Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance
Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance
Elizabeth Edwards confronted right-wing pundit Ann Coulter during a live interview on MSNBC this afternoon, charging that Coulter’s “personal attacks” on former senator John Edwards and others were based on “the language of hate.”
Yesterday on ABC’s Good Morning America, Coulter said, “[I]f I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.” She has previously called Edwards a “faggot.” In 2003, she wrote a column claiming that John Edwards drove around with a bumper sticker saying “Ask me about my son’s death in a horrific car accident.”
During an hour-long interview with Coulter today on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews announced that Elizabeth Edwards was on the line. Edwards referenced the attacks above, saying, “I’m the mother of that boy who died. These young people behind you…you’re asking them to participate in a dialogue that is based on hatefulness and ugliness instead of on the issues, and I don’t think that’s serving them or this country very well.” The live audience cheered. Watch it:
Responding to Edwards, Coulter first inexplicably claimed that she “didn’t say anything about [Edwards]” on the previous day. Then Coulter tried to claim that Edwards just wanted her to “stop speaking” and stop writing books, but Matthews rebutted her, saying, “No, she said you should stop being so negative to people individually.”
When her first two attempts to spin the situation faulted, Coulter then launched into another baseless, personal attack, accusing John Edwards of “bankrupting doctors by giving a shyster Las Vegas routine in front of juries…doing these psychic routines in front of illiterate juries to bankrupt doctors who now can’t deliver babies.”
Transcript:
MATTHEWS: You know who’s on the line? Someone to respond to what you said about Edwards yesterday morning. Elizabeth Edwards. She wanted to call in today, we said she could. Elizabeth Edwards, go on the line. You’re on the line with Ann Coulter.
E: Hello Chris.
M: Do you want to say something directly to the person who’s with me?
E: I’m calling — you know, in the south, when someone does something that displeases us, we want to ask them politely to stop doing it. I would like to ask Ann Coulter to — if she wants to debate on issues, on positions — we certainly disagree with nearly everything she said on your show today — but it is quite another matter for these personal attacks. The things that she has said over the years, not just about John but about other candidates, lowers our political dialogue precisely at the time that we need to raise it. So I want to use the opportunity, which I don’t get much because Ann and I don’t hang out with the same people…
C: I don’t have enough money.
E: …to ask her politely stop the personal attacks.
C: Okay, so I made a joke, let’s see, six months ago, and as you point out, they have been raising money off of it for six months since then.
M: But this is yesterday morning, what you said about him.
C: I didn’t say anything about him, actually, either time.
E: But that — Ann, Ann, you know that’s not true, and once more, this has been going on for some time.
C: And I don’t mind you trying to raise money. It’s better this than giving $50,000 speeches to the poor just to use my name on the webpages. But as for a debate with me, yeah, sure. Yeah, we’ll have a debate.
E: I’m asking you politely to stop, to stop personal attacks –
C: How about you stop raising money on your web page then? No, you don’t have to because I don’t mind.
E: I did not start with that. You had a column a number of years ago where you suggested — wait till I finish talking please…
C: Okay, the wife of a presidential candidate is calling in asking me to stop speaking.
M: Let her finish the point. Let her finish the point.
C: You’re asking me to stop speaking? “Stop writing your columns. Stop writing your books.”
M: Ann, please.
E: You had a column several years ago which made fun of the moment of Charlie Dean’s death and suggested that my husband had a bumper sticker on the back of his car saying, “Ask me about my dead son.” This is not legitimate political dialogue.
C: This is now three years ago.
E: It debases political dialogue. It drives people away from the process. We can’t have a debate about the issues.
C: Yeah, why isn’t John Edwards making this call?
M: Well, do you want to respond? We’ll end the conversation.
E: I haven’t talked to John about this call. I’m making the call as a mother. I’m the mother of that boy who died. My children participate — these young people behind you are the age of my children. You’re asking them to participate in a dialogue that is based on hatefulness and ugliness instead of on the issues, and I don’t think that’s serving them or this country very well.
[Applause]
M: Thank you very much Elizabeth. You wanna respond? You have all the time in the world to respond.
C: I think we heard all we need to hear. The wife of a presidential candidate is asking me to stop speaking. No.
M: No, she asked you to stop being so negative to people individually.
C: Right, as opposed to bankrupting doctors by giving a schyster Las Vegas routine in front of juries based on science — wait, you said I’d have as long as I would have, then you instantly interrupt me.
M: Go ahead, go ahead.
C: As I was saying, doing these psychic routines in front of illiterate juries to bankrupt doctors who now can’t deliver babies, and to charge a poverty group $50,000 for a speech. Don’t talk to me about how to use language.
M: Elizabeth?
E: …the language of hate, and I’m going to ask you again to politely stop using personal attacks as part of your dialogue.
C: Okay, I’ll stop writing books.
E: If you can’t write them without them, that is fine.
M: Why do you call out Hillary’s chubby legs in your book? Why do you — this may fall under the category of personal attacks, I don’t know, but why do you do that? Why do you talkabout Monica Lewinsky’s chubbiness? If she were skinny, would it have been okay?
C: Um, I don’t know, read the sentence.
E: I read the whole sentence. I couldn’t feel the context.
C: Well you have to give it to me and I could explain.
E: Why do you make fun of Hillary’s chubby legs?
C: I don’t know, you’re going to have to give me the sentence.
M: It’s in the afterword of your book, I just read it this morning.
C: Then read the sentence.
M: We’ll be back and read the entire sentence. We’ll come right back. I don’t know why we’re reading — the full intellectual context will be coming in just a moment.
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CATFIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:08 pmWow now who has bigger thatchers
June 26th, 2007 at 6:10 pmDie now mAnn Coulter, you f*cking sick, ugly, smelly whore.
There’s a place in HELL reserved for your ilk: SH*T EATER.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:11 pmThat creature is the definition of a C***!!! No disrespect meant to the word!!!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:12 pmDaily John Edwards Fabulous Fact
If you play the song “I Feel Pretty” backwards and listen carefully, you can hear the sound of John Edwards preening.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:12 pmOh yeah. Nothing like a catfight followed up by hot, lesbian sex to make it all up after the fight…
June 26th, 2007 at 6:12 pmThis was totally dreadful! As much as Anne says hateful things for publicity, she showed tonight the true depth of her hatefulness. I hope tonight’s performance convinces Chris never to give her a platform ever again.
