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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:04 PM
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Ann Coulter refers to Edwards as "faggot" during CPAC speech.
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 05:17 PM by AtomicKitten
Coulter tells conservatives, 'I was going to have a few comments about John Edwards but you have to go into rehab if you use the word faggot'

Adam Dupont
Published: Friday March 2, 2007

Excerpts:

Controversial columnist Ann Coulter had some sharp words to say about some of the Democratic presidential candidates and contenders during a speech at the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Coulter mocked former Vice President Al Gore for appearing to gain weight during his lay-off from politics and referred to Senator Barack Obama as "B. Hussein," but her harshest words were reserved for former Senator John Edwards, whom she implied could be gay.

"When I look for moral guidance I look to Hollywood," Coulter facetiously told her conservative audience in the Omni Shoreham Hotel's Regency Ballroom in Washington DC on Friday.

"What's Al Gore up to these days?" Coulter rhetorically asked, before answering, "Four hundred pounds."

Coulter asked, "Did Al Gore actually swallow Michael Moore?"

"Obama is half-white and half-black," Coulter said, before comparing the Illinois senator to former President Bill Clinton. "Clinton was half-white, half-trash."

Before concluding her speech in order to take questions from audience members, Coulter took a final shot at Edwards.

"I was going to have a few comments about John Edwards but you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,'" Coulter said.

This wouldn't mark the first time that Coulter has "gay-baited" a Democrat. Last June, Coulter used the "other f-word" in a joking reference to Gore in a television interview, and, on a few different occasions, claimed that Bill Clinton could be a "latent homosexual."

"I think that sort of rampant promiscuity does show some level of latent homosexuality," Coulter said of Clinton on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on CNBC (Crooks and Liars has video of the CNBC comments).

During a Hardball interview with Chris Matthews, Coulter also said of Clinton, "I don’t know if he’s gay. But Al Gore — total fag."

Last month, RAW STORY reported that, while discussing politicians and celebrities who "run to rehab in times of crisis" on Fox News Channel, Coulter mocked the idea that someone should have to be "rehabilitated" for using a word that is considerd a slur against gays. "You use the word 'faggot' and you're going into rehab?" Coulter asked incredulously on Fox's Live Desk A-List.

more at http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Coulter_tells_conservatives_I_was_going_0302.html



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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:05 PM
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1. She's 100% trash
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:08 PM
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6. You disparage trash.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:12 PM
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13. Trash is pretty offended by your comment
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:06 PM
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2. She said this about Bill Clinton
And Clinton responded, :rofl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7NcfDOL71o
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:14 PM
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15. ROFL That was incredible
"Clinton, only gay when it comes to crazy evil bitches"
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:19 PM
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20. "evil crazy bitches"
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 09:19 PM
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66. Toooooooo Good
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 09:31 PM by ProudDad
It's been very refreshing to see David Letterman turn into an attack dog against the bushie admin.


(On Edit: clean up grammer -- sheeesh!)
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:06 PM
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3. Video of the comment
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:07 PM
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5. Dems would be crucified for a fraction of this.
Disgusting.
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:11 PM
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8. You got it
Freepers allowed to have bigots call Dem candidates names, but goodness gracious, if we brought this up with them for a bigoted comment, oh no, she's free to say what she wants.
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PresidentObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:32 PM
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31. I'm just glad we're better then that.
:puke:
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:07 PM
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44. well, we do have this
tee-hee

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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:40 PM
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78. Queen of the Damned.
"UPDATE II: Andrew Sullivan was (I believe) present at this event, and said this about Coulter's speech:

When you see her in such a context, you realize that she truly represents the heart and soul of contemporary conservative activism, especially among the young. The standing ovation for Romney was nothing like the eruption of enthusiasm that greeted her. . . .

