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Ann Coulter has a Hardaway Moment: Calls John Edwards a “Faggot”

By Manila Ryce
Published Saturday, March 3rd, 2007, 4:11 pm
Filed under: Videos: Political, Society/Culture: Sexuality, Society/Culture, Videos, US Politics

Best-selling right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, best known for capitalizing on hate and fear, shifted focus away from her usual Arab targets and went after Democratic candidate John Edwards. Speaking at the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Coulter was asked about Edwards. “It turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot,’ so I’m kind of at an impasse. I can’t really talk about Edwards,” she said.

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Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean called on Republican presidential candidates to denounce Coulter’s hateful remarks, which very few on the right have ever done before. Coulter’s slanderous homophobia goes back a bit further than Edwards. She has stated on separate occasions that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore were all gay.

This incident speaks to the hypocrisy of American politics when Edwards himself fired bloggers from his campaign for posting comments which many viewed as “hate speech”; however, the same crusaders on the right who called for their firing have always been unwilling to denounce Coulter for her unrelenting bigotry. Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, John Gibson, Bill Donahue, and several other right-wing pundits are all given a free pass by Republicans to shamelessly spew their xenophobia, while liberals like Senator Biden are immediately denounced and forced to apologize by their own party members for remarks which would appear tame coming out of Coulter’s mouth. Where’s the outrage?

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2 Responses to “Ann Coulter has a Hardaway Moment: Calls John Edwards a “Faggot””

  1. Good points. However, I think Biden and Edwards are a little different than Beck, Coulter, and Limbaugh, as they are politicians, not pundits, and are hence bound with a obligatory sense of decency in the public square, unlike pundits, who can garner support and attention with their audacity.

    Coulter’s remark was nonetheless extremely inappropriate, in so many different ways. First of all, it’s not true. Second, it’s extremely hateful and insulting. The word F-word to gays equates the N-word to blacks. Third, she had to attack Edward’s personal character, which is pathetic and weak move.

    We must respect this country’s principle of free speech, but Coulter’s remarks were simply not appropriate for the venue. Or were they? The conservative goofballs in the audience, applauding and cheering at her slur, seemed to have loved her remarks. I bet they all regret laughing so hysterically, because they know that they have just reduced the legitimacy of both their organization and their conference, reducing it to appear as nothing more than a high school locker room.

    Deep
    03/4/07 at 6:07 pm

  2. @Deep
    I agree there’s a big difference between pundits and politicians, but the context of the situation also needs to be taken into consideration. This isn’t something she said on Fox News or at a book signing, it was a political event. Before Coulter took the stage and made her bigoted remarks, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney associated himself with her rather closely. I can’t think of any liberal pundit who comes close to being like Ann, and even if there was one I know they wouldn’t be invited to political conferences and tied to Democratic candidates.

    Manila Ryce
    03/5/07 at 3:55 am

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