SubscribeAnn Coulter Jokes About Rehab For Gay Slurs
By now you may have heard about the flap caused by Ann Coulter’s joke at the tail end of her CPAC speech yesterday.
From YouTube:
First, a little background. If you don’t follow the entertainment news you might not be aware of this momentous development last week.
From UPI:
‘Grey’s’ star in counseling for gay slur
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UPI) — Actor Isaiah Washington has entered a treatment program as part of an effort to atone for a gay slur against a “Grey’s Anatomy” co-star in Hollywood.“With the support of my family and friends, I have begun counseling,” the actor said in a statement Wednesday. “I regard this as a necessary step toward understanding why I did what I did and making sure it never happens again.”
Washington reportedly agreed to undergo a psychological assessment following discussions with ABC executives about his denial at the Golden Globe awards that he had called co-star T.R. Knight a “faggot,” Eonline.com said.
“Grey’s” creator Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that Washington’s use of “such a disturbing word” insulted gays and lesbians and “anyone who has ever struggled for respect in a world that is not always accepting of difference.” …
Ms. Coulter wrapped up her CSPAN remarks with an obvious reference to this great leap forward in political correctness and quick redemption:
I was going to have a few comments on the other presidential candidate, John Edwards. But it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot.’ So I’m kind of at an impasse. I can’t really talk about Edwards. So I think I will just conclude here and take your questions. Thank you.
This has given the lunatic left and even some of the more humorless nervous Nellies purportedly in the conservative camp a case of the vapors.
Of course Howard Dean and his fellow defenders of high public discourse standards at the Edwards’s camp have already called down fire and brimstone upon Ms. Coulter’s head. (Though Amanda Marcotte was not available for comment.)
And even three of the Republican presidential candidates have been required to go on the record denouncing Ms. Coulter’s crime against humanity.
Surprisingly, Adam Nagourney, of the New York Times emailed Ms. Coulter, asking for her response to the GOP candidates’ remarks:
On Mar 3, 2007, Adam Nagourney wrote:
The three Republican presidential contenders denouncing you… Do you want to do any response?
Here’s what they say:
The comments were wildly inappropriate,” said McCain spokesman, Brian Jones.
Mr. Giuliani said: “The comments were completely inappropriate and there should be no place for such name calling in political debate. Although John Edwards and I have differences in ideas and approach, he is a good man who I respect and admire for his commitment to public service.”
Kevin Madden, a spokesman for Mr. Romney, said:: “It was an offensive remark. Governor Romney believes all people should be treated with dignity and respect.”
To which Ms. Coulter replied:
C’mon it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean.
Did any of these guys say anything after I made the same remark about Al Gore last summer? Why not? What were they trying to say about Al Gore with their silence?
Weirdly enough, Mr. Nagourney did not see fit to include Ms. Coulter’s response in his finished article about her terrible hate crime.
From the New York Times:
Fallout Over Coulters Anti-Gay Remark
March 3, 2007
By Adam Nagourney
There’s some big fallout from the meeting in Washington of the Conservative Political Action Conference, three days of conferencing, caucusing, presidential addressing and book-hawking. These conferences have historically been known for displaying what its own organizers would describe as over-the-top behavior, and one of the regular speakers – Ann Coulter – offered an example of it when she used an anti-gay epithet on Friday to describe John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina and Democratic presidential contender.
“I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot,’ so I — so kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards,” she said, speaking to an overflow room of activists.
That rehab remark was apparently a reference to Isaiah Washington, one of the stars on Grey’s Anatomy, a television series, who called a co-star T.R. Knight anti-gay names and went to rehabilitation over it.
Mr. Edwards’s campaign quickly responded.
“John was singled out for a personal attack because the Republican establishment knows he poses the greatest threat to their power,” said his campaign manager, David Bonior. “Since they have nothing real to use against him, Coulter’s resorting to the classic right-wing strategy of riling up hate to smear a progressive champion.”
Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman, said: “There is no place in political discourse for this kind of hate-filled and bigoted comments. While Democrats and Republicans may disagree on the issues, we should all be able to agree that this kind of vile rhetoric is out of bounds.”
