Jason Mattera of College Republicans defends Coulter by calling Edwards a "girly man."

[madfloridian]

Good Lord where did these obnoxious mind numbing young people come from? On the same show Rich Lowry was defending her as well because it was a slur no one older than 12 would use.

They loves them some Ann Coulter, they really do.


Jason Mattera is the spokeman of the "Young America's Foundation", which is a lavishly funded effort from right wing millionaires to indocterinate and develop the next generation of ultra-conservative leaders. YAF is nationwide and spends tens of millions of dollars on recruiting and organizing young conservatives and sponsoring seminars, etc.
http://theinsidedope.blogspot.com/2005_08_07_theinsidedope_archive.html

The next generation of conservative leaders? Lord help us all.

Fox hosted Lowry, Mattera to defend, downplay Coulter's homophobic slur

Mattera claimed that Coulter "was making a joke not about homosexuality, or calling John Edwards a fag," but was instead "pointing out that political correctness stifles speech." Mattera later claimed that Coulter was, in fact, making a joke about Edwards, but that "she was basically calling John Edwards a wuss, that he was a girlie-man, and that if he were elected president he would probably embolden Al Qaeda to attack us," adding that Coulter "knows how to communicate a message to an audience, especially to college students, and she got rousing -- rousing applause and rousing standing ovations throughout the event."

Be sure to view the video as well.

I wonder if he is a graduate of the Leadership Council like Karl Rove and Jeff Gannon.

The GOP's "controlled controversy"...outrageous enough to make us angry. Deliberate.

[moc]

1. Why isn't he in uniform on his way to Iraq? Only one possible reason.

He's a girly-man.

[UrbScotty]

3. I'd like to nominate this for a DUzy Award!

:thumbsup:

[Cabcere]

28. LOL! Seconded.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[eagler]

55. My thoughts exactly. All these types should sign up or shut up!

[UrbScotty]

2. Good God... the same guy who polluted my school at an affirmative action debate?

What an idiot.

[muntrv]

4. So, Jason. If Ann called Barack Obama a n*gger, would you say it was

just a joke?

[tblue]

7. Good analogy. And yes I bet he would say that, knowing full well it was no joke

And even if it was, it was an inexcusable, immoral, vicious, sick joke.

[progdonkey]

33. calling Edwards a fag is even more non-sensical, though...

At least Obama actually is black, so she'd would be using a "correct" epithet for him.

Edwards isn't even gay and hasn't ever been accused of such, so not only was this bigoted, it was just totally out of nowhere and a total non-sequitur. If it had been Al Gore, who has been made fun of for having a bit of a lisp and slightly effeminate manner (not agreeing with it, just saying that it's been a common parody), it would at least make some sense.

But with Edwards it's just totally random.

I think a better analogy would be if she had called Edwards a nigger, since that makes as much sense as calling him a fag.

[Raksha]

47. John Edwards is a very good-looking man,

and that's ALL this is about. They are trying to turn a natural asset into a liability, because they're Repukes and that's what they do. This is nothing more than swiftboating, just a little more cheesy and juvenile than usual (if that's even possible).

[progdonkey]

50. yeah, I get what you're saying... :-)

Kerry was a well-decorated war hero, so they try to make it a liability by saying, "Well, he only got those Purple Hearts because he shot himself!"

John Edwards is good-looking and well-spoken, but "he's only like that because he's a closet homo!"

[karynnj]

54. Al Gore never ever seemed effiminate to me ever

It also was NOT a common parody - that he was wooden was and the pedantic way he spoke was.

Maureen Dowd seems the source of that - and she seems to have accused many Democrats of that.

It is beyond sleasy that in defending Edwards from a stupid baseless claim by saying it would make more sense to say it of another Democrat.

[progdonkey]

57. never did to me, either...

I think you're taking the wrong meaning when I say it "makes sense." I didn't mean, "Oh, I can see what they're getting at, etc." but rather that it references an already-established "theme" about someone (and Gore having a slight lisp and being effeminate, etc., is one of the ones I've seen--it's really stupid, of course, but it's been out there).