You should have heard her talk about ramping up the killing of civilians in order to win the WOT.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:12 pmChris, instead of asking Coulter why she says those things, ask yourself why you are interviewing her. Give your head a shake man.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:14 pmI like Elizabeth Edwards and am sorry about her illness and loss. Unfortunately, she still has John……
June 26th, 2007 at 6:14 pmLike their idol, Trolls never engage their brains before opening their pieholes.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:15 pmGood for Elizabeth Edwards!
About time Democrats stand up to bullies like Ann Coulter and her gang of hateful followers.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:16 pmAnn Coulter was her typical disgusting self. Shes a horrible woman.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:16 pmAnd per usual, Tweety is utterly useless during this.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:16 pmI wish Elizabeth had confronted Ann directly on the wish that John Edwards be assassinated by a terrorist (video from Good Morning America). But the question about her son was GREAT! Too bad Ann didn’t respond to any of it, except the false claim that she was asked not to write books.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:16 pmTrolls shit where they eat.
It’s one hole in the same.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:17 pmNotice how Coulter changed the topic. Classic right wing tactic!!
Edwards makes a honest request to Coulter to stop with personally attacking people, and Coulter turns it into a free speech issue.
I’m so glad the MSM keeps putting this woman on the air. It will make 2008 that much easier.
Hey righties, you need to get a grip on your media outlets and your elected leaders and tell them to distance themselves from her. She will do everything she can to bring you guys down. She wont realize it of course, because she thinks all Amercians agree with personal attacks. She will never learn, because like all of you, she gets her news from blowhards like Rush and Hannity on right wing radio which is only useful for personal attacks.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:17 pmUnfortunately, she still has John……
Comment by valiant venus — June 26, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
You don’t even qualify as a human being anymore. You’re disgusting.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:17 pmyeah, Chris is just the referee of both their virtuous sets of ideas - Ann Coulter who wants all her critics dead, and Elizabeth Edwards.
Don’t let him get away with it.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:17 pmPoor TrAnn was totally flustered.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:18 pmThe INSTANT she hears is Mrs. Edwards on the line, she starts squirming, and fussing with her mane (she does have a horse face) like a guilty little child who fears a scolding coming their way…
June 26th, 2007 at 6:19 pmP R I C E L E S S.
Smart ratings move on Chris’ part - This catfight gives new meaning to the old song “I am WOMAYN hear me roar“…..
June 26th, 2007 at 6:21 pmJoey: you are so going to pay for that remark. There are people on TP who hate “tranny Ann” jokes more than anything. You’re really going to get it now from your fellow progressives.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:22 pmI think it’s time we start actively boycotting anyone who gives Coulter airtime or print space. These media whores love her, because Coulter is good for ratings. Time to ask their sponsors why Imus had to go off the air, but Coulter’s share of air time increases with each and every hate-filled filthy comment that spews from her mouth.
Time to put those who give her a public podium on notice, that this isn’t journalism, it is hate-speech that works against the public interests. What’s next, social commentary from neo-nazis and the KKK? Time to ask the sponsors of the shows that give Coulter air-time if this is what they want us to associate their products and services with, as well as the advertisers of the print publications.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:22 pmReally? If you play Hail to the Chief backwards, you can hear Bush and Cheney plotting to take over America. The Star Spangled Banner, played backwards, yields: “Frank is a troll, a traitor, and dickhead.”
Very interesting stuff, music.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:23 pmwhat a completely disgusting vile obnoxious little slut…
is she just off her night shift, with that little black dress,
or getting ready to go on?… she probably just never changes…
what a horrible person.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:24 pm.
Comment by ChallengePTB — June 26, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
Yeah, you mean like TP!?!?!?!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:24 pmCoultergeist needs the hair to cover her deteriorated face - clearly, the hate she spews is taking over her entire being and she’s becoming rather pathetically ugly at this point. I guess her eyes have such wrinkles and suitcases under them that the shades are a necessary accessory.
Kudos to Elizabeth Edwards for calling this disgusting woman a hate monger. The country is behind Elizabeth Edwards and she “roared over this hate fake today! Horrah! Hoorah!
Squirm like the worm whom she is….what a sleezebucket!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:24 pmre: no. 1 CATFIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES — June 26, 2007 @ 6:08 pm
Anyone on this site, including the fake intellectual above, that is calling disagreement between two women a catfight is a macho wannabe ass—-. It is typical prejudice against women. When men heatedly agree what is it? A dogfight?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:25 pmBravo for Ms. Edwards for speaking the truth. Ann Coulter is a dispicable person.
Fantastic. I love Elizabeth Edwards.
I also love that the audience cheered her. I could stand to see more of that.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:25 pmCoulter needs to be barred from all media. Everyone should blacklist her. Of course, Hannity on Fox has a crush on her so she will always be welcome there…
June 26th, 2007 at 6:25 pmShe has no legs and a body which only a vampire who hasn’t seen the light of day would be interested in - so, all she could do was show off her bad augmentation job….What a moronic jacka$$!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:25 pmPlain and simple… Ann Coulter is a C***
June 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pmHey Zooey…..You beat me to it! Hoorah for Elizabeth Edwards. Now that woman has an intellect, is articulate, and rocks! Let her roar! Everyone is cheering for Elizabeth!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pmIs Ann getting fat?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:27 pmAnn now resembles a pair of fake boobs on toothpicks, doesn’t she? Squirming Countergeist is the most priceless of all telltale body signals, isn’t it? She was ready to soil in her pants when she realized that someone which a hundred times more chutzpah and real intelligence was challenging her. What a bold, brave move for Elizabeth! Every woman on the planet is cheering inside for her moxie.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:28 pmYou know, Paris Hilton and Ann Coulter have alot in common.
They should both be in jail.
They’re both skanky, blond airheads.
Neither one of them has any redeeming quality.
The only difference is that Paris is benignly self-absorbed; Coulter is psychopathically obnoxious.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:28 pmOf course, Hannity on Fox has a crush on her so she will always be welcome there…
Comment by RickyScorpio — June 26, 2007 @ 6:25 pm
I don’t know that Sean is gay… :D
June 26th, 2007 at 6:28 pmUnfortunately, she still has John……
Comment by valiant venus
Also unfortunate, is TP still has your sorry ass!!!! aka Mighty Hag
June 26th, 2007 at 6:28 pmIn simple language: Coultergeist is the quintessential filthy pig.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:29 pmThe person behind PRIMVS INTER PARES is as despicable, or more so than Mr. Coulter. Your appeal to reason is lost on him/her/it.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:29 pmI believe that in the near future, we will hear about Coulter’s meltdown and she will be sitting in some psych ward.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:30 pmSo, folks are cheering Ms. Edwards for asking Ann to stop with the personal attacks?
