Ann Coulter, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference: “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.”
Disgusting. Would you be surprised to hear that the conservative footsoldiers in the audience responded with thunderous applause? I wasn't.
By the way, lest you think the CPAC Conference going on in DC is some fringe affair wholly disconnected from the Administration and big-name Republican lawmakers, here are some of the other speakers at the event: Dick Cheney, Sen. Mitch McConnell, "Presidential Advisor" Tony Snow and John Bolton as well as '08 hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rudy Guiliani.
Also, this isn't exactly the first time Coulter has made outrageously homophobic remarks, claiming to be joking but of course kidding on the square. Who can forget this interview with Chris Matthews where she "jokingly" referred to Gore as a "total fag"? (In case you're wondering, Matthews didn't register even a hint of outrage at this slur).
Update: This public letter denouncing Coulter and requesting she not be invited to future CPAC engagements from conservative bloggers and writers is a welcome development. One might claim that such a move is nothing more than an inevitable PR stunt to limit the fallout from her noxious comments and that the fact that she was invited back to CPAC after her infamous "raghead" comments last year demonstrates that outrage on the right on this issue is more manufactured than real.
This may very well be true, but the only way Ann's fellow-travelers on the far right can even come close to redeeming themselves is for them to publicly demand Coulter not be invited back to the event. This is what these conservatives are doing, so in the spirit of giving credit where it's due, I would say this is a positive first step - even if it is basically a calculated, self-serving gambit on the part of those involved.
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5 months ago
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"it is basically a calculated, self-serving gambit on the part of those involved."
Nice of you to peer into my mind and discern my motivations.
There was outcry from me (who attented CPAC) last year over Coulter's "raghead" remark. And in the letter it states, "We should have been more forceful." If anything it was lack of imagination the open letter wasn't written.
I'm not sure how that's "calculated" or "self-serving" to me and most signers. No one on the list is a conservative power player. In fact, I'll be surprised if I'm invited to CPAC next year.
We've gotten tired of Ann caring more about Ann than the cause she claims to promote.
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