No defense for Ann Coulter

It is hard for me to believe anyone would be defending Ann Coulter, but since the writer of the July 30 letter, “In defense of Ann Coulter,” felt it necessary to do so, he should get his facts straight about her book.The most baseless statement he made was that the four women who lost their husbands Sept. 11 bashed President Bush and blamed him for 9-11. How about getting the facts straight? Those women were instrumental in the development of the 9-11 commission whose main purpose was to pinpoint flaws in our intelligence community and make recommendations to correct and improve our Department of Homeland Security so that such a tragedy would never happen again. Instead of Coulter attacking the character of the women, maybe she should be grateful to them for insisting that a 9-11 commission be established.It is morally wrong to use innocent people to further one's political agenda and resort to name-calling of those who do not agree. These kinds of tactics accomplish nothing. Anne Pancoast, Margate - Published in the Atlantic City Press, August 6, 2006