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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

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To: jim35
Go peddle your sanctimony somewhere else. On Free Republic, we love her.

Hmmm. Is than an order, jim35? ;-)

First off, I'm going to assume that the irony of someone who defends Ann's decision to engage in crass junior-varsity trash talk on the CPAC dais on free speech grounds (ludicrously irrelevant grounds as those might be) is now insisting that those of us here who've begun to question the net contribution she's been bringing to the growth of the conservative movement lately should not themselves have the right to freely address those concerns on FR cannot be entirely lost upon you.

Therefore, if I may be so presumptuous as to try to decipher the true intent of your suggestion that I skedaddle forthwith from these boards, I can only imagine that what you are really implying is that the effort to try to interject some healthy skepticism on this & similar threads about the conventional wisdom prevalently expressed here, that Ann's continued insistence on drawing attention to herself at the expense of conservative candidates & the wider appeal of the conservative message they are attempting to market to the masses in order to win elections, is indeed as wonderful a thing as the amen chorus of barking hyenas here would seem to believe is really just a colossal waste of time.

Given the fact that those of us who take the minority view here that Ann's tiresome self-serving shtick is in all probability benefiting liberals more than anyone else at this point & who also question the direction in which most of the knees around here are jerking at the moment are vastly outnumbered (at last count, I think we were up to, what, 5?), it's quite clear you do indeed have a very valid point.

On that point, I will willingly, albeit wistfully & with great regret, concede. Touché, my FRiend!

161 posted on 03/05/2007 12:14:09 PM PST by leilani
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To: JRochelle

OK. I didn't know that.


162 posted on 03/05/2007 9:15:36 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: olderwiser
How about this? I'll get upset about Ann Coulter, a social/political commentator--NOT A CANDIDATE FOR ANYTHING--using the word "faggot"--as soon as libs call off the assassination fantasy movies about Bush, stop bashing Christians, stop refering to Bush as the number one "terrorist" in the world (Belafonte and many others) and stop expressing dissapointment that VP Cheney wasn't actually murdered by terrorists last week (Bill Mahr).

You're a liar. If you really were intent on sincerely acknowledging Coulter's error, you would do so now, and not wait for apologies to come from people you know aren't going to offer them.

Don't be silly. Coulter endorsed a candidate for President before her botched joke, and he was forced to condemn her remark. And why, if it's worth pointing out that Coulter isn't a candidate for anything, do you care what Harry Belafonte, Bill Maher, Ted Turner or any other civilian liberal says? For the record, Death of a President, that movie about a Bush assassination, was one of the biggest flops of 2006, grossing just over one quarter of its budget. Probably more people saw Coulter on YouTube.

Essentially, you have taken the well-trod "Well they do it too!" cop-out path. Congratulations, you've got company in Hannity and Rush in wimping out. To her credit, Laura Ingraham did not join the parade. Now SHE has guts.

163 posted on 03/06/2007 12:24:26 AM PST by L.N. Smithee (You'll never have a shot at Ann Coulter, so stop sucking up to her!)
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To: L.N. Smithee

So, you've got a problem with me, Rush, Hannity, Coulter. We should be up in arms over her.

And, on the other hand, it's okay than when a lib makes an offensive remark, or when a prominent gay lib singer has a song with a Christian bashing slur in it, the MSM ignores it, and lib politicians aren't called on to condemn or comment at all.

See, because that's my point, that has either gone right over your dull brain, or to which you really have no answer.


164 posted on 03/06/2007 4:14:57 AM PST by olderwiser
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