Yet, there are so many personal attacks on Ann just in this comment list I can’t count them all.
Anyone else see a disconnect here?
If we want Ann (and other right-wing folks) to stop with the attacks, why can’t we do the same?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:31 pmsorry Tom - even paris is NOT a skank by coulter standards…
and i thought the ann skank looked even more emaciated than usual…
oh, but maybe she will THINK she’s getting fatter and
June 26th, 2007 at 6:32 pmcontinue with the purging and just wither away…
none too soon…
The person behind PRIMVS INTER PARES is as despicable, or more so than Mr. Coulter. Your appeal to reason is lost on him/her/it.
Comment by TROLLBAIT3000 — June 26, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
The name’s PiPpy, and since you have decided to attack me,
Go Fukc Yourself!!!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:32 pmMaybe someday real politicians will stand up to Coulter.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:32 pmCoulter shouldn’t have been on NBC.
Jeezus stop watching cable information entertainment.
“Is Ann getting fat?” Comment by unbelievable
No, they’re called “breasts”.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:33 pmsit still Coulter… quit playing with the nits in your hair, and for God’s sakes wash that hair…. why the shades - what is he/she hiding?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:33 pmI almost felt a little sorry for Coulter there. I mean, I know she’s not capable of contrition or remorse, but sociopaths do feel humiliation, and it was obvious she was feeling humiliated.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:34 pmIf we want Ann (and other right-wing folks) to stop with the attacks, why can’t we do the same?
Comment by Matt — June 26, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
Prove it. And don’t think that responding forcefully, as Mrs. Edwards did, is a ‘personal attack’.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:35 pm“Is Ann getting fat?†Comment by unbelievable
No, they’re called “breastsâ€.
Comment by valiant venus — June 26, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
No, they’re called breast implants.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:36 pmProve it. And don’t think that responding forcefully, as Mrs. Edwards did, is a ‘personal attack’.
Comment by Namtillaku — June 26, 2007 @ 6:35 pm
I was not talking about Ms. Edwards. I was talking about the “quality” comments on this board.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:36 pmMatt: Because she asks for it…
June 26th, 2007 at 6:37 pmHey Zooey…..You beat me to it! Hoorah for Elizabeth Edwards. Now that woman has an intellect, is articulate, and rocks! Let her roar! Everyone is cheering for Elizabeth!
Comment by veritas
I really hope she beats her cancer. She’s such a kind and intelligent person.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:37 pmI’m starting to think Elizabeth Edwards should run for president.
Seriously … very impressive woman. Reminds me of my wife with her strength and unwillingness to take crap from anyone.
John’s a lucky guy.
.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:37 pmIt’s rather sad that so many of the responses to Elizabeth’s polite request that Ms. Coulter keep a civil tongue in her head were nothing but negative personal attacks on one of them, Sen. Edwards or Chris Matthews. I wasn’t raised to be a polite Southern lady, but I still wish a lot more of us could keep a civil tongue in our heads, whether we are Progressives, neo-cons or whatever. I agree that Ms. Coulter’s behavior ranges from bad to really dreadful, but Elizabeth Edwards does a far better job of demonstrating that than the nastiness here.
Vox Libertas
June 26th, 2007 at 6:37 pmWow did Ann SQUIRM or what there??????????
That was awsome!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:37 pmJeezus stop watching cable information entertainment.
Comment by LandSurveyor — June 26, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
Thinking people do, the problem is that this sensational entertainment is what’s draws in the less discriminating among us, and as long as the vast right wing conspiracy within the MSM is in control, get used to her and others of her ilk getting time.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:38 pmComment by s
Why do you cry wolf with the word “prejudice”?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:39 pmYour appeal to reason is lost on him/her/it.
Comment by TROLLBAIT3000 — June 26, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
The name’s PiPpy, and since you have decided to attack me,
Go Fukc Yourself!!!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Looks like TROLLBAIT3000 may be correct.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:39 pmThe appeal for reason flew right over “PiPpy’s” head, never sparking one synapse in his brain.
LOL
I was not talking about Ms. Edwards. I was talking about the “quality†comments on this board.
Comment by Matt
If one chooses to respond to the queen of vicious attacks, Ann Coulter, how does one go about politely doing so?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:40 pmZooey,
Unfortunately, it’s inoperable. All they can do is manage at this point.
That’s what makes her all the more impressive.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:40 pmThat little pig-faced girl behind Ann is truly Ann’s ideological successor, overfed, undertaxed, and criminally underinformed. The perfect Republican Youth.
Coulter needs to either buy a new dress or go back to whatever windowless crack house she spends her time in.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:41 pmMr. Coulter is despised here because he is a rank character assassin, with little to no regard for the truth. Furthermore, Mr. Coulter is displays a number of annoying affectations and a condescending manner that grates the nerves of those exposed to his tirades. Mr. Coulter displays an air of superiority that points toward sociopathy.
That’s why. Got it, fruitcake?
I just can’t figure out why his parents named him Ann.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:41 pmJohn Edwards is a moron to the third-degree.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:41 pmComment by Wayne — June 26, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
Didn’t need to. One dingle-berry is enough to handle your personal attacks. TROLLBAIT’s, s’, and your comments all lack substance.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:43 pmSame coctail dress.
Same sunglasses covering up her CRYSTAL METH eyes.
Same toucching of hair when she’s been confronted and knows she’s wrong.
Definitely, she will help bring the GOP even lower. Yup, lower than 26%.
Can we say Democratic sweep of White House, Senate and Congress in 2008? Living it and loving it!
Meanwhle, check out Kathy Griffin’s hilarious skit on AC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P17w0RWTew
June 26th, 2007 at 6:44 pmTRex!
I love you!
Welcome to TP.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:44 pmJohn Edwards is a moron to the third-degree.
Comment by CT V_1
So?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:45 pmUnfortunately, it’s inoperable. All they can do is manage at this point.
That’s what makes her all the more impressive.
