When Elizabeth Edwards announced on March 22 that her terminal cancer would not derail her husband’s campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, she raised the standard of political debate for next year’s election and for the coming years. She has shown us that ideas and ideals are worth fighting and dying for.
Snarky harradins like Ann Coulter have become the face of Republican polical discourse during the Bush White House years, as they spew one-liners such as Coulter’s infamous anti-gay slur to refer to John Edwards. No more. The gig is up, Ann. Your shallow meanness is seen by the American public for what it is: cheap, nasty, and irresponsible. You have been outclassed by a woman of conviction, true intelligence, and unstoppable courage—qualities no one will ever accuse you of possessing.
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