Ann Coulter has been un-invited as an ASI speaker at Harding. Greg said it well:

For all those who were waiting on the edge of their seats, or with bated breath, or were sitting on the edge of their seats WITH bated breath, you may now exhale.

According to sources at our beloved, oft-maligned institution in Searcy, the decision to invite Ann Coulter to participate in the ASI Distinguished Lecture Series has been “reconsidered.”

For those not well-versed in admin-speak, that means she ain’t comin’. In her place they have invited Jose Maria Aznar, whose reign used to be in Spain, including but not limited to, the plains.

This blog would like to thank the roughly 8,000 visitors (many of them repeats, of course) who weighed in on the discussion, but more importantly expressed their views to the administration. This blog will not boast of any sort of triumph, but it will admit to feeling good at having done its small part to help.

This blog would also like the thank the administration of Harding, the directors of the ASI, and everyone involved in reversing this decision. Thank you for hearing our concerns and for not dismissing them out of hand. As much as I relish the imagery of a David vs. Goliath type struggle, I choose, instead, to think of this as a mutually beneficial outcome. Harding will benefit by not being associated with this woman, and we bloggers and writers of emails and makers of telephone calls have learned the powerful lesson about speaking out when necessary.

On this day I can truly say, “Alma mater, Hail!” link

Amen. I’m proud of HU for disassociating itself with Coulter’s harsh rhetoric.