Fundraising: Hillary Uses Bill, Edwards Uses Coulter - Again

It's the end of the fundraising quarter - and frankly: I'm sick of it. It's the same old, the same idiotic emails, the same pitches as last quarter. Some campaigns are even using the same people to rake in some money. Hillary once again asked her husband, the former President, to send out a fundraising email - which fails to surprise (though it is still weird to check your emails and find one from Bill Clinton).

What is surprising is that, once again, dumbpundit Ann Coulter couldn't keep her mouth shut about John Edwards. You'd think she would have learned after Edwards used her last slur against him to rake in some cash, but no, here she goes again:



And once again, the Edwards campaign does the only appropriate thing. Slam her and ask for donations in response. The Coulter for Edwards fundraising drive is on again.

LVRJ = Fox News! Says the LVRJ Editorial Board

So, the Las Vegas Review Journal editorial board went into ultra ranting mode over the cancelled Fox News debate. A rant which was conveniently linked to by both the Drudge Report and FoxNews.com. Any questions?

Well, yeah, actually. When you're in ranting mode over at your damn fine journalistic institution do you actually proof read your rant? What's that? No, you don't? Well, I didn't think so:

Hard-core liberals can't stand the Fox News Channel. Passing a television that's tuned to the conservative favorite forces many of them to close their eyes, cover their ears and scream, "La la la la la la la la la!" Then they dash to their computers and fire off 2,500 e-mails condemning the outlet, none of which are ever read. (Emphasis added)

Where did they come up with the "2,500 emails" part? Funny thing is, if you actually read Saturday's edition of the LVRJ you can easily figure out that the editorial board is not talking about the Fox News debate here, it is talking about itself. Here is their account of the Fox News cancellation:

The Democratic Party since had been hit with phone calls, e-mails, media attention and an online petition signed by more than 260,000 people, according to MoveOn.org. (Emphais added)

Ain't that just a little discrepancy. And here is their statement on their own little controversy - why they are sticking with dumbpundit Ann Coulter:

Several newspapers have dropped conservative syndicated columnist Ann Coulter from their pages after she used a homosexual slur last week, but two Nevada newspapers won't be joining the list.

The Review-Journal inbox has been flooded with more than 2,000 e-mails calling for the column's demise, but editorial page editor John Kerr said he would continue treating Coulter's columns as he always has -- by reading and running them on a case-by-case basis. (Emphasis added)

Essentially, the LVRJ was royally pissed about getting hit with a barrage of e-mails asking them to drop Coulter. What better way to let off steam about that than using the Fox News debate cancellation!

Thank God for Freudian slips! And good to know that letters to the editor of the Las Vegas Review Journal are never read if they contain an opinion contrary to LVRJ editorial board believes.

Edwards Will NOT Participate in Fox News Debate

Kos has been contacting campaigns on whether or not they intend to participate in the Fox News debate in Reno in August and he initially intended to start posting responses tomorrow. However, the Edwards campaign was so quick and clear, he posted their response tonight:

We will not be participating in the Fox debate. We're going to make lots of appearances in Nevada, including debates. By the end of March, we will have attended three presidential forums in Nevada - and there are already at least three proposed Nevada debates. We're definitely going to debate in Nevada, but we don't see why this needs to be one of them.

Kudos to Edwards. He's quite right about this. There are enought debates and forums in Nevada for candidates to attend, so why not skip the Fox News debate? He might have been encouraged by the Ann Coulter slur against him which she got to defend on, yeah you guessed it, Fox News where she is also a regular contributor.

Let's hope other campaigns will soon follow.

However, something might happen in the meantime as the Executive Board of the Nevada State Democratic Party is apparently having a conference call tomorrow morning. Wonder how much heat outgoing Chair Tom Collins is going to have to take for this skrew up of a decision. Yet, the question remains:

Why is Harry Reid silent?

Ann Coulter Raises Money for Edwards - Involuntarily

One of the dumbest DC pundits has struck again. This time dumbpundit thought it'd be "fun" to call the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee of 2004 and 2008 presidential candidate John Edwards the F-word.

Quite smartly, the Edwards campaign not only condemned it but is trying to show all dumb right-wing pundits "that inflaming prejudice to attack progressive leaders will only backfire". Therefore the Edwards campaign is now calling on everyone to help them raise $100,000 in "Coulter Cash".

You can also contribute to John Edwards and all the other Democratic presidential candidates through the Nevada Caucus 2008 ActBlue page.