Comment by trueblue
I have a friend who’s lived through pancreatic cancer for 14 years. Maybe they can manage her cancer that long. :)
June 26th, 2007 at 6:47 pmGood for Ms. Edwards. Ann Coulter can not, absolutely can not have a reasoned dialog with anyone or think anything good anybody anyone or anything.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:47 pmTRex!
I love you!
Welcome to TP.
Comment by trueblue
Wow, true. Just throw yourself at the poor guy!
June 26th, 2007 at 6:47 pmThe way Elizabeth did, with a cool head and a civilized manner that shows her up for what she is by contrast. It was well done.
Vox Libertas
June 26th, 2007 at 6:47 pmI wonder how many liberal parents in here want their kids to become ______ lawyers. We need more overpaid, overcharging bums in America, more ambulance chasers.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:48 pmyour comments all lack substance.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Oh, yeah.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:48 pmBut your comments are always full of substance.
That substance most people flush, though.
I wonder how many liberal parents in here want their kids to become ______ lawyers. We need more overpaid, overcharging bums in America, more ambulance chasers.
Comment by CT V_1
Oh, the wayward mind of the pre-pubesent.
Time to go flog yourself to your Hillary Duff poster…
June 26th, 2007 at 6:49 pmMatthews just officially became the new “Springer” for newsies and politicos.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:50 pmIf you want to know why there are no serious political debates anymore, one just has to watch and listen to the people who were behind Matthews and Coulter, everything that Ms. Coulter said was so funny to them. Now suppose they all closed their eyes and imagined that Ms. Coulter was talking to their Mother in the most disrespectful of ways I wonder how they would feel?
I’m sorry, what was I thinking, people like that don’t feel, it’s all about the politics never about the issues.
Oh yea from now on Dick Cheney shall be known as “The President of the Senate”
This country is falling apart
RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Or as the POTUS, his enablers, and apologist call him,,,,,comma #1462
June 26th, 2007 at 6:50 pmComment by Zooey
It’s so good to hear from you, Zooey! Flowers bloom around my computer every time you post.
I wish I could fax you some complimentary cappuccino.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:50 pmThe way Elizabeth did, with a cool head and a civilized manner that shows her up for what she is by contrast. It was well done.
Vox Libertas
Comment by JimB.
It was well done. And if I ever encounter AC in public I will behave comparably to EE. I don’t feel the same constraints on a political blog.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:51 pmIt’s about damn time someone told that skanky coke-whore where she could shove it.
Neocon scum. *spit*
June 26th, 2007 at 6:51 pmCoulter is a vile pig. Ever notice that when she’s nervous she starts flipping her hair.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:53 pmZooey,
TRex posts Late Nite FDL,
and I don’t think I’m his type.
He’s a funny, articulate, reporter, and a 60 ft dino!
It’s just great to see him here.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:53 pm“John Edwards is a moron to the third-degree.
Comment by CT V_1″
Multiple Choice Response:
A-It takes one to know one.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:53 pmB- I know you are but what am I?
C-Why did your mom pluck you out of the toilet when she flushed your brothers away?
D-All of the above.
Comment by Not Canadian
I was only taking a script from your playbook, righteous douche.
There’s an infinite demand for lawyers, ever heard? The ACLU can’t hire enough of them. I want to become a computer lawyer or a chocalate-chip double-fudge cookie lawyer when I grow up.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:53 pmTroll: “I wonder how many liberal parents in here want their kids to become ______ lawyers.”
My son wants to be a lawyer and I’m behind him 100%. He admires the way Edwards represented common citizens against powerful corporations. He admires anyone who has the guts to fight for the underdog. He’s a good kid.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pmIt’s so good to hear from you, Zooey! Flowers bloom around my computer every time you post.
I wish I could fax you some complimentary cappuccino.
Comment by CT V_1
Ever so lovely to see you as well, CT, but you’re making me puke. Heh.
Flowers or cappuccino, but not both — please. :D
June 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pmElizabeth showed a lot of poise and grace. Her only mistake was giving Ms Coulter the opportunity to respond in a dignified manner. Ms Coulter has demonstrated that she no longer deserves such opportunities. She also no longer deserves to be given platforms like Hardball to spread her hate speach.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pmTRex posts Late Nite FDL,
and I don’t think I’m his type.
He’s a funny, articulate, reporter, and a 60 ft dino!
It’s just great to see him here.
Comment by trueblue
Well, except for the 60 foot dinosaur part, he sounds exactly your type.
Heh.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:56 pmUpon Elizabeth Edwards politely asking Coulter to stop using personal attacks The Man replies, “so you want me to stop writing books.”
Is that an admission that her books are nothing but personal attacks?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:57 pmI wonder how many liberal parents in here want their kids to become ______ lawyers. We need more overpaid, overcharging bums in America, more ambulance chasers.
Comment by CT V_1
If that’s what either of my sons wanted to do, I’d support them. There are too many lawyers already.
My father was a lawyer, and is now a retired Judge. What’s the problem, CT?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:58 pmI want to become a computer lawyer or a chocalate-chip double-fudge cookie lawyer when I grow up.
Comment by CT V_1
So, you ended up being a chocalate-chip double-fudge cookie and forgot the lawyer part????
June 26th, 2007 at 6:58 pmGlad to see Ann get slapped by a classy lady.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:59 pmIs Ann Coulter really a transvestite? She’s beginning to look that way. Just wondering.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:00 pmCoulter is truly despicable - makes me sad to see she is considered as normal or even humurous by anyone. Can’t believe Matthews put her on the show again. More of that “be fair and show both sides of a thing” behavior that doesn’t account for truth and decency.
BTW - MSNBC has a poll on the site - at Hardball - re who was right in this exchange - Elizabeth Edwards or Coulter. Guess who’s at 92%?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:00 pmCT, chattin’ up Zooey, play on playa!!!
June 26th, 2007 at 7:00 pmCoultergeist getting bitch slapped….gotta love it!
June 26th, 2007 at 7:01 pmWhether the issue concerns gay Americans, 9/11, abortion, judicial appointments or political corruption, a seamless continuum of hate runs from today’s Republican Party through to its most extreme proponents. And that means the GOP differs only in degree - not in kind - from the cartoonish and sometimes criminal likes of Ann Coulter, Fred Phelps or Eric Rudolph.
For the details, see:
June 26th, 2007 at 7:01 pm“Ann Coulter and Conservatism’s Continuum of Hate.”
