Personally, I tune her out.

I believe she's free to say what she wants. I'm free to ignore her.

"ll you've done is give the left more ammunition that the right is a bunch of homophobic, ignorant, intolerant idiots. Why the hell do people keep giving her these chances to speak to large groups of conservatives?"" Says Jay.

Yes Jay she has except that i wouldn't tar the entire right (as some many lefties like to tar the entire left). But there is a significant audience on the right she speaks to and for. She's a disgrace and so are they.

Your piece was one of the best pieces of rationalization ,minimization and justification I may have actually ever read. And that's a disgrace.

So Hugh. DOes your analysis apply to Al Franken, and any number of hosts at Air America, and half of the Democratic politicians in congress? There is a significant audience they speak for when they spout things like "The American Taliban" Or "Hey you Jesus freaks" Or "The soldiers are murders comparable to Ghengis Khan" To paraphrase but a minute slice of the comments.

When you have no defense Ryan just change the subject. I'll answer your question after you tell us your position about the present issue.

I'd love to have seen one of the Republican candidates say, "Sure, I'll denounce and repudiate Ann Coulter ... the second I hear all the Democratic candidates denounce and repudiate Cindy Sheehan."

SS

Hugh, my thoughts mirror J's piece. Happy?

Now answer Ryan's query.

Marc are you Ryan?

Hugh, are you a shitheel? (Rhetorical question, you do not have ot answer.)

Well SS;

I looked at my heel and I see no shot on it.

ooops....shit on it.

The left has a problem with Ann Coulter because what she says is true and they don't like it.

Soooooo Rudi G., McCain and Romney have a problem with her too and that must make them part of the left? Who else ya got to run now smartguy?

See, at least they have some intellectual and moral honesty unlike.....

Hugh, nice try at blurring what smartguy said.

He said "that's why THE LEFT" has problems with Coulter.

That in no way means -- or even implies -- that everyone who has problems with Coulter is part of the left.

BTW, smartguy exaggerated a bit. It would have been more accurate to say that "that is one reason why a chunk of the left" has problems with her.

J.

Me? I think she makes many valid points, but is stupid in the way she goes about it and unnecessarily incinidary, and she also makes a number of points I don't like. Really, I don't like her all that much.She's a sensationalist and I wouldn't invite her over to dinner, nor would I probably go out to dinner with her. She belongs to the wing of the party that is "Everything my way or nothing, lets throw the baby out with the bathwater". I lump her in with many other politicians in the category of those that often do more harm than good, despite having many valid things to say. I don't defend her because she said a dumbass thing.

Now, how about YOU stop ducking and dodging and answer the question?

And no, I am not Marc.

OK Ryan:

Faggot, raghead, communist, fascist, traitor, america hater, baby killer, american taliban, jesus freak. growling fuck you to a senator, or anyone else for that matter and any other racist, sexist, anti-religious label of someone is unacceptable and worthy of condemnation whether the speaker be from the left, the middle or the right.

By the way I'm sure I left out lots of "labels". But I think you get my point.

Attempts by posters like Jay to rationalize, justify and minimize thos kind of slurs are beyond pathetic. At least Lorie in her post and some others have had the integrity to call it what it was.

Ann Coulter is very smart and I believe that one day she set out to make lots of money. There are many verbal bomb throwers on the left, so she likely decided she could make way more money throwing verbal bombs from the right. Who knows, she may not even be conservative, which explains many of her most provocative comments. She doesn't seem to care what damage she may do to conservatism in the long run as long as it brings in the bucks. You'll notice that over time Ann is throwing more and bigger verbal bombs, which is in keeping with a straggly to make money regardless of what damage she does to the cause she claims to represent. By the time she's done I expect that she'll be really wealthy (in the Oprah Winfrey league) and conservatism will have suffered considerable damage. That leads me to believe that Ann Coulter is really a lefty (in the Al Gore league), but lots smarter and willing to take the long term view. I expect Ann will one day announce a sudden enlightenment and publicly acclaim her liberalism. She'll likely rake in even more money then as she writes books embracing the left's hate for the right.

I would advise true conservatives to denounce Ann Coulter now before the damage to the cause is irreparable. Political hate speech should stay in the moralphobic left where it's fully embraced.

I've yet to find anyone with half an ounce of brains that can say Ann called Edwards a faggot.

All she said was she may have to go to rehab just for using the term. She may be right. Looks like with all the piling on the next step is for some dumbass leftie or rightie insist she enter rehab.

Geez. What a bunch of PC losers we have inhabiting this country. Reminds me of when almost "anyone" dies now, the first step is to call in the "counselors". GOOD GRIEF! Counselors? Suck it up, move on, people die.

