Elizabeth Edwards just mentioned Democratic Underground

[MalloyLiberal]

And people who wished ill on Laura INgraham, sorry.

[Beaverhausen]

1. She is on AAR right now

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Was it a good mention?

Or was she chastising us?

[redqueen]

7. Might have been about how the kinds of awful evil things Ann says

have a reciprocal effect... and how that's not really good for anyone.

[porphyrian]

3. She seems like a good woman. John's lucky. - n/t

[liberal N proud]

4. I don't think we wish her ill.

We just want her to go away, to crawl back into the hole which she came out of. If it was a hole.

[bluerum]

5. Sorry Mrs. Edwards. There is nothing that can quench my hatred for that waste

of cellular material.

[SoonerPride]

6. Wishing ill on coulter

Isn't that everyone?

[Bluerthanblue]

10. no- not

everyone. I don't wish her ill- i wish she'd get well. She is riddled with hate.
And is making her living exploiting that.

[Bluerthanblue]

8. in the same sentence? or individually?

I don't wish Coulter harm- i wish her cold heart would melt.

She is a bitter, cutting woman. Doing what she does for a living, in the way that she does, is costing her more than she'd imagine.

I appreciate Elizabeth's attempt to reason with coulter. She is indeed a beautiful person, inside and out.

[DesertRat]

9. I don't wish anyone ill

I wish that people would stop buying Coulter's hateful books and that she'd just go away.

[kirby]

11. I'm too am more concerned

that people actually do buy her books and that is what keeps her around. What the hell does that say about our Country when she and Limbaugh and Beck have such a constituency.

[DesertRat]

17. Did you see Hardball yesterday?

I was very disturbed that there were young people applauding Ann and laughing at her horrible insults. One young guy was holding a "Marry Me Ann" sign. :scared: Who ARE these young adults who think she's funny and worth following?!

[kirby]

33. Here is a link...

I didn't see the show because I can't stand Matthews. But I did watch the following, which included the guy with the Marry Me Ann sign! Sad...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=36442&mesg_id=36442

[hfojvt]

12. Using DU as a bad example then

bummer, and I am not sure how accurate it is.

[CottonBear]

13. She mentioned the DU thread when some DUers spoke ill of cancer stricken Laura Ingrahm

and Elizabeth Edwards posted in the thread and admonished us to not wish more ill on Miss Ingraham just because we didn't like her politics and she said that we should be compassionate toward her during her illness.

[cwydro]

15. Yikes

we're not getting the best press lately, are we.

That being said, I hate those kind of attacks on people, even if they are RWers.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

41. And People Wonder Why I Come Down So Hard At Times On The Stupidity.

Some people may not care about what others think of our community here or think posts like that don't matter, but I do, and they do. Elizabeth was spot on when she posted in that thread the way she did, but unfortunately to this day many have not heeded her words. That's why I also think it's quite disrespectful when some in recent days have referred to her as "DU'er Elizabeth Edwards". I'm not sure she appreciates the insinuation that she's a regular here.

[vademocrat]

14. It wasn't people who wished ill on Ann - it was Dr. Laura

when it was announced that Dr. Laura had cancer.

[DesertRat]

20. Dr. Laura has cancer?

I hadn't heard that. That's too bad. I wouldn't wish cancer on ANYONE.

[CottonBear]

23. No. Laura Ingraham (conservative radio host) HAD breast cancer several years ago.

Dr. Laura is a different and much older person.

[DesertRat]

26. thanks for the clarification n/t

[Blue Belle]

27. I don't think Dr. Laura Schlessenger has cancer...

Laura Ingram had it.

[seriousstan]

50. No that was just another time when the asses around here showed themselves.

It happens way too often. I sometimes cringe when people mention staories about how they have introduced moderate Dems to the DU.

[Maat]

16. I've never wished that something bad befall her ...

except retirement (due to lack of interest in her products).

I do feel free to point out what a vile, hateful creature she is, however, and, as a law school graduate, how poor she is at articulating a point, with assertion of fact, and backing it up with EVIDENCE. It is pitiful when all she can do is employ the "look at the shiney ball over here" trick (switching the issue), and insult the questioner; she can even respond directly to a question.

On edit ... I haven't wished any ill to Dr. Laura, either; but, once again, I wish that people would ignore her product also.

[wryter2000]

18. Lack of interest

That's exactly what I wish for her. I don't even want her forced to shut up. I just wish people would react to her with a yawn.

[Maat]

22. Exactly ...

urging her to get some therapy to address that irrational anger of hers.