Well, Ann is right. I did make a donation to John Edwards campaign because of her just now. Keep up the hate Ann, were it not for you I would have held onto that $50. I encourage everyone to donate to John’s campaign.
https://johnedwards.com/ action/ contribute/ ring-the-bell
June 26th, 2007 at 7:03 pmWow, Hads,
June 26th, 2007 at 7:03 pmI’m going to link it up.
BRB.
Is it too late for Ann Coulter’s parents to have an abortion?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:04 pmIs that an admission that her books are nothing but personal attacks?
Comment by kr
It was an admission Coulter cannot carry any dialogue without personal attacks, even in her books.
Take the attacks out of her booksand you have nothing but blank pages.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:04 pmBTW - Who gives a shit about this debate?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:05 pmCoulter’s smugness is what most makes me want to just smack the shit out of her.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:05 pmThe guy holding the Marry me Ann sign is gay but doesn’t know it.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:05 pmWhat a hag….zero credibility.
Here you go
June 26th, 2007 at 7:06 pmI like Elizabeth Edwards and am sorry about her illness and loss. Unfortunately, she still has John……
Comment by vermin venus
Is VV confessing that she/he really wants John out of the way to have Elizabeth for herself/himself?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:06 pmCT, chattin’ up Zooey, play on playa!!!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Oh, yes, Such “substance” your posts have, PiPpy
June 26th, 2007 at 7:08 pmLMAO
My father was a lawyer, and is now a retired Judge. What’s the problem, CT?
Comment by Zooey
Uh. Uh. Um….[sweating]….NOTHING! Nothing is the problem, Zooey. I was just jokin’ and pokin’ at the law-yers of today, not yesteryear. I’m sure your father was a dignified lawyer and man!
June 26th, 2007 at 7:09 pmCoulter’s smugness is what most makes me want to just smack the shit out of her.
Comment by beltman713
Even Ghandi would have smacked her.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:09 pmI love the nickname, Wayne.
I laugh everytime.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:11 pmComment by Wayne
NO! A chocolate double-fudge cookie lawyer. I still have time to become one.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:11 pmMann Coulter paid good money for those boobs.
I can see the Adams Apple in that photo.
My only question about Trannie Annie is…
Pre-op or post-op?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:11 pmCoulter actually thinks that hair throwing makes her sexy. She is a nothing. Low class. Vulgar.
Elizabeth Edwards is fantastic! What a woman. Confronted her with grace and dignity.
Hardball has sunk to the lowest of the low having Coulter as a guest.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:13 pm“Ever so lovely to see you as well, CT, but you’re making me puke. Heh.”
Comment be Zooey
I thought you were already doing that with 99.9% of my posts, or did you secretly agree with me?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:14 pm#88
Sure seemed like an admission that all her books are are personal attacks to me.
I was shocked that she would concede reality so willingly.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:15 pmTom3,
I thought they were supposed to shave that.
Maybe she didn’t get the best Doc after all.
:P
June 26th, 2007 at 7:15 pmI have a friend who’s lived through pancreatic cancer for 14 years. Maybe they can manage her cancer that long. :)
Comment by Zooey
Living for 14 years with pancreatic cancer is very, very rare. It is one of the cancers with the highest mortality rates, and most people go quite quickly after it is discovered. To wit, one of my friends was found to have it in June one year and died in September. One of my sisters-in-law lasted about 14 months after first being diagnosed. Even Emperor Hirohito of Japan, who surely must have had the best medical care available, lasted only about 4-5 months with it. Your friend is extremely lucky and must have the tumor in a more manageable area.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:15 pmBut some types of cancer are more manageable. I hope that’s the case with Elizabeth Edwards, a woman with more class in her baby toe than Ann Coulter has in her entire ugly self.
Harpy Coulter personifies the classic liberal dilemma in responding to the shrill, ad hominem attacks of the right punditocracy. They prey upon our fundamental respect for others and our tolerance of disagreement. It’s tempting to slide into the juvenile name-calling and tit-for-tat exchanges that they crave, but we can’t; they’ll turn that on us, too, arguing that equally shrill responses belie our claims to an intellectual high ground.
In other words, never wrestle with a pig. You both get covered in shit, and the pig likes it.
The struggle continues…
June 26th, 2007 at 7:16 pmAnn Coulter. The Fascist’s paris Hilton.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:17 pmUh. Uh. Um….[sweating]….NOTHING! Nothing is the problem, Zooey. I was just jokin’ and pokin’ at the law-yers of today, not yesteryear. I’m sure your father was a dignified lawyer and man!
Comment by CT V_1 — June 26, 2007 @ 7:09 pm
Keep your cool, CT.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:18 pmYou want the best, the nastiest lawyer jokes?
Talk to a lawyer, they know ‘em all.
They know firsthand what assholes lawyers can be.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:19 pmPlease, Chris Matthews, don’t ever put her on the show again. She is the most hateful, hurtful, person I have ever heard speak and you are so above this kind of behavior. She has no place in the political process — she is corrupting the political process!!!!!! NO MORE ANN!!!!!!!!!!!
June 26th, 2007 at 7:23 pmUnder normal times Coulter should be allowed to stand on a box in the public square and spout her wisdoms. Not invited into our livingrooms to polute the atmosphere.
However, these are not normal times! We need to have Coulter, Cheney, Poderetz and all the other shrill assh*les doing their worst so the apathetic and uninformed among us see this crap for what it is.
So, bring on Coulter, and bring the best and brightest, like Elizabeth Edwards to compare and contrast her to. There is no question in my mind who will be on top, while the Coulters look chagrined in the mud at the bottom of their grave, dug with their own hands.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:24 pmComment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
You’re right, PiP. Me keepin’ it cool makes it all cool.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:26 pm#117 Comment by BlueArkansas — June 26, 2007 @ 7:16 pm
Bravo Blue, well said!
The same advice for trolls here as well.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:27 pmUh. Uh. Um….[sweating]….NOTHING! Nothing is the problem, Zooey. I was just jokin’ and pokin’ at the law-yers of today, not yesteryear. I’m sure your father was a dignified lawyer and man!
Comment by CT V_1
Yes, he still is.
Thanks, CT.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:28 pmIf you play the song “I Feel Pretty†backwards and listen carefully, you can hear the sound of John Edwards preening. Comment by Frank J
I happen to visualize Mitt Romney splashing on old spice when I do that =)
Reelllytho, what does any of this mean? Not a dayum thing.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:28 pmCoulter needs to be SLAPPED UPSIDE THE HEAD WITH A TIRE IRON.
