Coulter's Words Help Edwards Raise Cash

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Source: AP

June 27, 2007
Coulter's Words Help Edwards Raise Cash
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:00 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Wednesday that conservative author Ann Coulter's attacks are hurtful as his campaign used her remarks in an appeal for money.

Edwards made his first comments to The Associated Press in response to Coulter's suggestion that she wished he would be ''killed in a terrorist assassination plot.'' His campaign cited her remarks in two e-mails to supporters for donations, with the fundraising deadline on Saturday.

It's not the first time Coulter has given the Edwards campaign a financial boost. In March, she called Edwards a ''faggot'' and the campaign used video of the comment to help raise $300,000 before the end of the first quarter.


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