Defending Ann Coulter
The controversy is that Ann Coulter called John Edwards a “faggot.”
Let’s go to the video tape:
I submit that Ann Coulter is a despicable, opportunistic media whore who says things simply for the shock value. This is just another example of her doing this, except this time it’s slightly funny.
I don’t think she was calling John Edwards gay. She knows he’s not gay and frankly I’d be surprised if she herself wasn’t a lesbian.
I believe she was using the word “faggot” the same way fifth graders use the word—to describe someone as a wuss. She was also making a pop culture reference to the actor from Grey’s Anatomy who went to rehab for calling a fellow cast member, who really was gay, a “faggot.”
Call me insane, call me insensitive but I really think she used some good comedic devices in that clip. She made fun of Edwards’ stance on Iraq and she made fun of the ridiculous reasons some celebrities (Isaiah Washington and Michael Richards) enter rehabilitation centers all in one joke. I think it was fairly well done. Plus, as any comedian would be impressed with, she knew her audience. She was speaking to the Conservative Political Action Committee and knew just what would make them laugh.
In this instance and this instance only, I defend her. You may think her joke wasn’t funny. You may think that she should leave the comedy to comedians. But I think she tried to make the audience laugh and judging by the clip, she succeeded.
Okay, now I’m ready for my flogging.
March 5th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I am a lesbian…and I dare say Doc..Ann’s no lesbian.
But man you always make the chicks look hot!
March 5th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
really? Hot? I always think she looks (and sounds) manly.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:26 am
I can’t really defend her, but it was a pretty funny statement. Kind of like calling a supermodel a “fatty”, except with no psychological repurcusions.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:05 am
Hey doc, she makes a living out of stirring shit and raising a stink. That little bit of marketing probably did wonders for her bottom line and I suspect that while she is laughing in the faces of her detractors, she is also laughing behind the backs of her supporters as well. At the end of the day, it is honesty, respect, intelligence, logic and reasoned consideration that deserves our attention. But to hell with that, it’s much more fun gawking at a nicotine soaked hag with a spackled mug and the countenance of a meth-whore. I’m way past burned out on her and her brain dead husband, “K-Fed” or whatever they call him. We are talking about Britney Spears aren’t we. Shit! Wrong post. Oh well, why waste a perfectly good diatribe.
March 10th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Seriously, any chick with an adams apple THAT pronounced probably shouldn’t open the door for sexual orientation jokes. However, she was pretty damn funny (on that one occassion) and pretty damn accurate (on that one occassion).
I think it is a pretty sad state of affairs when you have to enter rehab for calling someone a name. Isn’t this the country where freedom of expression is a right??
Did you hear Isaiah Wahington won at the NAACP Image Awards. hmmmmmmmmmm