Ann Coulter Under Fire? Not!

Ann Coulter has sparked a bit of a controversy concerning her reference to Helen Thomas as an "old Arab":

NEW YORK Universal Press Syndicate and conservative columnist Ann Coulter have reached an agreement on removing Universal's copyright from columns on AnnCoulter.com that differ from columns sent to newspapers.Meanwhile, the Detroit Free Press reported that 26 members of U.S. Congress have sent a letter to Universal protesting Coulter's Feb. 23 column, in which the conservative writer called liberal columnist Helen Thomas an "old Arab" and implied Thomas was a security threat to President Bush.Universal removed the "Arab" reference before sending the column to Coulter's 110 newspaper clients. But Coulter kept "Arab" in the version of her column on AnnCoulter.com, kept the Universal copyright under the column, and didn't include a disclaimer saying the column was worded differently from the one syndicated by Universal.

Of course the American Arab community is up in arms:

For most of Helen Thomas' 60-plus years in White House journalism, her Arab ethnicity never was an issue.
But according to political commentator Ann Coulter, the ancestry of the Detroit native makes her an "old Arab" and thus a security threat to President George W. Bush.
In a recent column, Coulter writes about the controversy over whether it's too easy to get media access to the White House.
"Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president," wrote Coulter, who once argued the United States should invade Muslim countries and "convert them to Christianity."

Here's a link (Universal Press Syndicate is still there) to the original article and here's Ann's response to those who made a big deal about the convert them to Christianity comment:

To The People Of Islam: Just think: If we'd invaded your countries, killed your leaders and converted you to Christianity YOU'D ALL BE OPENING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS RIGHT ABOUT NOW!Merry Christmas!

I sure can't wait for Ann's column next week.