I’m thankful for Ann Coulter. Every time she opens her mouth, she hurts Republicans and conservatives with the general voting public.

This weekend she slimed John Edwards with the “faggot” slur at a national conservative conference in Washington. Tellingly, no Republican has summoned the decency or courage to call her down.

I’ve had a little experience with this sort of thing. In 1984, a newspaper publisher named Bob Windsor accused Jim Hunt of being gay. It was ugly, but it didn’t change any votes.

Florida’s new bachelor governor, Republican Charlie Crist, has been a target of whispers, but it hasn’t hurt him.

Democrats can’t be too self-righteous about this. Some years back, a few of my Democratic friends in North Carolina spent many an hour plotting how to “out” one Republican candidate they thought was gay.

Here’s my message to all the politicos who are obsessed with their opponents’ sexuality: Get over it. Voters don’t care. In fact, they’re more likely to wonder what your hangup is.

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