Ann Coulter probably really doesn't like John Edwards, but I don't think she thinks he is gay. I think she wanted to express her dislike for him, and she wanted to express her dislike for the fact that liberals like Edwards evidently believe a person who uses the "f" word — the gay slur — should go to rehab.

She didn't just make that up. That's precisely what happened when a Hollywood actor called one of his colleagues — a gay man — that same name. He got packed off to rehab.

I mean, that was the first thing I thought of when I initially read the comment.

Here is exactly why we in the conservative movement need to drop Ann Coulter like she is a hot potato.

"Apparently our top three Republican nominees aren't that smart," Coulter said. "And by the way, if they're going to start apologizing for everything I say, they better keep that statement handy cause there's going to be a lot more in the next year."

I believe she just fragged herself with her own tongue.

I’m curious – will the same folks who stood up in defense of the Dixie Chicks and their right not to be boycotted or face reprisals from Corporate America condemn the actions of these advertisers in response to Coulter’s exercise of her First Amendment right to insult a politician?

At least three major companies want their ads pulled from Ann Coulter's Web site, following customer complaints about the right-wing commentator referring to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a "faggot."

Verizon, Sallie Mae and Georgia-based NetBank each said they didn't know their ads were on AnnCoulter.com until they received the complaints.

A diarist at the liberal blog DailyKos.com posted contact information for dozens of companies with ads on Coulter's site after the commentator made her remarks about Edwards at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Friday.

But hold it – isn’t this the same “outrageous” tactic followed by the “vast right wing conspiracy to suppress dissent” when the Dixie Chicks spoke their offensive words? Weren’t we told that they had a right to say what they said free from any consequence? When will the “courageous” voices on the Left who defended the insults directed at the President and the nation be heard giving just such a rousing defense to Ann Coulter? Will they condemn the decision of any newspaper to drop her column over the CPAC speech (don’t hold your breath – they haven’t done so over past “corporate censorship” of Coulter over extreme statements)? And will Coulter receive a Pulitzer Prize for her writing, based not upon the quality of her work but on solidarity with her for her courageous decision to “speak truth to power” and her declaration that she isn’t going to “make nice” or “back down”?

Oh, that’s right – conservative dissing a liberal. Off with her head, because the Left doesn’t apply a consistent standard, something that we on the right do when we reject the words of both the Dixie Chicks and Ann Coulter.

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