As a progressive with some libertarian tendencies, I can respect people's political viewpoints, even if I disagree with them. It helps if the person has applied reason or at least some rational thought. Unfortunately, in today's political climate, Ann Coulter and many of her colleagues on the right - Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin leap to mind - stoke people's fears and paranoia, feed them misinformation, and appeal to their basest and increasingly violent instincts.
That said, Ann Coulter is simply vile. Odious.
