Ann Coulter v Elizabeth Edwards

[Berzerker]

Yesterday on "Hardball" with Chris Matthews Ann Coulter was the guest and the wife of Democrat Pres candidate John Edwards called in to ask Ann to stop making personal attacks on her hubby. Ann then accused Elizabeth of telling her to stop talking, to stop writing columns, etc. Apparently Ann cant speak or write without making personal attacks (Ann doesn't impress me as honest).

On the other hand liberals have accused Ann of smearing gays by referring to John Edwards as a "******". That isn't what she said though (taking words out of context appears quite common in politics), she was referring to some actor who went into "rehab" after calling a co-star a ******. Bill Maher said something to the effect that he wished Cheney was killed in a terrorist attack and Ann said Edwards should die in a terrorist attack - the point being how the media gets outraged over her nastiness but not liberals.

Anyway, I'd have to give the edge to Elizabeth Edwards, Ann just comes off as a nasty person and her past comments about a son of the Edwards dying a while back in the face of the boy's mother on the phone asking her to stop using their dead son to make political points with her fans did not look good.

Tune in tomorrow: Christopher Hitchens v Al Sharpton

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[PLATO]

Tuesday evening Elizabeth Edwards called Ann Coulter live on Hardball to ask for an end to her personal attacks on John and other candidates. Coulter's response? More personal attacks.

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Sadly, nothing more than a lame attempt to get some cash for Edwards' sinking campaign.

[Caligastia]

Edwards disgusts me. His sick wife needs him, but he's off on a wild goose-chase run for president.

[Jaguar]

Ann Coulter and John Edwards are both classless individuals. Their feud is really pretty meaningless to me, because there's nothing either one can do to lower my opinion of either one of them.

[Berzerker]

Sadly, nothing more than a lame attempt to get some cash for Edwards' sinking campaign.

I dont buy that for one second, Coulter was using her dead son to go after John Edwards and his claim to fame as a lawyer. Lets not mix her motives with his or anyone elses. Now Ann had a good point of attack on Edwards being a lawsuit happy lawyer who used junk science to bankrupt people, including doctors. But that tends to get lost in all the hyperbole...

[Berzerker]

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[PLATO]

Originally posted by Berzerker


I dont buy that for one second, Coulter was using her dead son to go after John Edwards and his claim to fame as a lawyer. Lets not mix her motives with his or anyone elses. Now Ann had a good point of attack on Edwards being a lawsuit happy lawyer who used junk science to bankrupt people, including doctors. But that tends to get lost in all the hyperbole...

Yeah...and Edwards hasn't been using his dead son for political gain ever!

BTW, the call from Elizabeth Edwards was set up by Matthews...don't be getting the idea she was just motivated to call by whatever Coulter had to say. Interestingly enough,
the last really good donation day that Edwards had was when his wife announced her cancer had returned.

This is nothing more than more lame political crap by Edwards to get cash...regardless of how stupid Ann Coulter is.

[ZEE]

this is all a huge publicity stunt, IMHO. they are probably all dining together at the finest cuisines and laughing at everybody about all the money they are making.
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[MrFun]

Re: Ann Coulter v Elizabeth Edwards

Originally posted by Berzerker

On the other hand liberals have accused Ann of smearing gays by referring to John Edwards as a "******". That isn't what she said though (taking words out of context appears quite common in politics), she was referring to some actor who went into "rehab" after calling a co-star a ******.

Oh gee -- that makes it so much better!


Using hateful slurs such as "******" or "******" in almost any context to attack anyone, is WRONG, got it?

[Kuciwalker]

She didn't, though, according to that snippet of Berz you quoted.

[Berzerker]

Yeah...and Edwards hasn't been using his dead son for political gain ever!

Has Elizabeth Edwards? She was the one calling into the show, not her husband. And how has he used his dead son? Thats a really serious accusation, the same crappola was said about Cindy Sheehan. Really serious, and really disgusting...

BTW, the call from Elizabeth Edwards was set up by Matthews...don't be getting the idea she was just motivated to call by whatever Coulter had to say.

She wanted to call, Matthews just let her. And what was her motivation if not Coulter's personal attacks? Just shooting the breeze? Oh yeah, money...

This is nothing more than more lame political crap by Edwards to get cash...regardless of how stupid Ann Coulter is.

Oh BS, you really expect me to believe she called in to confront Coulter for money and not because of Coulter's verbal assaults on her family?

Oh gee -- that makes it so much better!

Using hateful slurs such as "******" or "******" in almost any context to attack anyone, is WRONG, got it?

Oh cry me a river... When liberals use the word the media hardly mentions it, but when conservatives use it all hell breaks loose. That was her point and she couldn't make the point without using the word - and unleashing the stench of liberal hypocrisy...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Oh c'mon. Thanks to her seemingly pathological hatred of Edwards, conservatives are now running away from Ann Coulter, while Democrats are rushing to embrace her as a sure-fire fundraiser. Regardless of how you feel about Edwards, what part of this is not completely freakin' hilarious?

[Drake Tungsten]

Coulter has been a comedy goldmine for a while now.

[Starchild]

I have spent ages trying to figure out whether she actually is a hate filled shrew or just the finest, most subtle, comedian of the ages.

[SpencerH]

Ho hum, Ann Coulter makes comments that offend some liberal.

NEXT!

Hitchens V Sharpton was a joke BTW. I watched the whole thing. Hitchens was brilliant while Sharpton thought it was a TV snippit and was no match for the "nasty lefty".