The 12 Biggest Blunders of the 2008 Race
John Hawkins posted an article on Townhall.com today where he outlines the twelve biggest mistakes we have seen in this presidential race. My personal favorite is number six.
6) John Edwards’ running feud with Ann Coulter: Ann Coulter was roundly — and rightly — slammed for calling John Edwards a “f*ggot” at CPAC last year.
Unfortunately for John Edwards, instead of ignoring it, he tried to hype it for the sake of publicity and fundraising which not only caused Ann Coulter to continue to go after him, but led to lots of conversations that went about like this,
Person 1: Ann Coulter was wrong to call John Edwards a f*ggot.
Person 2: You’re right. She should have just called him a little girl or Silky Pony.
Person 1: …Or the Breck Girl. I mean he is pretty girlish. But, oh that Ann Coulter — she always goes too far!
Then, Edwards made the mistake of compounding his error by having his wife call in to attack Coulter on Hardball. That’s really the way to convince people that you’re not as much of a wimp as they think you are — by sending your sick wife out to fight your battles for you.
