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Wanted: Gutsy Liberal to Debate Ann Coulter

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Getty 022514 AnnCoulter?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1393349727597Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The American Conservative Union, a longtime political lobbying group, is on the hunt for a hot-blooded liberal willing to face off against firebrand conservative pundit Ann Coulter at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington next month.

“The CPAC stage…stands ready for a serious liberal willing to defend the creeping socialism of Obama’s America,” the group said in a statement Monday. “We’re confident in Ann. Is there a champion of the left that is unapologetically supportive of their world view?”

Any liberal gutsy enough to debate Coulter will no doubt face some tough and, yes, often inflammatory talk.

A serial rabble-rouser, Coulter once accused Sept. 11 widows of “reveling in their status as celebrities…[and] enjoying their husband’s death,” and suggested, “if only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether.”

She even joked that “we need somebody to put rat poisoning in [liberal Supreme Court] Justice [Paul] Stevens’ crème brulee” and said that former Democratic Sen. John Edwards, whose 16-year-old son died in a car accident, must have a bumper sticker that reads, “Ask me about my dead son.”

The American Conservative Union is inviting would-be challengers for the March 6-8 conference to contact them by phone, e-mail or social media, using the hashtag #CPAC2014.

And, by the way, according to Monday’s announcement: “In the case of multiple challengers, Ann Coulter and the ACU will select an opponent.”

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