Washington - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday encouraged his supporters to donate to his campaign in response to "hateful" comments from conservative author Ann Coulter. In response to Coulter's comment on ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday about wishing he would be "killed in a terrorist assassination plot," Edwards' campaign cited her remarks in requests to supporters for donations, with the fundraising deadline on Saturday. In answering to past criticism of Edwards, Coulter referred to comedian Bill Maher's suggestion, which garnered little attention, that "people wouldn't be dying needlessly" if Vice President Dick Cheney had been killed when terrorists launched an attack as he visited Afghanistan.
"So I've learned my lesson," she said on the ABC program. "If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot." The campaign said it raised more money this week than in any previous e-mail campaign.
Washington - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday encouraged his supporters to donate to his campaign in response to "hateful" comments from conservative author Ann Coulter.
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