Calling someone who's black a nigger "makes sense" in that the person hurling the epithet is using a term that commonly corresponds to blacks (mind you, I said "makes sense" and not "is justified"). I'm white, and if someone called me a spear chucker, I don't know whether I'd be more insulted or confused--the person's labeling me with a racial epithet and is meaning to insult me, but I'm not even a member of that race, so why did they think that would be the term to use, instead of something that actually corresponds to white people?

I wasn't assigning a value judgment to either (ie. calling someone a fag is worse than calling someone a nigger, etc.), but that Ann Coulter is so nuts, she throws around epithets that just don't even correspond to the person she's hurling them at. Like calling a Italian a chink, or something--it's still an epithet and shows the person to be a bigot, but it also just doesn't even make sense. Or taunting a very thin person with "hey, fatty!"

I don't really see how I was being "sleazy." Obviously I didn't state my point clearly enough, but I certainly wasn't saying it would've been better or less condemnable if Ann Coulter had called Obama a nigger instead of Edwards a faggot.

Besides, it was just a little offside comment to argue that Coulter is both a bigot and just plain nuts. I wasn't trying to lessen her comments or say I'd have no problem if it had been a comment about someone who actually is gay like Barney Frank, for instance.

[badgerpup]

37. How about if your heroine...

...got called a c*nt...
"Just joking- hey, at least I'm saying she's a woman, and not some kind of freaky-ass transvestite...and not a particularly sweet one, either!"

Would that be OK? :sarcasm:

[Zhade]

61. You'd be surprised how many assholes think the two don't equate.

They are, of course, mindfuckingly stupid to believe that.

[TomClash]

5. Watch

He'll come out of the closet next week.

[tblue]

8. They always do, or so it seems

[monmouth]

6. His millionaire daddy wants him to continue the Republican line

and pays the tuition to make sure junior passes on the "word."

[muntrv]

9. Young America Foundation sounds like the perfect age group for the Army.

:evilgrin:

[yourout]

10. Why is Jason "He Man" Mattera not in Iraq?

If he is such a Chest Thumping tough guy then get his ass "Surging" over to Iraq...The coward.

[madfloridian]

21. On Hardball he said he was "fighting the battle for ideas." Video

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/08/06.html#a4334

He's fighting a "culture war."

[yourout]

In other words.....he's all for the war as long as he doesn't ....

have to serve. Bring back a draft with no exemptions and lets see how he feels about it then.

[DRoseDARs]

27. Aren't they all? n/t

:shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

32. Isn't the "ideas" battle being fought in Iraq?

What greater ideological point could he make than by putting on a uniform and personally taking out an entire Al Qaeda division?

Wouldn't that strike a blow for "freedom and democracy"?

[devilgrrl]

34. the battle for BAD ideas!

:eyes: so typical

[erpowers]

11. Gulinani, Bush, and Cheney Real Girlie Men

I am so sorry to insult women and girls by using their sex in the same line as Gulinani, Bush, and Cheney. I know it is the greatest insult that could be leveled against women and girls; however, I could not think of anything else. Anyway, at least our men do not blame their affairs on their wives, by claiming that they only reason they had an affair was that their wives were mean to them and screamed at them. In addition, at least our guys do not call for wars and encourage young men and women to go to those wars, but then when they are asked say that the war is not for them to fight. The Republican Party is the party with the real girlie men. To the women and girls I am so sorry to insult you, but I could not think of anything else. Hopefully you will find it in your hearts to forgive me.

[BlueStater]

12. These idiots are too much

There really isn't anything much more outrageous that Coulter could say except maybe call Obama a "nigger". And I bet these freaks would even find a way to defend that.

[B Calm]

13. Just for college age republicans, they need a draft!

[iamjoy]

14. Let's Nominate Mattera

for Conservative Idiot, please!

Mr. Edwards climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro - have you, Mr. Mattera? Mr. Edwards could probably outrun Secret Service agents, can you?

Besides, when did we start picking our Presidents based on who is the most "manly"?

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. I saw this fuckstick on C-SPAN one day last winter. When asked

why he didn't volunteer for Iraq he replied that he was on a "much more important mission recruiting kids for his organization" or something to that effect.