Her endorsement of Romney today - "probably the best candidate" - is a big deal, it seems to me. McCain is a non-starter. He is as loathed as Clinton in these parts. Giuliani is, in her words, "very, very liberal." One of his sins? He opposed the impeachment of Bill Clinton. That's the new standard. She is the new Republicanism. The sooner people recognize this, the better.

She is the face of what the hard-core Republican Party has become, particularly during the Bush presidency. That is why she holds the position she holds in that movement. That's why Mitt Romney was giddy with glee when her name passed his lips. He knows that her endorsement is valuable precisely because she holds great sway within the party, and she holds great sway because the hard-core party faithful consider her a hero for expressing the thoughts which they themselves believe but which other, less courageous Republican figures are afraid to express.

This is not about a single comment or isolated remark. The more Ann Coulter says these things, the more popular she becomes in this movement. What this is about is that she reflects exactly what sort of political movement this is. She reflects its true impulses and core beliefs. If that were not the case, why would she continue to receive top billing at their most prestigious events, and why would she continue to be lavished with rock star-adoration by the party faithful?"


http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/02/cpac/index.html
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:06 PM
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4. She is a horrible person
And just an example of the kind of people we are up against.
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:13 PM
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14. Would she call Obama the "N" word if gets nominated?
I mean, where does she stop?
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fuzzyball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:52 PM
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37. No "N" word but you will hear Barack Hussein or B.O.
quite frequently. I don't think even Ann the Man will stoop
so low as to use the "Nxxxxr" word.
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Richard D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:19 PM
Response to Reply #14
48. You can be sure . . .
. . . she uses that word in private often.
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rep the dems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:39 PM
Response to Reply #48
53. And I can only hope that one day it will slip out in public, and everyone
who has yet to realize how sick she is will at last get a clue.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 03:03 PM
Response to Reply #53
114. Limbaugh calls Obama
a halfrimerican ...
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:21 PM
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22. In a sane world voters would listen to what people like mAnn are saying..
and respond, "This is who represents our party? No thanks, I'm going to look at joining a party that is run by adults who don't use hate speech for hate's sake."

Instead, they hoot, holler and cheer her on. She's a god to them, they think she's smart, attractive and right! :scared:
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:09 PM
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7. ANN
So did you swallow Rush Limbaugh, that adams apple is big....:rofl:


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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:11 PM
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10. Geez, she looks like Wayland Flowers' old sidekick
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:16 PM
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16. WAYLAND FLOWERS AND MADAME
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 05:19 PM by Parche
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cui bono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:02 PM
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41. lol
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:11 PM
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9. Wow. Solid hate.
You can't even work your way through to her words. It's just solid hate.

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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:12 PM
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11. She's just plain disgusting
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BlueStater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:12 PM
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12. What's wrong with Gore's weight?
At least you can tell he's been eating unlike say,



:puke:
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:18 PM
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19. Anyway, Al has lost about 40 pounds lately
Gosh, I wonder what he's losing weight for ...
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:23 PM
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26. Oh, wow.
I told a friend the other day, if Al Gore starts losing weight, he's seriously considering running.

I'd rather have Big Al than a skinny-boned mean-assed sonofabitch like bush, any day.
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:30 PM
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30. I'd take Al Gore at any weight
Unfortunately, he is easier for the right wing hate machine to attack when he's heavier.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:53 PM
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39. "... easier for the right wing hate machine to attack when he's heavier."
But nary a word about Rush Limbaugh's weight, or Barbara Bush's (the Battleaxe) weight, or Jeb Bush's weight, or Dick Cheney's weight or ... well, doesn't matter. Attacking appearances is the lowest form of criticism, but when you attack that way, like Coultergeist, then that makes her fair game for the same criticism.

Al Gore is 60 and looking fine. Try to imagine what Coulter will look like at 60. :scared:
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Phredicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:26 PM
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49. Coultergeist at 60? She'll make Keith Richards look handsome!
Assuming she lives that long. I suspect my man Keef is made of stronger stuff than she is.
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:05 PM
Response to Reply #49
58. Reminds me of a Stones song, Shattered
That's what the GOP is, and they are grasping at straws by inviting a maggot to do their biddin'.

