Usa has always been a barbaric nation. But you are sinking even lower.

People with the views of Ann Coulter would probably only be heard by their mental doctors in most European countries.

And not be rerun in mainstream media over and over again. I admire the hardworking population of the Usa. I ´ve been there twice.

But I can only feel sorry for a nation who actually belives that 1 out of 6 citizens can be with out healthcare.

That deathpenalty, 11000 + killings per year, invadeing countries is acceptable.

I know there is another Usa, with the likes of Gore, Edwards, Obama, Oprah, Maher, etc.

But you keep on voteing for people with lesser empathic abilities.

I truely hope you will turn the tide in 08 and start building a more optimistic future.

I do not hate Usa. I am just a bit disappointed with your political leaders.

Good luck

Richard Lane

I think It's a shame how coarse Ann Coulter is because her point gets lost. She has a habit of making extremely astute observations about the absurdities of liberal thought, but in such a way that is so infuriating that no one gets it. Heck, I agree with her and I get mad at her! I guess she's better at re-energizing wavering conservatives than converting liberals. And it is well documented that the call was planned - which means that Elizabeth LIED. Is THAT what classy women do?

Ann Coulter - it amazes me that anyone listens to her, buys her books, has any respect for her at all. I think she's a shrewish, frigid, utterly unhumpable skeleton who needs to get a real job.

[...] Edwards also spoke about her recent confrontation with conservative commentator Ann Coulter, the split with her husband on the issue of gay marriage [...]

Elizabeth Edwards was very brave and her views resonate with the majority of Americans: people will lose interest in the process if losers like Ann Coulter debase politics with dumb-founded attacks. Coulter is a sad person; she needs to find peace with herself.

What Ann Coulter is doing is picking a fight, and these are fighting words. Picking on widows of 911 victims, saying people are 'godless', and attacking people over their deceased children is a moral crime. Not too long ago people in this country we're killed for saying such things, and in many other countries they still do. Ann has crossed the line, asked for a fight, but knows she'll never be accountable for her words. As soon as someone gets their hands on her and rearranges her face - she will stop. I don't condone violence, yet it's clear it has it's purpose, as a deterrent. If Ann new she could get her face smashed for these hateful comments - she would stop. That's why she has massive security entourages when she speaks, for the protection. In any school in any place in America kids are taught the rules of the street, pick a fight and you better fight. Not Ann or the Republicans, they just run like cowards - pathetic.

Ann Coulter was an elf for Richard Mellon Scaffe. These elves were hired to scour Arkansas to dig up whatever dirt they could find against the Clintons. I'm assuming she's no longer on the payroll now that she's scammed so many people into buying her hate.

She is the perfect person to promote Atheism, even better than Christopher Hitchens. With her anti-Christlike behavior while wearing a cross she speaks out bitterly against good people. I love it that the Edwards have found a way to make money off of her BS. At least now she's contributing to the good of the nation in her own way.

Do people not understand the definition of the word "hypocrisy?" John Edwards is not a hypocrite for living in a big house and advocating for the poor. If he was living the high life while suggesting the rest of us should live like paupers, that would be hypocritical. But that's not what he's doing.

I agree with the previous poster - since when do you have to be poor to advocate for the poor? Should only the sick be allowed to talk about health care?

Ann Coulter might be a wit, but that doesn't necessarily make her intelligent. Her rude, hate-filled diatribe is just one example of how the quality of political debate has declined in this country.

I saw the clip where Coulter responded to Edwards on the phone. Here's what got me: Coulter arguing that the really offensive thing are not her comments, but that the Edwards camp would rightfully call them out and raise money off of them.

Yes, I suppose I'd be mad if a tactic against a Democrat backfired too. Makes Coulter look like a fool (and not too far off, either.)

The second best part: when Edwards took Coulter to task for taking cracks at the Edwards' deceased child, Coulter responded that Edwards somehow deserved it because of his position on tort reform. Tort reform? Where are the anti-choice crazies on this? Is their precious "tort reform" movement more important than the memory of a child? Apparently making a political point is the only "family value" Coulter subscribes to.

