Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
I heard Michelle Mailkin last night on O'Reilly criticizing Coulter. She sounded like the stereotype humorless grim-faced social values conservative who wants anything fun outlawed. You'll never hear one liberal criticizing another for anything, no matter how outrageous. It seems to be a pathology among Republicans that the minute anyone connected with the GOP becomes controversial, they have to leap in with both feet to show that they are not as bad as liberals say they are. It is a sign of insecurity and a prime reason conservatives never achieve anything. They are too busy tearing each other apart over minor issues.
Sheesh, she made a joke. Get over it.
That is a problem Republicans have to overcome, but it is hard when you have a predominantly liberal media waiting vigilantly for any soundbyte to pounce on. Before the onset of Fox News, you had to distance yourself from any inflammatory speech made by another Republican, or else you had every single news station condemning you. Every single station. This went on for years.
Times have changed, but for the Republicans in this case, old habits die hard.
I still think Coulter should not have said it though. As ridiculous as the argument may be, it gives the media spin machine more fuel for the fire. Every headline said basically the same thing. Coulter calls Edwards a Faggot. This can't be helping Republicans.