Posted on 03/05/2007 12:51:58 AM PST by kristinn
It is with growing dismay and frustration that I am watching so many of my friends and acquaintances in the conservative community attack Ann Coulter for her comments pointing out that saying the word 'faggot' can get you sent to a rehabilitation clinic.
That she said it in the context of primping pretty boy Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards has sent conservatives to the fainting couch in an episode of 'why I never!' mass hysteria.
Ann Coulter has walked point for conservatives for almost a decade. She has been assaulted, threatened and stalked. She requires bodyguards for protection. Liberals believe they are justified in physically attacking Ann. I heard one say so at CPAC--not in response to her rehab joke, but because Ann 'insults people.'
Ann has been an early and loyal friend of Free Republic. She is one of the few prominent conservatives who regularly breaks bread with FReepers. Her friendship is now being repayed by FReepers who want her driven out of conservatism.
That so many conservatives want Ann banned from CPAC is a sad indicator of the state of conservatism. It is not Ann Coulter's fault that Republicans lost both houses of Congress. It is not Ann Coulter's fault that President Bush is not popular. Sacrificing Ann Coulter on the altar of political correctness will not win the elections of 2008 nor will it prevent conservatives from being sent to rehab for uttering politically incorrect words and ideas.
After Ann uttered the words that have given so many conservatives the vapors, the line for her booksigning at CPAC was just as long as usual. I know, I was standing in that line. If CPAC attendees were so outraged about Ann's remarks, it was not manifested there. I didn't learn about the controversy until I read about it online later that night.
I spent the next day at CPAC. Ann's remarks were not a hot topic. I know because the only time I heard it talked about was when I brought it up. Those I spoke with about it were not upset.
I do not wish to speak ill of my friends and acquaintances who are dumping on Ann, other than to express my disappointment. I do wish they'd reconsider and stop attacking a friend who has walked point for them. Liberals must be laughing themselves silly as they watch us take out someone they've been wanting to eliminate for years.
A reasoned, temperate argument with which I disagree.I think it's easy to head for the tall grass when Ann says what most only think - or think, only when Ann has pointed it out. Like the fact that Joe McCarthy was a hero who actully understated the facts he rightly suspected. IMHO the "frontrunners" who distanced themselves from Ann will ultimately regret it. I'll be quite surprised if Newt does the same thing.
I only have two of her books, one of them signed.
I saw the youtube clip of her comments. I laughed. I watched it again, and laughed again.
People need to get a life, it was a joke. Abrasive, and a tad inappropriate, but it was a joke.
How come nobody is criticizing Bill Maher for saying Cheney should be dead?
Why is there so much talk about Ann?/ Why aren't conservatives talking about Bill Mahar and the filthy slime coming from his mouth?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
As for as ANN, YOU GO GIRL AND, DON'T BACK DOWN.
Dittos! Rush brought them all to the dance, yet he gets the same "treatment". He and and Ann can both wear it as a badge of honor as far as I'm concerned. Everyone eventually finds out who their real friends are.
She and Rush were great on last night's "1/2 hour News Hour". I would love to see those two do a nightly program. :)
Hannity said last night that Ann will be on Hannity and Dufus tonight. Can't wait. :)
Excellent article. Ann Coulter says it like it is. Don't we have enough Republicans bending over.
Seems she needs to do a new one titled, "Gutless" for some conservatives.
You and me both, brother.
I am really getting disgusted w/ Michael Smerconish. You should have heard him this morning on this.
What really funny about all this is their reaction proves her point.
"And that's usually what gets Ann in trouble: Saying what many people think but don't have the cojones to say out loud." ~ Darkwolf377
Edwards works hard to maintain his reputation:
Kerry-Edwards: The ambiguously 'gay' duo
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39363
July 9, 2004
"...Just this week, the National Stonewall Democrats – a group that advocates on behalf of those who practice homosexuality – pronounced Kerry-Edwards as the "most pro-gay ticket in the history of presidential politics." The Human Rights Campaign – Washington's largest homosexual lobbying group – gave the two men a 100 percent rating on their voting records on issues of advancing homosexual issues, life and marriage. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force referred to them as the most "gay-supportive" pairing in history."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794848/posts?page=283#283
Link for the thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795510/posts
Though I wish she hadn't said it .. I don't think she should be banned
That's a tad over the edge
Follow the link for Williams' vulgar act (expletives not deleted), with children in the audience.
-PJ
-PJ
The liberals get passes on anything they say. Conservatives are chastized any time the liberals think that they can get points by pretending to be the protector of favored classes.
We just had a state legislature call Nascar fans those with junk in their yards and other innuendos and one person came out and defended him by saying he was using "colorful language".
I'm with ya, man
We're talking about an election, not a war. You win it by bringing people to your side, not by killing them.
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