Democrats were not the only denouncing Ms. Coulter. “The comments were wildly inappropriate,” said Brian Jones, a spokesman for Senator John McCain, a Republican candidate for president who did not attend.
Kevin Madden, a spokesman for Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, said: “It was an offensive remark. Governor Romney believes all people should be treated with dignity and respect.
The question of whether the remark was offensive enough aside, the Edwards campaign saw an opportunity in the remarks of a woman who is about as popular in liberal Democratic circles as Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Republican circles (not very). Mr. Bonior sent an e-mail to supporters last night urging them to make contributions to the Edwards campaign.
“If we can raise $100,000 in “Coulter Cash” this week, we can show that bigotry will only backfire on those who use it,” Mr. Bonior wrote. “John is not the first progressive leader to face this kind of slime, but together, we can make sure he is one of the last.”
Times being what they are, Mr. Bonior let in to a little bit of excess in his plea for cash. “Coulter’s attack was no accident,” he said. “It happened on national television at one of the year’s biggest conservative conferences. Dick Cheney and most of the Republican candidates were in the audience. She was even introduced by Mitt Romney.”
Mr. Cheney was not there. Mr. Romney preceded her and mentioned that she was speaking later — he jokingly referred to her as a “moderate” — but he did not formally introduce her.
That said, attendees said that Ms. Coulter not only spoke warmly about Mr. Romney but all but endorsed him.
Not one word from the person being attacked, even though Mr. Nagourney had Ms. Coulter’s written response. Nor is there one word in the article spoken in her defense.
Surely there are plenty of people who understood her joke and what it was referencing. The video tape shows that the audience laughed. They “got it.”
But what can one expect from the New York Times?
Although, of course, in every good joke there is a little bit of truth:
Still, it was just a joke.
Remember those?
Update!
So it looks like the New York Times can be shamed after all.
Their latest update of this gripping story now includes Ms. Coulter’s response:
G.O.P. Candidates Criticize Slur by Conservative Author
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
March 4, 2007WASHINGTON, March 3 — Three of the leading Republican presidential candidates on Saturday denounced one of their party’s best-known conservative commentators for using an antigay epithet when discussing a Democratic presidential contender at a gathering of conservatives here…
Ms. Coulter, asked for a reaction to the Republican criticism, said in an e-mail message: “C’mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean.” …
Better late than never, I suppose.
Meanwhile, if you are looking for a way to strike back:
This is a link to Amazon, which has all of Ms. Coulter’s books, if you already have this one. And of course they make great gifts as well.
Also, by using this link, S&L gets back a modest kickback of two or three cents per purchase. So it is a win-win all around.
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March 3rd, 2007 at 7:46 pm
This is all so GAY!!!!! LOL
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Ms. Coulter is welcome to rehab at my house. I seem to recall that Mrs. 1st needs to visit her sister for a few weeks very soon.
Of course I will be happy to pick her up at the airport and see to her every need while she is here.
No need to pack a suitcase, she wont need any clothing here.
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:56 pm
So I’m guessing that Ann “queered” the forum or debate?
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Where do you go to get an offset for this kind of thing?
Would Al Gore’s company help?
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:00 pm
So …. Bill Mahr can publicly announce he’s disheartened that the Vice President of the United States wasn’t assassinated, but Ms. Coulter making a sideways remark about the multi-definition word ‘faggot’ is reason for her head on a pike?
It’s time for another Civi War.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Another Civil War? Dude, where have you been since the campaign of 2004?
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Oh, the horrors! Well, at least she didn’t call him something that would really upset the liberals - like Patriot or Christian.
She was making fun of political correctness, albeit clumsily.
And yet, Ann’s got the guts few have.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Glad you asked SG, Give me a few minutes and I will open a new section of the 1sttofight Forest to handle that.
