Smearing 9-11 Widows?

By Greg Sheffield (Bio | Archive)
July 13, 2006 - 12:31 ET

Much has been made of Ann Coulter's remarks on 9-11 widows. Her remarks about a few activists who tried to score political points against Bush were not an indictment of all 9-11 widows like that done by liberal cartoonist Ted Rall on Feb. 28, 2002. The five-panel cartoon included phrases such as:

"Of COURSE it’s a bummer that they slashed my husband’s throat. But the worst was having to watch the Olympics alone!"

"I keep waiting for Kevin to come home, but I know he never will. Fortunately, the $32 million I collected from the Red Cross keeps me warm at night."

Panel caption: Next Up: Terror Widow Meets Terror Widower!
Woman: A prenup?! I got $18 million from the airline security firm!
Man: Yeah, but I sued the airline itself– I scored $5 million.