john edwards: well, is he a faggot or not?
In a Democratic presidential-candidate field where the front-runners are apparently receiving sympathy juice for being members of "oppressed" groups (Barack Obama is part Negro, and Hillary Clinton is a cunt), the highly photogenic and, well, let's face facts, very sexually attractive Senator John Edwards may receive a boost in the polls merely because conservative columnist Ann Coulter recently called him a "faggot."
Last Friday, Coulter told an audience of very clean and well-groomed conservatives:
I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I—so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards.
Edwards responded thusly:
Ann Coulter's use of an anti-gay slur yesterday was un-American and indefensible. In America, we strive for equality and embrace diversity. The kind of hateful language she used has no place in political debate or our society at large.
Nowhere in his statement did Edwards deny being a faggot. He has also reportedly experienced a boost in campaign contributions merely because people feel bad about the dirty name he was called.
Coulter defended her comments on a cable talk show:
Faggot isn't offensive to gays; it has nothing to do with gays...It's a schoolyard taunt meaning 'wuss,' and unless you're telling me that John Edwards is gay, it was not applied to a gay person.
Coulter was later overheard saying that the word "nigger" has nothing to do with blacks.
What I want to know, and what no one has addressed, is whether or not Mr. Edwards is indeed a faggot. I believe he is. Look at his wife:
Can we all say, "beard"? There's NO WAY a woman who looks like that belongs with such a powerful and handsome man.