I am working on the rates as we speak. But be forewarned since I lost my butt at poker today, they are going to be high.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Who the hell gives a shit about the gay vote?They vote with the wussy liberals for the most part.At least Ann has the guts to speak her mind and to hell with the PC crap.I say let’s all get back to the way it used to be.”you mean I offended you with what I said?’,”Deal with it or go hug a tree”.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Here’s your offset. Bring back old colloquialisms such as ‘fagged out’ to describe an extreme state of exhaustion, or ‘take a drag off of a fag’ to refer to smoking a cigarette. This way you maintain balance by confusing the meaning. Has anyone ever heard of a ‘Crisco disco’?
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Bill Mahr can publicly announce he’s disheartened that the Vice President of the United States wasn’t assassinated, but Ms. Coulter making a sideways remark about the multi-definition word ‘faggot’ is reason for her head on a pike?
And Ward Churchill can call the 9/11 victims “little Eichmans”, Amanda Marcotte can call Christianity misogynistic in rather profane language, black comedians can use the N-word in their routines, gay rights activists can strong arm schools into reading books like “King and King” to kindergarteners and call heterosexuals “breeders”, Muslims can call us infidels, devils, etc., etc., etc.
But conservatives, whites, and Christians have an obligation to tread carefully and say nothing that could possibly be interpreted as offensive to any of the above groups because to do so would apparently reveal us for the bigots that we are.
To wit, a commenter on another blog I read basically said that it’s okay for liberals to say hateful things because it doesn’t really reflect what’s in their hearts - liberals are incapable of being hateful. Meanwhile, he went on to say that whenever a conservative says anything, it shows us for the bigots/homophobes/racists we really are.
I wish I could find the comment thread, because you wouldn’t believe it. But then again, most of you probably would.
Such is the sad state of “free” speech in America.
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 pm
So glad you posted this. I’ve been over at HotAir reading all the whinery from the “conservatives”. The joke was funny, and from what I understand, everyone laughed, except for the HotAir corner. I think the commenters at H.A. are more upset than the liberals. Crazy.
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Apparently Edwards is not a faggot, But he is a whore.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256418,00.html
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:47 pm
(Though Amanda Marcotte was not available for comment.)
Maybe that is really the reason Amanda(F**k me every 15 minutes) Marlotte left the campaign.
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 pm
faggot can mean a bundle of sticks, a piece of pig iron, an archaic unit of measurement, an English meatball made of pork, a peculiar worm, burning tobacco, a burning bit of peat, and …. a faggot was a local boy hired to tend to household chores of young men reading at Eaton, as it was called; to tend to their rooms and personal chores. To be fagged out is to approach exhaustion.
Since Edwards is the house-n* Tool of the North Carolina banking establishment (a formidable bunch of bastards, let me tell you), it is probable that he is indeed a faggot hired to tend to their personal chores. He certainly is a peculiar worm.
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I don’t suppose it ever occurred to Sen. Edwards that his “Coulter Cash” gambit could blow up in his face.
March 4th, 2007 at 12:30 am
CKO, I’m certain the “Coulter Cash” will be well in excess of $100,000. But I’m equally certain that it will all be donated by less than two dozen Hollywood elites–most of whom, I’m fairly certain, are faggots.
But John Edwards has his own comment on the matter–
http://blog.johnedwards.com/st.....72259/3775
(Emphasis mine)
Apparently “that kind” of bigotry is anti-homosexual bigotry. Anti-Christian bigotry gets you a nice fat paycheck, at least until the blogs catch on. Anti-American bigotry gets you his endorsement–unless, like Anti-Americans Hildabeast and B. Houssein Obama, you’re running against him.
This idiot has the absolute gall to whine that he’s being ’smeared’? Why doesn’t some conservative… er.. Republican candidate stand up and say “Mr. Edwards, you have paid sums of money for the most profane anti-Christian bigots available to work on your campaign. You have stood by in support of your running-mate when he slanderously accused President Bush of having a secret plan to activate the draft if he was re-elected. You had no comment in opposition when Mr. Maher expressed disappointment that the Vice President was not assassinated, or when Ms. Totenburg expressed her wish that Mr. Helms’ grandchildren contract AIDS, or when film-maker Spike Lee claimed that Mr. Heston should be shot, or any of the great deal of real hate speech going on, almost overwhelmingly from the left. But you want us to issue apologies because a woman who is exponentially more virtuous and intelligent than yourself called you a fag? Screw you, Mr. Edwards.”
