The Arts and Sciences auditorium was a full house, and cheers mingled with boos and cat-calls during Ann Coulter's speech Thursday night.

protestors hold signs outside the Arts and Sciences building before Coulter’s speech. (Photo: Zach Spadt)

Populated with a large number of older audience members, the crowd still had plenty of students who showed their support, and in most cases, dispute of Coulter. 

Whether seen as belligerent or provocative, Ann Coulter, a Republican political analyst and commentator, was invited to UW to give a speech titled “Why the liberals are wrong about everything!” 

After arriving almost an hour and 30 minutes late, Coulter’s speech focused on liberals and their foreign policy. Her humorous oratory skills easily captured the attention of her audience. 

Coulter had a lot to say about the liberals view on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and Libya, and the differences between them.

“Liberals have no explanation for why they would oppose the war in Iraq but support our intervention in the in Egypt, in Libya; other than those two countries intervening will not serve the interest of the United States,” she said. 

Coulter passionately spoke abhorrently toward liberals.

"The only good thing about the liberals is that they are focused on foreign policy because it keeps them away from US domestic policy," she said. 

She condemened the Rolling Stone's reference to Obama as a "Jesus", saying “even Jesus had executive experience."

At the end of Coulter’s speech, she took questions from the crowd including heckling remarks in from younger audience members at which the 49-year-old conservative fired back at. 

One audience member asked Coulter to discuss Obama's energy policy, "since this is Wyoming." She said that Obama's main goal is to get re-elected, but right now the gas prices are rising. 

"What we need is nuclear power and drilling," she said.

The speech was co-sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation, which is a foundation that is committed to addressing young Americans about the prominence of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values, according to the YAF website. 

Caitlin Wallace, a UW law student and former president of the College Republicans, was the organizer of the event. 

“She is such an extremist, and the things that she says provoke a lot of thoughts that I really want to disagree with her,” Arla Mistica, a UW microbiology student said. 

Ann Coulter is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers like:  If Democrats Had any Brains, They’d Be Republicans, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) and Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right. 

According to her official website, Coulter graduated from University of Michigan Law School, and eventually made it to the Senate Judiciary Committee where she handled crime and immigration issues for Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan. Following that, Coulter became a litigator with the Center For Individual Rights in Washington, DC, a public interest law firm devoted towards defending individual rights mainly related to freedom of speech, religion and civil rights. 

Her coming to UW infuriated some students who stood outside the Arts and Sciences building holding protest signs. “She has the right to come to campus and speak, but she is so conceited that it wouldn’t be fair to bring this type of speaker to influence students,” Anjeh Mbah, a business and economics major, said. “I feel like it is very inappropriate that she is already 50 minutes late. It’s not like she is coming here for free,” Ruth Kimata, a UW communication graduate student added.

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