Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance
Elizabeth Edwards confronted right-wing pundit Ann Coulter during a live interview on MSNBC this afternoon, charging that Coulter’s “personal attacks” on former senator John Edwards and others were based on “the language of hate.” Yesterday on ABC’s Good Morning America, Coulter said, “[I]f I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.” She has previously called Edwards a “faggot.”(close)More info:
- Dates appearing:
- 06/26/2007
- 06/27/2007
- 06/28/2007
- Rank of all stories in past 30 days:
- # 16
- Highly contemporaneous stories:
- Elizabeth Edwards confronts Ann Coulter
- Ann Coulter Attacks John Edwards On Good Morning America
- Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Ann Coulter On Hardball
- Coulter: I Would Talk About Edwards But “You Have To Go Into Rehab If You Use The Word ‘Faggot’”
- Ann Coulter talks about John Edwards
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- Cursor.org - Table of Contents page: ... both Democrats." After Elizabeth Edwards called in to confront Ann Coulter on MSNBC's "Hardball," one blogger refrained from calling Coulter "the Paris Hilton of the ...
- Suburban Guerrilla: ... Rotten Scoundrels ( at 9:27 pm) Elizabeth Edwards lets Anne Coulter have it on Hardball: ...
- TBogg - "...a somewhat popular blogger": ... Auditioning for the slime team Ann Coulter does her schtick and is loathsome as ever. Meanwhile, the lesser Crittenden (and how that must sting to play second fiddle to Danielle, fucker of Frum) decides it looks ...
- TAPPED | The American Prospect: ... COULTER v. EDWARDS. Yesterday's confrontation between Elizabeth Edwards and Ann Coulter ( which you can watch here ) showed once again just what a poisonous figure Coulter is. "I want to use the opportunity," Edwards said, "to ask her politely, stop the personal attacks." To this, Coulter responded, "Okay, the wife of a presidential candidate is calling in asking ...
- Salon - The Blog Report - Home: ... gay marriage, and she comes out for gay marriage at San Francisco’s gay parade. It’s meant to be a wink and a nod, I suppose, either that or she’s the trial balloon, but it just makes him look lame. Now she’s duking it out with Ann Coulter . 6/27/2007 ...
- Crooks and Liars: ... don’t you have to take down all those “Ask me about my son’s death in a horrific car accident” bumper stickers? Ann’s defense is that she wrote it three years ago…. Think Progress has got it too … Filed Under: Uncategorized ...
- Unqualified Offerings: ... By Mona From Think Progress : Yesterday on ABC’s Good Morning America, Coulter said, “[I]f I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a ...
- Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog: ... you just got. Well, it could be said that Coulter’s preening, fact-free appearance on Tweety’s patio today had one highlight. Elizabeth Edwards called up to have A Word of Prayer with America’s Queen of Hate. Think Progress and Crooks and Liars are both on this story like a couple of ducks on a junebug. ...
- Oliver Willis: Like Kryptonite To Stupid: ... Mrs. Edwards is the hero of the day. She gave Ann Coulter a real "have you no shame" moment today . The bigger question is why Chris Matthews gives a hatemonger like Coulter free airtime. The supposedly liberal media continues to fail. Posted at 06:34 PM in ...
- No More Mister Nice Blog: ... Nice work, Elizabeth Edwards. As a lot of you know, Ann Coulter was on Hardball with Chris Matthews and Elizabeth Edwards called in and lambasted Coulter for ugly remarks about John Edwards and his family over the years. Think Progress has a transcript and the video. I have to confess that I didn't enjoy this as much as I would have if Mrs. Edwards had been nasty and sarcastic and vicious -- you know, a taste of Coulter's own medicine. But that's not what was ...
- Angry Bear: ... OK, we are supposed to be selecting the next President, but as AB readers know – I have a ton of respect for John Edwards. One reason is that he was smart (or lucky) enough to marry a class act. And Nico has the goods on how she can handle classless pieces of s^ (pardon my French) like Ann Coulter: MATTHEWS: You know who’s on the line? Someone to respond to what you said about Edwards yesterday morning. Elizabeth Edwards. ...
- August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com: ... This has been a bootleg edition of Simple Answers to Simple Questions. And by the way, whether or not you plan on voting for her husband, or even her husband's party, let there really be no argument here that Elizabeth Edwards is among the bravest and strongest people in this country . Posted by August J. Pollak at 7:38 AM ...
- The Mahablog: ... Update: Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance ...
- uggabugga: ... June 26, 2007 Stroking the Id: Think Progress reports on Ann Coulter's appearance yesterday on ABC's Good Morning America. Coulter:"[I]f I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination ...
- WTF Is It Now??: ... to shut its twathole Ms Edwards pleaded Tuesday with syphilitic harpy skank mAnn Coulter to "stop the personal attacks," a day after the bottom-dwelling taintface said she wished John Edwards had been killed by terrorists. From TP , via FDL: Yesterday on ABC’s Good Morning America, Coulter said, “[I]f I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, ...
- hairy fish nuts - yer leisure is my pleasure: ... gets exposed as a liar again Here . Who the fuck thinks that she's worth putting on TV? This isn't politics, she is truly a ...
- AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth: ... UPDATE: ThinkProgress has the entire video now . Labels: Ann Coulter, ...
- The Carpetbagger Report: ... In the highly unlikely event you haven’t seen it, I hope readers will take a moment to watch Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards’ wife, call into MSNBC yesterday to confront Ann Coulter during her “Hardball” appearance. Yesterday on ABC’s Good Morning America, Coulter said, “[I]f I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a ...
- Comments From Left Field: ... but as it turns out, I had just eaten, and am not overly fond of vomiting. Apparently I missed out. According to Think Progress, of all the people to call in, Elizabeth Edwards decided to call, and politely ask Miss Coulter to cool it on the ad hominems which she produces as easily as breathing . Now, I'm thinking, this is Mrs. Edwards, you can't be mean to Mrs. Edwards. Everyone likes her, right? Right? Yeah, not so much. The vile Miss Coulter manages to even act like a complete ass to her. Brushing off the ...
- Eschaton: ... Elizabeth and Ann God, I knew Coulter was going to be on Hardball but I had no idea she was going to be on for an hour. American journalism. ...as fucking stupid as this is, take the poll. -Atrios ...
- BlondeSense: ... Would someone please explain why this woman is still given a public platform? Is this really the dialogue the country needs? I had a long argument with some friends when Imus was kicked off the air. They were certain that was censorship. It is not censorship when consumers refuse to buy ...
- The Reaction -- by Michael J.W. Stickings: ... for such bigotry without seeming to care much about the consequences. At least -- at least -- there was Elizabeth Edwards, who called in to MSNBC yesterday to challenge Coulter's "personal attacks" and "language of hate". And what did Coulter do? The predictable: deny, then attack. Again. ...
- Best of the Blogs: ... Coulter is a bit like writing about how three-day-old garbage smells pretty bad, but here I go. Coulter’s invective aimed at John Edwards over the last few years has been well-reported, so there’s no need for me to repeat it. But last night, she came eyeball-to-eyeball with Elizabeth Edwards on Hardball. The beautiful thing about being Ann Coulter is that you never have to face the people you insult—and Coulter didn’t exactly “face” Edwards last night, either. Instead of responding to Elizabeth’s ...
- The Democratic Daily: ... The full transcript is available here . Crooks & Liars weighed in, as did Dustin Metzger on GTL; Candyschultz ...
- PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... “I’ve learned my lesson; if I’m going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.” http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/edwards-coulter/ In 2003, she wrote a column claiming that John Edwards drove around with a bumper sticker saying “Ask me about my son’s death in a horrific car accident.” . . . During an hour-long interview with Coulter today on MSNBC, host ...
- The Republic of T.: ... Ah. Another day, another Coulter clash. Initially, I wasn’t going to comment on Coulter’s remark about wishin John Edwards would be assassinated by terrorists or the recent exchange between Coulter and Elizabeth Edwards (kudos to Elizabeth for making the call, though there was never any hope that Coulter would stop the personal attacks). But then I saw David Kuo post that he’s ...
- The Garlic: ... Ann Coulter Attacks John Edwards On Good Morning America Update II Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance ...
- Democrat Taylor Marsh Broadcasts Live Talk Radio and Blogs Politics: ... Elizabeth Edwards phoned into "Hardball" today and called Ann Coulter out. Part of the conversation revolved around Coulter's slander of Edwards on ABC, which the campaign is utilizing to pump up the volume on their campaign cash. ...
- The End Of The World: ... Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance (Think Progress) - I'm glad that someone is standing up to this vile excuse for a woman but I also am truly disgusted that anyone continues to give this revolting hate-monger air-time. I think she should be sent off to a ...
- Hoffmania! | All That's Left! Liberal News & Free Speech: ... Fulfill her request! Give her more chances to talk! Here (on Hannity & Colmes) Here (on Hardball, hearing from Elizabeth Edwards) and here (on GMA, captured by the Edwards campaign): ...
- Liberty Street: ... Tags: Elizabeth Edwards, Ann Coulter Check out Elizabeth Edwards asking Ann Coulter to stop with the hate talk on live MSNBC earlier today. Read More... ...
- Newsie8200's Penndit: ... But I'll laugh if Edwards supporters ever claim that Hardball and Chris Matthews is biased against JRE. EE v. Coulter. # posted by Newsie8200 @ 6/26/2007 11:49:00 ...
- The Gun Toting Liberal™ — Slightly left of center… but this blog is DIFFERENT!: ... not really sure why MSNBC host Chris Matthews thought it would be a good idea to bring Ann “she sells books” Coulter back into the public eye with an hour long interview , but I’m glad he has. She’s a shining beacon of modern day Republican morality and an important figure in showing the world exactly what it is the Republican party stands for. In honor of her return I thought it only ...
- PSoTD -: ... To paraphrase Bush's comment about terrorists - if you support hatemongers with your show and associate with hatemongers, then you're just as bad as they are. Ann Coulter has absolutely nothing of value to say to the American public. Let her speak to the shit-for-brains that attend whatever ...
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