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page. Stock-car racing had been the nation's fastest-growing sport for a decade, and
NASCAR the second-most-watched sport behind the NFL. More Americans recognize
the name Dale Earnhardt than, say, Maureen Dowd. (Manhattan liberals are dumbly
blinking at that last sentence.) It took The New York Times two days to deem Earnhardt's
death sufficiently important to mention it on the first page. Demonstrating the left's renowned
populist touch, the article began, "His death brought a silence to the Wal-Mart."
The Times went on to report that in vast swaths of the country people watch stock-car
racing. Tacky people were mourning Dale Earnhardt all over the South!
Pretty powerful indictment, I have to admit. No mention for two days! One small
problem. Dale Earnhardt died on February 18, 2001. On February 19, 2001, which by my
calculation is the next day, the Times ran a front-page account of Earnhardt's death written by
sportswriter Robert Lipsyte under the headline: "Stock Car Star Killed on Last Lap of Daytona
500." Here. Look at it.
Frankly, I think the fact that The New York Times did have a front-page article on
Dale Earnhardt the day after he died kind of undercuts her point that they didn't. Don't you? I
mean, if they didn't, that would have been something, huh? But they did.
And, by the way, the article that Coulter refers to? The one written two days later? It
was by Rick Bragg,' a Pulitzer Prize winner who grew up in Piedmont, Alabama. Boy, I hate
those Piedmont snobs! It's always "Piedmont has the best this and Piedmont has the best
that." Yeah, well, fuck you, Piedmont!
Where did Ann Coulter come from? Well, she's a lawyer, one of the "elves" who
helped Paula Jones go after Bill Clinton. That's a feather in her cap. She was born in 1961. Or
1963. Depending on whether you believe her old Connecticut driver's license (1961) or her
newer D.C. driver's license (1963). (The Washington Post looked into this.) Ann claims the
D.C. license is correct, which means that when she registered to vote she was sixteen. (The
Post checked with the New Canaan, Connecticut, registrar's office.) That, of course, would be
voter fraud.
Either way, she lied on at least one of her driver's licenses, a government I.D., which
is a violation of federal law under the Patriot Act. I believe she could be locked up indefinitely
for that without being allowed to talk to a lawyer or a judge. Or Paula Zahn.
Now, lots of women lie about their age. But it raises a concern about Coulter (if that
really is her name). Coulter's misstatements about her age make us question the veracity of
the seemingly factual statements in her book, such as: