On Ann Coulter - Idiotic. Disgusting. Stupid. Moronic. (conservatives respond)

Hugh Hewitt Townhall site ^ | Friday March 2nd, 2007 | Dean Barnett

[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.

[Mo1]

What is regrettable about this, having thought about it - is that Edwards was on the ropes because of having hired anti-Catholic bloggers - this just injected some life into his listless campaign.

Yep .. the dems will have a field day with Ann's comment

[HEY4QDEMS]

You're right, we should be supporting the LOG CABIN republicans instead.....

You're right, I also don't like the N-word, guess I better renew my membership in the Black Panthers.

[MNJohnnie]

I know this is going to come as a huge surprise to the Always Bitching Caucus but this sort of "Whaaa Ann Coulter is picking on me" response makes Edwards look incredibly weak. It does not help Edwards at all. If he is so weak that a Commentator making mean statements about hims makes him cry, HOW is he going to deal with North Korea, Iran, or Congress?

It doesn't look Presidential or even very manly. It makes Edwards sound weak and petulent. This sort of response ONLY hurts the politician making it and raises Ann Coulter's stature. It is a huge mistake on Edwards part.

[JCEccles]

So, you contend that the two statements ("I can't say 'faggot' to describe John Edwards' or I'll have to go to regab" and "Bush is the world's worst terrorist") are morally equivalent?

Your contention is not merely laughable. It is baseless, irrational, and idiotic. You must be a Democrat.

[Dead Dog]

Wait a minute. I thought it was OK to be a faggot. Maybe she ment it as a compliment.

[RaceBannon]

...proving you didn't get it at all.....

[ajolympian2004]

We can wipe out leftists, liberals and democrats on ideas. We do not have to reach down to their level of unhinged name calling.

[Stepan12]

I guess I'm an uncouth Republican, because I thought it was funny. Republicans act like there are Queensbury rules for a street fight. Democrats seem to have no such inhibitions, and as a result, they win a lot more than their bankrupt policies justify.

I wish someone else would understand what you're saying. All this bellyaching over Ann Coulter's joke.

Hey Fellas! We're not in Aristotle's Lyceum, discoursing with learned though misguided folks. We're up against power hungry Lib/Commies or Neo Communists who would just as soon shoot the President if they could get away with it. They've already gotten away with calling for his assasination four times (twice by the same person). We need to play a little rough to deal with these people and it seems that many do not understand that.

[JCEccles]

So, you contend that the two statements ("I can't say 'faggot' to describe John Edwards' or I'll have to go to rehab" and "Bush is the world's worst terrorist") are morally equivalent?

Your contention is not merely laughable. It is baseless, irrational, and idiotic. You must be a Democrat.

[Mojave]

The terminally offended are offended again.

Good line!

[Wormwood]

Yep .. the dems will have a field day with Ann's comment

Forget the Democrats, how will (the few remaining) independents react?

Maybe Skeletor felt there was a vast, untapped reservoir of gay-bashing undecideds out there.

[jellybean]

You know, if Ann keeps saying stuff like this the liberals won't like us! Let's tar and feather her and burn her at the stake so she doesn't offend those nice liberals again!

[Texas_shutterbug]

I'm pretty tired of her big mouth, attention getting tirades.

[RaceBannon]

If you want to support a morally depraved section of people just because they like lower taxes, go right ahead.

But trying to force it...down my throat, under no circumstances.

[driftdiver]

First of all it got Edwards in the news when nothing else seems to work, so he should be thankful.

On the dreaded 'f' word (faggot) its use was intended to shock and point out how stupid hollywood has gotten. Used to be rehab was reserved for boozers and druggies. Evidently it now applies to the non-PC.

I'll give a rat's hind end when Rosie is called to task for calling Christians terrorists.

Free Speech is a wonderful thing, thank you Ann.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Ok - we've all piled on - that's enough.

Yeah and where the picture - we have rules.

[Stepan12]

Since Michelle Malkin was mentioned, here's some real blog, eye canday:

Blog eye Candy

[Mojave]

how will (the few remaining) independents react?

They'll laugh at you.

[DustyMoment]

Friday afternoon, Republican mouthpiece Ann Coulter brought hate-speech politics to a new low.

We dearly love Ann, here at FR, and enjoy her columns and the way that she skewers the Dems, but referring to her as a "Republican mouthpiece" is a bit of a stretch. Ann expresses her own opinions, but is hardly the mouthpiece of Republicans.

Conservatives typically enjoy the barbs she tosses in the same vein that Democrats love Maureen Dowd or Helen Thomas' barbs tossed at Republicans. Does that make either (or even both) of them the "mouthpiece of Democrats"? Hardly.

Ann says what she thinks and she has a way of saying what many of us think. We know, based on recent history, what kind of rocky ride that Ann is in for. Newspapers will drop her column, gay groups will demand apologies, Edwards will turn this into a "Let's-show-the-Republicans-that-they-can't-do-this-to-me,-contribute-to-my-campaign" event (already in progress), she will be accused of "hate speech" and blah, blah, blah. I, for one will not abandon Ann Coulter. I don't have to endorse her comment about Edwards to continue being a fan. Ann remains one of the few columnists willing to "get in the Democrats' face". If we abandon her, we abandon the one true, strong voice that we have in the media that will confront the left. And, we abandon the most prominent voice on our side who has been subjected to outrageous attacks (personal and public) by the left.

IMO, this will be turned into an attempt to silence Ann by the left. Do we believe in a strong voice for our views, or will we be tacit supporters of the effort to silence her? It is time for us to decide what we believe.

[Wormwood]

So, you contend that the two statements ("I can't say 'faggot' to describe John Edwards' or I'll have to go to regab" and "Bush is the world's worst terrorist") are morally equivalent?

Both statements are stupid and baseless, thus equally worthless contributions to political discourse.