So Elizabeth Edwards decided that it was a nice idea to make a public call, on TV, to Ann Coulter and announce that she's from the South, and that makes her polite, so that Coulter should stop picking on her husband. I think Mrs. Edwards was very rude. I am not defending Ann Coulter. I do think that politics is a nasty business, and those who've dedicated they're lives to politics should be aware of it that and keep their whining private. Also this instigated the obligatory bravado from her husband, which is of course designed to prove that he's not a sissy who hides behind his wife's skirt. Fun stuff. Do you remember Jerry Brown accusing Bill Clinton of using Hillary's Rose Law Firm for government contracts etc., and Bill pretending it was an attack on his wife? It'll be just like that. By the way, when Hillary was using the Rose Law Firm to represent the women whom she got to sign affidavits that they hadn't slept with her husband, (who does that?) did they know to whom she was married? Was she going by Hillary Rodham at the time.
It isn't good manners to tell people that you're being polite, as you tell them how to live their lives. Nobody thinks Ann Coulter is easy to like. Is she often rude, frequently tacky, sure. So what? I don't blame anybody for not liking it, but if you're afraid of the likes of Ann Coulter, if you're afraid of the things people say to your face, should you really be in politics?
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