I swear, I’d love to run for office just so I can sound off at some of these absolute bastards.
But my personal favorite……
Nothing real to use against him….
Other than his hypocrisy on the Iraq War…
Other than his anti-Americanism….
Other than the fact that he intends to bring back HillaryCare….
Other than the fact that he made a multi-million-dollar fortune suing doctors over claims that are known to be false…
Other than his actions in the South Carolina Senate to halt the creation of a fund for victims of cerebral palsy, because while it would help the kids it would eliminate the massive jury awards he and other trial lawyers get a cut of….
Other than hiring a profanely anti-Christian bigot to work for his campaign…
Other than running alongside (and supporting) John F’n Kerry, the phony war-hero with Bush’s ’secret plan for the draft’….
Other than supporting the abilities of unions to intimidate employees into joining rather than allowing a secret ballot (because you know unions wouldn’t have anything to do with corruption…..)….
Other than proposing to cut off funding for our troops in Iraq while demanding we send troops to Darfur…
Other than more socialist plans to buy votes with money taken by force from the achievers and producers of the country….
Other than pushing the global warming hoax…..
Other than that, though, we got nothin’. Time to see if there’s a drunk-driving conviction on Hilary of B. Houssein Obama we can get the press to release 72 house before the election….
March 4th, 2007 at 2:23 am
OK, So faggots don’t mind being faggots as long as they are not called faggots.
Being a faggot is something to be proud of, Just ask one, But do not call a faggot a faggot.
Its demeaning to be called a faggot, But its cool to to be a faggot.
Anybody else confused?
So why are faggots so upset? Are their rectums sore, Do their jaws ache?
I don’t know maybe I need counseling, Or maybe I should just call them queer.
March 4th, 2007 at 2:59 am
Oh and what was that thud?
Somebody get DW some oxygen.
March 4th, 2007 at 5:13 am
Giuliani read Kos or Huffington lately?
You can telll the campaign’s in its early stages…
March 4th, 2007 at 5:18 am
Whoops… posted a different comment in the wrong place - sorry about that. (Moved to Missed News…)
March 4th, 2007 at 8:58 am
Her comment was indirect, and didn’t strike me as a slur. But then, the way the Dems and the “respectable” Republicans are going berserk, it looks more like they just want to silence Ann than address the simple fact that Edwards is an empty suit pretty boy who should be modeling and not running for an office where he might mess his hair up.
March 4th, 2007 at 9:02 am
The hand wringing is worse than what she said.
So, Giuliani, Romney and McCain got their “nuts in a knot” over Ann’s use of ONE word. No tough conservative among them. Tweedle dum, Tweedle dummer and Tweedle psycho.
Where is the outrage over Bill Maher’s comment about the assassination attempt on the Vice President? Not a peep from the dems.
What’s all the fuss about? Ann was just being Ann.
March 4th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Unfortunately for John Edwards (and all politicians) there is now a footprint (and not one of those Gore type ones) left on the internet of all past statements (and misstatements) and for his statement on his hiring and keeping on Amanda Marcotte which shows his complete hypocrisy google ‘John Edwards statement on campaign bloggers Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan’ via Pam’s House Blend blog- but that was then and this is now.
March 4th, 2007 at 10:56 am
I don’t think she is funny. But what if she is right? People have to go to rehab for saying “faggot” now? And screw how the Republicans look. They were not all that impressive when they had a lock on government. Let them stew in the minority. Let me know when they decide to enforce the law, if it is not too inconvenient for meatpacking-plant shareholders.
March 4th, 2007 at 11:04 am
By the way, as you may or may not know, Bill Maher said on his show the other evening that he was disappointed that the assassination attempt against Vice President Cheney failed.
If you check Google news, you will find ONE (1) story on it. From Newsbusters:
http://tinyurl.com/2mpdtd
The media have their priorities.
March 4th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Ann Coulter speaks truth to evil vast left-wing (communist) conspiracy!
March 4th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Oh! Good GOD!! Thank you for that Edwards video. And sorry, Coulter is my hero. The Borg can’t touch her!!