"Shattered" lyrics at the end

"Bite the big apple
Don't mind the ......ts"

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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 05:25 PM
Response to Reply #49
118. Coultergeist at 60, still wearing black ...
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:43 PM
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79. THis sonofabitch?
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:28 PM
Response to Reply #79
80. Yeah, that's the one.
What'd I say? Mean, skinny-assed sonofabitch? Let me add, he's ugly, too, and Condi dresses him funny.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:17 PM
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17. It's truly sad
that this passes for discourse nowadays. The idea of the 'loyal opposition' is no longer. And of course, were any 'liberal' writer to say ANYTHING like this, it would be all over the airwaves. I'm willing to bet this barely makes a ripple in the MSM............ :mad:
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:17 PM
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18. She's still upset she was turned down for gender reassignment
I officially apologize to the transgendered community if they are offended by that joke.
I certainly wouldn't want to associate the innocent with that bitch either, but ...
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 01:15 AM
Response to Reply #18
85. If you really cared about the trans community, why would you slam them before the apology?
:shrug:
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 03:56 AM
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87. Never mind ... if you're looking for a reason to be offended, you will be
There are enough legitimate offenses in life without going out in search of them.

End of thread.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 10:17 AM
Response to Reply #87
90. And there are enough legitimate reasons to attack her without resorting to bigotry.
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 11:34 AM
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91. Mentioning it isn't bigotry
It's disparaging it that is bigotry. I'm no more disparaging the transgendered community
when I make a joke than fat people are disparaged when Rush Limbaugh is sniped at. I understand
the significant factor being commented about is Limbaugh, not his weight -- that said, no one is even commenting on transgender issues when they joke about Mann Coulter. They're joking about *gender* issues, and we all have one of those.

That said, welcome to my ignore list.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:02 PM
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92. Put me on your ignore list, too -- because Haruka is right
"apologizing" in advance for a slur isn't apologizing. It's a slur. And, I'm not looking for a reason to eb offended -- this legitimately IS offensive. YOU KNOW what you wrote was offensive, or you wouldn't have started out the statement with your passive-aggressive "apology." Substitute "black," "female," "Jewish," etc. Same thing.

I am not TG, nor knowingly know any TG person IRL -- but so what? The transphobia on DU can be appalling, especially in relation to Anne Coulter.

Gender reassignment. Ugh.

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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 05:24 PM
Response to Reply #92
117. Thank you, that makes it easier n/t
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:04 PM
Response to Reply #91
93. Add me too
Please.
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 05:24 PM
Response to Reply #93
116. Thank you, that makes it easier n/t
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:04 PM
Response to Reply #91
94. Ann Coulter is NOT transgendered, so your Limbaugh analogy is ridiculous
She's not transgendered or a man. She's a biological, female-identified female. The "Mann Coulter" comments are a transgendered slam, regardless of whatever spin you attempt to put on it.

And, if you make fun of Limbaugh's weight, then it is sniping at overweight people. He's another one where there are a million legitimate reasons to complain about him, without resorting to childish crap.

BTW, I'm quite proud of myself. You're the first person in my long time at DU to ever flat out state they were putting me on ignore.

:woohoo:
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:07 PM
Response to Reply #94
96. Aw, she took your virginity!
Edited on Sat Mar-03-07 12:08 PM by bicentennial_baby
Welcome to the club....I'm a veteran of the getting publicly put on ignore fun...Glad to have you :pals:
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:10 PM
Response to Reply #96
97. Talk about taking the absolute last shreds of virginity.
:rofl:
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:14 PM
Response to Reply #97
98. Well, yeah, but
Edited on Sat Mar-03-07 12:14 PM by bicentennial_baby
that goes without saying :rofl:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 04:40 PM
Response to Reply #87
115. "END OF THREAD!"
:eyes:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:38 PM
Response to Reply #18
109. You're being a bigot, whether you mean to or not.
Here's the deal: We have no reason to believe Ann is trans, and pretty darn good evidence (yearbook photos, etc) that she isn't. She's apparently just a hateful and somewhat malproportioned woman who needs to shut up and eat a sandwich or twenty.

