On Ann Coulter - Idiotic. Disgusting. Stupid. Moronic. (conservatives respond)

Hugh Hewitt Townhall site ^ | Friday March 2nd, 2007 | Dean Barnett

[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.

[HEY4QDEMS]

I used to post under another name.

You said you used to post anonymously

Your a newbie who won't engage in debate.

You've been caught in a lie.

You are a disrupter, a troll and a liar.

Liar.

[NorCalRepub]

Hypocrisy is worse than liberalism.....you said it exactly as I have....when they call Bush a "murderer" or Hitler then they are all outraged....I don't understand....if it is an outrage for liberals to use slurs then don't the same rules apply?....of course they do.....

[El Gato]

It's important that Republicans and conservatives send a message that we are not a party of hate.

So you think it would have been OK she'd just called him "Gay"?

Actually I think that's what she was attempting to get at. Gay is OK, faggot is not, yet they mean exactly the same thing. One is just a term of derision, the other hasn't been, but is getting to be.

Maybe Edwards has gone Gay? At minimum, he is more than a little light in the loafers, like Don Knotts as Ralph Furley, used to say. Or was it the other guy, Norman Fell as Stanley Roper?

[Oztrich Boy]

Are you suggesting that unacceptable and illegal mean the same thing?

For them it does. The concept of personal restraint is alien to the emotionals of all political hues.

It's bellyfeel > say

ergo the State should define the limits to what people should say

[NorCalRepub]

...my thoughts exactly Clara Lou....the tactics of insecure individuals

[Sam Hill]

"They don't want to get it. That would deprive them of an opportunity to feel superior and self-righteous."

That is exactly right.

They are addicted to their delusions of superiority and self-righteousness.

And it really does come out in these Coulter bashing threads.

They get to vicariously "quick draw" with (whom they imagine to be the top gunslinger) Ann Coulter.

And in their clever put-downs they out-gun her every time! Right here on main street!

Somebody out to make a video game about it. Maybe the Onan Foundation would fund it.

[HEY4QDEMS]

They don't want to get it. That would deprive them of an opportunity to feel superior and self-righteous.

Only when compared to both of you.

[Sam Hill]

" Actually I think that's what she was attempting to get at. Gay is OK, faggot is not, yet they mean exactly the same thing. One is just a term of derision, the other hasn't been, but is getting to be.

Maybe Edwards has gone Gay? At minimum, he is more than a little light in the loafers, like Don Knotts as Ralph Furley, used to say. Or was it the other guy, Norman Fell as Stanley Roper?"

For crying out loud.

She was not trying to say that Edwards is gay. She was making a joke based on this news article, previously posted here and on other threads:

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/59979

'Grey's' star in counseling for gay slur

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Actor Isaiah Washington has entered a treatment program as part of an effort to atone for a gay slur against a "Grey's Anatomy" co-star in Hollywood.

"With the support of my family and friends, I have begun counseling," the actor said in a statement Wednesday. "I regard this as a necessary step toward understanding why I did what I did and making sure it never happens again."

Washington reportedly agreed to undergo a psychological assessment following discussions with ABC executives about his denial at the Golden Globe awards that he had called co-star T.R. Knight a "faggot," Eonline.com said.

"Grey's" creator Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that Washington's use of "such a disturbing word" insulted gays and lesbians and "anyone who has ever struggled for respect in a world that is not always accepting of difference."

Washington publicly apologized, saying he could he could no longer deny that he had issues he needed to face.

His decision to enter treatment may directly relate to his future on "Grey's Anatomy," Eonline.com said. The Walt Disney Co., ABC's parent company, has a corporate nondiscrimination policy that could provide for dismissing the actor from the show, Eonline.com said.

See also--

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769888/posts

ABC, Washington apologize for slur (Grey's Anatomy, Isaiah Washington, T.R. Knight, Golden Globes)

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For God's sakes people, get a damn clue!

[Sam Hill]

"You said you used to post anonymously"

I said no such thing, you idiot.

