I am appalled when people respond to a hateful attacking person by using hateful attacks...completely undermines credibility. It is neither Coulter's hair color, nor her weight, nor her attire that defines whether she is or is not to be criticized or lauded.

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer
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When you mentioned your heart rate going up just at the sight of her hateful self, I could only nod my head. She has this HORRIBLE affect on me, it's quite embarrassing really. I did a highly venomous post on it earlier this year. She incites my rage like no other.

But let's be clear about one thing - just because she's loud, does not mean she is strong. Otherwise, she would not have to pay her rent by perpetuating Hate. Agent of Satan? Sure. Strong Woman? No, not by a long shot. That's me and you, Suzanne, and the rest of us gals here, but not her.

Normally, I'm anti-violence but ... if any sort of angry BlogHer mob gets put together, DO count me in.

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That name makes my blood boil every time I hear it. Coulter is an extremist who is looking for her 15 minutes of fame --when all she's done is bring shame and disgrace to women across this nation.

As a mother and a wife, I am proud of Elizabeth Edwards for respectfully taking a stand, when no one else would.

I am a strong believer in "what comes around, goes around." Coulter's time will come.

Ann Coulter makes a lot of sense if you think of her, not as a political commentator, but as an insult comic. Taking her seriously misses the point entirely.

I believe that people who choose vitriol, venom, and verbal aggression do so because:
a) they really don't have much to say
b) their viewpoint is made of tissue and would disintegrate if they stopped yakking for more than 2 seconds
c) they don't have (or at least use) intelligence to enter into a thoughtful conversation or debate

I ranted about Coulter to my husband for a few minutes privately (as I think is the imperfectly human thing to do). Then, like y'all I emphasized that when we stoop to name calling (even if we think it justified), we're down in the mud with miz C.

Thanks for your thoughtful post Suzanne, and follow up comments ladies. . .you all know how to communicate like adults. Bravo!

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Ann Coulter is only interested in selling books. She creates controversy for that reason, and to feed her patholgic need for attention. It's a shame that so much energy is wasted on such individuals. This country is in crisis, and we're wasting our time on Ann Coulter and Paris Hilton. All of the news programs are focused on this hateful woman. Ms. Coulter states that Edwards is disingenuous regarding the poor. I would love to know which charities and public service Ms. Coulter focuses her energies. I would guess that someone who is so full of hate doesn't have any energy left for charitable causes.

I watched Hardball and I saw the entire show with Ann Coulter. As I said in my blog, "Ann Coulter makes me crazy...like blood coming out of my eyes crazy". She always has and probably always will. What she said about the "9/11 Widows" and the bumper sticker comment are pretty much beyond explanation. They were hateful things to say, BUT I have to agree with PhilWelch when it comes to Coulter being an "insult comic".

I actually just went to GMA.com to see exactly what was said because I know that what the AP and the other news organizations are quoting is not the whole story and in fact the comment about Edwards being killed in a terrorist attack was taken out of context. There was a poll asking, “Was Edwards' appeal on target or off base?”. 807 out of 1,081 chose, “On target. Ann Coulter has debased the political dialogue with personal attacks”. WHAT?!

When you get down to the nuts and bolts of it, Coulter is a public figure, BUT, she is not a political candidate. She sells books by saying and writing provocative things. That's her job. Sometimes she says stuff that sucks, plain and simple.

Coulter is selling more books because of this publicity (that's why she went on GMA and Hardball in the first place) and Edward's is getting donations hand over fist because of this.

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look, i am hardly the National Poster Child for Zen Buddhism, but really, Suzanne et alia, you all need to find a Path to completely remove Ann Coulter from your Universe.

Do you watch the hour-long "Girls Gone Wild" infommercials at 4 am on the cable? You don't? Well, see how easy it was to remove "Girls Gone Wild" from your Universe? So there's one piece of perverse, greed-driven community-destroying psycho krapola on the cable that will never bother you again.

Why can't you do the same with Ann Coulter?

Ann Coulter isn't a conservative political commenter. She's a mentally ill person whose sole raison d'etre is to say krap like the krap she said about Edwards to try to give YOU a stroke.

