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Then after implying being gay was the equivalent of being scum, Coulter - while making a public endorsement of GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney added:

"And of course, if you're working for a Republican candidate, you'll meet some nice heterosexual guys. By the way, before I let that slide, I do want to point out one thing that has been driving me crazy with the media, how they keep describing Mitt Romney's position as being 'pro-gays, and that's going to upset right-wingers.' Well, you know, screw you, I'm not anti-gay. We're against gay marriage. I don't want gays to be discriminated against. I mean, I think we have, in addition to blacks, I don't know why all gays aren't Republicans. I think we have the pro-gay position, which is anti-crime and for tax cuts. Gays make a lot of money, and they're victims of crime. I mean, the way -- no, they are. They should be with us."

No doubt there will be much discussion in the coming days of Coulter's comments and about the fact she referred to former Sen. John Edwards as a gay man. No doubt many will find this funny and it will ultimately increase Coulter's book sales. All this aside, however, the three of us at EE are astounded and amazed that no one -- well short of ourselves and a few other ambitious bloggers -- will be discussing the civil rights aspect.

Change two things in Coulter's diatribe to understand what we mean: "Oh, and I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama. But it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word "nigger," so I'm -- so I'm kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Obama. So I think I'll just conclude here and take your questions."

Can you imagine the CPAC members applauding that? Try changing it to "Hillary Clinton" and "cunt" or "Russ Feingold" and "alter kocker" and see how you feel about her comments. It is not American - at least it should not be American - to describe any one group of people with a derogatory word and then further insult the group by implying the derogatory word is the equivalent of the worst thing ever -- something with which "normal" people would never want to be associated.

While we still believe that all social advances in our world will be led by the works of women, we also must admit that there are now and have been throughout history a few women who neither worked for the common good nor desired social advances for all. Coulter seems to be one of the few which, no doubt, gives her a great deal of pleasure.

We also - by sheer relation - must question both the men and women who organize the CPAC as to their own motives. Are they not for the betterment of society? Do they applaud violence and bigotry?

Oh... we can hear you: You cannot blame the organizers of the CPAC or the people in attendance for the words spoken by Coulter. How were they to know she'd behave so badly in public?

Actually, we can and do. This isn't the first time Coulter has been invited to spew off at the CPAC. Here's a quote from her speech in January 2002 at the same event:

"We need to execute people like John Walker [Lindh] in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors."

We find no essential qualities present in Coulter and must admit our own sorrow for her inability to use her talents for the common good.