[OzarkDem]

19. Hi Elizabeth!

Hey did you see the news - Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, has been appointed to a state dept. post in the Bush Administration.

http://cms.komen.org/komen/NewsEvents/KomenNews/070618_Brinker_WH_Appointment

[hang a left]

21. nt

[Disturbed]

25. I have never posted any wish for Coulter's demise or for her

to contract a deadly disease or illness yet I wouldn't shed a tear if she dropped dead right now.

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. Not that it's an excuse, but far worse is routinely said on fr & others.

It goes with the territory of anonymous message board posting.

[seriousstan]

51. If it isn't an excuse, why are you using it as one?

[Shakespeare]

28. She has too much class to point out that she (EE) has been viciously attacked here.

Much as I love DU, it's not a particularly nice place much of the time.

[orleans]

29. i don't know but i'm just posting here to try to win the 30,000,000 post prize! n/t

[lonestarnot]

38. What's that? Dinner with Al? or Dennis?

[DeepModem Mom]

30. I HOPE WE'LL LISTEN TO ELIZABETH. Self-indulgence doesn't help our cause here.

Celebrating a death, or a dread disease, among those we consider the Dark Side, EXPRESSED IN PRINT HERE, does us no good. All private thoughts do not have to be expressed on a public forum. There's always the choice to refrain from posting.

I'm ready for brickbats accusing me of wanting to censor people. If you consider self-censorship as censorship, I've heard it before, and I don't buy it.

[Missy Vixen]

34. DMM, I'm with you

I've always found you the voice of reason.

>If you consider self-censorship as censorship, I've heard it before, and I don't buy it.<

When we behave as those we hate do, we are them.

Julie

[DeepModem Mom]

35. Thank you, Julie. "We are them." You're right. nt

[tammywammy]

40. Agreed

I've never participated in those threads. But many will ignore the call for civility.

[tammywammy]

31. It was Laura Ingrahm, not Dr. Laura

Different people.

[DeepModem Mom]

32. K&R

[symbolman]

36. Right

we always have to take the HIGH ROAD while those bastard Right Wingers Goose Step all over us...

While I don't wish cancer on anyone, I still think that Ann Coulter is a POS, and Laura was trashing Humanity for so long she lost her own, SCREW HER, and the horse she rode in on.

All those Constitution smashing, Law Hating, Gay Bashing, Poor Trashing right wingers can go DIE, for all they've done to screw up the world.

There's a LIMIT to my sympathy, why should WE Stop and Pick up another Tin Hitler down on their luck, when they'll just get in their car and RUN US OVER after that.

Screw them. It's the only way to STOP THEM.

I will say that Mrs Edwards is a nice person, and I'm glad she's willing to play NICE, let's see what happens when they STEAL the Election from Her Husband.. oh Wait, they already did. :)

Fuck 'em. I'm sick of playing footsie, and having Dems that bring plastic Spoons to a Knife Fight, while the right winger bring GUNS.

Enough is enough, time to call a Spade a Spade.

[DeepModem Mom]

39. "I don't wish cancer on anyone."

Maybe that's all she's asking, symbolman. Elizabeth did confront Coulter, woman to woman. She called her out on national television. I think she just wouldn't wish cancer on her.

[Catchawave]

37. Someone found that thread in the archives

a while back. I wonder if we could find it again (I have lousy search skills). It was a great message in an uncomfortable thread as I recall. EE posted as ElizabethEdwards I believe. And it was confirmed by Admin it was her.

[ReadTomPaine]

42. Here you go:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3545777

#219 & #285 are the best posts in that thread, made by a fellow Paine enthusiast.

[Catchawave]

48. thanks!

The mod locked the thread. What a trip down memory lane, and many of those DUers have moved along....many friendly faces still here :D

edit typo

[Emit]

43. Is this it?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3545777&mesg_id=3545777&page=

[Catchawave]

49. Yes! Thanks, EE has 29 posts

Maybe we can find the rest :) I don't think she'll be back, however she's liveblogging on DKos tonight:

It's not too late to stop by and say hello.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/27/202554/413

[DeepModem Mom]

46. There are links below. Thankfully, the mods were at work, and there are many deleted messages...

in the thread.

[bullwinkle428]

44. I think DU learned (somewhat) from that episode -

there was very little of that (if any) when Tony Snow announced that he had cancer.

[upi402]

45. I heard her 2 times and think she's great. n/t

[Strawman]

47. "DU" doesn't wish ill on any sick person

Individual assholes posting on DU might do that.