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: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]' 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 '[slur for homosexual]' 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> | ||
Revision as of 02:12, March 6, 2007
Ann Coulter (b. 1961) is a bestselling author of books that present conservative views in a polemical way.
Some of her books include Godless: The Church of Liberalism, Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right, and Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism.
Edwards controversy
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]' so I'm - so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."[1]
Amy Ridenour, president of one of the conservative groups funding the conference, commented:
- We conservatives have enough trouble overcoming the false things that are said about us without paying for a platform upon which we shoot ourselves annually in the foot."[2]
Rev. Patrick Mahoney of The Christian Defense Coalition said "With so many pressing issues facing the American public, one should never resort to vicious name calling or personal attacks in an attempt to prove a political point," said Coulter had "diminished herself and her message," and said he would have preferred "to have heard Ann expose and dissect the radical agenda of Senator Edwards instead of restoring to cheap name calling."[3]
A coalition of conservative bloggers petitioned CPAC not to extend further speaking invitations to Coulter, saying it was time to "make a stand for political civility," "draws attention to herself, rather than placing the spotlight on conservative ideas," and suggesting that "the Age of Ann has passed."[4]
In response to the criticism, Coulter said "C'mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean."[5]
Notes and references
- ↑ Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur, CNN, March 4, 2007
- ↑ Ann Coulter at CPAC, Amy Ridenour's comments at website of the National Center for Public Policy Research
- ↑ Ann Coulter's Use of [slur in Describing Senator Edwards Denounced by Christian Defense Coalition
- ↑ An Open Letter to CPAC Sponsors and Organizers Regarding Ann Coulter, The American Mind website
- ↑ New York Times, as cited in CNN story[1]