Teach HIM some respect…
June 26th, 2007 at 7:31 pmwhen I grow up.
Comment by CT V_1
We already knew that you’re an immature puke. You’ve still got time to LEARN, oh smitey-one.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:31 pmIn case it’s too difficult to understand the crust of Ann’s position, she admits that her books are filled with nothing but hate and vitrol. If she were not to include those attributes in her books, she would have nothing to write about hence her equation of Mrs. Edwards request for her to stop including hate in her speech with not writing books at all. She knows that that is all she has. Nothing of substance, only hate and vitrol. It’s amazing that she still gets interviews on national tv. Imagine if a Michael Moore or an equivalent pundit from the left were to speak with such hatred. Would they be invited back numerous times simply because they have a new book out? I seriously doubt it.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:32 pmSomeone learned from Bill Clinton’s Fox appearance. These right wing attacks must be met forcefully, immediately and publicly.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:34 pmAmazing Grace = Elizabeth Edwards.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:34 pmFavorite hate-sow of the toothless redneck GOP base. Their family values are shown in their endorsement of a transexual slut who shows up for appearances all hours of the day in a black cocktail dress.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:35 pmI hope that’s the case with Elizabeth Edwards, a woman with more class in her baby toe than Ann Coulter has in her entire ugly self.
Comment by Lora — June 26, 2007 @ 7:15 pm
You give AC too much credit, Lora. :)
Thanks for your well wishes for my old friend. I think he’s survived this long through sheer stubbornness. They say it’s in remission, but pancreatic cancer never really goes away. I’m so thankful for every additional day.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:36 pmInteresting that when Edwards asked Coulter to stop the personal attacks, Coulter responded with-you want me to stop writing books, stop writing my column…in other words, Coulter admitted she doesn’t have any substance, only the insults and smears.
Elizabeth Edwards shows more class and dignity, not to mention a handle on important national issues than Coulter ever has.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:36 pmSomeone learned from Bill Clinton’s Fox appearance. These right wing attacks must be met forcefully, immediately and publicly.
Comment by JMOHR
It’s the only thing that works. Strike back while the sheeple are watching.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:38 pmI’m sorry, what was I thinking, people like that don’t feel, it’s all about the politics never about the issues
no, its not about politics for them.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:39 pmits about WINNING.
they dont care about right or wrong.
they care about WINNING.
Trizza, no kidding! Look at how Moore is being villified now? HE’S FAT! PETA decided to jump on the bandwagon, too. And for what? Exposing the American healthcare system for what it is.
If Moore called for the assasination of a supreme court justice, if he called someone a faggot, if he did a fraction of what this vapid and vicious c\/nt gets away with, they’d hang him from the closes tree.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:41 pm#23 is correct. Every one of us that uses a digital cable box or satellite receiver has their viewing choices logged for ratings purposes. If Matthews has Coulter on and his ratings go up even a tiny bit, this is noted. Your cable box cannot register your disgust as you slum around by watching Matthews and Coulter make fools of themselves; it simply shows you were interested in the show, same as if you were a full-scale dittohead and loved Coulter and followed her every move. Boycott, period.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:41 pmI saw it and Elizabeth didn’t answer Ann’s accusation of Edwards frivilous lawsuit.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:44 pmAnn stood here ground and hit back classic.
None of your spin will change that.
As for ann being a hater.
Thgis website tops here!
Ann stood here ground and hit back classic.
None of your spin will change that.
As for ann being a hater.
Thgis website tops here!
Comment by Mike tyson
A real thinker, oh yeah
June 26th, 2007 at 7:50 pmHave a link to that “Thgis”website, Einstein?
I saw it and Elizabeth didn’t answer Ann’s accusation of Edwards frivilous lawsuit. (Elizabeth is not her husband)
June 26th, 2007 at 7:51 pmAnn stood here ground and hit back classic.
(Your opinion)
None of your spin will change that.
(Nor will yours the audience cheers)
As for ann being a hater.
(Who is her God anyway?)
Thgis website tops here!
(spit that ear out, I can’t understand you)
Comment by Mike tyson
Ann Coulter, see you next Tuesday.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:53 pmWhat part of “do not feed the trolls” do people not understand? Whatever we do here, please DO NOT send any “suggested questions for Coulter” to Chris Matthews, or watch his show. Do something with your life, DO NOT watch that already-useless show when she is on as a guest! Satellite receivers and digital cable boxes send instant ratings information to the providers. MSNBC hears about this; if Matthews’ ratings go up when she is on the air, you can count on it that he’ll have her back again. Why contribute to that? Do not feed the trolls. If this is good enough for the comments here on TP, shouldn’t this be an even more important motto when Corporate America is checking to see if you are watching?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:56 pmComment by Mike tyson — June 26, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
Sigh…another troll. Nothing to say to us today, Mikey the “fighter?” So far you haven’t shown much. Shape up or VV will send you back to the troll locker room for punishment. You are in the big leagues here fella. If you can’t do better than this anemic drivel, its back to the minors at Little Green Footfungus.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:57 pmann coultergeist is one skank bitch
June 26th, 2007 at 7:58 pmContinue that line Elizabeth….b/c Trolls, like Coulter, are humans afterall and need our unconditional love to feel secure enough to let down their ideological defensiveness…to be able discuss policies that will help us all. Jeebus saves.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:00 pmMSNBC is on a race to the bottom where all the trolls on this comments page live.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:03 pmLong live the bottom, and to all the slime that inhabit it!
One wonders why the media keeps putting on so much trash like A.C.? all that venom and Hate, wishing people were dead and name calling have nothing to do with what is real or even politic….it is grade school polemics at its worst. It cheapens everyone who has to listen to it and is dragging our country down into a cesspool.
