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Members of the audience seemed startled, then many clapped, and she proceeded to open the floor to questions, reported EditorandPublisher.com — After her comments, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued a press release expressing his outrage. Dean called Coulter's remarks 'hate-filled and bigoted.'
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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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Bryan / Hot Air:
Thanks, Ann; Update: Audio added; Update: Video 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.
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:
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
GOP candidates woo key conservatives — Giuliani and Romney draw large crowds while Ann Coulter's remarks prove to be the most controversial. — WASHINGTON — Republican presidential contenders Rudolph W. Giuliani and Mitt Romney made their case to influential conservatives Friday …
Media Matters for America:
Coulter reference to Edwards as "faggot" gives rise to questions for media — In a March 2 speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), right-wing pundit Ann Coulter said she "can't really talk about" Democratic presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards (NC) …
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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 " …
Tracy Russo / Democratic National Committee:
Governor Dean Blasts Coulter's Slur, Calls on GOP Presidential Candidates to Denounce It — During her presentation to today's Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC), political pundit Ann Coulter used the word "faggot" to describe a Democratic presidential candidate.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:Coulter Said What? (Bumped)
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Coulter In Her Element — "I was going to talk about John Edwards …
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:Coulter @ CPAC: I would comment on John Edwards, but it turns …
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:Ann Coulter Calls John Edwards 'Faggot'
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David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman To Deliver Democratic Address — WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman plans to deliver the Democrats' radio response to President Bush Saturday and urge that the president and Congress "hold the Pentagon and Army chain of command accountable for the neglect of our soldiers at Walter Reed" Army Medical Center.
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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
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William Branigin / Washington Post:Bush Orders Review of Service Members' Care
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Washington Post:
White House Backed U.S. Attorney Firings, Officials Say — The White House approved the firings of seven U.S. attorneys late last year after senior Justice Department officials identified the prosecutors they believed were not doing enough to carry out President Bush's policies on immigration …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
THE PURGE OF U.S. ATTORNEYS (PARTIALLY) EXPLAINED. — The more we learn about the purge of at least eight U.S. attorneys around the country, the bigger the mystery becomes. Not so much the "how" of it all: It's clear that GOP staffers slipped unnoticed language into the about-to-be-reauthorized Patriot Act …
Guardian:
Liechtenstein: no retaliation for Swiss 'invasion' — Mark Oliver and agencies — The Swiss army is not renowned for its aggressive expeditionary adventures - but it does appear to have accidentally invaded Liechtenstein. — According to the Swiss daily Blick, around 170 infantry soldiers …
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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Unnervingly creepy photo of the day — Bryan will write about this later, I'm sure, but let me tell you: I was eating dinner when Charles sent me the link to his post, and when I saw the picture I literally dropped the fork and scrambled to the phone to call MM's husband. My hands were still shaking 15 minutes later.
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Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Angered by Democrats' drive for 'consensus' on Iraq, some Congressional Progressives will push for withdrawal on floor — Consensus-seeking negotiations on a measure that would limit President Bush's troop escalation in Iraq have angered Congressional Progressives.
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John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:
Hysterical, In A Dubious Cause — This post earlier today by Cenk Uygur is a good example of the hysteria—worse, ill-informed hysteria—that typifies so many liberals when they write on the subject of treatment of detainees. Uygur takes up the cudgels for Jose Padilla, who, Uygur says …
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Cenk Uygur / News Bloggers Blog:The Missing Tape — Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball …
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Rosa Brooks / Los Angeles Times:
The lunatic right returns — Bad news for Republicans: Leading conservatives are embracing former Swift Boaters. — IF YOU HATED IT the first time, you might like the sequel better. — Remember Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the right-wing goon squad whose defamatory insinuations helped sink John Kerry's presidential campaign?
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