Morning News Roundup

Some items that caught our eye this morning:

-- Gail Collins writes in today's NYT that Fred "Huckleberry" Thompson demonstrated in the recent Rethug "debate" that he "A) has all his marbles and B) is a terrible candidate." The article, "Calvin Coolidge Redux," also contains good thumbnails on the "debate's" other pygmies.

-- "Fox and Friends" had (M)ann Coulter on this morning trying to convince the hard-core cranks and crackpots that are the show's and Fux's audience that "conservatives" have "wit." She has a new book out, apparently, entitled "If Democrats Had Brains, They'd Be Republicans." Heh-heh. If it reveals the extent of wingnut wit, it's got to be a very thin book with very large print. And if (M)ann Coulter had an Adam's Apple, she'd be a man... uh, wait a minute...

-- The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Hillary beating Rudy Toot Toody in 3 battleground states (Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) by as much as 6 points. Rudy led in all 3 states in April.

-- The MSM have been abuzz lately about a reported rift between Sec. Rice and VP Deadeye Dick Cheney over how to deal with Iran. With the neocon chickenhawks beating the drums for a military strike, and Dumbya's track record of going along with whatever surrogate-daddy Deadeye wants, we have an uneasy feeling, to say the least, about how this is going to end.

Quote of the Day

"If we took away womens' right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president." (M)Ann Coulter, offering sage political advice to Rethugs, who have already lost the African American and Hispanic vote in 2008 and beyond.

She's Deeply Depraved

Anyone watching yesterday's "Hardball" had to be nauseous at the sight of (M)Ann Coulter slinging slime at Elizabeth Edwards. Even "Tweety" Matthews showed his growing disgust at the-pathetic-excuse-for-a-human Coulter, pressing her on why her extreme attacks were necessary. To her everlasting credit, Elizabeth Edwards kept insisting again and again that (M)Ann Coulter stop the vile personal attacks on her husband and others that she's smeared in the past (9/11 wives, etc.). Coulter kept flipping her bleached hair and was clueless, even after the crowd behind her (many of whom looked like Young Regthuglicans) applauded Elizabeth's sentiments.

(M)Ann Coulter is a deeply disturbed and vicious wingnut. Most mainstream conservatives have shunned her, but few if any confront her dispicable statements. One could begin by asking Coulter, who ironically specializes in sexual put-downs, what a 45 year old woman with no apparent history of lasting heterosexual relationships is doing in her own miserable life. (photo: apologies to the horse for the comparison)

UPDATE: Jon Swift has a delightful view on this smackdown.

Limpballs and Others

Well, it was only a matter of time before Puss Limpballs and wingnut rag New Yuck Sun hitched a ride on (m)Ann Coulter's ultra witty "faggot" comment directed at married with kids Sen. John Edwards. TPM Cafe has the run down, if you can stomach it. Puss, for example, runs a cute ad based on the Breck girl on his website. Don't do it, Puss baby! For a guy who can't lay off the Oxycontin and underage girls in the Dominican Republic, you shouldn't be talking trash!