Ann Coulter: A Beautiful Human Being

[WhatsHisNuts]

Controversial columnist draws fire for gay slur Sun Mar 4, 3:28 PM ET

Outspoken U.S. conservative columnist Ann Coulter is drawing fire from Republicans and Democrats alike after publicly using a derogatory gay slur in reference to Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards.

"Ann Coulter not only once again went out of her way to use a nasty epithet, she pushed her offensiveness up a notch," Amy Ridenour, president of the National Center for Public Policy Research, said on Sunday.

Coulter made the comments on Friday during a speech at the influential American Conservative Union's Political Action Conference, calling Edwards a "faggot."

"We conservatives have enough trouble overcoming the false things that are said about us without paying for a platform upon which we shoot ourselves annually in the foot," Ridenour, whose group helped sponsor the conference, said in a statement on the center's Web site.

Coulter said the comment was a joke and on her Web site she carried the speech with the comment, "I'm so ashamed, I can't stop laughing." She then said Edwards' campaign chairman's main job was "fronting for Arab terrorists."

Edwards, a 2008 presidential contender and the party's 2004 vice presidential candidate, said Coulter's comments were "un-American and indefensible."

"The kind of hateful language she used has no place in political debate or our society at large," he wrote in comments posted to his Web site on Saturday.

"I believe it is our moral responsibility to speak out against that kind of bigotry and prejudice every time we encounter it," Edwards added.

The candidate also posted a video of Coulter's comments, asking supporters to raise $100,000 in so-called "Coulter Cash" for his campaign to "fight back against the politics of bigotry."

Coulter's Friday speech raised objections from Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) of Arizona, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as well as Democrats.

In a statement on Sunday, Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said, "It was an offensive remark. Political discourse ought to be more substantive and thoughtful." McCain, the only contender who did not attend the event, and Giuliani called Coulter's words inappropriate, according to the New York Times.

"Ann Coulter's words of hate have no place in the public sphere much less our political discourse," Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) of Massachusetts said in a statement released on Saturday.

Several conservatives were also quick to denounce Coulter's comments in a variety of online columns.

Coulter is no stranger to controversy.

At the same conference last year, she used the word "raghead" -- a slur against Muslims -- in referring to U.S. homeland security policies. In a column published in the National Review after the September 11 attacks she urged an invasion of Muslim countries and forced conversion to Christianity.

Source: Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070304/pl_nm/people_coulter_dc

 

[Jabberwocky]

what a stupid dyke.

 

[dr. freeze]

what a stupid dyke.

do you not notice the irony in this post?:nono: :nono::mj07: :mj07:

 

[Jabberwocky]

do you not notice the irony in this post?:nono: :nono::mj07: :mj07:

gee, you picked up on that, eh? look at the big brain on dr.freeze.

 

[dr. freeze]

i picked up on it like the national media picked up on the aforementioned "story"

just more garbage thrown our way in the framing of a "campaign" by the laughingstock "news" media

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

i picked up on it like the national media picked up on the aforementioned "story"

just more garbage thrown our way in the framing of a "campaign" by the laughingstock "news" media

Hate to break it to you Freeze, but an author and political talk show host calling a former US Senator and presidential candidate a FAGGOT is most definitely newsworthy. You can spin this until you are blue in the face, but the bottom line is that she's a bigot and it is a "story".

 

[smurphy]

Can't wait for that he/she to lose his/her following. Maybe now at least she/he won't be invited to offer up his/her hateful views on cable news shows.

 

[bryanz]

I consider myself a 80's conservative , drawn to the republican party by Ronald Reagan. I have no use for the politically correct police , one should be able to say what you want and let the chips fall where they fall. Ann Coulter is not a conservative, is not someone that has a idea about whats good for America, she is anti America, anti Americans. This women is part of a extremist movement on the far right & left that is tearing our country apart. Where is the voice for reason and common sense, for the part of America that makes this country run. Ann Coulter like most of the politicians she covers has't a single clue. These people are so far removed from us; the people that they govern and set policy for. The fact that she said what she said is not the problem. I can't believe anyone cares. What is Ann Coulter going do do for America ?

