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When will Ann Coulter get her mouth unwired shut?

Settled as Before Christmas

Hard-right firebrand Ann Coulter, who fell a few weeks ago and reportedly broke her jaw, is having her jaw wired shut, according to the New York Post. She will have it unshut in a few weeks to record the audio version of her book "The New Ann Coulter." No word from Coulter.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008448548_eye29.html

Unwired now: http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2008/12/11/inside-coulterfest-08/

Background:

It appears Ann Coulter, right wing pundit, author has had her jaw wired shut.
If the New York Post's Page Six report is true, Coulter broke her jaw and her mouth is wired shut:
NY POST:
WE HEAR...THAT although we didn't think it would be possible to silence Ann Coulter, the leggy reaction- ary broke her jaw and the mouth that roared has been wired shut...

The question is how long will this medical treatment continue. When will the wiring be removed. It does not have to be removed by a medical person but must be reported being removed by a major news source.
for information regarding broken jaws and jaw wiring:
http://home.cfl.rr.com/bjaw/index.html
Additionally if you look at google or on the AMA web site you will see the jaws may be wired for anywhere form 4 to 14 weeks depending on the severity of the injury. Ellen f Ellen fame had her jaws wired shut for 4 1/2 weeks when she broke her jaw.

Category Editor note: If it is reported that she does not actually have her mouth shut and this was just a rumor, will settle as before Christmas. I can't figure out how we'll ever settle the last option, but the creator will be allowed a little humor in his option choices.


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled

Before Christmas
57%
Between Christmas and January 7
29%
Between January 8 and Inaugration
12%
After Inaugration
2%
never, even the republicans enjoy the quiet
1%
Activity: H$6,386
Settled as Before Christmas on Fri 12th Dec 2008 8:20am PST

Suspend date: this Tuesday 11:59pm PST (6 days to go) Settlement date: Fri 12th Dec 2008 8:20am PST

Initial likelihoods: Before Christmas: 45%, Between Christmas and January 7: 35%, Between January 8 and Inaugration: 17%, After Inaugration: 2%, never, even the republicans enjoy the quiet: 1%

Action history:

Created Tue 25th Nov 2008 6:30pm PST by deanthoreau
Suspended Tue 25th Nov 2008 7:25pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: suspended pending edit
Unsuspended Wed 26th Nov 2008 12:35pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: market options have been edited, previous wagers have been cancelled
Changed Suspend date Wed 26th Nov 2008 6:09pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: was: "2009-05-25 23:59:00"
Suspended Thu 11th Dec 2008 4:07pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: checking sources (think she's unwired now)
Settled as 'Before Christmas' Fri 12th Dec 2008 8:20am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: Hard-right firebrand Ann Coulter, who fell a few weeks ago and reportedly broke her jaw, is having her jaw wired shut, according to the New York Post. She will have it unshut in a few weeks to record the audio version of her book "The New Ann Coulter." No word from Coulter.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008448548_eye29.html

Unwired now: http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2008/12/11/inside-coulterfest-08/

Suspend date: this Tuesday 11:59pm PST (6 days to go) Settlement date: Fri 12th Dec 2008 8:20am PST
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Comments (29)

  2 coolkraft
please God...forever
posted 6 weeks ago
I agree with coolkraft
posted 6 weeks ago
unwired shut? that's not my English
posted 5 weeks ago
@dean - yeah that did come out a little awkward looking didn't it? The question was "how long" and then the market options were just dates... so technically they didn't answer the question. (That's caused us trouble in the past) I was trying to rephrase the question to ask for a date when she gets the wires out, but clearly didn't hit upon the best phrasing! Let me know if you can think of a better way to say it.
posted 5 weeks ago
  6 randburg
@dean and jenni:

Not easy to word, but we all understand you. Hilarious question, and I'm betting she will unwire her jaw herself after a few exasperating Christmas parties, especially where everyone grins and sniggers...
posted 5 weeks ago
  7 dieseldog
wonder how she broke her jaw? :O)
posted 5 weeks ago
  8 emmag
diesel, I've been wondering the same thing...my dentist broke her jaw when she fainted and fell on her face. oof! Perhaps something like that, do you think?
posted 5 weeks ago
  9 lilia
I like Ann
posted 5 weeks ago
  10 dieseldog
emmag - don't know if these sites are trust worthy, but its all i could find in the limited research i done.

Coulter, writer of several books deriding liberals and spouting her conservative views will have to take a little time off the Sunday morning talk show circuit thanks a spill she took last month.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212188862.shtml

Ann fell down the stairs, and the next step in her healing process is to get her mouth wired shut! Thank the Lord for small miracles.

http://gaysocialites.com/2008/11/ann_coulters_broken_jaw_is_off.html
posted 5 weeks ago
@lilia - I hear that Ann has a new book coming out pretty soon. Usually she can be pretty funny and make good points.
posted 5 weeks ago
  12 emmag
Yes, here are a couple of her more endearing comments:
"I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote."
Asked how far back would she go to repeal laws, she replied, "Well, before the New Deal...[The Emancipation Proclamation] would be a good start."
To a disabled Vietnam vet: "People like you caused us to lose that war."
"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."

