I gladly signed that letter, but am not self righteous or hypersensitive. HARDLY.

What I am is HYPER AWARE of the fallout for the Republican Party.

AND NOWHERE IN THE LETTER DID WE DEMAND THAT SHE APOLOGIZE.

CPAC got what it paid for.

We were merely asking that in the future, CPAC NOT PAY HER TO MAKE US LOOK LIKE THE DEMONS THE DEMS THINK WE ARE.

I would prefer if the letter asked them to hold the conference somewhere that grass roots conservatives could actually attend, rather than just the elites… now that letter I would sign.

“To state the obvious: Fox is a feisty conservative cable network and Air America is a feisty progressive radio network.”

But it should say “… Fox is a feisty conservative cable network that gets the highest ratings of any cable news channel and Air America is a feisty progressive radio station that has almost no audience at all.”

Now why would Fox want to share hosting of an event with an outlet that reaches practically nobody? The act of doing so would basically be giving away free advertising.

Nobody cares what Air America thinks or wants, that is obvious by the size of their listener base.

First of all, Air America still exists?

RightWinged on March 7, 2007 at 7:03 PM

It’s like Jason from Friday the 13th or Michael Myers from Halloween.

Kos is an idiot.

RightWinged on March 7, 2007 at 7:03 PM

Oh no!! Another crazy righty blogger is hurling slurs at those on the left that are just speaking freely.

SARCASM

I also noticed how the nutroots at KOS are seriously in love with this sissy-mary. I have never read KOS before, but those people are seriously screwed up. I can see them going for hillary or the savior, but edwards hypocrisy is so blatently obvious you’d have to have your head buried in the sand to consider that guy.

csdeven on March 7, 2007 at 6:35 PM

Pony Boy can’t decide which way the wind is blowing, but he sure as hell is trying to go with it. The libs love someone that appears to be fighting their fight – and that’s what Pony is trying his best to show them. That way, when he “waffles” on them, he blames the right-wing propoganda machine – then claims he had no other choice. The left then sees it as typical right-wing suppression.

RedinBlueCounty on March 7, 2007 at 6:46 PM

Well, agruable we are much classier than them, but the point of this scandle is that the word was not used in the context that it is being censored for.

But, like always, I defer to the boss.

OK. I didn’t realize the “F” bomb was a no-no. It wont happen again.

Can you give a list of words that are PC that we can use?

csdeven on March 7, 2007 at 6:38 PM

How is using the “F” word here any different from the sites where people call President Bush a Nazi or a criminal? There is no difference. Let’s not turn Hotair into another daily kos or DU.

“Excuse me Mr. Edwards, does this mean that you will not debate your proposals with the members of Congress as well?”

“Mr. Edwards, does this mean that you will end debate with North Kora and just capitulate to their demands if elected President?”

“Mr. Edwards, since you refuse to debate your fellow presidential candidates, does this you will not debate with other countries as President?”

Man, this is going to be fun to watch!

Can you give a list of words that are PC that we can use?

I also noticed how the nutroots at KOS are seriously in love with this sissy-mary. I have never read KOS before, but those people are seriously screwed up. I can see them going for hillary or the savior, but edwards hypocrisy is so blatently obvious you’d have to have your head buried in the sand to consider that guy.

What a shameless, pandering jackass.

yes, he is a shameless, pandering jackass….and he listens to Cher.

They bash Fox because they say there isn’t enough coverage of the left and when Fox bends over backwards to put them on their network, they refuse to participate … so they themselves are creating the reality they accuse Fox of creating.

They can’t help it, creating reality is their only skill. Edwards apparently didn’t learn anything from the Lamont debacle, pandering to the nutroots to win the primary is not a viable long term strategy.

Maybe not such a good example. There is no question on the leanings of this site and if it is intended to be neutral then the authors have a long way to go not to offend people.

Many visitors are going to cringe here because of the political leanings even with PC applied.

Wade on March 7, 2007 at 3:35 PM

I would never suggest that we avoid voicing our opinions to avoid “offending” people. “Offending people” was not my concern when I suggested that Allah should be banning the f-word. It was merely due to the unacceptability of certain words which are considered to be “cuss words.”

There’s a difference between offending someone because they don’t agree with your political beliefs, and offending someone by using obnoxious language.

I think so anyway. But that’s my opinion of course.

My 1st read of both AP and Gregor was both were joking. And would have continued to think that of Gregor until he apologized.

Wade on March 7, 2007 at 4:09 PM

Yes, I was joking and I think it was obvious. I also think Allah set that up, and expected the word to fly. With what happened with Coulter over the last few days, it’s silly to think one could post such a story and not have the word thrown out there as a joke.

I was trying to make the point that I wasn’t going to cave to the demands of the left in the same way that Michelle Malkin and HotAir posted the Mohammed cartoons simply to show they had the free will to allow themselves to do so.

I still believe that, but what I’m saying is that Allah is merely trying to protect his business, and I understand the need to keep the comment section clean from profanity.

Ann Coulter however, voiced the word in a public speech and used it in a manner specifically designed to make a point, which turned out to have been totally accurate. If you use a certain word, you’ll be forced to go through rehab.

She was correct, and that’s sad.

As for avoiding offending people, give me a break. It’s impossible. What doesn’t offend one person, offends the next.

I don’t really care if anyone is offended by what I see as the truth. I think homosexuality is disgusting, perverted, and shameful. I don’t really care if it’s within ones power or if it’s a choice. Now I know that’s going to offend some of our homosexual readers, but I have every right to voice that opinion, just as they have a right to voice their distaste for Islam, or for liberals. It’s how you go about it.

If someone wants to ban me for expressing my distaste for homosexuality, so be it. But that would be a far different, and far more scary trend than simply keeping your business clean. I think I can find a better way of expressing that then to blurt out the f-word.

What’s even worse is all the idiotic “fag means cigarettes/ bundle of sticks/frackin instruments” posts.

Morons sheepishly playing semantics.

p0s3r on March 7, 2007 at 3:59 PM

Understood. My 1st read of both AP and Gregor was both were joking. And would have continued to think that of Gregor until he apologized.

I guess my years in the Marines have made me very tolerant to name calling and slang words.

Gregor on March 7, 2007 at 11:48 AM

Confession is at 5p.m. or 17:00.

Leadership, all of it, the little which is left, is terribly indignant.

You are right that AP and Hot Air has the right to censor comments as they see fit. You were also right in saying that given their past stances it makes them and AP in particular quite hypocrtical to do so in this case.

As a writer, and a business owner, you can’t have that. What if the business was an attorney’s office, or a restaurant, or a book store? Would the employees talk that way? Would the owners allow customers to yell obnoxious comments in the lobby?

Maybe not such a good example. There is no question on the leanings of this site and if it is intended to be neutral then the authors have a long way to go not to offend people. All of us speak of hypocrisy, is this not an example here?

As far as bashing Marcotte, she was employed by someone running for POTUS, not Gregor.

Many visitors are going to cringe here because of the political leanings even with PC applied. I do not condone run away filth and unfounded attacks upon any person or persons. In this case we are talking about a one word used in post and in a speech and all of a sudden it is a word banned by many. I think much to do about nothing. The word faggot will only be replaced, in time, by another word someone does not like. It will offend someone…

Look at how many times words pertaining to blacks have been changed. Nigger, Negro, colored, black, African-American. African-American offends me the most because hyphenated names I fell divide people, not unite.

I am done with this subject here, it is silly.