Ann Coulter backlash begins

Three regional newspapers said they will drop Ann Coulter's column after the conservative author referred to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a "faggot," reports Reuters. Coulter © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi

Coulter © Janet Mayer / PhotorazziThe Mountain Press in Sevierville, Tennessee, The Oakland Press in Michigan and the Lancaster New Era in Pennsylvania have pulled the plug on running Coulter's syndicated column because of what she claimed to be akin to a "schoolyard taunt."Coulter has come under fire by both Democrats and Republicans for using the word in reference to Edwards, a former U.S. senator, during a speech March 2 at the American Conservative Union's Political Action Conference."We will not continue to publish the columns of someone who uses people as a punch line to get a cheap laugh and who so freely uses an offensive term to describe another human being," Mountain Press Editor Stan Voit wrote in his paper.The New Era's editorial board criticized Coulter's column on its Web site. "The quality of public discussion falls below that which Lancaster County residents expect in the opinion pages of their daily newspaper."Reuters reports Coulter's column is distributed by Universal Press Syndicate since 1999, and runs in about 100 papers, syndicate spokeswoman Kathie Kerr said, adding that the syndicate has no plans to drop Coulter's column.Coulter is the author of the books "Godless: The Church of Liberalism" and "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter."

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I'd like to leave a comment...Mar 8th, 2007 - 03:48:41

I'd like to leave a comment, but if I use the phrase, 'disgusting whore,' it might get deleted.

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GeldofMar 8th, 2007 - 04:27:09

Why is it that only really stupid, loud people get heard? If the media would stop acknowledging this woman's existence, she would fall back into the obscurity she deserves.

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BeelzebubMar 8th, 2007 - 04:56:43

Face the power of the Dark Side!!

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BeelzebubMar 8th, 2007 - 04:57:23

I do not endorse the hijacking of my posts for windows live ads, either.

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Nick HazardMar 8th, 2007 - 05:02:06

Oh, right. As if none of you have ever seen something unnecessarily flamboyant or prissy and then remarked 'That's gay.'

Grow a couple, sissy whiners.

As for Edwards, that mealy-mouthed self-righteous dirtbag should sooner than later fall into the dung heap of forgotten history.

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