Posted by
Steve on Monday, March 05, 2007 1:15:14 AM
At the CPAC conference, Ann Coulter beat around the bush and indirectly called John Edwards a "faggot". In today's society of political correctness, it is a word not to be used. I always thought it meant cigarette. In England, "faggot" means cigarette. I do not think it appropriate to call someone a cigarette.
Ann Coulter has a reputation as a bomb thrower. She likes to play that part in the political arena. Most of the time, her bomb throwing is harmless. Also, most of the time, her bomb throwing is funny. In this case, her attempt at bomb throwing was in bad taste. She should have taken into consideration where she was and who was following her on the podium.
I do have a low opinion of John Edwards. He is one of the reasons our health insurance costs have risen so much over the past 20 years. He practiced law by taking cases of birth defects. He would claim the birth defects were the fault of the doctor. He would get large settlements in these cases. In almost all of his cases, the birth defects were genetic. They were not caused by the doctor. It was just cheaper to settle the case out of court than try it in court and lose.
As a result of John Edwards and other lawyers on the left like them, our insurance costs have risen steeply over the past 20 years. If he had to prove the truth, our insurance costs would be much lower. Also, the doctors would perform fewer cesarian births. They perform more now because there is less chance of an error with a cesarian birth. It is just much harder on the mother. But, John Edwards does not care about the mother.