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G.O.P. Candidates Criticize Slur by Conservative Author [Ann Coulter]
The New York Times ^ | 3/4/07 | ADAM NAGOURNEY

Posted on 03/04/2007 1:18:25 AM PST by XR7

WASHINGTON, March 3 — Three of the leading Republican presidential candidates on Saturday denounced one of their party’s best-known conservative commentators for using an antigay epithet when discussing a Democratic presidential contender at a gathering of conservatives here.

The remarks by Ann Coulter, an author who regularly speaks at conservative events, were sharply denounced by the candidates, Senator John McCain of Arizona, Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. Their statements came after Democrats, gay rights groups and bloggers raised a storm of protest over the remarks.

Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference before an overflow crowd on Friday, Ms. Coulter said, “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.”

Mr. Edwards’s aides responded with an e-mail message that attacked Ms. Coulter and urged supporters to donate to Mr. Edwards’s campaign. “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 E. 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.”

Ms. Coulter, asked for a reaction to the Republican criticism, said in an e-mail message: “C’mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean.”

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To: Nextrush

"Republicans should have no part of this campaign against Ann."

But there is a difference between Ann, Rush, and Lott. Lott and Rush have their conservative streak, but they have bent with the wind too often. Ann has been and remains a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, and proves it by calling a spade a spade. Those who backed Rush and Lott were doing so on the basis of defending GOP power. Those who back Ann are doing so on the principle that we ought to be able to call offensively immoral exactly what it is--offensive and immoral--no matter what the PC crowd thinks. Her derisive wording has nothing to do with her excoriation by the 'right' here.


121 posted on 03/04/2007 9:21:04 AM PST by LibertarianInExile (When personal character isn't relevant to voters or party leaders, Foley happens.)
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To: XR7

What about the Lib Maher?


122 posted on 03/04/2007 9:21:56 AM PST by Rosemont
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To: BlueSky194

"The Iraq war not going well is why the Dems won last November."

Well, maybe a little bit has to do with people like you watching ABC,CNN,CBS telling us that the war in Iraq is not going well.


123 posted on 03/04/2007 9:37:51 AM PST by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: leilani

"Evidently some conservatives would rather be flaming knee-jerking hypocrites, tarnish the conservative message with their shrill, childish namecalling & lose elections just so they can poke fun at "homos", "wetbacks" & "ragheads" like a pack of crass, adolescent hyenas."

Sorry, but there are many of us that will not give in to the political correctness that liberals are trying to impose on us. (just another 64 year old crass, adolescent hyena) :)


124 posted on 03/04/2007 9:48:38 AM PST by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: weegee

You're right about that. Coulter should have kept her mouth shut this time, but the MSM's double standard becomes more flagrant every election cycle.


125 posted on 03/04/2007 9:51:10 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (If the GOP were to stop worshiping Free Trade as if it were a religion, they'd win every election)
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To: XR7
Ms. Coulter, asked for a reaction to the Republican criticism, said in an e-mail message: “C’mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean.”

Unless, of course, the faggots in question were Democrats. Right, Ann?

126 posted on 03/04/2007 9:51:37 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: philman_36

'playing the dozens'


You want to play the dozens
Well the dozens is a game
But the way I ___ yo mutha
Is a ___damned shame.


127 posted on 03/04/2007 10:11:54 AM PST by JakeSladder
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To: XR7
personally i shrink away from comments such as these, though i enjoy ann coulter and the left says far worse on a routine basis. but i read wizbang today and kind of changed my mind...here's a smidgeon

Ann Coulter Is Da Bomb

I don't want to write this piece. I really, really don't want to defend Ann Coulter. Especially since she really doesn't need it (she probably doesn't mind the latest round of outrage in the least). But since I don't really see anyone else saying what I'm about to say, I probably should say it.

Ann Coulter has her place in modern-day politics. She's a bomb-thrower. Bomb-throwers are the people on one extreme or another who lob their verbal grenades at the other side, pointing out what they see as the flaws, the hypocrisies, the lies, and the outright wrongness of the opposition.

The bomb-throwers are important, but also potentially dangerous. Sometimes their bombs don't quite reach the intended target, and instead they blow up early -- usually taking out those who choose to stand near them. Only rarely does a bomb-thrower take themselves out -- but when they do, it's spectacular to watch.

So, how does one handle the bomb-throwers? the rest can be found here. i think kevin's comments are accurate

http://wizbangblog.com/2007/03/04/ann-coulter-is-da-bomb.php

128 posted on 03/04/2007 10:27:25 AM PST by wildwood
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To: VanDeKoik

The collapse of the conservative movement has been amusing to watch. It looked like an unstoppable force, and its rapid implosion has revealed it to be a mere hiccup. The amount of self-delusion on this board is unreal. A few short years ago we were making fun of the DUmmies for the sort of posts I see on here.

Message boards like this, especially political ones, go a long way in showing that people believe what they want to be true.


