Posted by Dan Ewert : 7/27/2004 01:09:00 AM (Archive Link)
Shock Comic

On other notes, it was in the news that Ann Coulter’s column was spiked by USA Today because it wasn’t funny and was offensive. After reading the column, I can’t blame them. It wasn’t funny and it was offensive. But that’s Coulter, I suppose, and they should have realized her acid wit is more acid and less wit. I don’t like her writings personally. I’m not a big fan of writers who engage more in insults and name-calling than in making a point. When I read it, I actually remember thinking that if USA Today wanted a conservative to make irreverent, yet good-natured observations of the Democratic convention, then Jonah Goldberg would be a good choice. Apparently I wasn’t alone because that’s who they picked to replace Coulter. We’ll just have to see if they have similar problems with Michael Moore’s humor concerning the Republican convention. I don’t see it as being any less venomous or any funnier than Coulter’s was. I don’t really know who they’d fall back on, though. Al Franken would hardly be an improvement.