Yeah, you heard that right. Now, can we please stop all that nonsense about Civility? And Our Nags said that to Howie the Whore!

At first, Ann Coulter’s anti-gay crack at a Washington conference Friday drew almost no media coverage, although [sic] it was witnessed by hundreds of journalists and political operatives and captured by television cameras.

Oh, Howie. You don’t mean “although.” You mean because! We all remember how the Beltway Teabaggers rocked with laughter when Bush made that sick joke about looking under his desk for WMDs. Or how you didn’t laugh when Stephen Colbert didn’t exhibit sufficient deference to The Boy King.

But [sic] after some Democrats and liberal bloggers slammed the professional provocateur — and were joined by a number of Republicans and conservatives — it became a news story, albeit a modest one.

That’s not “but,” Howie. It’s and—to show consequence.

Journalists could simply quote critics of the conservative author’s latest rhetorical stink bomb, in which she referred to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards with a six-letter word offensive to gays.

Uh, Howie? Ann’s word is “faggot.” No! Put down those pearls!  Read more 

A fine example of “balanced” journalism:

New Campaign Ads Have a Theme: Don’t Be Nice
The result of the dueling accusations has been what both sides described on Tuesday as the most toxic midterm campaign environment in memory.

OK, so much for the feelings. What about the facts? Here’s the buried nugget:

While Democrats have largely concentrated their efforts on the political records of Republicans, the Republicans have zeroed in more on candidates’ personal backgrounds.

So, according to Nags, the Democrats are guilty of “toxic” politics when they focus on their Republican opponent’s record. Sweet Jeebus.

What kind of politics would Nags have the Democrats practice? What is “nice”?  Read more