Look, I'm not jumping on the pile against Ann, nor am I going to try too hard to defend what she said. But really, she absolutely called Edwards a faggot. She said, I was going to talk about Edwards but I can't say faggot. So it means she wanted to call him a faggot.
I'm mostly in agreement with those who say that its retarded for the left to get upset about this when you consider what they've called Bush, Republicans and Conservatives. I also agree that the conference was not a good time or place for the remark, but otherwise, frankly, I don't give a damn.