Advertisement

Opinion: Coulter vs. (Elizabeth) Edwards

Share

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

Ann Coulter, she of the vicious right roundhouses, was on MSNBC’s ‘Hardball’ Tuesday, doing her thing with host Chris Matthews, when Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John, called in by pre-arrangement.

Coulter, you’ll recall, disturbed even some of her conservative allies when she referred to John Edwards as a ‘faggot’ during an appearance in March in Washington. She later tried to explain that she was using the term like a schoolyard taunt, meaning to cast Edwards as a ‘wuss.’

In Tuesday’s telephonic exchange, Elizabeth Edwards asked Coulter to start playing more nicely and stop using personal attacks. For the details, check out the video on MSNBC. But be patient. This morning, all the traffic had the server choking.

Advertisement

Elizabeth Edwards has been quite the presence this week, beginning with her stop Sunday at festivities surrounding San Francisco’s annual gay pride parade and subsequent appearance the next night, with her husband, on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.’

To check out coverage of other politicking she did in various Western climes, check out here, (a Seattle visit), here (a Portland drop-by) and here (the view from Vegas).

-- Scott Martelle

Advertisement