129 posted on 03/04/2007 11:12:17 AM PST by Cyclopean Squid (Patron Saint of Mediocrity)
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To: VanDeKoik

Either people don't get it, or they pretend they don't. The rhetorical method she used to insult John Edwards without insulting him directly is plain as day.


130 posted on 03/04/2007 11:14:18 AM PST by Cyclopean Squid (Patron Saint of Mediocrity)
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To: Nextrush
Good observation. They are like the Nazis, fascists, communists and other totalitarians. They can speak and do as they oplease because they are of the accepted order, but anyone in opposition must walk on eggshells.

We've always condemned our own for violations of PC, even forcing them to give up cherished positions like Trent Lott. These people aren't about good faith. They are about double standards and power. They are wicked to the bones.

Stand up and fight them Annie. Good job.
131 posted on 03/04/2007 11:20:31 AM PST by Luke21
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To: XR7
Hugh Hewitt, Jennifer Rubin, Bryan Preston, Dean Barnett, and Michelle Malkin all denounced Coulter's rant as well. Must be on your RINO list.

What will you do when the "true conservatives" in the Presidential race don't cheer on Coulter's petty ad hominem attacks? One of the posters here was dead on... maybe you guys ought to call Obama a n***** next and see how far it gets you. You can always say you were "just joking" afterwards.

132 posted on 03/04/2007 11:31:59 AM PST by BillyBoy (Don't blame Illinois for Pelosi -- we elected ROSKAM)
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To: JakeSladder
Hickory Dickory Dock
You ain't even got a ____
Hickory Dickory Dock

My version of Andrew Dice Clay since yours was rather weak...IMO of course.

133 posted on 03/04/2007 1:06:25 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Jhensy; indylindy
Do you guys honestly think Duncan Hunter or Sam Brownback or Newt Gingrich or any other 'right' candidate for President is going to cheer on Ann Coulter for calling a presidential candidate a 'faggot'? You really think they're going to go "Yahooooo! You go Ann!" When they criticize her, will you call them spineless RINO weasels?

Dream on.
They are not criticizing her.
But you are.

134 posted on 03/04/2007 2:03:16 PM PST by XR7
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To: XR7

I think I have stuck up for Ann all day. Are you posting to me? Go back through my posts and see if I am criticising Ann. I am confused.


135 posted on 03/04/2007 2:10:26 PM PST by dforest (Liberals love crisis, create crisis and then dwell on them.)
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To: All

RE: My Post 47

Wow! You Freepers did very well on YouTube! I've been up since 10pm saturday night battling the liberals within 2 Ann Coulter comment boards under the video and the video response. I saw the flood of conservatives and man the liberals were so much without facts that THEY resorted to the meanest and most dirty talk and slur words against Ann Coulter that it actually overshodowed what Ann had even said. Man, they're nasty and I did see democrats get sick of other fellow democrats. The young guy who posted a response against Ann Coulter and in favor of Edwards... well, he finally came out and said he's voting Green in 2008 because there's nobody in the democratt party anygood to vote for.

So, we may not have won him to our side but atleast we got him away from the dems.

Im sleepy. Early night for me.

Rush will be good tomorrow.

YouTube... there are voters to be had there. I would LOVE it if MySpace bought out Google... Fox would own the world. hehe

Rush will be good tomorrow


136 posted on 03/04/2007 5:28:22 PM PST by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: Jhensy

["Do you guys honestly think...any other 'right' candidate for President is going to cheer on Ann Coulter for calling a presidential candidate a 'faggot'"]

No, and they'd be fools to endorse it. But Ann's not a politician, or employed by any of them. They don't have to pay it any attention, and I wouldn't hold it against any of them for decrying it.

["If Ann were a man, wouldn't Edwards have every right to knock his teeth down his throat for that comment?"]

If Edwards were a man, he might try.

["Leave the childish Michael Moore bullsh*t to their side, please?"]

No, instead I'll cheer Ann onward, with every barb she throws, and hope she scores a hit someday, when some angry lib finally has a stroke over one of her comments.


137 posted on 03/04/2007 9:52:11 PM PST by jim35 ("...when the lion and the lamb lie down together, ...we'd better damn sure be the lion")
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To: XR7

BTTT


138 posted on 03/04/2007 9:53:11 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Misery loves miserable company.......ask any liberal. Hunter in 08!)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Not only that......COWARDS all!


139 posted on 03/04/2007 9:55:48 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Misery loves miserable company.......ask any liberal. Hunter in 08!)
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To: processing please hold
So who did she offend, faggots? I could care less if they are offended. I believe she made her point by intimating that if you use the wrong word today, faggot, as an example, people in this country think you need to seek mental health treatment. That's just how bad pc has become. And the uproar over her saying it, definitely has proven her point

Well said. Definitely deserves to be repeated. ;-D

140 posted on 03/04/2007 9:56:20 PM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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