Elizabeth Edwards vs. Ann Coulter

[Guest Marlee]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/26/...in2985080.shtml

So if Edwards wins the Presidency (insert incredulous laughter here) and he has a disagreement with a foreing head of state, will Elizabeth run to the press and plead with the head of state to quit making her husband's job so hard?

Edwards knowingly put himself in the position to take personal attacks, whether they are right or wrong. Elizabeth needs to sit down, keep her mouth shut, and smile and wave when she's told.

[forrestkc]

(edited by moderator). Elizabeth Edwards is a very warm and gracious person. Elizabeth Edwards has every right to defend her husband against the mean-spirited rants of someone like Ann Coulter. I would expect Laura Bush to defend her husband if a commentator stated that he or she wished that Bush had been killed in the terrorist attacks. Really though, the problem is not Ann Coulter,(edited by moderator). The problem is that people who claim to be decent individuals actually give such an indecent individual a public platform to spew her hate.

[georgesbluegirl]

Too bad Elizabeth Edwards isn't running for President.

[Guest Biblicist]

What's wrong with a woman standing up for her husband to another woman? I think that was very noble of her.

Proverbs 31:11 Her husband has full confidence in her

and lacks nothing of value.

12 She brings him good, not harm,

all the days of her life.

We all know that personal attacks are painful and not necessary. Goodness, entire threads have been shut down because of the personal attacks!

Ann needs to read Proverbs. She holds a great deal of power with her words and on occasion, she does abuse that power. While I agree with much of what she says, she does not do it in a loving, kind manner and that is offensive.

Proverbs 12:6 The words of the wicked are like a murderous ambush,

but the words of the godly save lives.

Proverbs 12:18 Some people make cutting remarks,

but the words of the wise bring healing.

Proverbs 16:24 Kind words are like honey

[forrestkc]

forrest, using personal attacks on someone is not the way to show them that it's wrong and hurtful. . .

I am not making an attack, just an observation. (edited by moderator). For example, stating that someone that you simply disagree with should have been "killed by the terrorists", is indicative of someone who is a vile hatemonger. If I pointed out that a Neo-Nazi was a hatemonger, no one would be accusing me of making a personal attack against them. They would assume I was pointing out the obvious.

To call Bush a coward or a murderer would be a personal attack. (edited by moderator)

Ask yourself, would you say the kind of things about people you simply disagree with that Ann Coulter says about the people that she simply disagrees with? What would you think of someone in your workplace saying that they wish that a coworker would have been killed by the terrorists?

Here is her quote:

[Burning_Ember]

When someone (like Ann Coulter) stoops to personal attacks, that means they cannot intellectually debate the merits of their arguments. As evidenced by her books, speeches, debates, and everything else she writes, I have yet to see her intellectually use facts to argue something. Slander and lies as of yet mostly the fruits of her labour.

She is one of the people that makes Republicans look bad as a whole. Y'know, with the whole regretting terrorists didn't blow up the New York Times building, or saying that she "Isn't a big fan" of the First Amendment, or implying that if the death penalty wasn't in place she would have killed Michael Moore and she would be on death row, or the whole Invade the countries, Kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity quote, or saying that Women shouldn't be allowed to vote, or...

I'm sorry! The list is just so long! I'll stop, but only after this last one.

[georgesbluegirl]

I don't understand why still think Coulter is a reasonable individual. I mean, beyond the obvious political stuff, what's she doing in a black cocktail dress every time I see her?

[TheoMike]

Actually, Ann is highly educated and has found a niche and is making a killing with her articles and books. I would say that the fact you people are discussing her as though you know here is evident she has made her point. Also, forrestkc, the quote she made about John Edwards being killed by terrorists was a rebuttal of a statement somebody made about her earlier. You can find plenty of Coulterisms without taking them out of context. I'm not really defending her, she is not one of my favorite columnists. But I defend her right to say what she wants.;

[georgesbluegirl]

No, it was a follow-up to a comment Bill Maher made in passing that if Cheney had died, lots of troops' lives would have been saved. Had nothing to do with Edwards.

[TheoMike]

No, it was a follow-up to a comment Bill Maher made in passing that if Cheney had died, lots of troops' lives would have been saved. Had nothing to do with Edwards.

Yes, that's right. I glanced at it a few days ago but forgot the details.