Coulter: You bought her, you own her

Many right-wing bloggers are busy doing damage control following Ann Coulter's despicable remarks about John Edwards at CPAC this week. As Editor & Publisher points out, some major media outlets are busy ignoring what Coulter said.

The sentiment in the right-wing blogosphere today is basically, 'well, I never really liked her anyway'. Then why do so many of them run ads for her books, endorse some of her behaviour and even defend her when it's convenient? And, if she truly has no credibility in conservative circles, why was she even invited to speak at CPAC? It seems to me that those right-wing bloggers who are now disowning and trying so hard to distance themselves from Coulter should have arranged an attempt to have her blacklisted from their conference - especially when she pulled the same kind of stunt at CPAC in 2006 by using the word "raghead" - grabbing headlines for herself at their expense then too.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. You know exactly what you're going to get when you invite Coulter to speak anywhere: a woman who grandstands with the most vile comments just to get people to pay attention to her.

So, you can't have it both ways, right-wing bloggers. Either boycott Coulter completely - and that includes not buying or selling her books for her - or just accept the fact that you're complicit in her behaviour.

Update: Blowback against Coulter from the right-wing bloggers which might actually seem sincere if it didn't endorse equally vile Rush Limbaugh and throw in this dig against the left:

At CPAC 2007 Coulter decided to turn up the volume by referring to John Edwards, a former U.S. Senator and current Presidential candidate, as a “faggot.” Such offensive language–and the cavalier attitude that lies behind it–is intolerable to us. It may be tolerated on liberal websites but not at the nation’s premier conservative gathering.

They just can't help themselves, can they? Some of the bloggers and their commenters signing onto that letter have used the most racist, bigotted language you'll find anywhere on the internet. It's not enough for them, apparently, to take ownership of denouncing Coulter. They just have to attack the left while they're at it in a weak attempt to look superior. Talk about mixed messages. They may not like some of the words she uses, but they sure like her tactics.

Yet another update: Editor & Publisher notes:

Ann Coulter, fresh from implying that John Edwards is a "faggot," now has a statement on her Web site saying Edwards campaign manager David Bonior "is fronting for Arab terrorists."
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A copy of Bonior's letter was posted on Coulter's Web site, with this note underneath: "It's always good to divert Bonior from his principal pastime which is fronting for Arab terrorists."

I guess she thinks she's on a roll now.