I admire Elizabeth Edwards as a person of love and mindfullness.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:03 pmso glad to see elizabeth edwards vs ann coulter. edwards shows such class
June 26th, 2007 at 8:03 pm“Cold”turd makes a pile of cow shit smell like a rose. Hard on a ball Mathews should have a brain transplant to go with his cowardness. They are proof less is more. Their parents had the shit kicked out of them and now one has the skinny legs in a dress and the other pretends he knows what he’s talking about. Shame on them.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:03 pmwhen she’s says something that’s patently untrue, it’s not inexplicable. the explanation is: she’s a liar.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:05 pmYou know, you’d think that Matthews would have a requirement that unless someone is impaired (beyond Coulter’s clear judgment problems) that they can’t hide behind a mask or sunglasses while spewing whatever they have to say on television. People deserve to see Coulter’s frightened little eyes twitch while she talks.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:05 pmmAnn Coulter is a skanky cunt and she is the best the republic party has to offer. Sad ole Party that once was the Grand ole party.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:08 pmThe INSTANT she hears is Mrs. Edwards on the line, she starts squirming, and fussing with her mane (she does have a horse face) like a guilty little child who fears a scolding coming their way…
P R I C E L E S S.
Comment by Not Canadian — June 26, 2007 @ 6:19 pm
I agree Coulter is incredibly hateful, which totally negates the instances in which her arguments are sound. However, these characterizations of the interview are not true. Coulter was squirming and fussing with her hair from the beginning of the interview. There were a couple of times when she avoided answering questions directly, but she never appeared uncomfortable. Edwards opened himself up to comments about his son, though not what she said, by constantly bringing up his death in situations in which it had no bearing.
“…Not invited into our livingrooms to polute the atmosphere….”
Comment by Merlin — June 26, 2007 @ 7:24 pm
I believe the usual response to this would be, “Change the channel.” ;)
June 26th, 2007 at 8:10 pmOther than his praise about Ann Coulter’s book-selling capabilities, what would Chris Matthews know about women? After all, doesn’t he have a pheremonal jones for Thompson?
“Hardball” it’s not: Limpball is way more accurate.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:14 pmDID NO ONE ELSE NOTICE THAT SHE SAID A HATEFUL JEWISH TERM?!
Sheister = a Jew’y lawyer who screws people over for money
June 26th, 2007 at 8:14 pmI can’t believe no one has remarked on Coulter’s calling jury members “illiterate.” Good citizens would be more like it. I guess if she had called them “ho’s” then maybe we’d have something. I’d love to see an interview with some of the jury members.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:15 pm#141 Comment by sponson — June 26, 2007 @ 7:56 pm
… if Matthews’ ratings go up when she is on the air, you can count on it that he’ll have her back again. Why contribute to that? Do not feed the trolls. If this is good enough for the comments here on TP, shouldn’t this be an even more important motto when Corporate America is checking to see if you are watching?
Not necessarily! Read my comment #121 above for my reasoning. These are not normal times! We have a lot of uninformed people to educate. Let Coulter and Matthews help us do that.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:15 pmWhy would people want to associate with this vile harpy? Is this what happens when you surrender your standards entirely?
June 26th, 2007 at 8:23 pmWait, wait, wait, she really made a wisecrack about the death of their son? Shes a iconic voice of the religious right, shes really writes books about us godless liberals, wow its amazing to see how low these supposed strong christians will go, God help us.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:24 pm#152 Comment by upright left — June 26, 2007 @ 8:10 pm
“…Not invited into our livingrooms to polute the atmosphere….â€
Comment by Merlin — June 26, 2007 @ 7:24 pm
I believe the usual response to this would be, “Change the channel.†;)
No, it would not in the case of my post. You took my comment out of context, and you missed my point I fear, or you would not have answered thus. My point was not about free speech or whether Matthews has the right to choose. Or that I am ranting about the horror of having Coulter on TV. Or whether the solution to my “problem” is to change the channel. I was responding to another post that ranted that.
Rather, it was the juxtaposing of the times we live in. Normal times=change the channel, while shaking one’s head at the ratings addicted mentality that invites such tripe on the air, which is what aware people will do. Today, in this atmosphere of up=down, we need people to see the crap for what it is. They will watch and get an education. Then they too will change the channel. We have a lot of educating to do.
Read my post again and tell me how I could have communicated my thought better.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:32 pmAnn Coulter should be seen as often as possible. She does more good for the Democrats than the presidential hopefuls do. She is so despicable and the GOP backs her by saying nothing about her vitriolic attacks suggesting assassination and murder of anyoneshe disagrees with Murder, you see in her opinion, is a lovely joke. Her joke about the Edwards dead son was hilarious! It brought tears to my eyes as a mother. Let her speak load and clear. Elizabeth Edwards a lady and such a class act, Ann was almost pitiful.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:37 pmshe’s a bus stop lunatic with a platinum platform.
christ. what a mess.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:40 pmThey should duel. Or choose seconds.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:41 pm#160 Comment by Jill Perry — June 26, 2007 @ 8:37 pm
Thanks for answering my question in #159. (Even though I was not addressing you.) You said it better than I did.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:42 pmHey, enough with the “hot lesbian action” involving Ann and Elizabeth. It’s really very childish. Also it is very much incorrect: it couldn’t be lesbian sex because Ann is a man.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:43 pmAnn Coulter says something and she is absolutely castigated. Yes she does say some outrageous things, but that is all you left wing cry babies can complain about. You never take her to task on her political and philosophical points because you can’t because if you did, you would lose. And another thing, how come when one of your left wing clowns says something on the same low brow level as some of the things Miss Coulter says, you are all mysteriously silent. Your hypocrisy and lack of intellectual honesty disgust me.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:48 pmMerlin,
June 26th, 2007 at 8:53 pmwe have Coulter, you have Olbermann.
As for LGF, unlike your Pro-Muslism ilk that site keeps aware of the Jihadist threat.
You root for the Jihadist traitor!
Go back to your fairy tales has been fake wizard!
Coulter is right. Coulter cannot make a career writing books without the shocking language and strange half-witted conspiracies. Coulter may be correct about some of the Democrats doings (god knows they are hardly clean) but her writing would be nothing special if it didn’t read like it was written by a tantrum throwing child. She is no different from Limbaugh, Emenem, or Marilyn Manson. It may sound strange but they are in the same business. No honesty, just extreme for the sake of being extreme.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:54 pmI’d rebut the trolls, but I’d have to wait for them to come back from crazytown.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:54 pmYou are my god will you make love to me
June 26th, 2007 at 8:56 pmAnd another thing, how come when one of your left wing clowns says something on the same low brow level as some of the things Miss Coulter says, you are all mysteriously silent. Your hypocrisy and lack of intellectual honesty disgust me.
OK, care to give us an EXAMPLE of ANYONE on the left using the HATE-language???
Otherwise it is YOUR hypocrisy and TRAITOR Bush’s and YOUR lies that are disgusting.
