Insane Slur of the Day, Part I

As a featured speaker yesterday at the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, right wing pundit Ann Coulter was asked to comment on Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. Amazingly Coulter responded by stating "It turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot' so I'm, so kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards".

Now I normally try to keep my personal comments in my postings to a minimum but, in this particular situation, I can't help myself. Coulter signifies everything that is wrong with the Republican Party, as well as with our country. Members of the right (i.e. Bush, Cheney, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, etc.) believe they can say or do anything without suffering any repercussions. The old adage is that individuals who make profane or inflammatory comments are usually either uneducated, ignorant or immoral (As a result of her holding a law degree, I will concede educated to Coulter but she is definitely ignorant and immoral). A day after her reprehensible statement, no member of the Republican Party has denounced Coulter's irresponsible behavior. In fact, FOX News only bothered to mention the incident on their web site once Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, expressed his concern regarding Coulter's comment. By the way, Coulter was not finished making ridiculous statements with her slur on Edwards. When discussing black Republicans, she declared that "Our blacks are better than their blacks". Obviously Coulter and individuals like her are clearly abusing the First Amendment and the right to free speech.