For your health and for hers, stop watching, stop listening, stop reading, stop caring.

After Coulter's "faggot" meltdown, a lot of US newspapers cancelled her syndicated column -- including many in the Bible Belt and other regions we tend to write off as hopelessly conservative. The editorials they wrote about why they they were evicting Coulter from the pages of their decent newspapers are worth researching.

Do what these editors and publishers did: Marginalize this mentally disturbed person. When you buy tickets to scream and hiss and boo at her carnival freak show act, you don't just make American politics worse, you make her a bigger star, and create profit-making opportunities for even sicker individuals to put on even worse kinds of freak shows.

Okay, here's a Zen exercise: Visualize a moment in the Future when you mention Ann Coulter to a teenager, and the teenager replies: Who?

Throughout the presidential campaign, DO NOTHING TO POSTPONE OR DELAY THAT MOMENT. Do everything to hasten that moment.

It's an intervention. Help the addled woman get the treatment she so desperately needs. Send her to the oblivion from whence she came.

Bob
Massachusetts USA
and Planet Vleeptron

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Awesome stuff.

As a full time working mom raising two children, who has time to watch TV? Until this hit the internet news sites, I had not even heard of this person! Why do we even care what this one individual thinks? Inciting controversy is exactly her intention. As all parents know, the more attention she receives for her behavior, the more it will be reinforced. Negative publicity is still publicity. Ann Coulter? Who?

Hello! Thank you for linking to my site and the Ann Coulter post.

I'm always at a loss when I see the media giving Ann Coulter the venue she needs to spread her hateful statement. I as disappointed (but not surprised) that Chris Matthews was bowled over by her and didn't step in to correct Ann's false statements and exaggerations. He just sat like a lump and muttered and stumbled. He should have been more prepared for Coulter's attack methods.

I dislike Ann Coulter as much as the other commenters, but in the spirit of trying get past politics of hate, I'm going to try to say something nice.

You know, she has made it in the male dominated field of punditry, and she is evidence that women pundits are able to be as close-minded and argumentative as male pundits. (Ah! Equality!) Also, perhaps her mere existence on the scene will help lady-pundits of the future? Surely she has made opinionated women less frightening to the right -- and that's a good thing.

Sorry I'm late to the party...my computer has been loading very slowly. But, I wanted to thank Suzanne for doing this post and for linking to my site.

I don't know if any of you have heard yet. But I just read this when I logged on...

We were also able to confirm that Mrs. Edwards will be attending BlogHer '07 as part of our Closing Keynote on Saturday July 28th. -- read more

This is such great news.

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
also at Women 4 Hope and CatherineBlogs.com

The one thing that most frustrates me about Ann Coulter (and Rush Limbaugh) is that she brings up valid arguments and points to be discussed, but then completely undermines her position with insults.

I understand she wants the "right wing" to stand up and not take any guff from the extremists on the left, but I don't think there is any reason to make hateful comments about sexual orientation or tragic losses (the Edwards' son).

Elizabeth Edwards was right, this does leave a bad taste in the mouths of the newest generation of voters, and I hope she would do the same if Michael Moore were attacking a presidential candidate.

I don't like the title of this article although it is a good article and cites good information. The reason is that even attaching the name "strong woman" to anything Coulter does, I feel, misrepresents people's true perspective of her. Being opinionated does not immediately invoke feelings of respect or admiration in an audience - and it certainly does not intimidate any "strong" people, although that is all that it takes to intimidate meek people. Intimidation may work for the lout to feel powerful, but it does not reflect strength.

It doesn't take long to see Ann Coulter for who she really is; she is a hack pundit who thinks that she has sex appeal and uses that in her rhetoric through a condescending and self-flattering manner. (calling other women chubby and unattractive) Moreover, she uses this "cute" breach in solid argument that she believes is permissible because of her brilliant radiance (made apparent by her presumed superior appearance) to bolster this absurd neo-con ideal of the strong, attractive conservative warrior woman who can, supposedly, trade blows with the best of 'em when in actuality, she is a presumptuous blabbering moron.

A weakness to flattery, presumed sex appeal, and obnoxious verbosity are the ingredients for quick and easy exploitation and ultimately, loneliness.