Ann Coulter Strikes Again
The big-mouthed blonde has struck again. She called presidential candidate John Edwards, a faggot.
Coulter made the offending utterance last Friday at a major gathering of conservatives, where she shared the stage with several Republican candidates for president.
During her speech, a series of jokes about Democrats, Coulter said, "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot.' So ... I can't really talk about Edwards."
Coulter has defended her use of the term as a "schoolyard taunt."
"The word I used has nothing to do with sexual preference ... and unless you're going to announce here on national TV that John Edwards, married father of many children, is gay, it clearly had nothing to do with that," Coulter said in an interview this week on "Hannity & Colmes."
I don’t hate Ann Coulter. I have a very low opinion of her and think she is a hypocrite, but I don’t hate her. She isn’t worth the effort. And I defend her right to express her opinion. She is an American who is allowed by our Constitution to spew whatever venomous tripe her ugly little heart desires.
Coulter's recent labeling of presidential candidate John Edwards as a "faggot," however, has triggered a huge response, including a campaign initiated by a gay rights group and media watchdog to persuade mainstream media outlets to dump her for good.
At least four newspapers have dropped Coulter's syndicated column, and 40,000 people signed an online petition to Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes her column, demanding that it release her. Three corporations, including Verizon, stopped advertising on Coulter's Web site after she made the comment.
And well they should.
Her explanation is complete hypocrisy. Claiming that it is merely a “schoolyard taunt” is a lie, when her specific reference was to Isaiah Washington ’s use of the word when talking about a fellow cast member of Gray’s Anatomy who is gay. Washington was later sent to “anger management” rehab to smooth over the derogation. But “faggot” and “rehab” were connected to meaning homosexuality, and her “joke” referenced them in this connection. There simply was no other meaning.
For a woman who wrote a scathing book about Democrats called, “Godless” (no I’m not linking to it, are you insane?) Ann is looking pretty un-Christian. Would Jesus use derogatory language to refer to one of God’s children?
I don’t think so.
So I am delighted to see the reaction turning against her rude and “Godless”behavior.
Coulter made the offending utterance last Friday at a major gathering of conservatives, where she shared the stage with several Republican candidates for president.
During her speech, a series of jokes about Democrats, Coulter said, "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot.' So ... I can't really talk about Edwards."
Coulter has defended her use of the term as a "schoolyard taunt."
"The word I used has nothing to do with sexual preference ... and unless you're going to announce here on national TV that John Edwards, married father of many children, is gay, it clearly had nothing to do with that," Coulter said in an interview this week on "Hannity & Colmes."
I don’t hate Ann Coulter. I have a very low opinion of her and think she is a hypocrite, but I don’t hate her. She isn’t worth the effort. And I defend her right to express her opinion. She is an American who is allowed by our Constitution to spew whatever venomous tripe her ugly little heart desires.
Coulter's recent labeling of presidential candidate John Edwards as a "faggot," however, has triggered a huge response, including a campaign initiated by a gay rights group and media watchdog to persuade mainstream media outlets to dump her for good.
At least four newspapers have dropped Coulter's syndicated column, and 40,000 people signed an online petition to Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes her column, demanding that it release her. Three corporations, including Verizon, stopped advertising on Coulter's Web site after she made the comment.
And well they should.
Her explanation is complete hypocrisy. Claiming that it is merely a “schoolyard taunt” is a lie, when her specific reference was to Isaiah Washington ’s use of the word when talking about a fellow cast member of Gray’s Anatomy who is gay. Washington was later sent to “anger management” rehab to smooth over the derogation. But “faggot” and “rehab” were connected to meaning homosexuality, and her “joke” referenced them in this connection. There simply was no other meaning.
For a woman who wrote a scathing book about Democrats called, “Godless” (no I’m not linking to it, are you insane?) Ann is looking pretty un-Christian. Would Jesus use derogatory language to refer to one of God’s children?
I don’t think so.
So I am delighted to see the reaction turning against her rude and “Godless”behavior.
posted by Marti at 11:37 AM
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Sing it, Marti!!!!
I cannot stand that woman. She's pathetic and ignorant.
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