I said I used to post here before registration was required. You could sign in as any name.

Once registration came along I signed up. And then signed up again later when I forgot my first name.

I now used a different name. BFD.

You are simply crazy. The smallest things set you off.

Maybe you need a nap.

[cousair]

You made my point!!

[GOPPachyderm]

GILIE MEN? I don't think she was suggesting Edwards has gils. She simply indicated she would say nothing about him since use of the word faggot got people into rehab.

This is a rapier thrust - not a blugeon.

[Clara Lou]

I don't think she was suggesting Edwards has gils.
LOL!!

[Sam Hill]

Sorry about the typo.

But at least you were able to get my point.

[PJ-Comix]

In the near future, Ann Coulter would have been arrested and charged with "hate speech".

In Ann's case it was more like bait speech. And a lot of folks are swallowing her bait only to later find that sharp hook inside it.

BTW, on the subject of bait, I once asked a woman from Mexico what they called "sushi" down there. Her reply: "bait."

[skeptoid]

First, let me decline this chance to jump on the GOP bandwagon. I'm a different kind of conservative.

And in response to your comment:.. "Ann Coulter has no capacity whatsoever as a representative of the GOP, or conservatives for that matter."....I seriously doubt Ann Coulter aspires to represent the GOP. Can you cite anything that would indicate she ever attempted to assume such a mantle?

And could you please tell me what are the principle traits of a 'conservative' that Ms Coulter lacks?

To me, Ann lacks nothing. In fact, she has absolutely nailed an extremely humorous caricature of the Liberal/Democrat/Edwards Pathology LIBDEP? with a parody of a ridiculous current MSM news item.

ANN, I LOVE IT. ... DON'T STOP!!

[Oztrich Boy]

What the members of "The Coult"

I wish I'd said that

[HEY4QDEMS]

You are simply crazy. The smallest things set you off.

I would have to say that that is the impression I and others on this thread have about you.

In 99 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ect you could not post to FR without an account based on that you are a liar no matter what new version of your history you come up with next. You were caught lying newbie, and there is nothing you can say to change that, even calling me an idiot

I should let it go because you're new here but I must point out that you have refused repeated request to engage in debate about Ann's behaviour and the headaches that it caused

This is not a thread about the reason for the Joke, It is not a thread about Ayn Rand, It's a thread about what was said, not your reason why you think she said it.

Stay on topic newbie.

[RebelTex]

American Heritage Dictionary - Gadfly
n.
1) A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.
2) One that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.
3) Any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals.

1) Certainly describes Ann.
2) Ditto. But she may not goad people in the direction she wants to.
3) That's something to be worried about. Ann is pretty thin. Maybe cattle blood is the only nutriment she gets.
What's that old phrase? "I don't care what they do, so long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses.?"

1. Correct - the left regard her as irritating, critical and a nuisance, as do some on the right.
2. Correct again - some people will not be goaded in the right direction, but that usually depends on whose ox is being 'Gored'.
3. Correct again - a few more pounds wouldn't hurt, but the animals (Democrats), upon which she feeds, have very little nutritional substance, but she sure does annoy them, hehe..

Disagree - do it in the streets.  It's not the horses (or elephants) that get frightened, just the jackasses on the left.

[Thumper1960]

John Edwards is not a faggot.

That we are certain of?

He may be a little Light in the Loafers, but he has a wife and kids so he certainly is not a faggot now.

Well, there is bisexuality. Of course, we are not certain that the children are his. Assuming so, there is an advantage for a homosexual to be married to a woman if the homosexual wishes to be a career politician. Of course, the time may well come for a Lefty to aspire to office beyond Senator and still be homosexual if homosexuality is no longer seen as an impediment.

[GOPPachyderm]

Yeah, I did. And I have certainly made my share of typos - I'm thinking about setting up a foundation where I can reduce my typological footprint by buying shares - perhaps from Al Gore, or set up a transaction where I profit from my errors.