But instead of insulting who she is inside, which is fair game, you insult your perception of her gender, which simply doesn't matter if you're an equality-minded person. If we found out today that Ann was born with a penis, she'd be no more or less vile than she is at this very moment. What's disgusting about her is not what's hidden in her crusty cum-stained underwear, it's what's escaping from her lips.
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:20 PM
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21. Self-Esteem 101
Anyone who throws out insults thinks poorly of themselves! She is to be pitied , but ignored. On the other hand....give that skinny bitch a milkshake!
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:21 PM
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23. Words of wisdom from a streetwalking strung-out crack whore.
My apologies to streetwalkers everywhere.
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suziedemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:17 PM
Response to Reply #23
47. Exactly!!! Who can be that thin w/o being a total drug addict?
AND - the camera adds pounds!!!

Al Gore 400 pounds - from that wench? There is no word in the English language bad enough to describe her!

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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:21 PM
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24. MSNBC from yesterday: 10 Women Who Make Us Cringe. (Guess who?)
You would think someone who looks like this when she's faking a smile, would refrain from making remarks about other people's appearances.



Yes, we’re all entitled to First Amendment protections of the Constitution, short of yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. But ultra-conservative right-wing commentator and author Ann Coulter seems to think it’s her birthright to criticize and lambaste whoever she wants, regardless of the facts or the impact of her vitriol.

http://lifestyle.msn.com/mindbodyandsoul/womenintheworld/staticslideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=3367340&imageindex=4

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Catfight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:52 PM
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38. Yikes, she looks like a stripper. She ranks up there with the media whores
that can't shut up and go away because they know they are nothing without shocking people by the bigoted hate talk they spew. John Edwards should press charges.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:27 PM
Response to Reply #38
50. She looks more like an X-ray gone bad.
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:16 PM
Response to Reply #24
46. Wow, lay off the crank
Annie. Your eyes are ready to pop sir.
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:22 PM
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25. .
It was also reported that the other guest speakers, Hitler, Goering and Freisler, had a great laugh as well.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:23 PM
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27. Looks like Rush Limp Pole has another talking point against Edwards
I'm sure he'll alude to it whenever he can.

Rejoice Repigs! You have a talking point that just shuts it down!


:sarcasm:



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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:24 PM
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28. Not exactly a rousing endorsement from the audience.
The first reaction was clearly groans....then they got politically correct with nervous laughs and muted applause. Even they know she's an embarrassment to their cause. I think her hour and 15 minutes of fame is drawing to a close. She's got no second act and the 1st one is pretty well worn out.
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PresidentObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:24 PM
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29. I know a few Rush listeners in my family who don't even take her seriously.
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 05:25 PM by Kerry2008
Half of my family is very religious, ringwing Republicans. And most of them don't buy the BS that comes out of her mouth. Granted, most conservatives do because they want red meat and foam out the mouth to get hitmen (and hitwomen) to attack liberals with the rules being anything goes.

I guess even with all the hypocrisy of my GOP family, they at least know Ann Coulter is full of shit.

