I hate saying I told you so, but I did.  In all my posts, comments and responses to Ann faggot joke, I have consistently maintained she was making an attempted joke using the Greys Anatomy star Isaiah Washington’s rehab for saying fag as her barb against political correctness.  I understood the context, even if it was so obscure it fell flat and bombed.

Ann appeared and defended her remarks on Hannity and Colmes tonight and validated my analysis.  Democrat Pat Caddell even got it.   He also gets the money quote by noting that people take this stuff too seriously.

Ann’s only disconnect is that she just didn’t think it (her joke) bombed, but what comedian likes to admit they bombed? 

Video is at Hot Air. Here is a poor quality You Tube version. The video is shakey, but the audio is clear.

A summary:

Ann Coulter appeared on Hannity & Colmes tonight, her first television presence since making her infamous “faggot” remark at CPAC last week. Coulter said she used “faggot” in the context of “wuss” and added it was a “schoolyard taunt” and a “sophomoric” joke. Hannity brought up all the names Ann has been called over the years. One of the left’s favorites seems to be “Man Coulter.” Haha, get it?

Democrat Pat Caddell, certainly not a “Fox News liberal”, thought Ann was joking. To be honest, I don’t think Ann’s remark was anti-gay, I really don’t. I do think the remark was hurtful and shouldn’t have been used, though. The panel brought up words Democrats have used in the past, including Senator Dick Durbin’s infamous comparison of the US military’s treatment to detainees at Gitmo to Nazis, Soviet gulags and Cambodia’s Pol Pot.

Exit question: What’s worse: John Kerry calling our troops dumb or Ann Coulter’s use of “faggot.”

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