John and Elizabeth Edwards

[Rickypt]

This has been a really impressive week for John and Elizabeth Edwards. Over the weekend, Elizabeth spoke in front of a group at the San Francisco LGBT Pride festival. This was the first appearance by a presidential candidate or spouse at a pride event. She came out in support of gay marriage in her speech and I find her language around it to be really refreshing. How I wish she were a candidate herself:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&sn=004&sc=337

Yesterday, John Edwards toured the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, apparently the first time any major candidate has visted an LGBT-specific organization during the campaign. I find this to be a welcome change from what usually happens, which is some candidates are willing to meet with gay groups for fundraising purposes but not really to look at the work we do or understand our experience. Still, very frustrating and unacceptable that John Edwards doesn't support gay marriage.

More on the LA Center visit:

http://www.lagaycenter.org/site/apps...257&ct=4027941

[strandinthewind]

And - his wife told Ann Counter to fukc off today

June 27, 2007

Edwards confronts Coulter in on-air clash

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Her husband’s presidential campaign has used some of conservative commentator Ann Coulter’s most controversial statements about him to raise campaign cash, but on Tuesday Elizabeth Edwards directly confronted the best-selling author and asked her to “stop the personal attacks.”

“The things she has said over the years, not just about John but about other candidates, lowers the political dialogue at precisely the time we need to raise it,” Elizabeth Edwards said in a phone call to MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews as Coulter, a guest on the program, listened.

“It debases political dialogue,” Elizabeth Edwards added. “It drives people away from the process. We can’t have a debate about issues if you’re using this kind of language.”

Elizabeth Edwards’ husband, former Sen. John Edwards, D-North Carolina, is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.

Coulter responded that Elizabeth Edwards was asking her to stop speaking completely and suggested it was hypocritical for the Edwards campaign to criticize her comments after promoting them in fundraising solicitations.

“I don’t mind you trying to raise money,” Coulter said. “I mean it’s better this than giving $50,000 speeches to the poor.” Coulter was referring to criticism about the former senator’s speaking fees.

Elizabeth Edwards penned a fundraising letter that hit email in-boxes Wednesday morning with a link to a video of her exchange with Coulter.

“Where I am from, when someone does something that displeases you, you politely ask them to stop,” she wrote.

Elizabeth Edwards also asked potential donors to “Please give what you can right now to help raise the dialogue and show that Ann Coulter-style politics will never carry the day.”

The on-air clash came one day after Coulter, appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, joked “If I’m going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.”

On that program, Coulter was referencing the firestorm following her March comments, in which she referred to the North Carolina Democrat as “a faggot” at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference held in Washington. She claimed that, during the same period of time, liberal television host Bill Maher “was not joking” when he said that “he wished Dick Cheney had been killed in a terrorist attack.” According to Coulter, Maher didn’t take the same heat for his comments that she did for hers.

In addition to promoting the latest war of words, Edwards’s campaign posted both Coulter’s comments in March and earlier this week on their Web site.

– CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

[strandinthewind]

Also - I think you wanna do him

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Also - I think you wanna do him

Me?

...he's not a bad looking man.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

Me?

...he's not a bad looking man.

It's the hair and the accent

Plus, he seems devoted to his wife and that, to me, is a huge plus!

[mikeschmike]

Wow, I am so impressed with her. For one thing, I'm glad she is in good enough health to appear at events and on TV. Especially considering how draining it is to take on the Coult. Also, I would have never pegged her as a gay marriage supporter.

Bless that woman.

[estranged4life]

I think Elizabeth Edwards should run for President, She would be one woman I would vote for

[CelticGypsy]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

I think Elizabeth Edwards should run for President, She would be one woman I would vote for

Me too

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

I think Elizabeth Edwards should run for President, She would be one woman I would vote for

I would vote several times for Barbara Boxer shhhhhh

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

The on-air clash came one day after Coulter, appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, joked “If I’m going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.”

god this woman infuriates me.

but I am happy that both Edwards are showing some signs of support. I wonder why she's for gay marriage and he's not...I mean, it seems weird to me for them to be on opposing sides (and vocal about it) of such a "hot topic"

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

but I am happy that both Edwards are showing some signs of support. I wonder why she's for gay marriage and he's not...I mean, it seems weird to me for them to be on opposing sides (and vocal about it) of such a "hot topic"

I think John Edwards probably supports gay marriage, or at least doesn't really care, but knows he can't win if he comes out with a pro-gay marriage position. Maybe Elizabeth's statements are a way of sending this signal to the gay community?

Edit: damn, I'm offline rest of the day. Really wanted to discuss this further...maybe tomorrow.

[JazmenFlowers]

^^^
could be.

we'll pick up when you get back. I should actually do some billable work myself.

[vermicious knid]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

I think John Edwards probably supports gay marriage, or at least doesn't really care, but knows he can't win if he comes out with a pro-gay marriage position. Maybe Elizabeth's statements are a way of sending this signal to the gay community?

Exactly. He is playing his cards smart. The majority of Americans are against gay marriage, and he isn't taking the loser position. With the help of his wife, he is looking more and more like a good option as Hillary's Vice President. The VP spot is something Barack Obama should be coveting; I just hope he doesn't think he is too good for that.

[strandinthewind]

Anne is an awful person for attacking the Edwards' dead son - nuff said

And - if you notice, Anne, never really addresses the issue. She never says, I said this because . . . . Instead, she spins the argument to Edwards using the hate speech to make money - in an effort to stop people like Anne C. -- and she suggests that because time has gone by, her comments are more appropriate.

Again, what an awful person.

[JazmenFlowers]

what a twat.

I wonder what her family thinks of her. I'm surprised she herself hasn't been assasinated.