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As some of you may have suspected, I am a semi-conservative Republican. However, I like to think I am fair and I am critical of those on my side of the political spectrum when they turn into nut jobs.

I come before you today to ask the question, "What the hell is the matter with Anne Coulter?"

Ms. Coulter is bright and she is well educated. She holds many views with which I disagree. However, these alone are not enough for me to classify you as a nut job without more (such as being a Norwegian communist for example).

Recently Ms. Coulter spoke in front of a group of conservatives. She made a statement along the lines of, "I won't be speaking about John Edwards (a Democrat candidate for president) because I have learned that, if you use the word faggot, you have to check into rehab."

Now this is the sort of thing that if one GD member said it about another might be expected to start a flame war. For a nationally prominent figure to make such a remark, even in jest, is not just in bad taste, it is nuts!

Ms. Coulter seems to be losing her grip. She is gaining a lot of attention for very bad behavior. Even if she thinks such things, she needs to have some sort of filter between thought and word.