Posted on 03/03/2007 2:05:46 PM PST by pissant
There’s some big fallout from the meeting in Washington of the Conservative Political Action Conference, three days of conferencing, caucusing, presidential addressing and book-hawking. These conferences have historically been known for displaying what its own organizers would describe as over-the-top behavior, and one of the regular speakers – Ann Coulter – offered an example of it when she used an anti-gay epithet on Friday to describe John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina and Democratic presidential contender. “I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot,’ so I — so kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards,” she said, speaking to an overflow room of activists. That rehab remark was apparently a reference to Isaiah Washington, one of the stars on Grey’s Anatomy, a television series, who called a co-star T.R. Knight anti-gay names and went to rehabilitation over it. Mr. Edwards’s campaign quickly responded. “John was singled out for a personal attack because the Republican establishment knows he poses the greatest threat to their power,” said his campaign manager, David Bonior. “Since they have nothing real to use against him, Coulter’s resorting to the classic right-wing strategy of riling up hate to smear a progressive champion.”
Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman, said: “There is no place in political discourse for this kind of hate-filled and bigoted comments. While Democrats and Republicans may disagree on the issues, we should all be able to agree that this kind of vile rhetoric is out of bounds.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
She should have just called him a pussy.
BWA HA HA HA! If the SHOE FITS, wear it!
How about just plain stupid?
That was before the NYT latched onto the story like a pit bull. I guarantee you it will be all over the media by tomorrow, Monday at the latest, and may even blow Anna Nicole Smith off the front pages for a few days.
See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's a millionaire
It was also a swipe at PCism, which the too many GOPers have thrown in the towel on, and surrendered to the libs. That's why I love Ann.
yep
SHe is good at that. No wonder she is rich.
The Breck Girl couldn't even seem manly next to John Kerry-Heinz so maybe he is a faggot? Maybe someone should check with his hairdresser.
Amazingly, even the "NY Teimes" got the "Gray's Anatomy" reference, even though screamin' dean didn't. If Ann had just bashed Christians like edward's bloggers did, what would howie bitch about?
I just watched it - my God - what a .aggot.
Excellent observations.
If it hadn't been for Ann, the MSM would be playing speeches from CPAC?
Oh No, the New York Times has an issue with Ann Coulter.
Looks like Ann Coulter has definitely blown her chances for picking up the GOP nomination in 2008 (sarc)
Everyone is miffed because Al Gore is the wooden one, not Edwards.
Faggot = bundle of firewood
Fag = a cigarette
Sean Penn: "Those guys are fags, mannnn!!!!!"
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