Posted on 03/03/2007 2:05:46 PM PST by pissant
Theres 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, cant 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 Greys Anatomy, a television series, who called a co-star T.R. Knight anti-gay names and went to rehabilitation over it. Mr. Edwardss 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, Coulters 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 ...
I think gay activists, because they are overrepresented in Hollywood and news media jobs, exaggerate their numbers. They claim to be 10 percent of the U.S. population (their propaganda even claims 10 percent of the animal kingdom is gay). I think it is more like 1 to 2 percent.
Yeah...I think we can bet on a phone call from Ann Coulter on the Matt Drudge radio show tomorrow. LOL!
Mrs. Edwards definitely wears the pants (relaxed fit) in the family....
I'd personally never insult a homosexual by calling one an Edwards.
It's ridiculous. She's always been on the fringe it's not like she'll suffer any for this.
Still, I can understand why everyone is upset that Miss Coulter declined to call him a "faggot"...
Only she's better at it.
That's what I was thinking. Ann, being an insider, probably has some scoop on Edwards.
Oh, boo-hoo. How many Ann-bashing remarks are you going to make on this one thread? If you can't take the truth, STFU.
Tho those terms would not make the PC connection as well.
I hope they're so pissed off that they can't even see straight.
Or the "peace protestestors" who had Bush is a War Criminal signs.
Next time, she should use the proper terminology: bone-smuggler or butt-pirate.
"He shur duz have a purrty mowth...." /Deliverance character voice
Nobody is cleaning it up, and if they are they are fools. She can handle herself just fine. Doo-doo? spare me.
That's odd.
I heard the audio and heard her clearly use an anti-John Edwards epithet.
Let the spin begin.
LOL. Yup.
I don't think it was a botched joke. Soubt Annie will be taking that cowardly route.
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