Liberal Hypocrisy and Lies

What's the easiest way to tell if someone is a hypocrite? Well, actually there are two ways -- if they are a liar or a member of the mainstream media. Then again, I guess it is just one way, as being a liar and a member of the MSM are really the same thing.

Case in point. I saw this story from the ABC News blog linked on Drudge today:

Edwards Calls Coulter 'She-Devil'

ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Former Sen. John Edwards on Friday fired the latest round in his ongoing verbal feud with Ann Coulter, calling her a "she-devil" at a public event before quickly adding that he shouldn't engage in name-calling.

Edwards, D-N.C., was railing against the right-wing media -- including Fox News and Rush Limbaugh -- when he reminded a crowd in Burlington, Iowa, that his wife stood up to Coulter in a public spat earlier this summer.

"We know these people. We know their game plan. They're going to attack us personally," Edwards said. "They attacked Elizabeth personally, because she stood up to that she-devil Ann Coulter. … I should not have name-called. But the truth is -- forget the names -- people like Ann Coulter, they engage in hateful language."

In June, Coulter went on ABC's "Good Morning America" and said she had learned her lesson after being blasted for suggesting in a joke before the Conservative Political Action Conference that Edwards was a "faggot." "If I'm gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot," Coulter said.

That prompted Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, to call in to MSNBC's "Hardball" and challenge Coulter directly. "I want to use the opportunity … to ask her politely to stop the personal attacks," Mrs. Edwards said.

The call left Coulter uncharacteristically flustered -- and was quickly turned into a fund-raising appeal by the Edwards campaign.

What's not said in this piece is much more interesting than what's said:

1. Coulter's original comment was made to mock a comment made by pseudo-comedian/commentator Bill Maher saying he thought Dick Cheney should be killed.
2. Coulter's comments did not prompt Elizabeth Edwards to call "Hardball". This is a total lie. "Hardball" is not a call-in show. You have to be invited on to the show. The "Hardball" staff had to have had Elizabeth Edwards cued up and ready; there is no way she "spontaneously" decided to call in.
3. Ann Coulter "flustered"? Bull. Anyone who's watched Ann Coulter knows how unflappable she is. In fact, see what happened for yourself here. Does she look "flustered" to you?
   
4. Finally, note the hypocrisy of blow-dried blow-hard John Edwards. He calls Ann Coulter a "she devil" then bemoans "name calling".