:puke:
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:39 PM
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32. Feeding the ultimate troll.
A great article on why freaking out over Ann's ravings is counterproductive:

http://www.buffalobeast.com/102/coulter.htm

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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 09:30 PM
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69. Good Essay
This godless Liberal thanks you for posting the link. :bounce:
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:45 PM
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33. The sad thing is that the neocons in the audience probably gave her a standing ovation
Every book of hers that pollutes a bookstore shelf should be sabotaged.
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:51 PM
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36. A had some mischevious fun in a Target store 2 yrs. ago.
The book department prominently displayed 10 copies of Annie's new book. I grabbed 10 copies of Al Franken's book and set them in front of hers. Tee-hee.
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:12 PM
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45. Good job!
Although I've been tempted to do worse, I always turn her books with the back cover facing out on the shelf and sometimes try to hide them like you do. I think I'm gonna print off some "Warning: Propaganda!" sheets in huge font and start inserting them inside the front cover of her books. I'll be sure to have some anti-bacterial hand cleanser with me to use after touching her filthy books.
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Beartracks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 05:23 AM
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88. Yep, they love the name-calling stuff...
...and that's why she keeps doing it. (It's what passes for thoughtful analysis and deep thinking in some circles.)

She strikes me as a child sometimes.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:48 PM
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34. she totally planned that, without a doubt.
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:50 PM
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35. Cheney eats babies...
...to keep his undead flesh "life-like and supple", and if he HAD died in that Afghanistan assassination tape, they just would have scraped one of those lesions from Bush's face and cloned another Cheney.
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sofa king Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:56 PM
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40. Sofa King refers to Coulter as "pus-filled disinformation maggot" during DU rant.
And now I feel better. But not that much.
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gratefultobelib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:03 PM
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42. What a nasty person.
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kdpeters Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:04 PM
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43. Sometimes I think the people still listening to her need even more help than she does
Seriously people. Pigs live in shit. There's nothing surprising or shocking about anything Ann Coulter says. That's just who she is. That's just what she does. It doesn't mean anything. You have nothing to gain and nothing to learn from someone like that. Lay off the pitiful despicable miserable creature. She can't help it.
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:29 PM
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51. Is that the best she can do?
I mean, if you're going to be completely vile, could you at least try to be a little more original than name-calling? I'd love to give an example (incorporating AC of course), but I don't feel like being banned from DU today.
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rep the dems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:33 PM
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52. Repulsive homophobic bitch.
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 06:36 PM by rep the dems
If she spent the next 50 years of her life in prison getting the shit beaten out of her, I don't think I'd care.

Also Romney can go fuck himself for praising the scumbag. Awful, awful people.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:40 PM
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54. Gotta love Freedom of Speech :)
:toast:
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citizen snips Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:48 PM
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55. nice try Ann
but who gives a fuck what you have to say?
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:52 PM
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56. She must be feeling awfully threatened by Edwards.
The same goes for Gore and Obama.

She is a pitiful excuse for a human being.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:58 PM
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:07 PM
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59. Welcome to the DU
Good point..

:hi:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:24 PM
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106. Why should she be called "It"?
She's female. And, even if she WAS TG, she wouldn't be an "It," she would be a she.

I betcha another flameout will be happening soon.

Wow. Unreal.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:27 PM
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107. She is female, hence the "her." Even if she was a transgendered woman, she would still be "her."
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:33 PM
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60. UPDATE: Howard Dean Blasts Coulter
Governor Dean Blasts Coulter’s Slur, Calls on GOP Presidential Candidates to Denounce It

During her presentation to today’s Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC), political pundit Ann Coulter used the word “faggot” to describe a Democratic presidential candidate. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today condemned her remarks and called on the Republican presidential contenders to denounce them.

Dean:
"There is no place in political discourse for this kind of hate-filled and bigoted comments. While Democrats and Republicans may disagree on the issues, we should all be able to agree that this kind of vile rhetoric is out of bounds. The American people want a serious, thoughtful debate of the issues. Republicans -- including the Republican presidential candidates who shared the podium with Ann Coulter today -- should denounce her hateful remarks."


http://www.democrats.org/a/2007/03/dean_blasts_ann.php
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PresidentObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 08:39 PM
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65. That's our chairman.
:yourock: HOWARD DEAN!!