Grab a uniform and a gun, you pathetic greasy-headed freak. We'll welcome you home - at Dover, Delaware.

God, these people make me ill................

[opihimoimoi]

24. all ya ever hear from these Pukes are EXCUSES...like anal cysts...lol

[Cha]

16. "Models the new hip combover

favored by today college repukes" ..is that a joke?

Why isn't he in fucking Iraq?

[AlCzervik]

17. Shouldn't he be suiting up in inferior body armor to defend Glorious Freedoms in Iraq right now?

[proud patriot]

18. they're both jealous

because Edwards is so darn cute

[madfloridian]

19. These bloggers scare me....defending Coulter by attacking everyone else.

http://returnoftheconservatives.blogspot.com/2007/03/in-support-of-ann-coulter.html

It is disturbing to me.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

20. coulter called lowry a girlie man back in 2001

after he dropped her column.

[madfloridian]

22. LOL

:rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

23. Only a matter of time before he implodes...Look at um....all puffed up...

Ewwwwww

[Poiuyt]

25. Yeah, he's real macho looking

What the hell is with that hair?

[AlCzervik]

26. hail caesar? hail Caligula?

[Cha]

31. hail bush.

hail laughing hyenas.

[lonestarnot]

29. Someone should remind him that his GOP is the Grand Ole Perverts.

party and that little boys are their delicacy as history has shown.

[karlrschneider]

30. This guy just broke the needle off my gaydar detector.

:eyes:

[Canuckistanian]

35. Damn, and those things are expensive

It takes YEARS to calibrate one.

[karlrschneider]

39. And to make things worse, there ain't a single one on ebay.

:silly:

[cascadiance]

36. Fascists R'Us!

[roamer65]

38. Mattera, you fucking POS, get your ass to Iraq.

Go fight for your fuhrer's Turd Reich.

[Irreverend IX]

40. Young Republicans...

Are the most craven, sycophantic little pansies ever to defile the earth with their presence. During my college years, they were the loudest squealers when anything offended their delicate sensibilities, and they were the fastest runners from military service or any other sort of duty. There was one guy who told me his way of supporting the troops in Iraq was buying at least three DVDs each week so the economy would stay healthy. John Edwards could kick the shit out of this guy and all his friends, but I don't think he'd want to sully his shoe.

[madfloridian]

41. More on that arrogant guy....Think Progress has some choice quotes.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/14/yaf-bans-progressives/

"Young America’s Foundation Student Conference Bans Progressive Reporters

Starting July 30, the Young America’s Foundation – which “specializes in helping young people advance conservative ideas” – will host the The National Conservative Student Conference.

Julie Siegel, a staff member at the Daily Pennsylvanian at UPenn, contacted YAF and asked for credentials to cover the convention on behalf of CampusProgress.org, the student publication at the Center for American Progress.

YAF’s spokesman Jason Mattera, who describes himself as “the surprisingly fresh face of conservatism,” denied her request:

Our event is open to real members of the press. You will not receive press credentials. My advice for you is to watch it on C-SPAN. If you have a problem with that decision, you can complain to the Foundation’s media department spokesman. Oh wait…that’s…me. :)

Isn't he clever and cute?

Here are the speakers at that conference.

http://students.yaf.org/conferences/college/index.cfm

[Swede]

42. These dumb fucks just don't get it.

And they don't get it,because they agree with her.

[Crunchy Frog]

43. When is he planning on shipping out to Iraq?

Or is he too much of a "girlie man" to actually stand up for what he believes in?

[Kerrytravelers]

44. I must have missed something. Why isn't he serving in Iraq?

[madfloridian]

45. He's busy fighting "culture wars" here at home...video from Hardball.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/08/06.html#a4334

[Kerrytravelers]

52. Ah. I see. What a good little patriot.

:puke:



What an ass.




:grr: I am unable to see videos. I can't wait to get that fixed. I miss so much! :grr:

[madfloridian]

46. Jesus's General covers this fine fellow after that Hardball appearance.

http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2005_08_07_archive.html#112336439124388107

"Your valor has not gone unnoticed. You became a conservative superstar when you created a "whites only scholarship" at Roger Williams University. More people know your name than the names of those who were killed in Iraq that very same day, Michael M. Merila, Christopher M. Taylor, and Nichole M. Frye. If you'd had gone to Iraq, you'd be as forgotten as they are.

