Guest: Fox News contributor Sandy Rios

"The cover of Wednesday's New York Daily News reads 'Coulter The Cruel.' The controversy is all about Ann Coulter writing that four 9/11 widows are liberal pawns. According to Coulter, 'These broads are millionaires lionized on TV ... I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' death so much.' Talking Points believes most Americans rejects that kind of vitriol because it is mean and counter-productive. No doubt the widows have become liberal activists, but they have the right to take any political position they want. No doubt some far left pundits have said far worse things than Ann Coulter will ever say, and the mainstream media often celebrates them. But a No Spin rule is that you don't justify bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior. Coulter's point is interesting. She believes the far left uses people like the widows to attack President Bush and conservatives because grieving people are hard to challenge. I ran into that problem when I chastised Cindy Sheehan for calling terrorists 'freedom fighters.' She needed to be called on that, even if she did lose a son in Iraq. But if Coulter is trying to persuade people to her view, the personal attacks are foolish. In the end those standing on the high ground will win the culture war. The vicious fighter often loses to the smarter fighter."

Fox News contributor Sandy Rios, a conservative commentator, joined The Factor to defend Coulter. "Ann's words are laser-focused on truth. She says things no one else dare say, and Ann's words are like a clarion wake up call - just because women have lost their husbands does not give them license to criticize the Commander in Chief without being criticized in return." The Factor urged combatants on both sides of the culture war to avoid personal attacks. "There's nobody who did more damage to Cindy Sheehan than I did, but I did it by exposing her agenda and showing who was behind her and paying the bills. I did not call the woman names or disparage her as an American citizen, and if I had I would have lost the debate. Miss Coulter has a good point about these women being used by one spectrum of the political debate, but by calling them witches and harpies she diminishes her argument."

Guests: Fox News correspondent Megyn Kendall & Fox News chief judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano

35-year old Jerry Inman has been arrested for strangling Clemson student Tiffany Souers. Fox News correspondent Megyn Kendall explained how Inman was nabbed. "They found his DNA in her apartment, and ran it through a 'perp databank' which has DNA samples of sex offenders. There was a match and they knew they had their guy." Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano delineated Inman's sordid history. "In 1988 he tied up a woman up and raped her at gunpoint. He could have gotten 40 years, but he got 20 because the woman didn't want to testify. He served ten years, then was arrested in Florida and served seven. The system is built to reward prisoners who behave well in jail." The Factor declared that Inman had no right to be on the streets. "This guy is a brutal sex offender and he tried to escape from jail. Yet they still gave him time off for good behavior. This is insane!"

Guest: Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli

In Pennsylvania, Northampton County DA John Morganelli has been feuding with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a branch of Homeland Security. Most recently, cops arrested nine illegal aliens, including one wanted for molesting a 15-year old girl. But according to Morganelli, ICE agents wouldn't even show up. "Eight men were released because ICE indicated they were not interested in illegal aliens unless they were committing a serious crime. The man with the warrant is in prison, but ICE basically said to let the others loose. We've been told by ICE not to bother calling them about illegal immigrants from Mexico."

Guest: Ian Williams, The Nation magazine

Mark Malloch Brown, Kofi Annan's second in command at the United Nations, has denounced the US for not supporting the UN, and Fox News for criticizing the UN. Ian Williams of the liberal magazine The Nation defended the UN and rationalized Brown's comments. "What he's saying is that the US has the power to lead in the United Nations. The United Nations has been effective in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and has 18 peace keeping operations around the world." The Factor pointed to the UN's string of failures in Iraq, Darfur, and other places. "The United Nations is impotent, and Mr. Brown is a phony because we asked him to come on tonight, but he's too afraid. I would like to hear what he has to say, so he is welcome any time."

Guests: Fox News analyst Juan Williams & Republican strategist Karen Hanretty

After Hillary Clinton called Ann Coulter's comments about 9/11 widows "vicious," Coulter replied that Senator Clinton should ask her own husband about Juanita Broderick, who accused Bill Clinton of raping her. Republican strategist Karen Hanretty supported Coulter's basic premise. "I picked up the book and read about the widows. If you put it into context, I don't think it's mean-spirited. A lot of it is tongue-in-cheek and it's Ann' style, and I bet Hillary Clinton did not bother to read it." But Juan Williams suggested that Coulter is shooting herself in the foot. "Hurricane Coulter blows through with a lot of rhetoric, she calls these women 'harpies.' Coulter is so far over the line and she comes off as the harpy, not these women." The Factor criticized Coulter's tactics, but raised another point. "Michael Moore came out with a movie that was pretty brutal, but I didn't see him worked over by the mainstream media. Air America does the most vile things on a daily basis, yet there have been more than 20 pro-Air America articles in the New York Times. It looks like there's a double standard."

Guest: Jeannine Pirro, candidate for New York Attorney General

Actress Kelly McGillis was raped in 1982 by Leroy Johnson, who is now being tried for another rape he committed in 1996. He was implicated by DNA evidence just before the statute of limitations was about to expire. Because of cases like this, many New Yorkers want the statute of limitations in rape cases abolished, but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver refuses. Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro elaborated on Silver's criminal-friendly record. "What you have is an individual with tremendous power refusing to allow important crime-fighting bills to reach the floor of the Assembly. What we have to do is get outraged and call legislators and demand that they put pressure on him." The Factor condemned Silver as a force for evil. "He is from a far-left district and has no pressure from his constituents. He is a lawyer who makes more money from his law firm than from the Assembly. It all comes back to Sheldon Silver's pocketbook."