Elizabeth Edwards: "Please Stop Personal Attacks"; Coulter: Laughs

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Just something to think about.

 

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Elizabeth Edwards pleaded Tuesday with Ann Coulter to ''stop the personal attacks,'' a day after the conservative commentator said she wished Edwards' husband, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, had been killed by terrorists.

 

''The things she has said over the years, not just about John but about other candidates, lowers the political dialogue at precisely the time we need to raise it,'' Edwards said by phone on MSNBC's ''Hardball'' program, where Coulter was a guest.

 

Elizabeth Edwards said she did not consult her husband before confronting Coulter on the air, adding that she felt the pundit's remarks were ''a dialogue on hatefulness and ugliness.''

 

''It debases political dialogue,'' Edwards said. ''It drives people away from the process. We can't have a debate about issues if you're using this kind of language.''

 

Coulter responded with a laugh and charged that Edwards was calling on her to stop speaking altogether. She questioned why Elizabeth Edwards was making a phone call on behalf of her husband, and she criticized John Edwards for ''stealing doctors' money'' during his successful career as a trial lawyer.

 

''I don't think I need to be told to stop writing by Elizabeth Edwards, thank you,'' Coulter said.

 

On ABC's ''Good Morning America'' on Monday, Coulter was asked about a March speech in which she used a gay slur to refer to Edwards.

 

''If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot,'' Coulter said Monday, picking up on remarks made by HBO's Bill Maher. Maher suggested in March that ''people wouldn't be dying needlessly'' if Vice President Dick Cheney had been killed in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan.

[02Ram54]

Some of you may think that Michael Moore is disgusting, un-American, vile and useless. I have the same opinion of this woman (Coulter, not Edwards.) She makes me sick.

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''If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot,'' Coulter said Monday...

 

This isn't really new ground for Coulter, who once said (and I'm paraphrasing) that her only regret with Timothy McVeigh was that he didn't go to the New York Times Building. I guess she feels the need to shock and awe with her quotes, but I have no use for her.

[Hearsay]

She's disgusting. As is Bill Maher if he said that about Cheney.

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Some of you may think that Michael Moore is disgusting, un-American, vile and useless. I have the same opinion of this woman (Coulter, not Edwards.) She makes me sick.

 

She's crazy. The first time I saw her, I actually kinda liked her...unfortunately she kept on talking, and before the interview was over...well, you know...

 

...she's nuts. And full of herself. I can't help but wonder if she isn't just playing up to an audience, trying to get a reaction and sell books. Either way, I just wish she'd go away...and take Rosie O'Donnell with her. I can live with Michael Moore.

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I'm not going to defend Coulter, she does a fine job of that on her own, but it cracks me up how people take her remarks out of context in order to villify her.

 

Her comments on Edwards were made following Maher's offensive remarks wishing that Dick Cheney had died in a terrorist attack.

 

Her point was that instead of other (mild by comparison) remarks she has made about Edwards, she should simply wish (as Maher did about Cheney with no repercussions) that he was killed in a terrorist plot... which, based upon the lack of outcry toward Maher means that such comments are somehow more acceptable.

 

Her commentary was to illustrate the bias in the media toward liberal speakers and thinking ala Maher. The focus of her comments were directed at Maher more than Edwards.

 

The fact that you have posted this in outrage over Coulter's comments, without first expressing equal outrage over Maher's original assault on the Vice-president of this nation proves her point.

 

Like it or not, you have played right into her hands... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Booge]

I'm not going to defend Coulter, she does a fine job of that on her own, but it cracks me up how people take her remarks out of context in order to villify her.

 

Her comments on Edwards were made following Maher's offensive remarks wishing that Dick Cheney had died in a terrorist attack.

 

Her point was that instead of other (mild by comparison) remarks she has made about Edwards, she should simply wish (as Maher did about Cheney with no repercussions) that he was killed in a terrorist plot... which, based upon the lack of outcry toward Maher means that such comments are somehow more acceptable.

 

Her commentary was to illustrate the bias in the media toward liberal speakers and thinking ala Maher. The focus of her comments were directed at Maher, not Edwards.

 

The fact that you have posted this in outrage over Coulter's comments, without first expressing equal outrage over Maher's original assault on the Vice-president of this nation proves her point.

 

Like it or not, you have played right into her hands... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

 

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[mcpapa]

I'm not going to defend Coulter, she does a fine job of that on her own, but it cracks me up how people take her remarks out of context in order to villify her.

 

Her comments on Edwards were made following Maher's offensive remarks wishing that Dick Cheney had died in a terrorist attack.

 

Her point was that instead of other (mild by comparison) remarks she has made about Edwards, she should simply wish (as Maher did about Cheney with no repercussions) that he was killed in a terrorist plot... which, based upon the lack of outcry toward Maher means that such comments are somehow more acceptable.

 

Her commentary was to illustrate the bias in the media toward liberal speakers and thinking ala Maher. The focus of her comments were directed at Maher more than Edwards.

 

The fact that you have posted this in outrage over Coulter's comments, without first expressing equal outrage over Maher's original assault on the Vice-president of this nation proves her point.

 

Like it or not, you have played right into her hands... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I understand her point exactly. Maher is not exempt from my criticism.

 

And if I had played into her hands, I'd be buying her books (no chance).

[rockmom]

I'm not going to defend Coulter, she does a fine job of that on her own, but it cracks me up how people take her remarks out of context in order to villify her.

 

Her comments on Edwards were made following Maher's offensive remarks wishing that Dick Cheney had died in a terrorist attack.

 

Her point was that instead of other (mild by comparison) remarks she has made about Edwards, she should simply wish (as Maher did about Cheney with no repercussions) that he was killed in a terrorist plot... which, based upon the lack of outcry toward Maher means that such comments are somehow more acceptable.