Yes, you could sign up for the war you demanded that your peers fight, but instead, you choose to stand and fight to end the oppression of white people. It is a noble calling. If young men like you failed to heed its call, white people everywhere would continue to languish under the heavy boot of diversity. Thank God you chose the more difficult path."

And J.C. General also covered the righteous leader of the College Republicans...pictures.

http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2005_08_07_archive.html#112340233095170329

More here.
http://operationyellowelephant.blogspot.com/2005/08/truth-caucus-exclusive-photos.html

[WinkyDink]

48. And there you have it: the Democratic Party is the Party of wimps, to these punks.

We're pusillanimous traitors, though the punks don't enlist and WE defend the Constitution.

Caring about the poor and the infirm is unmanly, though the R-W claims to be THE Christians.

Democrats simply aren't macho enough. Just ask "Jeff Gannon".
That Jason Mattera himself looks like he might like watching wrestling, if you know what I mean, and I think you do.

[Warren DeMontague]

49. Did he draw that hair on his head with a sharpie?

For fuck's sake.

[spanone]

51. They'll be crawling out of the woodwork for years...who the hell cares what this asswipe says?

college republicans? Baby PNAC'ers????? fuck the mumbling little shit with his Nero hairdo.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

53. LOL..Nice hair douchebag.

:rofl:

[coda]

56. " John Edwards (wuss/girlie-man) probably embolden Al Qaeda... "

Yep, 'cause this "manly man*"/unemboldened Al Qaeda combo we got going now, it's the cats meow fer shur.....

[sakabatou]

58. A la the "Governator," huh?

[madfloridian]

59. There are two posts up at Kos today about another wonderful conservative fellow.

I ain't about to post them here, but there is a picture of Coulter and a conservative pundit with an unusual job. :evilgrin:

I mean these folks are shameless.

Never mind...someone already posted it here. :rofl:

[Oilwellian]

60. Greenwald perfectly described the Coulter phenomenon

Coulter plays a vital and irreplaceable role in this movement. The reason I linked to that Bob Somerby post on Maureen Dowd yesterday is because he makes the critical point -- one which Digby, among others, has been making for a long time, including in a great post last night -- concerning how the right-wing movement conducts itself and the rhetorical tool they use not only to keep themselves in power, but more importantly, to keep their needy, confused, and scared base feeling strong and protected. As Digby put it:

The underlying premise of the modern conservative movement is that the entire Democratic party consists of a bunch of fags and dykes who are both too effeminate and too masculine to properly lead the nation. Coulter says it out loud. Dowd hints at it broadly. And the entire press corps giggles and swoons at this shallow, sophomoric concept like a bunch of junior high pom pom girls.

Coulter insisted last night that she did not intend the remark as an anti-gay slur -- that she did not intend to suggest that John Edwards, husband and father, was gay -- but instead only used the word as a "schoolyard taunt," to call him a sissy. And that is true. Her aim was not to suggest that Edwards is actually gay, but simply to feminize him like they do with all male Democratic or liberal political leaders.

For multiple reasons, nobody does that more effectively or audaciously than Coulter, which is why they need her so desperately and will never jettison her. How could they possibly shun her for engaging in tactics on which their entire movement depends? They cannot, which is why they are not and will not.

The converse of this is equally true. As critical as it is to them to feminize Democratic and liberal males (and to masculinize the women), even more important is to create false images of masculine power and strength around their authority figures. The reality of this masculine power is almost always non-existent. The imagery is what counts.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/06/cult/index.html

[GRLMGC]

62. I can't get over that fucked up hair

I know its superficial, but look at it!

[HardRocker05]

63. it appears that repub women don't mind being the butt of at least half the insults that come

out of the mouths of repukes. i mean, it seems that every other day repukes hurl some "insult" at dems that (cover your ears) compares them to women. meanwhile, repuke women sit there smiling and say, 'yeah, what he said.'