Anne Coulter Says She Wants John Edwards Dead, Then Denies It.

These two You Tube videos are playing on John Edwards’ website. One is from yesterday morning, a clip of Coulter on her “Faggot” remark of a few months back. Now she just wants him to be murdered by terrorists.



Then today, she appeared on Chris Matthews’ MSNBC Hardball program where she was sandbagged by a call in from Elizabeth Edwards who politely but firmly asked Coulter to stop her attacks on her husband. Coulter started to deny the whole thing, then Matthews reminded her of her remark, then she ran behind the 1st Amendment.



Ms. Edwards got a rousing applause toward the end of the 3 minute clip, and all you see Coulter do is run her hand through her hair for the umpteenth time.

She didn’t look to be very happy.

This evokes oratory in the House Un-American Activities Committee meeting room over 50 years ago. I’ve seen the news clip dozens of times. In it Joseph Welch is questioning Joseph McCarthy, who proceeds to attack a young lawyer on Welch’s staff. After an emotional return tirade, Welch says these words. Words that were followed by wild applause in the committee chambers:

“Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”

Coulter, same question (and yes, including the “sir”).

HR 1592, The “Hate Crimes Bill” Passes

Hate crimes, crimes committed against people because of some physical, behavioral or ideological characteristic, are more heinous than the vast bulk of crimes that humans are capable of. Congress today accomplished something that would have been impossible before January. They passed HR 1592, the “Hate Crimes Bill”. A similar bill, sponsored by Ted Kennedy, is making its way through the Senate.

The vote went this way Aye: 237 (including 25 Republicans) and Nay: 180 (including 14 Democrats). My congressman, Nick Lampson, is still recovering from surgery so did not vote.

What this bill will do if it becomes law (more on that later) is to recognize hate crimes as a crime against a person committed solely on account of the person’s race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim. That’s the broadest definition ever to be seen, and it is very inclusive.

The bill authorizes the attorney general to give priority to prosecute cases involving hate crime, and provides that the attorney general may provide technical support to local law enforcement agencies in their investigations. In addition, local law enforcement agencies may apply for grants of up to $100,000 per year to assist them in their investigation of hate crimes.

Federal prosecution of local hate crimes may occur if the local jurisdiction requests it or does not object to federal action, or if the jurisdiction fails to prosecute the offense. A person convicted of a federal hate crime, a felony, could face up to 10 years imprisonment, or if the victim dies, is kidnapped or sexually assaulted, life imprisonment.

Hate crimes speak to the worst side of human behavior. It needs special attention to eradicate commission of hate crimes in this country.

This is a great and noble bill.

And George Bush says he will veto it.

Why? Is it because too many people with “high moral standards” will be incarcerated? Religious extremists who want to cuff a faggot for Christ? Or is it because of California? California has led the way in passing hate crime bills into law. It is now a crime in California to refuse to hire a teacher solely because he/she is a transsexual.

The Washington Post printed a White House statement on this bill today:

“The White House said state and local criminal laws already cover the new crimes defined under the bill and there was "no persuasive demonstration of any need to federalize such a potentially large range of violent crime enforcement.”

So, according to the White House, the reason Bush opposes the bill is because the states already prosecute hate crimes, and that hate crimes are so widespread and rampant that there is no need to federalize the crime. They also say it isn’t inclusive enough. No mention of the elderly. No mention is made of policemen or the military (you know, guys who carry guns?).

Do these people come from the same planet I am from?

Republicans are outraged that the law no longer makes us all equal. That gays get their cases filed before straights who are beaten and robbed. Well let’s get this straight: hate crimes are crimes motivated by ideas, not avarice or passion. A victim of a hate crime not only has a broken body, but a broken spirit. Hate crimes are the cruelest crimes in existence. They SHOULD get priority.

Rightwing evangelical James Dobson, founder of “Focus on the Family” says that the true intent of the bill is to “muzzle people of faith who dare to express their moral and biblical concerns about homosexuality”. Dobson wants to retain his religious right to hate his fellow human man. He also claims that the bill would deny his right to free speech.

No, I think it will still be possible for Ann Coulter to call John Edwards “a faggot” in tasteless jokes. But it will protect her if someone attacks her under the delusion that she is a former male.

Coulter Smear Attack on John Edwards: Let the Games Begin

According to Ann Coulter, who is a complete hypocrite by the way, if you are a Democrat running for president, then you are a "faggot". Caught in the act of being a gay-bashing bigot, at the 34th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Coulter suggested that John Edwards was gay by way of saying that she couldn't mention the word "faggot" in public or she would have to enter rehab. It's on You Tube.



UPI explains that the rehab remark "may have been a reference to Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington's decision to go into rehab during a public relations firestorm after he called one of his co-stars a 'faggot.' "

Democrats who run for president are either "faggots" or "total fags". However congressmen who are outted for their unusual interest in teenage congressional pages are . . . what? . . . gay?



David Bonior, the Edwards campaign manager asks how do they respond to this slime attack?

"Do we sit back, or do we fight back?"

"I say we fight. Help us raise $100,000 in "Coulter Cash" this week to show every would-be Republican mouthpiece that their bigoted attacks will not intimidate this campaign. I just threw in 100 bucks. Will you join me? Just click here."

Well, I clicked there and they now have fifty more bucks to go to "Coulter Cash".

Let the games begin. Expect more of the same. Republicans are going to learn that when they misbehave, Democrats have a payday.