By Jonathan Tallman

 


In the past 48 hours, you could not go without noticing that both Senator John Edwards' wife, Elizabeth Edwards, and conservative commentator Ann Coulter are in a war of words.  The debate is over what Ann Coulter said at the CPAC conference earlier this year.  The other day on Good Morning America, Coulter was asked about supposedly calling Senator Edwards a deragatory gay slur.  Coulter says that is not what she said and goes on to say she was making a joke about the recent Hollywood stars going to rehab for racist and prejuidice remarks.  She answered the question by bringing up the comment liberal commentator Bill Maher said on his show concerning Vice President Cheney.  He said that the world would have been better off had the vice president been killed in a terrorist attack.  There was, for the record, absolutely no outrage over those completely insensitive remarks.  Coulter went on to say that next time she wants to criticize Senator Edwards she would just wish that he would die in a terrorist attack.  This was meant to be nothing but a sarcastic response to what a liberal commentator had said about the vice president of the United States. 

Listening to the liberal media, people believe that Ms. Coulter said that she wished he would die in a terrorist attack.  This is a complete distortion of the facts.  I am absolutely no Ann Coulter fan, in fact, she harms the conservative movement in America with some of her verbal attacks, yet, we still can't change the facts.  I would urge anybody to watch the video of the interview on Good Morning America.  Ann Coulter on GMA

I believe that Mrs. Edwards, with all do respect, needs to get over any comment that Ann Coulter makes.  For a could-be president's wife, our possible first lady, to fire away at a private citizen who simply writes columns, is absurd.  As president, John Edwards would have to deal with the most horrible attacks that anybody can go through.  Look at President Bush and all of the attacks that have been brought upon him.  He has been compared to Hitler, called "stupid, an idiot, and dumber than a box of rocks" and a New York politician even said that he should "be shot between the eyes."  Even with these most disgraceful attacks, we have yet to hear First Lady Laura Bush come out and suggest that these people stop their "vicious" attacks.  Why?  Because it is not the job of a spouse of a public figure, especially one whose husband is seeking the Oval Office, to go after those who criticize them or their families.  I could only imagine First Lady Elizabeth Edwards holding a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room demanding that reporters and commentators alike stop criticizing her husband, President Edwards.

I think Mrs. Edwards is simply capitalizing on Ms. Coulter's perceived comments because we are nearing the second deadline for fundraising totals for the quarter.  Last quarter, Senator Edward's showing wasn't too impressive, and he is so hungry to be president, that he will use anything within his power to raise the money to get him to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  Let Ann Coulter say what she is going to say, and let the Edwards' run for president.  Then both of them can continue doing what they do best.