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10:10 PM ET, March 2, 2007

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Coulter: I Would Talk About Edwards But "You Have To Go Into Rehab If You Use The Word 'Faggot'" — Speaking today at the Conservative Political Action Conference, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter said: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards …

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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:

Cheney, GOP prez candidates, called on to condemn Ann Coulter for calling John Edwards a "faggot" today — From the Human Rights Campaign:

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Sean Hackbarth / The American Mind:

ANN COULTER USES GAY SLUR AT CPAC — Ann Coulter almost made it through her CPAC speech without looking like a complete buffoon. She wasn't funny, she rarely is, but she's an attention whore. Near the end of her speech she said she wouldn't talk about John Edwards because " …

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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:

Coulter @ CPAC: I would comment on John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot.' — It's nice to see the conservatives at CPAC embrace and cheer on someone like Coultergeist. She's really a beacon of responsible conservative commentary, no?

Discussion: The Impolitic, Hullabaloo and TheNewsHole

Bryan / Hot Air:

Thanks, Ann; Update: Audio added — Ann Coulter is speaking at CPAC as I write. As is typical, she gave a brief speech full of her usual witticisms, including a few brilliant attacks on Al Gore's green hypocrisy. All was good. Untill the last few seconds, when she launched into a joke about John Edwards.

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Matt Browner Hamlin / The Huffington Post:
CPAC: Giuliani Falls Flat, Coulter Drops a Slur

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hrc.org: GAY CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP CONDEMNS ANN COULTER'S REMARKS AS "VILE" AND "DISGUSTING"

Robert Burns / Associated Press:

Army Secretary Resigns in Scandal's Wake — WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey abruptly stepped down Friday as the Bush administration struggled to cope with the fallout from a scandal over substandard conditions for wounded Iraq soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

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The Blotter:

Waxman to Force Walter Reed Ex-Chief to Talk About Problems, Contract — Justin Rood and Anna Schecter Report: — A powerful Democratic congressman is challenging the Pentagon, which is attempting to block the former chief of Walter Reed Army Medical Center from testifying before Congress next week.

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William Branigin / Washington Post:

Bush Orders Review of Service Members' Care — Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey resigned today amid a burgeoning scandal over the treatment of wounded outpatient soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and President Bush ordered a "comprehensive review" of care for the nation's war wounded …

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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Former Head of Walter Reed Hospital to Testify Before National Security Subcommittee

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Faiz / Think Progress:
Lieberman On Appointment Of Kiley: 'It's A Good First Step'

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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:

CPAC: Giuliani Speaks — Rudy Giuliani is speaking now at the CPAC conference, and he is drawing huge crowds — not only in the Regency Ballroom where he is appearing, but also around every monitor in the exhibition hall. He's keeping the CPAC attendees riveted, and the place is otherwise …

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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Gilmore to reveal 'false' conservatives

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Redstate:
I Have Seen The Future: It Is Giuliani

Discussion: Fausta's blog and No More Mister Nice Blog

Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:

How McCain Got Dinged — He's had quite a life. Will it be enough to carry him to the White House? — Wednesday night John McCain made it official. "I am announcing that I will be a candidate for president of the United States," he told David Letterman, adding that this was actually …

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NewDonkey.com:
The Right's Second Look At McCain

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, Eunomia and Arizona Republic

Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
At conservatives' conference, little love is expressed for GOP

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, New York Times, The Carpetbagger Report and The Caucus

Scott Eric Kaufman / Acephalous:

"Show Me Your Work," Filthy-Mouthed Liberals Politely Demand — So that thing about filthy-mouthed liberals? Something seemed—I don't know—off about those numbers. Quick exercise: I'm from the South. I know what patriotic Americans sound like after church on Sundays when, for example, someone scores on 'dem Saints.

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Kevin Drum / Political Animal: SMELLING SALTS WATCH....First a confession: I'm a little weary …

Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:

More Notes From The Jury — This just in: … Nothing is showing up as yet on PACER, at least not that I am seeing. That's two notes. From the Libby jury. — And we'll be back with live coverage on Monday. You know what I know at the moment. — UPDATE: The text of the two notes is as follows.

Discussion: Angry Bear

Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Libby Jurors Raise Question About Reasonable Doubt

Discussion: The Next Hurrah

Michael Fleming / Variety:

Plame film in works at Warner Bros. — Studio sets movie about CIA leak scandal — Warner Bros. is developing a feature on the lives of Valerie Plame and Ambassador Joseph Wilson, the married couple drawn into a D.C. firestorm. — Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed …

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Business Week:

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Speaks — Justice Thomas talks about the lasting influence of the man who guided him through his years at Holy Cross and why he's not a beneficiary of affirmative action — Of all the influences in the life of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …

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Associated Press:

SWISS TROOPS ACCIDENTALLY INVADE LIECHTENSTEIN — ZURICH, Switzerland — What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.

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YouTube Oppo Of The Day — 1. Sen. Barack Obama, speaking in a fairly impoverished Cleveland, saying he wants "everybody here to pony up five dollars, ten dollars for this campaign. I don't care how poor you are, you've got five dollars." — 2. An anti-Giuliani video, just in time for CPAC.

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Michelle Tsai / Slate:

Honey, I'm Dead! — HOW GOD REWARDS A FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER. — A female suicide bomber detonated a vest filled with explosives at a university in Baghdad Sunday, killing more than 40 people. If male martyrs can expect to find 72 virgin maidens in paradise when they die, what rewards can female suicide bombers expect?

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