Yea, she's a real doll.
posted 5 weeks ago
yes emmag, I must agree with you there, ann coulter is a real doll...personally i think she needs a ecologically minded, whale loving, peace preaching, black, liberal, buddhist, communist, aclu card carrying butch lesbian to convert her!
posted 5 weeks ago
  14 coolkraft
yes enmag...I also agree..but I do not think there is anyone on this earth that could convert this loud mouthed cruel overbearing bitch...and who would want to bother...However, on second thought, she and Rush Limbaugh are an interesting pair!!!!!!
posted 5 weeks ago
@ck - language reminder...
posted 5 weeks ago
  16 taternutz5
LMAO..... someone that swears more then i do ha ha ha
posted 5 weeks ago
*innocently looks at jenni* I will not say that Ann coulter prolly had her mouth wired shut so she would not have to give her boyfriend a......... I won't say it. Besides with all the defecation that spews from her mouth who in their right mind would want to put something in it......see I didnt say ....censored......... or ....censored..........even tho i really wanted to say .........ck.............ing.........er..........ing...........nt
posted 5 weeks ago
  18 coolkraft
@deanthoreau u r too funny
posted 5 weeks ago
  19 coolkraft
interesting...all the hateful scathing comments and a female dog term for a woman becomes an item...hubdub is reallly too much these days
posted 5 weeks ago
Yeah, its a hard line to decide what's 'offensive'. The only thing I have clear guidance on is 'no cursing', so I will generally tend to remind people when that happens. Other comments are harder to quantify (like say dean's). Where do we draw the line? Its hard to figure out and everyone has different standards of what's offensive. As diesel said elsewhere, we're not trying to be nannies, but there really are kids on the site (and my mother for that matter). We want to make sure this site is welcoming to everyone -- without unduly hampering free speech. If you have a thought on the matter feel free to drop me a line and we'll take it under consideration.
posted 5 weeks ago
  21 coolkraft
seems to me that hubdub plays favorites on this and many other things...I am not the only one who has noticed this and the amount of people who have left or are leaving hubdub is sad...it used to be a great site..fair, fun, interesting.
posted 5 weeks ago
  22 coolkraft
my final thoughts as I go to watch hockey and basketball: assassinating Obama questions are not free speech, the comments on the Dolly Parton Howard Stern question are disgusting not free speech. Good Night
posted 5 weeks ago
I have started a forum that can be found here:
http://www.hubdub.com/e/Topic/Censorshipwhere_do_you_think_the_line_should_be_drawn_262
Please feel free to leave your opinions and suggestions (about censorship on Hubdub )there
:)
posted 5 weeks ago
  24 ladylara
How about, "When will..get her shut mouth unwired?" It is weirdly worded, even as it is oddly amusing! Thanks for the giggle.
posted 5 weeks ago
coolcraft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...personally i would prefer my child see the word ....ch or ....ck or any other 4 letter word than see people gambling on assainations, which by the way assasination is just a fancy way of saying MURDER
If the questione were; Will Obama be murdered in 2009... it does not sound as ummm nice does it!!!!
posted 5 weeks ago
  26 coolkraft
@deanthoreau and don't you find it interesting no other president elect or for that matter president (except of course Kennedy) is ever mentioned in this way except for Obama.....no gambling assassination questions on George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Sr Bush, Bill Clinton...Hubdub changed when the election comments got way out of line...disappointing to say the least. I will stick to sports now...you either win or lose...no problems with suspensions, timeline for questions and settlement and pleasant sports fans.
posted 5 weeks ago
:( OMG do I really have to learn about sports??????
Actually when Bill Clinton was running for President a lot of those wack-o right wing fundamentalist yee haw smash the beer can on my forehead for Jesus folks were reciting the fact that a part of them hoped George Sr would loose because they would not want to see him assasinated, and every president that had been president during some year that eneded in 0 or 6 or 8 or something was assasinated. Seems that the words "Thou shalt not kill" people have not figured out means Hope the person dies either... I just love people that wear their WWJD wrist bands and bumper stickers,,,carry their bibles in pretty little holders with their yellow highlighters...and spout bible verses...to justify their prejudices. I always figure god is laffin his butt (I said butt not ass) off, shaking his head and sayin to Gabriel...."Don't blame me for them, they take after their mother!"
posted 5 weeks ago
I don't think Ann Coulter's mouth was ever wired shut. I only saw unreputable sources for the story.

Last night she gave a speech at NYU - looked fine to me!
http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2008/12/11/inside-coulterfest-08/
posted 3 weeks ago
I beleive there was a statement in the settlement criteria regarding if in fact the mouth in question was not in fact wired..it would be settled as before xmas :) Ahh the peace was good while it lasted. Perhaps we can send her to Chicago to spew more hate. Seems they are having a cold spell there and could use the heat!
posted 3 weeks ago

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