Duncan Hunter: 'Ann Coulter is good'
Posted: Monday, July 02, 2007 9:38 PM by Sam Go
Hardball Highlights
On "Hardball" Monday, Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter defended conservative pundit Ann Coulter’s incendiary commentary.
“Especially since Ann Coulter said nice things about me, I think she’s closely approaching that level of being a great American,” he said.
Coulter has called Hunter her first choice for president, and Hunter returned the praise Monday, calling the conservative radio talk show host “a particularly articulate spokeswoman for the conservative view.”
Too often, he complained, “when conservatives talk, they are considered to talk in a mean way, and yet when Democrats talk, they’re exercising their right to free speech and they’re simply conveying a philosophy.”
“You know, I’m reminded of the [vice presidential] debates between John Edwards and Dick Cheney [in 2004] in which John Edwards said some pretty personal things about Dick Cheney’s family,” Hunter added. “And Vice President Cheney just kept on talking about the issues.
“So you know, I’m running a campaign on a basis of a strong national defense and enforceable borders,” he said. “... But Ann Coulter — I think Ann Coulter is good.” Click here to watch the interview or read more.
