Giuliani, Romney, McCain camps denounce Coulter’s attack on Edwards

Hotair ^ | 5:12 pm on March 3, 2007

[MovementConservative]

Conservative author Jennifer Rubin wondered this morning whether any Republican candidates would have the decency to do a little Sistah Souljah-ing here:

It is not “caving” into political correctness to distance and indeed condemn such remarks as unworthy of a political event like CPAC… Excommunication is not being suggested, just a public rebuke. By clearly stating her comments are beyond the bounds of civil discourse and her presence not a welcome addition to a mature political party, the Republicans could do themselves a world of good. How often does a party have the opportunity to display some measure of dignity, restraint and self-reflection.?
Actually, it sounds like she is suggesting excommunication. No presidental contender’s gone that far (yet), but if it’s condemnation she’s waiting for, the wait is over:

Of the major Republican candidates, only Mr. McCain did not attend [CPAC], but he denounced her remarks on Saturday morning. “The comments were wildly inappropriate,” said his spokesman, Brian Jones.
Mr. Giuliani said, “The comments were completely inappropriate and there should be no place for such name-calling in political debate.”
Kevin Madden, a spokesman for Mr. Romney, said: “It was an offensive remark. Governor Romney believes all people should be treated with dignity and respect.”

Coulter’s own reaction, per an e-mail to the Times: “C’mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean.”

Do the denunciations mean Edwards’s site will quit referring to her as a “Republican mouthpiece” or his campaign manager, David Bonior, will stop sending out fundraising appeals like this?
John was singled out for a personal attack because the Republican establishment knows he poses the greatest threat to their power. 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. And the Republican attack dogs will keep playing this despicable trick as long as they think it works.

No, of course not. There is a potential silver lining here for gays, though. Says Robbie at the Malcontent: Romney has spent months wooing the Religious Right with culture warrior issues like gay rights and abortion. It certainly doesn’t take an oracle to know gay marriage will come in for yet another bit of rehashing during the 2008 campaign. Now, every single time Romney or any other Republican candidate decides to take gay issues for a good beating to curry favor with the base, at the back of the media’s and many voters’ minds will be Ann Coulter calling someone a faggot after Mitt Romney said nice things about her. Politicians like to euphemize their positions. The sanctity of marriage. Platitudes about disagreeing with gay rights but affording homosexuals in society dignity and respect. Coulter has now made those euphemizations just a little bit more untenable…
If those who support gay issues possess any political wisdom, Coulter’s message will be entwined with anti-gay political rhetoric from now until election day. “Sancitity of Marriage. Faggot. Applause.” All of a piece. Love the sin, hate the sinner? Applause for faggot. Coulter receiving choice interview spots on programming like Hannity and Colmes? Applause for faggot.

For what it’s worth, Romney did win the CPAC straw poll. Rudy came a strong second and, unlike Romney, with no big contingent of his own volunteers there cheering him on.

[NorCalRepub]

.....exactly my point....not so much that she called the "Silky Pony" and name, but where and when she did it. Now SHE will be the center of attention next week.... I guess she is the Anna Nicole Smith of conservatism

[redgirlinabluestate]

Do we really want to turn people off and usher in

President

And

First Husband ?????

BTW Drudge has the youtube link of Ann's little speech in case you haven't heard it.

Comment posted after this article:

The Hillary! campaign should send a dozen or so roses to Ann right now. Coulter has the chattering classes discussing whether or not it’s appropriate to call John Edwards a “faggot.”

I can just see her press release: “Hillary! finds it in poor taste to refer to her DemocratIC opponent as a faggot, sissy, p-ssy, or a nancy-boy. John can express his masculinity in any way he chooses. And if he chooses to live life as a closeted homo in a sham marriage to a frumpy old fag-hag, well good for him” billy on March 3, 2007 at 5:35 PM

[Maeve]

I denounce your gutless post.

And while I am at it, I denounce Giuliani, Romney, and McCain.

[Maeve]

I guess she is the Anna Nicole Smith of conservatism

And you would be the Rosie O'Donnell of FR?

[NorCalRepub]

I haven't insulted anyone like Rosie....well maybe if I was attacked first....

[Judith Anne]

You're completely nuts.

How long are YOU going to let liberals tell you what you can and cannot say? And please, GO BACK AND READ WHAT SHE SAID!!!

I'm getting a little disgusted with FReepers who ought to know better.

[erton1]

Coulter has as much 1st amendment free speech rights as anyone. Why help the democrats load their gun with bullets. If you can't understand that, it is you who is nuts. I am disgusted with freepers who condone stupidity by people who claim to be a conservative spokesperson.

[RebelTex]

"The way you deal with dangerous deviancy is to make it very hard for the deviant to operate--"

Correct - or to put it another way (as in a famous quote):

'All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.'

