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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:17 PM
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Poll question: What does Ann Coulter's statement really mean?
For those who don't know she called Edwards a Faggot (well more or less (kind of the way some people invoke Rule #3 to call someone something without actually saying the words)). She has such said "C'mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean."

So what does this comment really mean?

Bryant
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:19 PM
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1. From this point forward
I think nobody should pay attention to her(?). Then maybe she(?) would just go away.
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:20 PM
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3. Ignoring cancer does not make it go away...
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:30 PM
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10. Good point
Never really thought of it like that. I swas thinking about children who want attention and act up to get it. Most of the time if we just ignore their antics, they stop and move on to something else.
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JackintheGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:41 PM
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12. But if you don't *believe* in it
then it simply won't be there. :)
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:21 PM
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6. If nobody paid attention to her, the attacks would get worse, at
least for a while, in an effort to get a reaction. That's all she's looking for.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:28 PM
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9. Yes, that happens, but in the end, behavior modification does work with most
;)
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Epiphany4z Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:19 PM
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2. time to make some
more money off these losers.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:20 PM
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4. #s 6 & 7 - Pay attention to me & rally the wing-nuts against Edwards
Got the wing nuts all primed to take on Hillary. Can't have an Edwards slipping in and gumming up the plans. ;)
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:21 PM
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5. "I can't think of anything bad
to say about John Edwards, (that's true)".
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:22 PM
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7. People need to get a fucking clue as to what is important in
the news.

AND THIS IS NOT IT
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:24 PM
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8. Where do you get a fucking clue? Is that distinct from a regular clue?
Hey maybe i could get you a sense of humor while I'm out - you know, if the same store carries both.

Bryant
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:59 PM
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17. A sense of humor might help most people.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 03:15 PM
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23. if there's one thing i don't know, it's humor
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 01:13 PM
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19. Really?
Then why did you post a new thread about it, Mr. News Filter?
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:32 PM
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11. I don't think it actually means anything
she makes her living saying outrageous things, and she sure knows how to push a lot of people's buttons.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:48 PM
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13. John Edwards reminds her of a bundle of sticks?
Personally, I don't see it but Ann, being a bundle of sticks herself, might. :shrug:
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:51 PM
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14. Semantical equivalent: "I hate gays like John Edwards."
Edited on Mon Mar-05-07 01:03 PM by TahitiNut
In merely using the epithet, she annouces her hatred and bigotry. Applying it to Edwards, she makes the allegation that Edwards is gay. Thus, it's a compound statement with the primary message of deep-seated hatred.

:shrug:

The reason it shouldn't matter: Who cares what an obvious sociopath claims?

The reason it DOES matter: It's part of the Republican Party platform.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:54 PM
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15. #7 'I really want to get laid by in inbred ignorant redneck'
That's what I would figure. I thenk she thought Deliverance was an instructional video.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:56 PM
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16. Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
:shrug:
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 01:11 PM
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18. It means that
when there's a warrant out for her, she's going to skip country with all the cash in her numbered bank accounts from the Repuke party ...
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 03:07 PM
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21. Maybe she'll go to aruba.
I hear it's nice this time of year.

Bryant
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 03:11 PM
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22. Oh, great ... then we'd have Mannatee
Holloway on Faux 24/7 ...
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ben_meyers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 01:15 PM
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20. Something else
It means that she has another book due out soon, and it will probably be another best seller and she will be on all the talk shows to promote it. And every time somebody says anything about her she just goes ca-ching!
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cgrindley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 03:45 PM
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24. It means a bunch of stuff
1. she hates gay people
2. she hates John Edwards
3. she hates PC speech codes
4. she hates NOT being in the spotlight
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