Last Thursday, Ann Coulter joked about Calgary being the 51st U.S. state, twice, as she spoke at the University of Calgary campus, which was a lot more complimentary than what she said about Ottawa.

The controversial right-wing pundit from south of the boarder delivered a speech about double standards and free speech in America, which was followed up by a fiery question-and-answer period. It was her final Canadian destination, after the University of Western Ontario and the University of Ottawa, where protesters forced her to cancel, resulting in her filing a complaint with the Human Rights Commission.
In her speech she took shots at U.S. President Barack Obama, defended George Bush and heavily criticized Democrats.
An audience member asked what she thought about Alberta Progressive Conservative Premier Ed Stelmach.
“I just love progressive conservative. This is like the old Soviet Union calling itself a people’s democracy,” Coulter sharply replied, before proceeding to further compare Liberals to Communists.
The very next question came from a man who started off saying “I apologize for all the people in Ontario. They take (Progressive Conservative) really hardcore.”
Never shy to weigh in on the topic of religion, Coulter went off on a rant when a student asked for her opinion on the “Jesus is a Muslim” slogans floating around the U of C campus.
“Once again I ask you to hold your rocks and sticks,” she started.
“Jesus said that he was the Son of God. If you do not believe that he was the Son of God, you have to think he was a raving lunatic. I know that’s what Muslims think, I know that’s what Jews think, and yet we can’t live in peace and harmony without chopping one another’s heads off,” sarcastically added Coulter.
She didn’t stop there, taking a moment to rip into protesters.
“This is the problem in the schools, that you aren’t learning about things like the basics of Christianity, the basics of Judaism, the basics of Islam. Yet you’re out protesting having 7 ½-hour meetings to denounce Ann Coulter.”
She ruffled the feathers of the crowd particularly with her comment on Canada’s multi-cultural reputation, saying it’s the least diverse country she’s ever seen. She looked into the audience and proclaimed she mainly saw white people.
One spectator yelled, “If you don’t think Canada is multicultural, you haven’t been outside of any of the (three) cities.”
Coulter maintains that too much diversity and multiculturalism often leads to more problems.
A woman, who identified herself as a native of South America, spoke up to refute Coulter’s stern views and yelling “what about me?” over the buzzing crowd.
“I didn’t hear that but I think there was something about a zamboni,” Coulter sarcastically shot back.
She added other controversial opinions, like her stance that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote, explaining that if only men could vote there would always be a Republican in the White House.
The whole night, the sharp-tongued pundit remained snappy with the spectator’s questions, sometimes flat-out shutting people down for taking too long to get to the questions. It was clear she could tell Liberals from Conservatives as soon as they spoke the first sentence, seemingly dancing round certain statements.
One student’s question was greeted with: “It does seem kind of weird that with a lot of these political issues in Canada, you’re like 10 years late. You’re making some rookie mistakes here.”
Everyone who asked a question had to be sharp, as the largely conservative crowd was behind Coulter. Although the protesters were notably upset that she was allowed to speak in Calgary, they seemed to be the only ones who left the campus unhappy.
Coulter described Calgary as a “very beautiful city” and joked she would like to trade Democratic Washington for Conservative Calgary. Or she would settle for the southern Alberta city becoming the 51st state, which generated a few boo’s but mainly laughs and cheers from the crowd.