I’m with Elizabeth Edwards
Posted by Moonage on 27 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Idiot of the day, The Media
Elizabeth Edwards sent a personal message out to the world for Ann Coulter to hear after Coulter made this rather non-political comment:
“If I’m going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot,” Coulter said Monday, riffing on remarks made by HBO’s Bill Maher.
To which Ms. Edwards is responding with:
“The things she has said over the years, not just about John but about other candidates, lowers the political dialogue at precisely the time we need to raise it,” Edwards said by phone on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” where Coulter was a guest……
It debases political dialogue,” Edwards said. “It drives people away from the process. We can’t have a debate about issues if you’re using this kind of language.”
What “this kind of language” is to me is trash. In order to elaborate more fully, we’ll need to agree on the definition of trash:
trash [trash] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,
€noun
1. anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
2. foolish or pointless ideas, talk, or writing; nonsense.
3. a worthless or disreputable person.
4. such persons collectively.
5. literary or artistic material of poor or inferior quality.
6. broken or torn bits, as twigs, splinters, rags, or the like.
7. something that is broken or lopped off from anything in preparing it for use.
8. the refuse of sugar cane after the juice has been expressed.
9. Computers. an icon of a trash can that is used to delete files dragged onto it. €verb (used with object)
10. Slang. to destroy, damage, or vandalize, as in anger or protest: The slovenly renters had trashed the house.
11. to condemn, dismiss, or criticize as worthless: The article trashed several recent best-sellers.
12. to remove the outer leaves of (a growing sugar cane plant).
13. to free from superfluous twigs or branches.
[Origin: 1325€75; ME trasches (pl.), appar. c. Norw trask rubbish; akin to OE trus brushwood, ON tros rubbish
]
€Synonyms 5. drivel, rot, hogwash, nonsense.
To further assist in clarifying my point, I even boldened the very specific parts I have a problem with. It is one thing, as a political commentator, to debate the politics of an issue. That’s not what Ann thrives on. What Ann thrives on is attempting to destroy individual people. Because of that, I have chosen, long ago, to rid myself of this superfluous twig of the political dialogue I choose to participate in. Elizabeth Edwards is nutty liberal. This is most likely the only time I’ll agree with her. But, in this one case, she’s dead-on 100% right and Ann needs to grow up.
People love picking on Bush and crediting him with destroying the Republican control in Washington. In one particular way I think he has. He didn’t tell the Ann Coulters of his party to shut up and show the Christian values they claim they’re fighting for.
This also plays into the point I’ve been making about the Neo-cons hijacking the party. Ann Coulter is not the least bit symbolic to me of the core values of the Republican Party. She is the poster child at this time of what the Neo-Cons have done to it. To cite my source one more time, “the slovenly renters have trashed the house”.
As to be expected, there are diverse reactions to this:
- James Joyner nails it I think with “The irony is that this is a very conservative sentiment. That Coulter, one of the chief propagandists of the modern conservative movement, has to be lectured on civility by the left is sad commentary, indeed.”
- Mona notes: “Coulter is routinely asked to appear at right-wing festivals such as the Conservative Political Action Conference. When will they have the decency to stop?”
- John Aravosis of Americablog asks: “If you or I said this, we’d be arrested. And we certainly wouldn’t be given TV time on ABC, NBC or any other show than FOX. Why did NBC let her on the show after this?” ( The answer’s simple John, MSNBC hates conservative values. The best way to illustrate all that is wrong with Neo-Conservatism is to invite Coulter on your show. To make it better, put her in a confrontation. )
- My friend Storm has a LOT to say.
- And the usual suspects all chime in as well.
- And lastly, I’ve had something to say about Coulter in the past as well.
5 Comments »
on 27 Jun 2007 at 9:04 am 1.somesortamindo said …
Several years ago, I used to think Ann Coulter was funny and had biting wit. Over the last couple of years, she’s turned into someone who just bites.
on 27 Jun 2007 at 11:39 am 2.Stormwarning's Counterterrorism said …
Anne Coulter Crosses the Line of Decency (actually she may never have been decent)…
I’ve never liked the bitch. Anne Coulter has truly crossed the line this time. She doesn’t represent me as a Republican, and I doubt that she actually represents the sentiments of most clear headed Americans, after commenting that she wished…
on 27 Jun 2007 at 2:48 pm 3.Jon Swift said …
Elizabeth Edwards Viciously Attacks Ann Coulter…
It’s really sad the way Elizabeth Edwards has debased our political dialogue by confronting pundits with their own words….
on 27 Jun 2007 at 2:54 pm 4.Moonage
said …
Very nicely done Jon! I love it!
on 28 Jun 2007 at 12:54 am 5.Divided We Stand United We Fall said …
Ann Coulter’s War on Science…
I kept my word. I have made no subsequent posts about Ann Coulter in the 11 months since this post. But on the occasion of the Godless paperback publication, and the subsequent revival of the Coulter “Crazy like a Fox” bookselling tour on co-conspira…