This is amusing! How Edwards is dealing with the Coulter smear

[illinoisprogressive]

So here's the Edwards campaign's response to Ann Coulter's observation yesterday at CPAC that John Edwards is a "faggot": He's raising "Coulter Cash" off of her slur.

In an email that went out in the late evening yesterday to supporters and contributors, Edwards campaign manager David Bonior asked for help raising $100,000 in a week as a reply to Coulter. Bonior wrote:

Help us raise $100,000 in "Coulter Cash" this week to show every would-be Republican mouthpiece that their bigoted attacks will not intimidate this campaign. I just threw in 100 bucks. Will you join me?

[Fridays Child]

1. Brilliant! Nothing could piss off Ann as badly as someone other than her...

...profiting from the steaming piles that drop out of her mouth.

[blues90]

2. If it were me

I would simply ignore coulter , these people feed off responses , starve the beast .

[Hekate]

4. Unfortunately, the RW smear machine is emboldened by nearly everything, so as Hil said...

..."Deck them." Smart woman.

They cannot be ignored -- Kerry tried to rise above the lies of the Swift Boaters, and it cost him dearly. The RW is a bunch of piranhas.

Hekate

[TankLV]

9. That has proven to be a DEADLY mistake...

To ignore them is to empower them...

The Jews hoped that if they ignored the OBVIOUSLY idiotic Hitler, surely NOBODY would allow him to come to power - now that worked out great, didn't it?

Same thing people thought about Raygun and bush*II and the Gropenator - see where that got us...

[EFerrari]

3. Now, that's funny. Good for them!

:kick:

[sandnsea]

5. Dean did the same in 2003

brought out the bat whenever an attack was launched against him. It didn't stop the attacks then and it won't stop right wing attacks now. If this is what Edwards calls hitting back hard, he needs to go back to the drawing board.

[diamidue]

6. hmmm...I didn't see it that way.

Asking his supporters to raise $100,000 for him just struck me as a slick way to make some money off of Coulter's slam. I was kind of taken aback by his suggestion.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. yeah

same here. Seems a little self-serving and opportunistic, when he has a REAL opportunity to a)slam the haters on the right and b) open up a good discussion about hate-based language.

[benny05]

8. Hey we know you are an Obama supporter

Yes, I'm shoutin' you out.

I am aware you support Sen. Obama.

Pls support Obama tomorrow. He has a big day ahead of him in Selma and being sandwiched by the Clintons, in case you haven't noticed, or at least you have not mentioned it here.

Yesterday was a crummy day for all Americans, including you, even if you are not gay, to have to take slurs by the GOP. Bashing me and LGBT friends is not a good time for anyone. I'm straight, and I'm horribly offended by Coultergeist.

If you are slow to this thread, pls read here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3143515&mesg_id=3143922


You will see Elizabeth's comments. Both his and hers are succinct.

[jhrobbins]

10. So are we bashing one another for supporting different Dem contenders?

[benny05]

14. No

I'm saying support the guy or woman you support and quit ragging on Edwards.

[Lex]

11. Show them that every time they slur us, we raise money off it to bury them!

A little behavior mod technique.

Like electric shock, only instead it's money for Dems.

[Old and In the Way]

12. I chipped in $25.00 yesterday.

I'm not backing anyone yet...but this was my first contribution to any candidate. Mainly, just to prove that classless remarks like this should have a consequence. Frankly, I suspect Edwards will raise well over $100K from people who are disgusted with sophomoric insults from the Right.

[Lex]

13. Recommended.

:thumbsup: