Posted on 03/03/2007 6:46:09 AM PST by ajolympian2004
Idiotic. Disgusting. Stupid. Moronic.
I guess you could say that Ann loves to shock us, but at this point, who’s shocked? She obviously can’t behave well enough to attend a respectable political gathering. It’s not a lack of intelligence. It’s an indifference to self-control and a preening sort of narcissism that compels her to need the spotlight, even if it’s unflattering.
(For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s audio of her calling John Edwards a “faggot” at CPAC today.)
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Michelle Malkin -
***4:15pm update***
Ann Coulter just finished her riff on Al Gore, tossed out some cute jokes ("You can understand why Hollywood is concerned about global warming. You know what heat does to plastic."), and ended with a cheap one-liner about John Edwards being a "faggot." (Paraphrasing) She said she would refrain from commenting on Edwards because "if you say faggot, you have to go to rehab."
A smattering of laughter.
Not from this corner.
Crickets chirping.
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006976.htm
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Bryan Preston of 'Hot Air' -
Ann Coulter is speaking at CPAC as I write. As is typical, she gave a brief speech full of her usual witticisms, including a few brilliant attacks on Al Gore’s green hypocrisy. All was good. Untill the last few seconds, when she launched into a joke about John Edwards.
Here’s what she said.
“I’d say something about John Edwards, but if you say ‘faggot’ you have to go to rehab.”
I’m no fan of John Edwards, but that’s just a stupid joke. It’s over the line. The laughter it generated across the room was more than a little annoying.
Last year it was “raghead.” This year it’s calling John Edwards a “faggot.” Two years in a row, Coulter has finished up an otherwise sharp CPAC routine with an obnoxious slur that liberals will fling at conservatives for years to come.
Thanks, Ann.
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/02/thanks-ann/
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My comments... what should have been a day to celebrate a Reaganesque speech by Duncan Hunter, and good speeches by Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee was overshadowed by an unhinged comment by Ann Coulter. She is an absolute idiot for saying something like this at CPAC.
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As my daddy told me, never trust a man in a dress, especially if the shoes match the purse.
Are you really that ignorant?
Faggot is a chosen behavior and deserving of condemnation.
N-word is an evil forced condition deserving our rehabilitation.
And niggardly means frugal...that is absolutely the stupidest comment I've ever seen on FR.
EVER!
So now I'm a dedicated Marxist?
Is that correct.
"Since when do we buy into the word/thought police."
Way too many on the right do not have the intestinal fortitude to withstand the withering attacks from the PC crowd (both left and right). Fortunately, Ann has the self-confidence and intelligence to see it for what it is and to use it to her advantage.
Democrats hate Ann Coulter because she scores a bull's-eye so often when 'shooting from the lip' (so to speak). The best humor, satire, and sarcasm always contains an element of truth and Ann is very good at hitting the target.
The arrogant liberal left is more outraged that they have nobody on their side that can hold a candle to Ann's intelligent, humorous, and acerbic wit, (which utterly destroys their facade of having superior intellect and morals), than by the public skewering of their faults, foibles and idiocy.
Ann is a humorist and a political gadfly to the liberal left. I'm glad she's on our side.
(For those (in Rio Linda) unfamiliar with the term gadfly):
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
gad·fly (gād'flī') Pronunciation Key
n.
- A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.
- One that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.
- Any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals.
HEY4QDEMS first highly incensed post on this thread:
"It's important that Republicans and conservatives send a message that we are not a party of hate."
HEY4QDEMS at #442:
"Close [my FR ID is] read as "Hey F**k You Dems"."
Yep. You are so concerned about the message conservatives send.
I take it you disagree? Tis your right.
I wanna be a Gadfly when I grow up.
If you truly believe in that comparison, perhaps you can spend more time over at DU, where you'll be considered a genius.
It's a total waste of compost, here.
It confirms them as bearers of the good tidings
If it makes the news, I'll request that the Mods let me change it.
Perhaps something like "Formerly Known as HEY4QDEMS"
Yes, respectfully. I think Ann left long ago. She's only interested in self-promotion and selling books.
Not a big fan of Coulter, but defending her right to be obnoxious is not in our best interests, nor is attacking her for what she said.(which I thought was funny, BTW...She needed a subject to bring the "faggot" joke into play, and she picked Edward's girly man image to do it, and it worked with me)
But I'm not going to defend her against a Liberal/conservative righteously embarrassed attack, she can do that herself. She has done it, and had to do it, many times before, and will continue.
I don't think her joke deserves any response at all, except perhaps a wry grin....:-)
Well he is kind of a Nancy boy.
Putting words in other people's mouths is a sign of intellectual poverty...
Maybe things will improve after you get out of grammar school?
I HATE political correctness.
I HATE the homosexual agenda.
I HATE the Thought Police.
I HATE abortionists.
I HATE a lot of things that deserve our repudiation and contempt.
I agree with your list.
To which I would add that I HATE people who can't get a simple joke.
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