Posted on 03/03/2007 6:46:09 AM PST by ajolympian2004
Idiotic. Disgusting. Stupid. Moronic.
I guess you could say that Ann loves to shock us, but at this point, who’s shocked? She obviously can’t behave well enough to attend a respectable political gathering. It’s not a lack of intelligence. It’s an indifference to self-control and a preening sort of narcissism that compels her to need the spotlight, even if it’s unflattering.
(For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s audio of her calling John Edwards a “faggot” at CPAC today.)
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Michelle Malkin -
***4:15pm update***
Ann Coulter just finished her riff on Al Gore, tossed out some cute jokes ("You can understand why Hollywood is concerned about global warming. You know what heat does to plastic."), and ended with a cheap one-liner about John Edwards being a "faggot." (Paraphrasing) She said she would refrain from commenting on Edwards because "if you say faggot, you have to go to rehab."
A smattering of laughter.
Not from this corner.
Crickets chirping.
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006976.htm
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Bryan Preston of 'Hot Air' -
Ann Coulter is speaking at CPAC as I write. As is typical, she gave a brief speech full of her usual witticisms, including a few brilliant attacks on Al Gore’s green hypocrisy. All was good. Untill the last few seconds, when she launched into a joke about John Edwards.
Here’s what she said.
“I’d say something about John Edwards, but if you say ‘faggot’ you have to go to rehab.”
I’m no fan of John Edwards, but that’s just a stupid joke. It’s over the line. The laughter it generated across the room was more than a little annoying.
Last year it was “raghead.” This year it’s calling John Edwards a “faggot.” Two years in a row, Coulter has finished up an otherwise sharp CPAC routine with an obnoxious slur that liberals will fling at conservatives for years to come.
Thanks, Ann.
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/02/thanks-ann/
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My comments... what should have been a day to celebrate a Reaganesque speech by Duncan Hunter, and good speeches by Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee was overshadowed by an unhinged comment by Ann Coulter. She is an absolute idiot for saying something like this at CPAC.
Friday afternoon, Republican mouthpiece Ann Coulter brought hate-speech politics to a new low.
This video shows Coulter addressing the American Conservative Union's Political Action Conference, March, 2, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
We must show that inflaming prejudice to attack progressive leaders will only backfire.
Can you help us raise $100,000 in "Coulter Cash" this week to keep this campaign charging ahead and fight back against the politics of bigotry?
Friday afternoon, Republican mouthpiece Ann Coulter brought hate-speech politics to a new low.
This video shows Coulter addressing the American Conservative Union's Political Action Conference, March, 2, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
We must show that inflaming prejudice to attack progressive leaders will only backfire.
Can you help us raise $100,000 in "Coulter Cash" this week to keep this campaign charging ahead and fight back against the politics of bigotry?
https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/coulter
The website has come to a screeching halt so mnay folks are trying to access it.
Ann Coulter has no capacity whatsoever as a representative of the GOP, or conservatives for that matter.
people say that the "dinosaur media" is dying, but it's quite alive.
witness my neighbors who sit on their butts all day, eating, and watching tv and they believe everything they see on the stupid box.
and, they're ANGRY!
my neighbor went off on me last night about the iraq war.
yes, thanks to the incompetence of rumsfeld and bush and cheney the next u.s. president will be a democrap.
I agree, Coulter stepped over the line.
It's important that Republicans and conservatives send a message that we are not a party of hate.
She has no idea how much damage she has caused with her stupid remarks.
Ann tells it like it is. Old testament prophets were hated for the same reason.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ok - we've all piled on - that's enough.
Name-calling is petty, self-indulgent, counter-productive. I should know--I've done it. It's a loser.
I used to like her. Now it seems she just wants to shock. But I think the Edwards campaign is going a touch overboard. Liberals say some pretty nasty things as well, on his own site at times.
I really hate what politics has come to. It is not even close to being about the people now.
Read the quote again and place into context. People hear what they want to hear, especially the propaganda media and Dems. It's brilliant.
People are afraid of words. They fear words. Pathetic. This is the perfect example of the evil of political correctness. Ann scored a grand slam, and many don't even realize it.
I'm tired of the 2008 election already. I'm going to tune out until it matters. Election fatigue.
I don't think Ann was trying to make a joke - I think she is attacking political correctness.
What is regrettable about this, having thought about it - is that Edwards was on the ropes because of having hired anti-Catholic bloggers - this just injected some life into his listless campaign.
Regards, Ivan
This is what Ann really said:
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Ann_Coulter_calls_John_Edwards_faggot/20070302-105935-6328r/
It turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I'm kind of at an impasse -- I can't really talk about Edwards," she said.
"Rehab" may have been a reference to "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington's decision to go into rehab during a public relations firestorm after he called one of his co-stars a "faggot."
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That's what UPI and other Libnuts want people to believe. They twist the truth to support their agenda.
Hardly a new low. While Ann may have crossed the line, Mother Sheehan called Bush the "worst terrorist in the world" recently.
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