So it has been a mere 4 hours since I posted the article about Ann Coulter’s big mouth at the CPAC yesterday….

When I posted it, I jumped over to Technorati to see if there were any other posts that had anything interesting to say on the subject. Technorati listed exactly ONE other site in their WTF (Where’s the Fire) section about it.

Now there are over 1000 with more being added as I write this.

Unbelievably, a large number of the posts are supportive of Ann’s statement. There are many that say things to the effect of, “While I don’t think John Edward’s is a faggot, I do think he’s a pussy.”

And a lot more who are trying to deflect attention from Ann onto one of my favorite personalities, Bill Maher.

What is the problem with Bill Maher you may ask? Well, if you didn’t catch last night’s Real Time on HBO (I did), Bill asked his panel which included Barney Frank, Joe Scarborough, and John Ridley about a flap that happened over at The Huffington Post:

For the lazy, I’ll paraphrase: Bill asks, “What about the people who commented on The Huffington Post that it was a shame that the attempt on Dick Cheney’s life in Afghanistan failed? Ariana took the post down, but don’t they have the right to that opinion?”

At the end of the clip, Barney Frank points out that Bill wasn’t saying that he wished the VP had died, just that he was quoting from the website. At the end of the clip, Bill says that if the VP “did die, more people would live.”

One post in particular that irked me, Bill Maher Speaks, The Left is Silent, says:

Bill Maher has spoken regarding Cheney, and he contends not only should liberals be allowed to wish Cheney was dead, but that Cheney should actually be dead for our own good.

Watch the clip, while I wait uselessly for the left to pretend to care.

Hypocrites. If the left allows Bill Maher to pass on this, then they should shut the hell up over Ann Coulter. I am sick of the double standard. I�m tired of the expectation that conservatives have to play nice. The left has figured out how to exploit it, and that morally correct but strategically dangerous playing nice is what lost congress in the mid term elections.

I wonder when exactly anyone has expected the conservatives to play nice? When has that EVER been the expectation? Is the author saying that Ann Coulter’s comments were simply an example of a conservative hitting below the belt? I left the following comment:

I don�t mean to be rude, but, did you even watch the clip that you posted?

Bill did not say what you claim he says. He is quoting from the Huffington Post at the beginning of the clip. At the end of the clip he says that if Cheney �did die, more people would live.�

That�s quite different from what your post alleges.

It�s also very different from Ann Coulter calling John Edwards a �faggot.�

Also, Bill Maher = Comedian. Ann Coulter = supposed political expert.

The author, Karl, responded:

Note, Ann did *not* call him a faggot. She said she couldnt talk about him becuase using the word faggot would get her rehab.

Maybe you need to pay attention closer. As I noted, it was meant to imply it, but she never SAID it.

Maher�s comment is ridiculous on its merits as the VP has no direct impact on who lives or dies, and trying to see a positive in his death is tacky.

Maher is as often a pundit as a comedian, and Ann is as much a comedianne as a pundit.

My comment about Maher is accurate, as trying to see a positive in human lives for Cheney being dead is akin to �actually be dead for our own good�

Their cases are similar enough that equal outrage should be seen. It isn�t.

And that is hypocrisy.

How does one argue with someone that insists an apple and a leprechaun are the same thing?

My response:

I fail to see any real distinction between �I�d say he�s a faggot, but I�d get rehab� and �He�s a faggot.� It�s hardly an �implication.�

It�s also WAY beyond tacky. It�s patently offensive.

I�m not going to argue the point that Cheney has a real interest in the continuation of this war which does in fact directly impact who lives and dies, since you clearly support the administration and that would be pointless.

Equating continued persecution and offensive bigotry by a political figure with the off the cuff remark about the death of the vp by a comedian isn�t hypocrisy, it�s moronic.

(ooo.. there�s a true example of implication�)

I’m sure Karl isn’t going to let that go, so you’ll have to follow along over at his place.

And just so you know, I blame Scott for all of this. He does this to me all the time.