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You are talking about Anne Coulter here, right?</p>
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…and a shoe fetish, I see; but I will not taunt the ped-phile’s addiction with a high-heeled answer.</p>
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<p>You just described most political writers whether they lean right or left. Think Al Franken, Michael Moore, Jon Stewart, and oh yeah, Ann Coulter. I guess whether you can “stand” them or not depends on your leanings…</p>
<p>Jon Stewart is a hate monger who appeals to the worst base instincts in people?</p>
<p>Examples?</p>
<p>“and a shoe fetish, I see; but I will not taunt the ped-phile’s addiction with a high-heeled answer”</p>
<p>What about that big trunk in the back? The one that holds all those old things that aren’t useful anymore?</p>
<p>That was entirely uncalled for…</p>
<p>–I have no junk in my trunk, thank you.</p>
<p>Dorothy_ParkerX - Read the Edwards quote again:</p>
<p>“I think the vice president and his wife love their daughter. I think they love her very much. And you can’t have anything but respect for the fact that they’re willing to talk about the fact that they have a gay daughter, the fact that they embrace her. It’s a wonderful thing. And there are millions of parents like that who love their children, who want their children to be happy.”</p>
<p>The parents who love their children and want their children to be happy include parents of gay men and lesbians whose children want to marry someone they love. Bush-Cheney wanted to place a ban on such marriages and on civil unions in the U.S. Constitution. Given the politics of the issue, the remark is a rather warm and positive one, in my view. If you see it otherwise, I guess you think that there’s something nasty about someone loving someone of the same sex and it’s just plain awful for someone to mention that in public.</p>
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Ah, the rhetorically lucid liberal…lol…adorable to the last.</p>
<p>…just don’t ask me if I have stopped beating my wife yet…not even ironically.</p>
<p>So being gay is like beating one’s wife? </p>
<p>My only question is whether you think the fact of wife-beating should stay closeted, in the household or if you think that being gay should make one subject to arrest.</p>
<p>My dear,</p>
<p>this is an olg gag, not unlike what Edwards was trying to pull on TeeVee.</p>
<p>I suggest you get yourself a sense of humor. Try this:</p>
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</a> No need to thank me.</p>
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<p>When logic fails, post something irrelevant.</p>
<p>“–I have no junk in my trunk, thank you”</p>
<p>Of course my dear. I’m sure everything in your trunk is a valuable asset.</p>
<p>MFM…I don’t know, sounds risky–and besides, it doesn’t even seem to work very well for you:</p>
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Yikes.</p>
<p>De gustibus non est disputandum.</p>
<p>Opie, that was extremely well said.</p>
<p>I concur.</p>
<p>Jon Stewart, along with every comedian, tells jokes that some people may think are smartly irreverent, others may find distateful depending on their viewpoint</p>
<p>Probably “hate mongering” is too strong a term to use for Jon Stewart’s jokes, but he definitely can be cruel in his comedy. I personally find Jon Stewart funny and enjoy the Daily News Show, my point is though that depending on your political leanings, political satirists are either hilarious or insulting.</p>
<p>“political satirists are either hilarious or insulting.”</p>
<p>I didn’t realize ANN was a comedian? What sitcom was she on? Although I admit, I do confuse her with Andrew Dice Clay everyso often. It’s uncanny, it’s like they are the same person.</p>
<p>I don’t remember Al Franken or Michael Moore’s sitcoms either. I must have missed them.</p>
<p>She isn’t a standup comedian, but she is definitely a political satirist.</p>
<p>“my point is though that depending on your political leanings, political satirists are either hilarious or insulting.”</p>
<p>I agree that one’s political outlook impacts what one finds funny. That doesn’t mean that satirists are all equally insulting, equally cruel, or equally honest.</p>
<p>People who sought the limelight, especially politicians, are always legitimate targets. But that doesn’t mean that it’s ok to take innocent bystanders down with them. The question is whether the attack skewers the public figure or her party or policies, which is fine, as opposed to her gender, race, sexual orientation, etc., which is not fine. When you call John Edwards a f**<strong><em>, it’s an attack on all gay people, not just him. It’s no different from calling Alberto Gonzalez a s</em></strong>. That’s not satire; it’s hate-mongering.</p>
<p>"Al Franken "</p>
<p>Saturday Night live… Stuart Smalley…etc…</p>
<p>Micheal Moore isn’t a comedian either, never pretended to be one.</p>
<p>“definitely a political satirist.”</p>
<p>U gotta be kidding. I admire you and others stauch support of the party. I just hope you know well enough to pull up before the cliff.</p>