Those who attack Edwards on his stand on poverty because he is rich should remember the president who did so much for working people, and this nation, was very wealthy and lived in a very big house called Hyde Park. I am seventy-eight years old and if it was not for one of his programs called Social Security I probably would not be alive today. And that program that Franklin Roosevelt pushed into law has been under attack by conservatives ever since its inception.

Maybe you would appear a little more knowledgeable if you could spell "John Galt" correctly. Do you even read?

All through my twenties I dated a girl JUST like Ann Coulter (in physical stature and build, as well as mannerisms and thought process). Whenever someone would question her actions or confront her with something questionable she said or did, she would try to shift to another (irrelevant) point that usually involved shameless ad hominem attacks.

It might be tempting to say "oh, well, coulter is just saying whatever she can think of to sell books." After dating someone just like her, I have no hesitation in saying that Coulter probably does believe them. I tried with someone like her for over five years, and it was like talking to a brick wall — in people like that, there is no progress that can ever be made, because it's a symptom of a broken mind.

What's also interesting is those who have observed that there must be some dark secrets in her past. That sort of logic comes about by deep, dark abuse in childhood. It's just a shame there are people who defend it.

Why no mention in your column of what Ms Coulter said? I don't have a transcript, but the way I heard it, Ms Coulter wished that Mr Edwards would be killed in a terrorist attack. Is this correct? If so, explain to me the reason this so-called news site continues to give airtime and promote such a person as Ms Coulter? I am anxiously awaiting a reply.

Ann Coulter has proven over time to engage in nothing but combative speech and shock tactics to try and remain relevant. The substance of what she says becomes a side-issue, the fact that she has the audacity to say nonsensical statements is what attracts attention.
She is the Paris Hilton of the political commentators world, famous for nothing except for attracting attention for the wrong reasons.
I am a Republican and a proud Conservative but her brand of vitriol has no place in American politics.
I will not be surprised if one day she is consigned to the heap of has-been celebrities out-of-touch with reality and intoxicated by their sense of self-importance, much like Don Imus.

After much debate with a few of my friends, we decided the only thing we can say is A.C. must not have been loved enough as a child to be so hateful.
child - unloved -nasty - tirent!

Follow the money..

Elizabeth Edwards is a Christian Lady, Ann Coulter is a hate-mongering pig for attention.
To William, Reston, and Providence, RI
If a candidate is rich, he's not allowed to care about the poor? If that's the case, will there ever be a president who cares about the poor? John Edwards grew up with very little but he made something of himself, why is he not allowed to enjoy it with his family. Edwards is just trying to give every kid in poverty the chance he had. Besides, JE is the only candidate with the guts to mention poverty, Elizabeth has the guts to disagree with her husband, JE has the guts to admit a mistake. Bad moves politically, but great demontration of courage. I think the talk about Edwards being weak is misguided. It's time to realize what real courage is.

Yet another example of how inbred our Political /Corporate/ Entertainment machine is. Are we to believe that this was completely spontaneous? Hey, I don't like what a commenter just said, I'm going to quickly ring up Chris Matthews and confront that person on the air.

Then I'm going to call all the other talk shows and go and talk about it some more. Meanwhile, I'll generate campaign ca$h dollars while helping yet another member of the club sell yet another million books. How disingenuous this whole bit of tripe is.

These stations (CNN / FOX / MSNBC) do not exist to inform. They exist to turn a profit. How do they do that, by programming what you, whatever political stripe you are, want to hear. You must look far and wide to come up with unvarnished information to arrive at an informed opinion in today's quite biased media marketplace.

Remember, you create your own reality. Tune in to what you want to hear!!!

Wow, I guess if you post a comment that make liberal women look bad, they remove the post. Or is it my last name? The Onthis family has suffered enough, CNN!

Cry me a river in your 30,000 square foot mansion while fighting your war on poverty. The Edwards clan epitomize hypocrisy at its worst.

