Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards may have been offended when conservative columnist Ann Coulter used a slang term for homosexuals when speaking about Edwards last weekend, but he has wasted little time in trying to use it as a fundraising tool.
A page on Edwards' Web site asks for contributions to raise $100,000 in "Coulter Cash" to "fight back against the politics of bigotry." The page also says: "We must show that inflaming prejudice to attack progressive leaders will only backfire."
Meanwhile, Edwards says that even though he has a personal relationship with God, he rejects the notion that the U.S. is a Christian nation. Edwards tells the Web site belief.net: "I guess the word 'Christian' is what bothers me, even though I'm a Christian. I think that America is a nation of faith."
But the candidate doesn't believe Americans are doing a good job of living like Jesus. Edwards ? who has drawn fire from some for his new $6 million, 28,000 square-foot mansion in North Carolina ? says, "I think that Jesus would be disappointed in our ignoring the plight of those around us who are suffering and our focus on our own selfish short-term needs. I think he would be appalled, actually."
A page on Edwards' Web site asks for contributions to raise $100,000 in "Coulter Cash" to "fight back against the politics of bigotry." The page also says: "We must show that inflaming prejudice to attack progressive leaders will only backfire."
Meanwhile, Edwards says that even though he has a personal relationship with God, he rejects the notion that the U.S. is a Christian nation. Edwards tells the Web site belief.net: "I guess the word 'Christian' is what bothers me, even though I'm a Christian. I think that America is a nation of faith."
But the candidate doesn't believe Americans are doing a good job of living like Jesus. Edwards ? who has drawn fire from some for his new $6 million, 28,000 square-foot mansion in North Carolina ? says, "I think that Jesus would be disappointed in our ignoring the plight of those around us who are suffering and our focus on our own selfish short-term needs. I think he would be appalled, actually."
