Why be outraged by Ann Coulter calling John Edwards a very derogatory term for being gay...?

Coulter is a featured speaker at the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Some of the attendees include Governor Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO), Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) and former Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Vice President Dick Cheney also attended the event. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney spoke before Coulter saying, ““I am happy to hear that after you hear from me, you will hear from Ann Coulter. That is a good thing.” After she used the f@ggot word in a veiled but very clear reference to John Edwards, the audience applauded and cheered. Is it right for republicans and their presidential candidates to cheer such hateful and despicable character assassination? It's all here in black and white; http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/03/cpac/ .

Public Comments

1. Go ahead and use your big-C right to be MORALLY outraged. It is called free speech. Feel free to applaud all the gays you wish.
2. LOL, Hmmm I wasn't there but, I don't think I'll believe your lefty report. Ann is crude, she is also correct a lot of the time. She doesn't suffer liberals well. It is hard to do.
3. That just shows what they are all about....HATE
4. when havent the re-pugs labeled somebody that they dont argee with! if you dont support the war,your a terrorist. if you cut off funding for the war ,your helping the enemy. dont support the patriot act your a terrorist. dont believe in torture your a democrat. dont blindly follow the president your helping the enemy. if you decent your a terrorist. if you question the president your a terrorist. how sick and pathetic are the re-pugs?
5. I vote conservative on 75% of issues and 25% more liberal leaning. I think that Ann Coulter is a nightmare. She never shuts her mouth and it is always something vial coming out of there. She has this essence of hate and judgment about everything. I wont listen to her or Rush L. any more. They never report any news that they haven't tainted with propaganda and hate.
6. Coulter has NO CREDIBILITY after smearing lin troop familes wifes truth is she is treasonous with her anti troop family remarks
7. Tell me, Libby. Are you outraged that Murtha, and John Kerry calls our troops terrorists, and stupid?
8. Wow, I don't know if I've ever seen a more vicious and bitter human being than Ann Coulter. If she is looked to as a moral beacon by the right, then they are closer to the party of Musollini than I even expected.
9. What amazed me is not so much what she said, (I've known for some time she's a b@tch on wheels who could swallow boiling water and p*ss ice cubes), it was the elated and cheering reaction she got when she said it. The unfortunate thing is that it will not change anyones opinion. Those who hate her will continue to do so, and those that love her truly feel the same way she does anyway, and will continue to love her. It's a real shame that more of America doesn't see this new brand of the Republican party for what it is....biggoted, entitled, elitest, self serving jackasses. As an aside, am I the only guy who doesn't find her hot????? I think she looks like John Kerry with T*tties.
10. Then they should have had Cheney's daughter speak!
11. She, like them, are 3D...dumb, desperate and derogatory and just proved it. Politics is a blood sport for them. It isn't going to work because people are smarter than this group gives them credit for. There is no leadership here.