Friday, September 07, 2007

Coulter draws yawns, not jeers

Cincinnati Enquirer reports a dismal turnout for Coulter's speaking engagement at Xavier University, and highlights the celebratory rally to "Thank Ann!" nearby:

Exactly 1,273 people - many of them Xavier students, along with hundreds of others whose college days were decades behind them - filed into the Cintas Center for the 7 p.m. lecture.

Several hundred yards away, in front of Husman Hall, a coalition of liberal groups held a "Counter-Coulter" rally that drew about 200 people. It was aimed at celebrating the $26,000 raised on the Internet for six liberal campus groups - money donated by people who oppose Coulter's hard-right views.

"Thanks, Ann Coulter," read an enormous banner.