 

[StevieD]

The problem with this neocon pinup Ann Counter is that she is held up as some kind of an expert and portrated not as the American hating neocon she is but as a Conservative. What she said is much less damaging than her books and appearences on Fox.

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

Bryan: Don't confuse political correctness with hate. This woman is a hateful bigot and that is a long way from someone who uses terms like retard and cripple when talking of handicapped people.

 

[djv]

She just can't stand her self. Always trying to sell books to the idiots that would waist there 25 bucks. I really believe most guys would not screw her with the other guys dick. And what Fox does for sure Hannity. Hold her up as some expert. It belittles there network.

 

[danmurphy jr]

A woman who gets piss balloons thrown at her, hit in the face with pies cares what people think about her. Don't bet on it. Everybody in that room had a copy of exactly what she was going to say. John Edwards is the next President and they all know it.

 

[Munson]

the only time this time this woman gets any exposure/press is when she says things like this...it's her only hope in keeping a paycheck...

 

[buddy]

...it's her only hope in keeping a paycheck...

The things we do for money.

 

[ImFeklhr]

The things we do for money.

<<<The candidate also posted a video of Coulter's comments, asking supporters to raise $100,000 in so-called "Coulter Cash" for his campaign to "fight back against the politics of bigotry.>>>>

And now he is trying to profit on this. Trust me, both sides are glad this event happened. I'm not saying it was staged, but it definitely makes me want to watch the movie "Wag the Dog" again.

 

[UGA12]

Okay she said he was a faggot:shrug: And bill maher said we would be better off if the vice president would have been killed by the bomb he was a target of whats the difference. Most importantly who cares. There are idiot extremist on both sides that speak for a small minority of the population yet get the majority of coverage. Extremist need not be acknoledged anyway or you just give them credability.

 

[The Sponge]

Okay she said he was a faggot:shrug: And bill maher said we would be better off if the vice president would have been killed by the bomb he was a target of whats the difference. Most importantly who cares. There are idiot extremist on both sides that speak for a small minority of the population yet get the majority of coverage. Extremist need not be acknoledged anyway or you just give them credability.

lol the only problem is you are fooled by the lies of the neocon dribble and at no time did bill Mahre say that. Just another bunch of bullshit and spinning of words from the right. It really is getting entertaining watching how often and easy they get away with this.

 

[UGA12]

If you want to get technical she never called him a faggot either. Is that what she meant yes but she never called him one. Did maher say the world would be a better place without DC no but thats what he meant. You are right bill maher said nothing wrong and coulter did:shrug: . I am sitting hear saying she is a stupid bitch that should not have any attention given to her and you tell me I am being fooled by neocons. Wake the **** up man there are idiots on both sides. If you think it applies to only republicans then you are as closedminded as she is. I am being fooled by no one my friend, as I base my decisions on facts not spun info coming from fox,cnn,etc. You may not agree with anything I believe I have no Idea, but dont pretend to know what I believe and why I believe it.

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

1. If you want to get technical she never called him a faggot either. Is that what she meant yes but she never called him one.

2. Did maher say the world would be a better place without DC no but thats what he meant.

1. So why did Reuters put "faggot" in quotes? Feel free to post what she technically said so we can all laugh about this silly misunderstanding.

2. No offense, but why do you feel it is necessary to make stuff up? When you start arguing "what he meant" it kind of throws your argument out the window.

Originally Posted by UGA12
Okay she said he was a faggot :shrug:

Ha ha. You're so right. Who cares? If I was running for President of the United States, I would think it was downright hilarious to be called a faggot in the national media. Maybe if Edwards gets lucky, someone will call his wife a whore! What fun.

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

Here is the exerpt from the speech in question.

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2828526?cmpnid=746&if&lkdes=2828526