Speaking today at the Conservative Political Action Conference, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter said: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I - so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards." Audience members said "ohhh" and then cheered.Hat tip to ....thinkprogress.org.
C-U Next Tuesday Ann!



Reader Comments ( Page 5 of 14)
61. Mike,
Democrats took control of Congress as a result of the standard political cycle. After the Clinton scandals it went to the Republicans. Don't get too "comfy".
By the way, nobody should use the tactics Ann Coulter employed recently but the preponderance of bloggers I've read today in response to her comment make her look like a rookie.
Lee at 2:09PM on Mar 3rd 2007
62. Fortunately, every time this harpie opens her fetid trap, she lessens the likelihood that anyone will notice when she finally purifies the earth with her demise - timely or otherwise. Rant on, Annie. That faggot has more character in his little finger than you have in your entire movement.
Tom at 3:01PM on Mar 3rd 2007
63. Rosie and Ann. Her we are people in the middle of these two ego maniacs. Why do we continue to listen to this filth. Spewing hatred is just what this country needs. That is all people seem to care or talk about. Take a look at any blog and all you hear is hatred. No plans or ideas for the future of OUR country. What does that say about us as people. Turn off Rosie, Ann, Anna, Britney and the rest. Stay away from the entertainment world and get a life.
Jim Steel at 2:24PM on Mar 3rd 2007
64. WHAT HYPOCRITS YOU ALL ARE ALMOST EVERY POST HAS BEEN A NAME CALLING POST. YOU REALLY DON'T GET IT DO YOU. ANN'S CLAIM TO FAME HAS BEEN ORQUESTRATED BY HER ABILITY TO MOCK THE LEFT, THAT IS TO SAY, DO AS THE LEFT DOES. THE IRONY IS THAT IT'S SO ANTI-CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE IT USES THE TACTICS OF THE LEFT TO SMEAR AND RIDICULE IT'S OPPONENTS AND IT WORKS. NO ONE LIKES BEING OUTED FOR WHO OR WHAT THEY ARE, IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT. ANNS COMMENTS AS TO EDWARDS SEXUAL PREFERENCES PROBABLY IS A METAPHOR FOR SAY DEGENERATE PRACTICES LIKE WHEN HE EXPLOITED KIDS TO WIN A CASE IN COURT AND MAKE MILLIONS. MUCH LIKE THE LEFT DID TO McCARTHY IN THE FIFTYS AND SIXTIES UNTIL HE WAS A BROKEN AND PENNILESS MAN, ALTHOUGH NOW WE KNOW BY WAY OF SOVIET RECORDS THAT McCARTHY WAS CORRECT AS TO THE INFILTRATION OF SOVIET SPYS IN OUR GOVERNMENT. IF YOU REALLY WERE UPSET WITH ANNS COMMENTS THAN YOU SHOULD DECRY THE COMMENTS MADE BY YOUR FELLOW DEMOCRATS JUST AS ANGRILLY. BUT SOMEHOW I DOUBT YOU WILL. HYPOCRITS!
t.j. at 2:32PM on Mar 3rd 2007
65. Tom,
Thanks for reinforcing my point.
I rest my case w/ respect to todays bloggers.
Lee at 2:42PM on Mar 3rd 2007
66. seems to be quite a few male admirers of Coulter .... that makes me laugh loud at the homophobes who can look past that adams apple of Andy Coulters..hmmmm
JOLIE at 2:40PM on Mar 3rd 2007
67. Robert Okane has, like most neocons, selective memory. Chelsea Clinton was thirteen years old when Rush Limbaugh attacked her appearance.
As for Mark Foley, he is obviously an epobophile (a subset of pedophilia) because he sexually harrassed male teenage pages for eleven years while the Republican leadership ignored all complaints about his repulsive behavior and even put him in charge of a sub-committe on internet porn.
Ann Coulter claims to be a Christian; can't you just feel the love? I'm reminded of the expression "if you were accused of being a Christian would there be enough evidence to convict you?" I see no evidence that Ann Coulter, George Bush or Dick Cheney are Christians although all three claim to be.
Calling somebody a faggot is possibly the worst thing somebody can call a person who is supposedly gay. It's no accident that the Brits call a cigarette a fag and Americans use it as an insult against gays. Back in the times when witches were being burned, sometimes homosexuals would be burned with them so that the last thing a witch would smell would be the burning flesh of a homosexual. That, and the branches (called faggots ofcourse)
which would be set on fire around the stake she would be burned on is the root for both the British and american slang terms.
Kevin at 2:47PM on Mar 3rd 2007
68. Ann Coulter is a ratty-looking, anorexic, skinny, trashy-mouthed runt, rambling on an on and saying nothing of substance or meaning. She has the psychological solidity and soundness of a lunatic. She merely likes to babble on and on. Ann Coulter is a mean-spirited and belligerent bimbo, nothing more, nothing less. Those who listen to her and who acclaim her as being one of their own, are merely birds of a fuzzy feather flocking together!
GAFuerst at 2:55PM on Mar 3rd 2007
69. Ann has a huge following and we love that she turns her nose up at political correctness. Most of all we love her for waging a no mercy war against Liberal weasels. She is 100% correct ... Johnny Boy Edwards is a BIG PUSSY! I think "faggot" perfectly expresses the truth and Ann is all about the truth!!!
Sam at 2:52PM on Mar 3rd 2007
70. Let me put it this way, if as she publicly alleges that Edwards is a "faggot," I suppose there is no harm in calling her a conservative cunt!
GAFuerst at 3:00PM on Mar 3rd 2007
71. Jolie,
Read blog #51
Lee at 3:04PM on Mar 3rd 2007
72. Go Ann! He is a smiling, ass-kissing, ambulance-chasing, two-faced, pointy-nosed little jerk, and it's about time people grow the kahunas necessary to get in these liberal jagoffs' faces.
Trevor at 3:07PM on Mar 3rd 2007
73. She is so sexy; even more so now. She called it right.
Trevor at 3:10PM on Mar 3rd 2007
74. Ann Coulter is a right wing nutcase! other than that he's a pretty nice guy
ron at 3:17PM on Mar 3rd 2007
75. What Ann Coulter said isn't as shocking as the reaction from the crowd at the American Conservative Union political action conference: They CHEERED her vicious and vacuous comment! Not one single right-winger has seen fit to chastise her or disassociate themselves from her use of the word "faggot" to describe John Edwards. I must assume they have no problem with calling people they disagree with politically "faggots" and that's the real shocker.
Kevin at 3:21PM on Mar 3rd 2007