Doing nothing includes remaining silent when lies and deception abound.  When good compromises with evil, evil wins everytime.  The only way for light to compromise with darkness is by diminishing itself.

Others may call these words mere clichés or platitudes, but truth always endures.

[the808bass]

Why help the democrats load their gun with bullets.

Yes, if Anne would simply know her role, then the Democrats would have nothing to say or nothing to malign or impugn. We could bring niceness and sweetness back to politics. (Cue the strings)

[erton1]

You know how this is going to play in the MSM. This is not about playing nice, this is about playing smart and not playing into the democrats hand. For the average person who doesn't follow politics like we do, this makes it sounds like all conservatives are nuts.

[Judith Anne]

Oh, BS.

The liberals laugh at us when we act all prissy, AS WELL THEY SHOULD. Get a backbone, please. Otherwise, they'll have your stones in a lockbox. You'll be afraid to make any kind of comment, because it just might not be PC.

Wasn't it Edwards who had the two flamers on a blog making filthy remarks about the Virgin Mary? And he's supposed to be all upset because Ann Coulter joked that if she called him a faggot, she'd have to go to rehab?

I just don't get it. I guess y'all are like Trent (Spineless) Lott, for whom a thousand apologies aren't enough.

You can get down on your knees and beg the left and Edwards for forgiveness, I won't. I think the remark is hilarious.

And just because of this stupid flap, I am gratified to note that the words "Edwards" and "faggot" are now indelibly linked. Edwards is ruined, because the party of tolerance and gay pride won't have HIM represent them--he's too much of a sissy.

[Nextrush]

George Carlin did a comedy routine 30 years ago about the seven dirty words. I'll guess we'll have to revise it to include the n-word and "fag." Heck, William F. Buckley once used it ("faggot") to describe Gore Vidal.

Give me a break and the First Amendment one, too.

[redgirlinabluestate]

Is that you AC? I don't really agree with what you are saying 100%, but you do have a flare for words. Sort of like Miss Ann. Hmmmmm......

Quite convincing.

[Nextrush]

Always remember that Hitler's brownshirts (whose job it was to break up opponents meetings and intimidate opponents from even holding public rallies) were led by a gay man.

Ernst Rohm later got purged from the party so Hitler could gain the favor of the army and nationalists.

Nowadays, when someone says something that offends political correctness, the liberals and the MSM descend like vultures to intimidate and silence them. And some RINO'S and "responsible Conservatives" join in. Ann Coulter is getting that treatment now.

Stop the brownshirting of conservatives and anyone else who says something that offends political correctness.

[Mark was here]

Conservatives have always been the business suit, law and order, God fearing, well behaved types.

Make that some conservatives.

Many work in occupations that don't require monkey suits.

Many have a sense of humor and are not thin-skinned Sallys.

Many are sick and tired of the politically correct and refuse to use the politically correct verbiage selected by the left.

The Bible calls fags worse things than fagots.

[Mark was here]

Conservatives are not about an agenda that helps people "reach their full potential." They are about less government, even if people fail to reach their full potential. They are about government letting people alone, so they can decide if they want to reach their potential or not. They are about lower taxes, they are about protecting the borders, they are about freedom of speech, and they are about the Constitution.

Very well put. Thank you.

[Mark was here]

Exactly! It's about marketing the message. People out there are working their buns off to make the conservative message palatable to the widest audience to grow the base to (hello?) win elections and some self-serving bomb-thrower who evidently could care less whether conservatives ever actually achieve majority status in this country as long as she sells more books, cavalierly pisses it away just to get a cheap, petty laugh.

All the "undecided voters" are glued to c-span taking in every word so they make their decision in two years.

Well to quote the Borat Movie, "NOT!!!"

[Mark was here]

Dick Cheny would knock your head off, and I for one would be cheering. You are a hater. There is no difference between you and the a**hole that goes around and protests the funerals of our soldiers.

I take it you hate Farmer because you feel he is a hater?

[LtdGovt]

Was that the commandment before or after he turned over the money changers tables? Was that the commandment before or after he called the Pharisees children of the devil?

Exactly! The Pharisees. He blasted them for obsessing over petty moral issues, while being morally corrupt themselves. I rest my case.

Jesus HATES sin

Jesus did not hate people. Mohammed hated people, and so do you.

[LtdGovt]

Too bad, kid. You were pretty good.

I know I'm good, and I don't think that anyone with your mental age is in the position to call me a kid.

You really ought to get to know the real Jesus, though, not the one in the comic books.

And you need to look out the window to see what the world is really like. I suggest you pay particular attention to the country we call Iran, because your viewpoints are very close to those of Ahmadinejad's. Your pompous self-righteousness is amusing, because your view of yourself is so far removed from the truth.