhall column for this week.