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.
MadIvan,
You make salient points....however Sam Hill thinks we are all stupid and morons....so I guess I'm going to have to go to my room and cry now....God I hate it when I can't please people who's only method of discourse is to name call and mock....I'm so ashamed....*smile* /sarc/
Is Edwards gay?
At least it was a good day for Ann's bank account. That is the ULTIMATE goal of all her over the top rantings.
Oh she has a very good idea.
I do remember the Saturday Night Live episode where Garrett Morris asked Mick Jagger ~ "Where are these women?" LOL
Ann is certainly a "profit."
Namely humor.
Perhaps, being in the UK, you can be forgiven for not knowing that one of the current news stories in this country is that an actor on Grey's Anatomy has been lambasted for making untoward comments about "faggots."
As part of his penance (to save his job and acting career) the actor has pledged to go to rehab.
Ms. Coulter made a joke about that. In the course of which she inserted a mention of the Edwards campaign. She said, paraphrasing:
“I’d say something about John Edwards, but if you say ‘faggot’ you have to go to rehab.”
It was an OBVIOUS joke. No sane person thinks Edwards is gay. No sane person thinks Coulter is a gay basher. It was an OBVIOUS joke, pointing out the absurdity of going to rehab for using such a word.
You can be forgiven for not getting it. But most of the posters here should have been aware of it. And it has been pointed out on this thread and most of the others that have been posted about this phony outrage.
And, yes, I believe that anybody who can't see it as a joke, and worse, who insist on claiming it was a direct slur (or hate speech) against Edwards is just plain stupid.
Or they have another agenda. Which a lot of people do have around here these days.
> And welcome to FR!
Thanks!
I'm wondering how many of those delighting in Coulter's remarks were posting outraged missives about the foul mouths on Edward's blogger-staff a couple weeks ago.
Hypocrisy is as detestable as liberalism.
Is that you John Edwards because Ann just kicked new life into your almost moribund campaign.
I don't know. How many? Count them up and get back with us.
"As I said your indifference seems to suggest that you are the troll, we already established that you are a liar."
Oh, yes. You've established I'm a liar because I said I have been here since 1996.
I used to post under another name.
Pretty hard to fathom, huh?
(Again, the stupidity thingy.)
They don't want to get it. That would deprive them of an opportunity to feel superior and self-righteous.
"Is that you John Edwards because Ann just kicked new life into your almost moribund campaign."
A) Hahahahaha. If you really believe this. Do you really think anybody cares about this?
and
B) What would be so wrong with that? You don't want Hillary to have any competition? To have to spend any money?
Sheesh.
(But thanks for proving my general point.)
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