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==Edwards controversy==
==Edwards controversy==
On Friday, March 2nd, 2007, speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), she said:
On Friday, March 2nd, 2007, speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), she 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 '[slur for homosexual]'<ref>The American Heritage Dictionary lists two meanings for the word: "''Offensive Slang'' Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man"[http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/F0011100.html] and a variant spelling of a word meaning "A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together"[http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/F0011300.html]</ref> so I'm - so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/ Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur], CNN, March 4, 2007</ref>
: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'<ref>The American Heritage Dictionary lists two meanings for the word: "''Offensive Slang'' Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man"[http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/F0011100.html] and a variant spelling of a word meaning "A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together"[http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/F0011300.html]</ref> so I'm - so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/ Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur], CNN, March 4, 2007</ref>
No leading conservative group criticized Ann Coulter for this remark. A few less prominent and liberal-leaning groups did distance themselves from this statement. Amy Ridenour, president of a [[libertarian]] group that was one of numerous supporters of the conference, commented:
No leading conservative group criticized Ann Coulter for this remark. A few less prominent and liberal-leaning groups did distance themselves from this statement. Amy Ridenour, president of a [[libertarian]] group that was one of numerous supporters of the conference, commented: