That's yet another rip-snorter.

Or what about the practical joke he pulled on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill? Shortly after losing in 2004, he agreed to head a new center to "study" poverty, promised "innovative and practical ideas" about solving the problem, and did nothing for two years but campaign across the country and talk about increasing the minimum wage.

Rumor from Chapel Hill has it that university officials, tired of hearing it from everyone else, are still waiting for Ashton Kutcher to tell them they've been "Punk'd."

Oh, and what about all his talk about the "two Americas" and taking care of the environment — all the while clear-cutting land for his gigantic "duplex" (one half housing his very own basketball court, swimming pool, and squash court)? According to Don Carrington of Carolina Journal, at 1,762 square feet by itself, "John's lounge" could house nine and a half UNC "poverty centers" (after all, just one of those campaign-life-support sweetheart deals takes up only 185 square feet).

After his giggling fit subsided, even Al "Carbon Footprint" Gore would be jealous of that much personal hypocrisy.

In short, Coulter's remark was ugly, gratuitous, and worthless. She could have leveled far more substantial -- and entertaining -- hits on John Edwards than what she said. For that we offer our sincere apologies and hopes for greater political discourse.

Warmest regard,

American conservatives