Hugh Hewitt on Ann Coulter
I had the chance to meet Hugh Hewitt at a conference here in NYC --we attended each other's panels at Personal Democracy Forum. He struck me as such a nice person I had the same reaction I had whenever I find out they're Republican : WHY?!?
Heh.
Anyhow, I was looking around the republican blogosphere to see if I could find anything substantial about Ann Coulter's hate-filled comments against John Edwards. At Hot Air I found the clip of the event buried deep in the blogs through a Google Alert.
Then I found this awesome post by Hugh.
When Coulter employed the f-word to abuse a candidate, she made herself radioactive because the word is a simply invitation to hate. It was repulsive.
I cannot imagine Coulter being invited to any panel or television appearance on which I would want to appear. Colleges and universities must also stop inviting her to appear as a representative of the conservative movement in America. She is not. You want smart, accomplished and funny conservative women? Ask K-Lo, Laura Ingraham or Carol Liebau to appear, or chose from scores of others. But not Ann Coulter --she represents only a snarl and a deep need to be noticed.
Amen brother.
The film of the moment that Rudy Giuiliani witnessed and has still to condemn is after the jump :
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Really? And it
struck me as too preciously politically correct while trying to show strength. All so calculated it made me want to puke. Maybe there is no right answer in the face of such hatefulness, such idiocy, such an accepted display of bigotry. . .
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Not only did John Edwards post it on his own site...
...but taking a page out of the classic rethug tactbook, he's also blatantly manipulating it as a smear-centered fundraising tool.
"Can you help us raise $100,000 in 'Coulter Cash' this week to keep this campaign charging ahead and fight back against the politics of bigotry?"
https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/coulter
Ah, yes -- the ever-popular politics of fear (and loathing in Washington). Give us your money right now or a wicked Coultergeist will come haunt your house and drop huge steaming piles of bullshit on your head!