Lets hear the RW denounce her hateful remarks, cause you know they'd DEMAND the same thing in return.
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:36 PM
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61. Coulter should be hung around neck of EVERY GOP Candidate in '08
Democrats desperately need to make sure that Couletr becomes an issue in '08. They need to challenege each and every GOP candidate about her comments and the conservative gathering where she spewed it.
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AshevilleGuy Donating Member (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 08:11 PM
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62. She is losing her mind.
That is all just nuts. Doesn't make sense from any standpoint. Of course she is afraid Edwards will be nominated, because he would be tough for them to beat, but her choice of epithets is just WAAAAY out there.

Oh well, it doesn't hurt out guys any.
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 08:29 PM
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63. I posted this on a Conservative board I frequent...
and they are not responding. This is a good thing. They are ashamed to be associated with Coulter. We need to use this to bash the Repubs that are running.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 08:32 PM
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64. Coulter is the PERFECT spokesperson for the Religious Reich
I say we commend her for being exactly what the movement she represents reflects. Her hatefulness, her childish namecalling, her myopic and utterly predictable alliance to the Republican party like it's a football team or a country club, her obvious homophobia and the fact that she's a barren witch make her perfect for the part.

Ann, the Religious Reich loves you. You love their wars based on lies, their attack on the Middle Class, their abject mission to turn our country into a Taliban-like theocracy and the cheers from their chickenhawk pieholes. And they will pay to watch you play the part.

Then there's this thing called karma. You don't worry your little head about that....




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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 09:25 PM
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67. Edwards' health care plan would help Coulter get the therapy that
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 09:29 PM by spooky3
she desperately needs.

Anyone willing to disgrace him or herself so thoroughly for money is very sick.

Here's hoping her family intervenes, and soon.

on edit--and as Dr. Dean asks--where is the condemnation from the Rethug. candidates who appeared with Coulter?
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 09:28 PM
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68. She's garbage, and talks trash about all Democrats......
she's an equal opportunity Democrat hater, she is!

Down with her.

I'm not sure why we are even giving her the time of day!
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 09:54 PM
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71. We agree on something :)
:hi:
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 09:53 PM
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70. This "encyclopedia" article about her I think explains her attitude
It is very *cough cough* informative *wink wink*

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Ann_Coulter

It's pretty, um...

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:


Let me put it this way.... if I copy and paste any of the text, the mods will delete the message!!!
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:08 PM
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:21 PM
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73. ...and 13 recs for Ann
wowsa, 13 agree with her :shrug:
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:29 PM
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81. No, the rec'ds are for denouncing her bigotry
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 11:31 PM by benny05
The uniter Queen of Mean for the decider-in-chief.

AP, Reuters, NYT=not a damned mention of the comment.

I'm very proud of the DU and the progressive blogs shouting her remarks down. We all know it's not right. It's just ain't right. Bigotry is wrong.



:toast: :spank:

Adios Multiple Choice Mittens. Coulter's got your back for now, but watch out. She's known to carry a sharp shooter with her.
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AshevilleGuy Donating Member (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:22 PM
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74. No one will believe he is gay.
I am myself, so I know a little bit about the subject. He does dress a little too perfectly, but I would NEVER think of him as anything but 100% heterosexual - this is why I am astounded at her choice of epithets. I suspect it was just the first hate word that came to her twisted mind, and once she said it, she couldn't change the attack.

And didn't she call President Gore a f-- ? He is likewise 100% NOT gay. This sounds like high school bullshit. It hurts only CPAC.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:27 PM
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AshevilleGuy Donating Member (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:33 PM
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76. Well, they will vote repuke anyway.
What waddle? I've never noticed anything about him that implies he is gay - the voice (overprojected) and/or the eyes usually clue me in, but in his case it just isn't there. And anyone who thinks that Bill Clinton is gay, has no idea what they are talking about.

I am a worrier, but not over this.
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Cameron27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:18 PM
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102. Ditto that...
what waddle...I never noticed any waddle. Good Lord it just gets so silly.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:19 PM
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103. Wow, "It" -- how transparent can you be?
NICE transphobia there, bucko. I hate Coulter, but I would NEVER call a TGed person (which she isn't) an "It." EVER.

