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December 06, 2005
A Word from Ward Churchill
My girlfriend, Heather Smith, is a producer at the Laura Ingraham radio show, the fourth most-listened to program in the country. Recently she invited Ward Churchill, a Colorado University professor who is infamous for his remarks about the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks (calling them "little Eichmans" who "deserved to die"), to appear on the program along with Ian, a Colorado University Young Republican leader who showed Churchill a list of the 9-11 victims and asked him to circle the names of the ones that deserve to die. Very clever. Churchill, who believes in protest but not debate, declined to appear. What he wrote in declining is noteworthy. It is reproduced below, in full. There is more over at DCHeathersmith.com.
There was/is no "controversy" with Ian and his awesome force of 11 other overindulged brats. I will, however, be happy to speak with these sunshine patriots when they return, as I did in my day, from their tours of duty in the current generation’s combat zone.Until then, a simple thank you, not only from CU Young Republicans, but from other such pro-war avoiders of military service in their party as Bill Owens, Bob Beauprez, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney will be sufficient. Beyond that, they’ve nothing to say, either to me or to anyone else used as fodder in one of this country’s endless wars against peoples of color.
As to Laura Ingram herself, the very fact that she’d seek to dignify Young Republicans’ pitiful little imitation of SDS-style action with "nationally syndicated coverage" while ignoring the far larger showing made to protest Rocky Mountain News editor Vincent Carroll’'s racist comments regarding the late Vine Deloria Jr. on the very day of the man’s funeral says all that needs saying.
Your hood and sheets are showing, sweetie.
With all due respect,
Ward Churchill
Posted by Richard Miniter at December 6, 2005 07:35 PM