We can't really hear from the liberal pundits because "snicker, snicker" their radio station went bankrupt.

Now Diane Feinstein and Dick Durbin and Jawn Kerry are crying that we need the government to intervene and make people listen to us. Crazy as hell, but true.

Not a big fan of Rush or Coulter as I don't think they need to be so mean spirited when making a point. Don't lump Hannitty and Malkin in the same group as they just hammer liberals with the facts and they can't take it.

The best is Laura Ingraham, classy, smart and totally RIGHT.

If Ann Coulter is the best of what the GOP punditry has to offer, imagine what is the WORST!

I cringe when I hear my conservative friends talk about Coulter, Hannity, Limbaugh, Malkin and others in such a positive light. Has the GOP gone collectively mad? Whatever happened to civilized discourse. Even in the 70's at the height of the protest age, commentators and pundits would respect those they talked about. They stuck to issues.
The only thing liberals are guilty of is calling out the conservative maniacs on the carpet to explain why they say such insane things.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ANN COULTER CAN MAKE SUCH HATEFUL COMMENTS AND SIMPLY SAY SHE WAS "JOKING", WHEN THE DIXIE CHICKS HAVE BEEN VILIFIED FOR THE COMMENTS THE MADE IN A INTERVIEW YEARS AGO.

It is such a double standard. Liberals can say anything, but if a conservative person says the same thing, it's an outrage and lawsuits are filed. Both sides are wrong, but we cannot have one set of standards for liberals and one set for conservatives.

The politics of hate, left unchecked, don't leave any room for taking about the issues that matter. Elizabeth Edwards was absolutley right to call Ann Coulter and call her on her hateful statements. As for using the issue as a fund raiser, it's making lemonade out of the lemon that life has given you. You take something negative, don't let it get you down, and turn it into a positive. That's what leaders need to do.

40,000 comedians out of work and Coulter is stealing Maher's lines……..enough already!

Stop acting like Ms. Edwards, Ms. Coulter or anyone else in politics does anything other than to help themselves.

Ask yourself what a President or Congress has really done to enrich your life….they are only in it to enrich themselves.

Ann Coulter is a perfect example of what not to become while Elizabeth Edwards demonstrates beautifully that you can defend yourself and remain gracious and dignified at the same time. Go Elizabeth!!!

Is Ann part of the Prom committee? She sounds like a snobby high school kid who is striving for attention. She is pathetic, I do not see why people even listen to her trash. I'm glad it's helping John Edwards. At least he is trying to bring positive thinking back to America. Ann…take a look at yourself…if you really love America and call yourself a "conservative", then grow up! You are just making the Republican party look worse by your actions. If you want to help your party, then talk positive about them, instead of being so negative about your opponent. You might feel this gives you "empowerment", but essentially you are portrayed as a typical bully: picking on others because you are afraid to face your own faults.

I am not a fan of Coulter, but I believe that Liz Edwards and John Edwards are using this to raise money, which is a shame… and hypocritical. Do not forget his war on poverty and his hair cut for $400.00. It is hypocritical…

Ann Coulter shouldn't even attempt to compare her comments to the comments of her good friend Bill Maher. While Maher has a sense of humor, and is in touch with reality, Ms. Coulter is a cold and untalented shock-columnist who panders to the far right. She is a repugnant person with no legitimate or unique ideas, and the fact that she is even given any airtime baffles me.

Saw Elizabeth Edwards on "The Today Show" this morning. Wow. She really impressed me with her class, warmth, kindness and intelligence. The Edwards camp won major points from me thanks to Elizabeth Edward's taking a stand against the ugly, self-loathing Coulter. Coulter alienates independents like myself who like substance in debate, and dislike trashy bleach-blondes who don't change clothes, and aren't intelligent enough to discuss any issues. Get a real job, Mr. Coulter.