And, don't try to act innocent and say you didn't mean it that way: You Mann Coulter shit posted above belies that.

Damn, Liberty University's break started already, huh?
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:23 PM
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105. What the hell is the "waddle?" Gay men "waddle?" News to me, and I'm sure I know more than you do.
Oh and could you possibly be more transphobic. "It?" Jesus Christ, even if Anne Coulter was transgendered (which she is NOT), she would still be "she."

Are you sure you're at the right website? Maybe you're lost.
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:36 PM
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83. It doesn't matter
How Edwards dresses. I'm surprised at this level of comment.

She's snapping back because he was backin' Meehan's repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" recently.

http://johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/20070227-dontask/

Rudy must be relieved she's backing Romney for now. If he gets the nom, wonder what her flipper comment will be then?

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NDP Donating Member (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 01:05 AM
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84. Like "dress" has anything to do with why she said it
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:05 PM
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95. Your transphobia is showing
How embarrasing for you! :o
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:14 PM
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99. His "mannerisms?" "MAnn Cunter?"
Wow. Just wow.

Homophobia, transphobia, and misogyny.

Ladies and gentlemen, we've hit the trifecta here.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:15 PM
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100. Hat trick!
Alerted, of course :)
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:16 PM
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101. Oh brother
Edited on Sat Mar-03-07 12:22 PM by LostinVA
Everyone reeay for another flameout soon?
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:41 PM
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110. What are you talking about?
Waddle walk???

I am not an Edwards supporter, but it seems very obvious that he is a man very happily married to a woman for I think around 30 years.

What you are responding to may be the subliminal (and more overt) attempts of Rove in 2004 to question the mascalinity of Kerry and Edwards. In Kerry's case it was the stupid metrosexual stuff - where Fox's Cameron made up quotes. There was an attempt to make up doubts in both cases - when there was nothing in either of their pasts that led to these doubts.

Maureen Dowd also contributed to this - and in today's op-ed, suggests that Obama was in touch with him feminine side - and didn't hit back enough on the Geffen stuff. Aside from the fact, that most of us here thought Obama hit back very well and the MSM actually thought that striking back hurt his "clean campaign" image. To me his response was just right - it wasn't a big deal.

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Clarkie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:35 PM
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77. I really don't think we should pay attention to her. Not sure posting her here is a good idea.
Just put her on ignore and deny her any attention...works with children.
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cadmium Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 05:55 PM
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119. It cant' be ignored unfortunately. It will echo among the right-wingers
who like what she says. The best thing is to do is to do what Bonior is doing, which is to make it a rallying cry. I recommend always referring to her as "Republican Anne Coulter". When she embarrasses them enough they shut her up. She was nowhere to be found for a few months after she was slapped around by Kristen Powers on Hannity.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:32 PM
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82. MP3: Some of Coulter's comments with Deliverance music
http://www.awolcowboy.com/mp3/coulter.mp3

BTW, I'm working on a Coulter song and will post on YouTube this weekend hopefully... tentatively titled "Ann Is Really A Man"...


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rep the dems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 01:46 PM
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111. I can't wait until one of those people she makes fun of wins the presidency. nt
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 02:54 AM
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86. Coulter is so not a woman
and she is not worth even writing a sentence about. Conclude here and hide thread, post haste. I'm not giving this POS another nanosecond of my time.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:19 PM
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104. Really, how is she so not a woman?
I would LOVE to hear the explanation behind this jewel of wisdom.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 12:27 PM
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108. Coulter is a Nazi sociopath, but of course she's a woman
Jeebus.

Those evil TGs and gays!!!!
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 05:49 AM
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 02:06 PM
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112. Could you please explain what you mean by that second sentence?
It seems to imply that all gays are twisted, but the Republican ones are just more twisted.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 02:22 PM
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113. That was how I read it as well...
:shrug:
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