Ironic, because this is what Ann described in her book Treason on how the lib Dems took down McCarthy, the false outrage with the false issue.

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius

It would have been more delicious to hear Matthews asking her about her treatment of her neighbor.  The gentleman was in the unfortunate position of living next door AND not possessing the kind of money that the Edwards' are used to their neighbors having.  It irritated her that he was both poor and poor whie trash at that.  It didn't help matters that the gentleman was a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment.  They harassed the man so badly that with the increase in real estate taxes caused by the mountain of money they payed for their Southern mansion, he decided to move away.  Mother Theresa she ain't! 

Edwards - Coulter: looking for better context.

Brent. I think that you've gotten much closer to the needed context, here. However, what seems to be missing, even from NB, is a good solid review of the other side of this issue - other than limited to the Edward's camp.

Looking across a rather wide spectrum of job titles, while attempting to leave out actual true journalists, Ann Coulter (and a small handful on the right) is generically the equivalent of Bill Maher, Stephani Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Moore, Paul Krugman, Robert Sheer, Olbermann, Maureen Dowd -- well, the liberal list must be in the hundred's (of popular names).

When, on occassion,  Ann Coulter (and/or a small handful on the right) speak out and say something that touches on a nerve - and yes, sometimes it is a off color - the MSM and the radical left media have a hayday over it. Everyone on the street is talking about it. And yes, even the media's "journalists" can't keep their hands off of it.

On the other hand, when it's the almost daily use of insulting name calling, misrepresentation of a conservative's comments, "the ugliest person of the day award," the telling of lies, etc., from the "hundreds on the left," the MSM is almost always out to lunch.

Certainly, there is enough evidence of this to fill a book, however, someone should do enough research here to give us the top 10 (or 50) off-color statements (smears) from MSM loved leftist spokespersons (a columnist, a pundit, politician, a comedian, a movie star, a journalist, a editor, a foreign correspondent, a blogger, an anchor) - with a comparative note on the lack of coverage  following the incident in the MSM.

Well, that's my wish. (;~> gary

-- I wonder if anyone ever made snide remarks about Reagan's Alzheimers?

I caught the Amanda Marcotte story on Lynn Davidson's blog wee this morning and laughed at Liz Edwards' hypocrisy.  Ann Coulter's article this week is especially enlightening as it refleshes the memory on the "Ask me about my dead son" comment and puts it in it's correct context.

John Edwards wants to have it his way, not both ways, or variations thereof.  Most hypocritical was that to win a big malpractice suit John Edwards was actually able to channel a fetus. 

Waitaminnit?  How can a Democrat channel a blob of flesh that doesn't become human until after it's born?

I must say, though, that's a wonderful defense built around Elizabeth Edwards.  Her husband got all the mileage he could from his son's death during his failed Presidential/Vice Presidential bid.

Let's see, where else can a malpractice lawyer turned Presidential candidate find a sympathy f#(k, er, I mean vote?

I wonder.

Lysdexics untie!

According to Elizabeth Edwards, "We have a country that is complacent about the creation of a permanent underclass, largely an underclass of color, while paying lip service to words like equality and opportunity".

True enough.  Let's look at how this attempt to keep this "permanent underclass" permanently under is being orchestrated:

1) Fight any effort to improve schools, particularly inner-city schools.  Reject off-hand any attempt to measure performance, and side with teachers' unions at every turn to block any accountability to actually educate students in these students

2) Do your best to discourage investment in job-creating enterprise by trying to eliminate the tax benefits for those of us who invest in - and thus preserve - the best economy in the world.

3) Empower minority leadership that consistently insists to their audience that by virtue of their minority status, there are no opportunities out there (it's helpful to somehow get the audience to ignore the success of the first-generation Asian immigrants while this is underway, of course).

4) Tout welfare as the ultimate solution to every social ill, thereby virtually ensuring that this "permanent underclass" will never rise its collective head from the trough it's thoroughly dependent on.

Yep, that ought to do it.

Bill O'reilly invited her on his show. He wanted to debate the hateful dialogue of the left and right. After all, Mrs.Edwards wanted to end this hateful talk by everyone on both sides.She would also be on a show watched by 10 times as many people than Hardball.But for some strange reason she said No.Makes one wonder if she really cares at all about this hate talk and was just getting her hubby some exposure.  Or could it be she may have had to answer a few of the questions Mr.Bozell posed?After all Hardball is more like Softball for Dems.