March 4th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I thought being gay was good if you are a leftie. Isn’t that why there is “diversity” training in our schools by giving kids the book “Heather Has Two Mommies?” Isn’t that why the Taxachussets judge just ruled that parents can’t opt-out their kids from that type of diversity training?
If being gay is so good to the left wing, where was the insult in what Coulter said?
The next time someone refers to me as a “redneck” I am going to sue. Or go on TV and ask for “redneck” dollars like the Breck Boy is asking for “Coulter’” dollars as his campaign is sinking faster than the Bismark.
March 4th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
I didn’t find it funny and you all know I love Ann. But what bothered me the most is that they are erasing words…we’re not allowed to say things, and before long, we’re not allowed to think them, and then what???? It’s Orwellian. She’s brought something to the forefront we should all be concerned about. Free speech is on the decline and it’s not from the Patriot Act.
March 4th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
“It’s Orwellian. She’s brought something to the forefront we should all be concerned about. Free speech is on the decline and it’s not from the Patriot Act.”
You said it, groovygrl. As Maher, Huffington, Kos, etc would probably say: “Some opinions are more equal than others,” to paraphrase Orwell in “Animal Farm.”
March 4th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Ann was making a joke about how dangerous politically correct speech is becoming. Entering rehab for using the word, “faggot?”
Yes, as grovvygrl said, “they are erasing words we are allowed to say,” and that’s not a good omen for free speech.
That’s the point Coulter was making, and I’m embarrassed that the R politicians didn’t see that, and defend her.
I love Ann, as she is one of the few who are standing up for, “our side,” and pointing out the hypocrisy of the left in the type of hateful rhetoric they get away with EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I’m also quite puzzled by the conservatives who are wringing their hands over this and insisting that we must hold ourselves to such, “high standards,” of behavior, in order to not be characterized the way we already are characterized, by the looney liberal left. Everything Ann Coulter has ever said is fodder for these people, yet there is no outrage for Bill Maher, and the HuffPo’s for expressing disappointment that the VP wasn’t killed? These people are the worst kind of hypocrites. Let’s not reinforce their hypocrisy.
March 4th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
If they’re smart, they’ll drop it now–they’ve already milked all the support from their base that they can, and if they keep bringing it to national attention, someone might actually try to find out some real information on Edwars–which is bound to be bad for his campaign.
But it seems some liberals have actually been watching the news…
Our friends at Pandagon ( http://pandagon.net/2007/03/03.....ent-372395 ) think this is just absolutely unacceptable–and if anybody knows bigotry, it’s the folks at Pandagon.
Bradblog, always a favorite for extreme liberal stupidity (forgive the redundancy), weighs in too…. http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4215
And check the comments–not only are they funny, but when it somes to asinine, bigoted vile, these guys are the resident authorities…..
March 4th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
JannyMae - Your post was spot on.
You wrote:
“I’m also quite puzzled by the conservatives who are wringing their hands over this ”
You shouldn’t be surprised….we’re dealing with the Frist republicans now…not the Reagan’s.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:47 am
On the CBS News website: “Coulter Under Fire For Anti-Gay Slur”
I thought her remarks was directed at John “Silky Pony” Edwards, no? Perhaps her words were tangentially disrespectful of gays as a whole, but to say she was “anti-gay” for remarks directed at someone who is not gay is plain wrong.
CBS News: getting the facts wrong yet again.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Ann wasn’t bashing gays or Edwards, but the barb was pointed at the pc police. And had I known about that Grays Anatomy thing - why I’d had blown a gasket long before this.
We can all thank former President Clinton for this and his infamous ‘it all depends on what ‘it’ means for demeaning and deminishing our language.
Until the left starts policing themselves, they don’t have the right to point a finger at the conservatives.
The left hates the word faggot because it sounds bad, gay is just so pc and NICE. About as big a crock as most of what they are foisting off on America.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Great point JannyMae. I’m of the opinon that Ann knows exactly what kind of reaction she’s going to get, from both sides, and does it to expose the hypocrisy of everyone. An equal opportunity offender, if you will.