Ann Coulter's F Bomb

[Gemini Cricket]

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.

Video is here

No surprise, of course, that she's spouting this kind of garbage, but I can't seem to find this story posted with the AP, Reuters or CNN.com. I don't watch TV, so maybe they talked about it there? Is it that they don't think she's newsworthy or are they avoiding the whole controversy so as not to attach the word to Edwards? I don't know.

What's more fascinating to me is that she was cheered for her remarks by some in the GOP audience. Classy.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I don't have anything to say on the subject. Not only am I not a fan of the word, I don't understand why she used it in this context.

I've said this before, but I'll repeat it. I don't understand this woman. I hope it's a character. I hope she doesn't really mean the awful things she says and is just saying them for attention.

[innerSpaceman]

I love the word, and I used it to describe George Bush all the time. It's a perfectly acceptable political term, as far as I'm concerned.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I love the word, and I used it to describe George Bush all the time. It's a perfectly acceptable political term, as far as I'm concerned.

Really? You call GW a faggot? Fvcker, I understand. Faggot? Why not k*ke or n*gger?

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I love the word, and I used it to describe George Bush all the time. It's a perfectly acceptable political term, as far as I'm concerned.

I dont' know if this has made news elsewhere, but somewhere here in Sonoma County, a Mormon junior high girl was disciplined at school for saying "God, that's so gay" about something. Rather than simply challenge the wisdom of this action, her parents have filed a religious discrimination lawsuit. The trial has concluded, and the judge will issue a decision soon. In the political context, I guess Coulter would describe Edwards's desire to withdraw the troops as "totally gay." His comeback, I suppose, would be "you f***ing dyke."

Apparently the kids today also say "Don't be so Jewish" when someone doesn't want to spend their money. In the political context, I guess we could criticize government spending by saying that if Congress only acted like a bunch of Jews--maybe even Jews on the sabbath--the country would be in better shape.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Apparently the kids today also say "Don't be so Jewish" when someone doesn't want to spend their money. In the political context, I guess we could criticize government spending by saying that if Congress only acted like a bunch of Jews--maybe even Jews on the sabbath--the country would be in better shape.

They said this when I was in school. It's nothing new.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

They said this when I was in school. It's nothing new.

What a relief.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I don't believe in hell, so I can only hope karma rips her throat out at some point, character or no character.

[Tref]

Coulter should be strung up on a lamp-post like Musolini and flogged. Or, at best, just ignored. Either way, this much I know -- the Far Right loves a potty mouth.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

According to Mediamatters, she has also used this term to describe Gore in the past, along with calling both Clintons gay.