Ann Coulter has always seemed like a fake to me. Easily a fake put forward by people trying to discredit all conservatives, given how vile she is. mjh

Shreveport Paper Becomes 4th This Week to Drop Ann Coulter By Dave Astor

The Times of Shreveport, La., today became at least the fourth newspaper this week to drop columnist Ann Coulter.

In a note just posted on the newspaper’s site, Times Executive Editor Alan English wrote: “Today we move past the rhetoric and unproductive dialogue offered by Ann Coulter. The Times is dropping her column effective immediately.

“It is her recent ‘joke’ about John Edwards being considered a ‘faggot’ that is the back-breaking straw for a decision we’ve openly discussed for some time.”

The Times had previously considered dropping Coulter last year after the author/Universal Press columnist made nasty remarks about 9/11 widows.

Also dropping Coulter this week were the Lancaster (Pa.) New Era, The Oakland Press of Michigan, and The Mountain Press of Sevierville, Tenn. …

Shreveport’s English wrote today that Coulter’s “repeated use of hyperbole in the call for the death of some journalists and politicians was beyond the pale. And while we all believe she was ‘just kidding,’ her ‘shock-jock” writing style is no different from Howard Stern’s practical jokes and bathroom humor that aims to draw a school-yard snicker but falls well short of reasonable, thought-provoking journalism. Unlike the work of a Thomas Sowell or a Kathleen Parker, two thoughtful conservatives, does a Coulter column raise the level of discourse? The answer: rarely.

“No doubt some conservatives will lament the loss of their beloved Coulter, someone who made the joke they are too polite to make. …”

Coulter’s exact words Friday were: “I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot,’ so I — so kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards.”

She followed her “faggot” reference with a statement on her Web site saying Edwards campaign manager David Bonior — a former Congressman — “is fronting for Arab terrorists.”