That's BS… the producer of Hardball already stated that Edwards campaign had set up the call way in advance. It was all staged. Besides, I'm not sure how someone who hears the context of Coulter's comments can't give some sort of credence to her viewpoint. Edwards tried to capitalize on it and spin it for her own good. I think it backfired. What a scam. That's why you can't trust a politician or his wife. They tell you one thing and do something else. Who is John Gault?

Coulter is an INSULT to EVERYONE. Decent Republicans, women, whites, Christians, attorneys, bottle blondes, [add your own group] need to totally disassociate from this disgrace. Since she verbally tore apart vets from Nam days who were wounded in ways other than on the proverbial battlefield, I wonder what her trashmouth would say about our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq who were wounded due to just being there for US in whatever capacity? Let's bring our troops HOME and send AC over there instead. Her hatefulness would probably cause a major line-up of suicide bombers just cuz she's so nasty!

I imagine that any and all of the major presidential contenders do, in fact, have the Hardball number handy- if their press secretary doesn't they should be fired.
As for Coulter, she is a shrill, classless individual whose commentary is almost as vile and obtuse as she is pathetic.

I'm not a fan of Coulter, but Edwards wants to have her cake and eat it too.
She complained vigorously about Coulter's attacks, yet John Edwards uses them as a fund-raising opportunity.
Elizabeth Edwards used Coulter's appearance on Hardball to collect more cash. This is a shameless money grab by the Edwards campaign.

Not a huge fan of Coulter because she is mean spirited, but take that away she could still get her point across.

Brilliant but a jerk.

So we are to believe Edwards just happened to have the Hardball phone number handy and just happened to get through?

To Joey,
It is preposterous to think that John Edwards has any shot of winning over Obama and Clinton.

To the rest, she is stating her own opinions just like Bill Maher. Bill made comments about a sitting Vice president, not a washed up for candidate.

Ms. Edwards seemed like a whinning child that wants people that don't agree with her to be chastised. I hope Ms. Edwards political discord can rise to something meaningful considering she IS a candidates wife. Coulter is just someone like Limbaugh, making money on their own opinions…is that the freedom America is about?

I think Ann Coulter was totally out of line with her comment. She is so full of herself. With her sunglasses and swinging her hair back and forth she would be doing better reporting about hollywood than important issues in politics. I just don't get it that Imus was fired for his remark but she still gets to do her stuff . TV would be so much better off without her.

Why don't you stick to reporting real news instead of coming to the "rescue" of the latest democratic victim of the big bad conservative commentators. You are not fooling anyone. This is just another channel full of democratic talking points.

I think Ann is very intelligent. She says what liberals say and gets called out on it. A big deal is made of it and she gets a lot of attention. If liberals were held to the same scrutiny as conservatives this wouldn't be such a big deal.

Some of the most hateful diatribe I've ever heard has come from liberal commentators and hosts talking about conservative politicians. There are offenses on both sides. But bottom line, it is wrong no matter whose mouth it comes out of.

Hey-
Wake up..they are both attention grabbers..Coulter wants to sell her book and Elizabeth Edwards is trying to use her legitimate (although extremely calculated) outrage.
Matt

i gave edwards money for each of coulter's bat-crazy statements, and i'll continue to do so. i've done the same for other democrats when wingnuts slander them. right-wing hate mongers and the internet make campaign contributions so quick and easy!

I was taught as an African American that these kinds of attacks come from people that are filled with self hatred and insecurities.
Sticks and stones theory still apply.
The world admires Mrs. Edwards and people like Coulter are sad and it shows in her eyes.

Ann Coulter reminds me of a 16 year old. If you watch her on television, she wears her sun glasses, and flops her hair back and forth like "look at me! look at me!" Her comments reflect the same. Thank God Ms. Edwards can get her point across and still remain a class act, something Ann knows nothing about. She seems to get off on making personal attacks on others. I certainly hope she doesn't have children and are exposing them to this truly cruel way of life.

ms. coulter is just helping john edwards become the next president of the united states , and put an end to the terrible oppression of the republican regime.