AND TREASONOUS…
Come on, BRING IT ON!!
June 26th, 2007 at 9:02 pmThat is right. All you flakes can come up with is ad hominem bull shit that isn’t even funny or witty, but rather infantile and moronic.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:02 pmwe have Coulter, you have Olbermann.
Sure, if you want to put it that way. You know she’s an “intelligent design” nitwit right?
June 26th, 2007 at 9:02 pmI wonder how many liberal parents in here want their kids to become ______ lawyers. We need more overpaid, overcharging bums in America, more ambulance chasers.
Comment by CT V_1 — June 26, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
I’m sorry, but if I’m not mistaken, Ann Coulter has a LAW degree. (That, of course, isn’t the same thing as “practicing law”, but still…….)
June 26th, 2007 at 9:04 pm“Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar” “Lies and the Filthy liars that Tell them” Or whatever those brilliant tomes by Al Franken were. When Cheney was in the hospital on of your View babes basically said, “Good, I hope he dies.”
June 26th, 2007 at 9:05 pmRosie O’Donnel. Sean Penn. Do I have to go on?
Funny how popular it is for folks to throw accusations at straw men these days. I always thought that was an intellectual faux pas. Here’s a test. If you are about to say something that begins as “You pansy liberals…” or “You idiot conservatives…” take the time to realize that just because someone has an idea that has been designated by the media as left or right wing it doesn’t mean they agree with all ideas of that particular political designation. Put short, it’s just immature and useless generalization. Unfortunately it does sell books.
Start attacking ideas on an individual basis and leave the misdirection to the experts in the media. Otherwise please just go back to shouting at your TV. You won’t persuade anyone by attacking them. In fact you’ll just strengthen their convictions.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:06 pmantoher leftwing sneak attack that fails blah blah
June 26th, 2007 at 9:07 pmNicely put, WallyAnti.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:08 pmDid you ever hear a Liberal and/or Progressive and/or Democrat publically call for the execution of their political opponents? Did you ever hear a Liberal and/or Progressive and/or Democrat publically accuse their opponent of using their dead son as a political tool? Did you ever hear a Liberal and/or Progressive and/or Democrat publically call acccuse their opponent of using their wife’s terminal cancer to get votes? As Mathews asked - why are Hillary’s legs important?
You dare call these comments “political and philosophical points”?
You need to think before you post (talk about intellectual dishonesty - your post is the epitome of intellectual dishonesty). If you can’t, you should STFU.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:08 pmanother i mean
June 26th, 2007 at 9:08 pm#166 Comment by Mike tyson — June 26, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
Merlin,
we have Coulter, you have Olbermann.
As for LGF, unlike your Pro-Muslism ilk that site keeps aware of the Jihadist threat.
You root for the Jihadist traitor!
Go back to your fairy tales has been fake wizard!
BwaaaaHaaaaaHaaaa You trolls that can’t put a string of talking points together crack me up. Fumbling, stuttering,,,,HaaaaHaaaa… Stop it will you, the tears are clogging my keyboard.
Whew… (wiping away tears of laughter) Now that I think about it, please stay and keep me entertained with your “Amateur Hour” attempt at angry provocation. (remember that “Amateur Hour” show? If the audience did not like your performance, a little troll like man woul pull you off stage with a big hook!. Nah, you are a troll. What do you know?) VV really needs to teach you a thing or two about trolling.
Pssst, Mikey, I got to ya with that LGF thingie, didn’t I. Out trolled the troll!
BwaaaaaHaaaaaHaaaaa
You’re a failure around here, Bitin’ Mike (who never fought a fight in your life.) You can’t even make it as a troll.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:10 pmHaaaaHaaaaHaaaa
#132
Interesting that when Edwards asked Coulter to stop the personal attacks, Coulter responded with-you want me to stop writing books, stop writing my column…in other words, Coulter admitted she doesn’t have any substance, only the insults and smears…
Comment by nullEmerald — June 26, 2007 @ 7:36 pm
Good point, null.
Unfortunately, people like Coulter will always cull a following from supporters and detractors alike. They say what they say to provoke a response, positive or negative, and that’s the key to their longevity. Love her or lover to hater her — it’s all the same. She will remain in the spotlight as long as she can strike a nerve — or until we all, finally, grow tired of her… but by then someone new will be ready to take her place. Until then, she and her kind remain the poster children for how to abuse your freedom for notoriety and personal gain.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:10 pmOnce again proving that America’s instiututions of higher education will sell a degree to damn near anyone.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:10 pm“Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar†“Lies and the Filthy liars that Tell them†Or whatever those brilliant tomes by Al Franken were. When Cheney was in the hospital on of your View babes basically said, “Good, I hope he dies.â€
Rosie O’Donnel. Sean Penn. Do I have to go on?
As far as Lush goes, it is TRUE, and Franken used FACTS to SHOW it.
I don’t know who said “Cheney should DIE”, but I DID say he should be IN JAIL and TORTURED for his TREASON.
Rosie, Sean Penn tell the TRUTH about your TREASONOUS AWOL Bush.
ALL of them use FACTS.
Coulter, Limbaugh, Hannity, O’Dildo, etc., use LIES and HALF-TRUTHS and INNUENDO.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:12 pmNeed I SAY MORE????
I was watching Chris Matthews like every night but decided to switch to Jeopardy since Ann Coulter was on. So I missed Elizabeth Edwards’s call I’m sorry to say. Go Elizabeth!! She’s one classy lady. I also like her husband. I’ve Googled Ann tonight trying to find out about her early years and can’t find anything. Am I the only one who notices her Adam’s apple? I would like to see a high school yearbook picture to prove she isn’t a boy. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it adds to her hypocrisy.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:12 pmYeah. Way to miss the point of what I said. Maybe you should read what she has written and actually THINK about some of the things she has said and not get all emotional and wet yourself. Yes she does say outrageous things, but there are those on the other side who say simalar things and get a pass. There’s your hypocrisy.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:14 pmGood Night. This is a grand waste of time.
You don’t need to say a thing. You just made my point.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:15 pmYou’re a failure around here, Bitin’ Mike (who never fought a fight in your life.) You can’t even make it as a troll.
HaaaaHaaaaHaaaa
Comment by Merlin
The poor little trollie who couldn’t….. :D
June 26th, 2007 at 9:15 pmComment by rightwingislonely — June 26, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
Name the people on “our side” who are saying the same things AC i