Small nit to pick, Hugh ...

Ryan asked you a direct question:

So Hugh. DOes your analysis apply to Al Franken, and any number of hosts at Air America, and half of the Democratic politicians in congress? There is a significant audience they speak for when they spout things like "The American Taliban" Or "Hey you Jesus freaks" Or "The soldiers are murders comparable to Ghengis Khan" To paraphrase but a minute slice of the comments.

You responded:

I'll answer your question after you tell us your position about the present issue.

He answered your question.

Instead of responding to the question that he asked, you threw in a gratuitous slap at the right in your response - which served to generalize and minimize the offenses of the left.

By blurring and generalizing the message, you failed to have the integrity that Ryan displayed by his frank condemnation of Coulter and failed to demonstrate the integrity that you claimed that Jay lacked.

You also failed to answer the question IMO.

Luke:

Actually I think you need rehab. On second thought, forget it. Keep on trucking. Folks like you guarantee the continuing political losses of the right.

Ohio Voter:

You must be blind I guess or do you just read one comment and start frothing.

What I wrote in response applies to Franken any democrat or anyone else. Got it now? If you had an ounce of intellectual honesty you'd acknowledge I condemned any and all "slurs" by both sides.

You want me to add more labels? Would that make you happy? List them and I'll condemn them. Christ a mighty sometimes I wonder about folks like you.

Nah Hugh. No rehab needed here. I have been living and providing for myself all my life.

I sure don't need PC weenies from the far, far left telling me what I need or, for that matter, their help in providing it.

Proud conservative who have many liberal friends and we argue into the night sometimes but remain friends. We have yet to call a counselor or enter rehab because of our discussions.

Get over it Hugh, the men are in charge.

Well I wonder if you call one another faggots or traitors or jesus freaks or religious nuts or america haters etc.?

I suspect not. Thank you for making my point.

Jay, ggod job!

As to the humorless assholes who call for denouncement and distancing ones self; to all those assholes; Fuck you!

make that sanctimonious assholes!

If her goal was getting attention for herself, it was a success. Otherwise, it was not a wise comment as all it does is provide fodder for the imbecilic left wing media.

It cannot be left to blogs to try to interpret cerebral nuance for the masses.

Who is apologizing for Maher? There was no confusion about his wishing death on Cheney.

Ann Coulter Rocks! If all the faggots out there like Hugh don't like it, then tough shit.

Hugh:

Rethuglicans, repukelicans, fascists, Bushitler, Chimpy, Nazis, wingnuts (although that one is a nice little counterpoint to "moonbats," but not quite as amusing), Jesus freaks, Bible-thumpers, fundies...

You wanna play the "who has more and worse names than the other?" Pretty pointless to me.

J.

Compared to the daily fair of bombast and diatribe from the left, Ann is tame. She has no real responsibility, just stirs things up. What is shocking is how the current crop of wanna-bees responds to a comedic line.

Luke for Pres ...

The problem with bombthrowers is that they must keep going lower and lower to administer the same shock value and get the same attention. In their narcissistic desire, not to to set any limits, they become the story not their opponents. As for what little truths Ann reveals, the comments by the commenters speak for themselves. As for her 'faggot' comment about Edwards, being only contextual; this wasn't the first time.

Yeah, Ann creeps up to the line all the time and crosses it now and then.

But politics in America is a blood sport- always has been, always will be. We have had Presidential campaigns where the candidate's wife was called a whore, or the candidate was called an ape.

There are people on the Left who accuse the President of orchestrating 9/11 for profit. Compared to that, someone on the Right implying a Dem candidate might be a 'faggot' is pretty mild.

It's regrettable that ANY of this is part of the political dialogue, but there it is. That horse has left the barn.

Well Jay that was exactly my point to Ohio Voter and in 2 of my comments. Duh

Hugh:

Well I wonder if you call one another faggots or traitors.......

No we don't Hugh. Our biggest argument has been whether the right hated Clinton as much as the moonbat left hate GW Bush.

I say no way, some say of course, yet no one offers up any proof of the right's hatred of Clinton that comes close to the left's hatred of Bush.

Personally I didn't hate Clinton at all and found him humorous. I thought he had lots of chutzpah for wagging that finger in my face and stating the lie, "I didn't have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky".

Now his wife may be another matter. She obviously wants to take from the rich and give to the poor in greater amounts. A bit of a socialist I'm afraid and I could never find her humorous.

Regards.

perssonally, I don't condemn "growling 'fuck you' to a Senator..."

I can think of several who deserve it.

It's called "senatorial courtesy."