Ann Coulter appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night and got a “surprise” phone call from Elizabeth Edwards. Mrs. Edwards expressed her disgrace Mrs. Coulters’s countless personal attacks against her husband John Edwards and other Democratic candidates. She was trying to plead with Coulter to stick to the issues using her best southern charm. But Coulter just whined like an 8 year old about how the Edwards campaign was capitalizing on her comments by using the attacks as the basis for their fundraising.

Frankly I feel it was a brilliant move. Coulter was put on the spot to defend her idiotic comments and the Edwards campaign got some much needed prime time publicity and a good portion of the next day’s news cycle as well, including another appearence on Hardball the next night by John Edwards himself. Whether Elizabeth did it because she was truly sick of this wench spitting off at the mouth or whether it was a planned tactic to create a controversy guaranteed to generate buzz… it worked. Given that Coulter was informed before the show that Mrs. Edwards would be calling in and agreed, almost makes you wish the campaign would put her on the payroll. Her attacks have certainly helped the Edwards campaign raise millions! Keep up the good work Ann!

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