Posted on 03/05/2007 12:51:58 AM PST by kristinn
It is with growing dismay and frustration that I am watching so many of my friends and acquaintances in the conservative community attack Ann Coulter for her comments pointing out that saying the word 'faggot' can get you sent to a rehabilitation clinic.
That she said it in the context of primping pretty boy Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards has sent conservatives to the fainting couch in an episode of 'why I never!' mass hysteria.
Ann Coulter has walked point for conservatives for almost a decade. She has been assaulted, threatened and stalked. She requires bodyguards for protection. Liberals believe they are justified in physically attacking Ann. I heard one say so at CPAC--not in response to her rehab joke, but because Ann 'insults people.'
Ann has been an early and loyal friend of Free Republic. She is one of the few prominent conservatives who regularly breaks bread with FReepers. Her friendship is now being repayed by FReepers who want her driven out of conservatism.
That so many conservatives want Ann banned from CPAC is a sad indicator of the state of conservatism. It is not Ann Coulter's fault that Republicans lost both houses of Congress. It is not Ann Coulter's fault that President Bush is not popular. Sacrificing Ann Coulter on the altar of political correctness will not win the elections of 2008 nor will it prevent conservatives from being sent to rehab for uttering politically incorrect words and ideas.
After Ann uttered the words that have given so many conservatives the vapors, the line for her booksigning at CPAC was just as long as usual. I know, I was standing in that line. If CPAC attendees were so outraged about Ann's remarks, it was not manifested there. I didn't learn about the controversy until I read about it online later that night.
I spent the next day at CPAC. Ann's remarks were not a hot topic. I know because the only time I heard it talked about was when I brought it up. Those I spoke with about it were not upset.
I do not wish to speak ill of my friends and acquaintances who are dumping on Ann, other than to express my disappointment. I do wish they'd reconsider and stop attacking a friend who has walked point for them. Liberals must be laughing themselves silly as they watch us take out someone they've been wanting to eliminate for years.
It's not Ann who has lost standing with me it's the conservative bloggers who have condemned her and the craven cowardly politicians who've distanced themselves.
This is why the Repub's are considered a party of sissies. You won't see the demonrats reacting this way when a pinko fellow traveler of their's makes a similar comment.
Conservative bloggers, pundits and Republican politicians are nancy boys.
But Edwards is not homosexual and calling him one is not telling the truth. Ann Coulter just flung out an insult - a gratuitous, untrue insult.
What a great, thought provoking read you provided. Thanks mucho! It's serious business when we can't take a joke, or poke fun at your friends...and enemies.
Ann is not a politician, not an elected official, and most definitely, not politically correct. What she is is, a conservative treasure. A fire-breathing, irreverant and bold thinker, writer, and speaker. I'm glad we got her!
By the way, AOL's dictionary on "fag" is amusing:
http://reference.aol.com/dictionary?dword=fag&lookupbtn=Look+Up
If you truly believe that you should consider the classic question"
"If it were 1936 and you knew what Hitler was about to do, would you act to stop his plan and change history?"
Stay tuned for news of the next Rump Wrangler Roundup and Rodeo.
What in the world makes you think it's untruthful that John Edwards is a faggot? I'm pretty sure he's gay (aka a faggot), though I can't prove it. He looks like one, acts like one, talks like one... if he did these impressions as a duck, we'd just call him a duck.
Ann's most enduring charm is that she IS so politically INcorrect....and intelligent, witty, and spot on.
The top news story this morning on Fox and Friends is "John Edwards is fighting back". They'll be discussing more about this in a few minutes. Seems not wise for the Break Girl to mess with Annie. He does so at his own peril.
No, not all opinion is to be celebrated. Some opinion can only be reviled, else morality be dammed. That's just a silly statement.
Having the right to be wrong doesn't make it right.
[However, I think it was a pretty nasty thing to say about anyone, even a liberal.]
Isn't there some quote about how fanaticism in defense of liberty is no sin? I can't remember it exactly, but I think it was Jefferson who said it? Anyway, it applies here.
I know that all liberals are stupid but you know there are also some stupid conservatives.
"...nothing wrong with being civil."
Sometimes being civil is best and sometimes it's time to bring the hammer down. Ann can do both, and quite well, too.
Sissypants.
Thanks for your help at the Inaugural Ball, hope to see you at the next one, whatever ID I'm using.
You're an inspiration to us all.
["Ann, your clock is ticking."]
How dare you. How freaking dare you. You are not a speck on Ann Coulter's shoes. You are not fit to be spat upon by Ann Coulter. Go back to DU, you POS.
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