COULTER IN DENIAL

She appeared on Hannity and Colmes last night and has this to say about her word usage:

COULTER: (inaudible) and you weren't legally discriminated against -- you hear this when people say we cannot use the word illegal alien, because that's like using the N word. No, those are words that are specifically used to demean a particular race. The word I used has nothing to do with sexual preference. It is a schoolyard taunt, and unless you're going to announce here on national TV that John Edwards, married father of many children, is gay, it clearly had nothing to do with that. It's a schoolyard taunt.

COLMES: Ann, you are tap-dancing around my question. I asked you a very simple question...

COULTER: No, I'm not.

COLMES: I didn't ask about the N word. I simply said, you write this off and say, oh, it was only a joke...

OULTER: And I just said why I wouldn't.

COLMES: But you used a word that's very offensive to gays. Would you use a word offensive to another group of people and say, oh, it was only a joke? Where do you draw the line?

COULTER: It isn't offensive to gays. It has nothing to do with gays. It's a schoolyard taunt, meaning wuss. And unless you're telling me that John Edwards is gay, it was not applied to a gay person.

SOURCE:
(From Lexis-Nexis)
SHOW: FOX HANNITY & CO 9:00 PM EST
March 5, 2007 Monday
TRANSCRIPT: 030501cb.253
ECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 3338 words
HEADLINE: Interview with Ann Coulter
BYLINE: Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Pat Caddell
GUESTS: Ann Coulter