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There's no defense. Ann made a dumb comment and used an epithet that isn't suitable for polite folk. Even in the most charitable reading, it was rude, it was nasty, and we should aspire to better.

There's a reasonable argument that Coulter does not speak for the conservative cause or the Republican party, but booking her to give the closing speech at CPAC kind of undermines that. It's a little tricky to disconnect yourself from your own keynote speaker.

Coulter is in danger of becoming a latter-day John Rocker, with (slightly) longer hair, (slightly) larger breasts, and a (slightly) better curve ball. The more outrageous she is, the greater her fame. Coulter and Rocker both made a career of pushing the envelope. No one told them they'd busted it until they said "You see that line back there? Yeah. That's where you crossed it."

Morton Downey, Jr. Jerry Springer. Howard Stern. Suns rise and suns set, and eventually anyone who makes a living from being provocative runs out of give-a-damn. Ann, your clock is ticking.

Ditto.

She made her comment about John Edwards at the wrong place and the timing was as bad as it gets.

I'm sure everyone wanting to back Ann Coulter regardless of what she said also want to ignore her calling for the impeachment of President Bush (three times) on the Mike Rosen show here in Denver. Mike also gave her multiple opportunities to take back her words that the US military should hunt down and kill john murtha, a member of Congress. She said no, that she was glad the word was getting out and stood proudly by those comments.

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Like 'Kristinn', Michelle Malkin was there at CPAC and I agree 100% with what she wrote about what happened.

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006981.htm

Excerpt from Michelle -

I think all the fellow conservatives I met at CPAC will agree that keeping a Democrat out of the White House in 2008 is a goal we will unite behind.

It seems to me that those Democrats would like nothing better than for another Coulter Moment at the pivotal CPAC event in 2008. "Raghead" in 2006. "Faggot" in 2007. What diarrhea of the mouth at the premiere conservative gathering can we all look forward to in a crucial election year with so much at stake in a critical period of American history?

CPAC organizers and co-sponsors ought to think very carefully about the message they want to send next year--and the pivotal role they want to play in the 2008 campaign.

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There isn't the slightess doubt in my mind that if Ronald Reagan heard that comment he would condemn it in a heartbeat. Coulter's comment is 180 degrees in the opposite direction of being anywhere near Reaganesque.

(Yep Kristinn, it's me Tony, the person who talked to you about getting out the word for the caravan and huge pro-troop rally a week from this Saturday in DC)

There's no defense. Ann made a dumb comment and used an epithet that isn't suitable for polite folk.

The war raging in America isn't being fought by "polite folk against polite folk." It is being fought by truth tellers like Ann against liars like Kerry and Edwards. If the term faggot is too harsh for you, then your place in this war against conservative values is not on the front lines, where fire is fought with fire.

The first casualty of war is truth. The truth is that the word faggot is revolting, but revolting is what homosexuality is. Killing the word faggot, makes homosexuality more palatable for the masses.

What is also true is by trying to couch gross immoral acts in kinder language, people become more accepting of the behavior. This is amplified by the silence/hypocrisy in the media/left when people like Mahr wish Cheney was blown up.

Even in the most charitable reading, it was rude, it was nasty, and we should aspire to better.

You seem to think this war is being fought in a debate hall with Ivy league rules. The war for values is nasty, and what is better to aspire for then victory? Victory is obtained through truth and frank talk. Ann is a champion of that. Ann is an awesome weapon, tearing open the curtain and exposing the left's hypocracy. They can't take their own medicine, and she is huge pain in their side.

~~Ann~~ GOP, your clock is ticking. If you can't take even the small fight with political correctness over the word "faggot" to the enemy. If the GOP doesn't start standing for something, and be willing to take the response of the left, then they will fall.

Sincerely