Ann Coulter, Misunderstood Comedy Genius

Steve Young (not the Mormon (!) QB, the comedy writer) breaks down why (and how) the weedy fascist is bringing funny back:

"I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards," said Coulter, "but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I'm . . . kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards, so I think I'll just conclude here and take your questions."

See? Within context the humor works beautifully on so many levels. Edward IS a presidential candidate and we all know he's rich as a very successful lawyer. Knocking the powerful down a few pegs is a super staple of classic satire. The almost effortlessly blending of "rehab" into the commentary brings to mind so many of the contemporary political and cultural icons who have ended up in one rehab or another. If nothing else, it's hip, and hip spells satire. Not literally. More allegorically. But what's even funnier? She never took a single question. Bam! Irony at its best.

See how she did that? There's a shoutout to her troubled Republican homegirl Britney Spears, and a sweeping dis of all queers in comparing them to John Edwards, successfully completing the 7-10 split of comedy.