 

Her commentary was to illustrate the bias in the media toward liberal speakers and thinking ala Maher. The focus of her comments were directed at Maher more than Edwards.

 

The fact that you have posted this in outrage over Coulter's comments, without first expressing equal outrage over Maher's original assault on the Vice-president of this nation proves her point.

 

Like it or not, you have played right into her hands... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Funny how you can defend Coulter so staunchly, and villify Michael Moore just as staunchly.

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I understand her point exactly. Maher is not exempt from my criticism.

I guess I missed your critique of Maher in post three... sorry. :thumb:

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I'm not going to defend Coulter, she does a fine job of that on her own, but it cracks me up how people take her remarks out of context in order to villify her.

 

Her comments on Edwards were made following Maher's offensive remarks wishing that Dick Cheney had died in a terrorist attack.

 

Her point was that instead of other (mild by comparison) remarks she has made about Edwards, she should simply wish (as Maher did about Cheney with no repercussions) that he was killed in a terrorist plot... which, based upon the lack of outcry toward Maher means that such comments are somehow more acceptable.

 

Her commentary was to illustrate the bias in the media toward liberal speakers and thinking ala Maher. The focus of her comments were directed at Maher more than Edwards.

 

The fact that you have posted this in outrage over Coulter's comments, without first expressing equal outrage over Maher's original assault on the Vice-president of this nation proves her point.

 

Like it or not, you have played right into her hands... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I disagree with the representation of her remarks. They weren't made in response to Maher. They were made when she was asked about the slur she used in reference to Edwards. She used Maher's comments as a response.

 

In any case, I didn't hear Maher's 'original assault' (language I wouldn't use in this dust up, but whatever) and that's why I made no mention. If I hear it for myself I'll judge what was said, but I don't like just regurgitating what someone says that someone said to be outraged.

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Funny how you can defend Coulter so staunchly, and villify Michael Moore just as staunchly.

I don't get how you conclude that I am defending Coulter. For the record, I too feel she is too abrasive much of the time. On the other hand, I think the liberal and fair thing to do is to put her remarks in context. Taken in context, she was not assaulting Edwards. She was making a very clear comment on how liberals like Maher are able to launch the most inflammatory statements with little or no repercussions while conservatives like her are assaulted for lesser comments.

 

How is it that Maher and Moore have greater license under the guise of Freedom of Speech, while Coulter is taken to task for the same comments?

 

Is freedom conditional?

[oldrambler]

I'm not going to defend Coulter, she does a fine job of that on her own, but it cracks me up how people take her remarks out of context in order to villify her.

 

Her comments on Edwards were made following Maher's offensive remarks wishing that Dick Cheney had died in a terrorist attack.

 

Her point was that instead of other (mild by comparison) remarks she has made about Edwards, she should simply wish (as Maher did about Cheney with no repercussions) that he was killed in a terrorist plot... which, based upon the lack of outcry toward Maher means that such comments are somehow more acceptable.

 

Her commentary was to illustrate the bias in the media toward liberal speakers and thinking ala Maher. The focus of her comments were directed at Maher more than Edwards.

 

The fact that you have posted this in outrage over Coulter's comments, without first expressing equal outrage over Maher's original assault on the Vice-president of this nation proves her point.

 

Like it or not, you have played right into her hands... :lol: :lol: :lol:

:thumb: :thumb: Excatly right , some fell directly into it and really made her point. I personally think that Coulter can go over the top at times myself and this although may have been done wrong, was done to prove a point and it did excatly that. The liberal media/commentators fell right into it. (LOL)

 

I am NOT saying that she should have said it, just that she did it for that reason and she accomplished what she wanted. JMO

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Her comments on Edwards were made following Maher's offensive remarks wishing that Dick Cheney had died in a terrorist attack.

 

Her point was that instead of other (mild by comparison) remarks she has made about Edwards, she should simply wish (as Maher did about Cheney with no repercussions) that he was killed in a terrorist plot... which, based upon the lack of outcry toward Maher means that such comments are somehow more acceptable.

 

Her commentary was to illustrate the bias in the media toward liberal speakers and thinking ala Maher. The focus of her comments were directed at Maher more than Edwards.

 

The fact that you have posted this in outrage over Coulter's comments, without first expressing equal outrage over Maher's original assault on the Vice-president of this nation proves her point.

 

Like it or not, you have played right into her hands... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Agreed. I actually like Coulter and have read each of her books. It's not that I agree with her political views (though I DO agree with some) that make her books enjoyable, but it is the deliciously caustic sarcasm that she uses to deliver her points which I find entertaining.

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I disagree with the representation of her remarks. They weren't made in response to Maher. They were made when she was asked about the slur she used in reference to Edwards. She used Maher's comments as a response.

 

In any case, I didn't hear Maher's 'original assault' (language I wouldn't use in this dust up, but whatever) and that's why I made no mention. If I hear it for myself I'll judge what was said, but I don't like just regurgitating what someone says that someone said to be outraged.

You have officially boggled my mind, as well as revealing blind bias on your part.

 

In the first post of this thread you started, you quoted an AP article upon which you based your protests against Coulter. That very article included this excerpt…

 

''If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot,'' Coulter said Monday, picking up on remarks made by HBO's Bill Maher. Maher suggested in March that ''people wouldn't be dying needlessly'' if Vice President Dick Cheney had been killed in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan.

 

I used your own source as the basis of my comments.

 

How is it you can quote and take as gospel certain comments and completely disregard others in the very same article?

 

You said, “If I hear it for myself I'll judge what was said, but I don't like just regurgitating what someone says that someone said to be outraged.” And yet, that is exactly what you are doing against Coulter while ignoring the clear connection to Maher.