tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5676682519255365705.post8370487119528727962..comments2024-02-20T21:59:57.147-08:00Comments on Independent Bloggers' Alliance: AnnimosityRenee in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01741974339127525003noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5676682519255365705.post-18345748462450568662007-07-01T14:44:00.000-07:002007-07-01T14:44:00.000-07:00Mostly I think you're right. (I'm assuming that wh...Mostly I think you're right. (I'm assuming that when you say "then the Republicans will..." you mean "if the Democrats actually nominate Obama or Hillary for President"? It's not clear.) And three cheers for the Edwardses for not doing the polite-Democratic thing, but instead fighting back.<BR/><BR/>I do have to point out that the report you quote is dishonest on a couple of points: 1) Coulter didn't just hope that Edwards would be killed by terrorists; she also made a "joke" of his dead child--and it was the latter that Elizabeth Edwards specifically felt was beyond the pale, and (as "the mother of that child") asked Coulter to stop making the joke. 2) More importantly, he says that Elizabeth Edwards is trying to "silence" Coulter. While I would welcome Coulter's silence, as I think all decent people of whatever political stripe should, Elizabeth Edwards is not trying to force that silence, but merely asked Coulter to stop making hateful personal attacks and concentrate on politics.<BR/><BR/>The idea that this means Edwards is in any way compelling Coulter's silence is Coulter's own lie; I am sorry (but not surprised) to see the media picking it up without question.<BR/><BR/>OK, as has been pointed out on other blogs I read, perhaps Coulter is thus acknowledging that <B>she has nothing to say other than hate speech</B> and would have to shut up entirely if she were to comply with the request. That still doesn't mean that anyone else is forcing her to shut up.jkrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375475923054411181noreply@blogger.com