I'm reluctant to give this woman even an ounce of attention, but Ann Coulter's latest book title really does strike me as the completion of a rather brilliant three-volume performance cycle exploring psychological projection, a deconstruction of poltical punditry brilliantly conceived to examine the limits of self-loathing.

The irony of Coulter authoring a volume called Slander was amazing enough as it was, although it seemed a bit obvious, the work of an artist still learning her craft.  Then Treason, coming from a supporter of an administration which leaked Valerie Plame's identity, doing grave damage to our intelligence on WMD proliferation in the Middle East, seemed like a promising step forward.

But now comes Godless, written by a woman who not only does not attend the church she claims to, but whose entire income depends on publicly breaking at least three of the Ten Commandments — #9: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (so much for generating publicity with wild claims about the 9-11 widows); #4: Remember the Sabbath (so much for plugging her book on Sunday morning talk shows); and #8: Thou Shalt Not Steal (numerous snippets of Coulter's books are lifted almost word-for-word from other uncredited sources) — as often as possible.

This can only be described as museum-quality.

Incidentally, this leaves aside her support of policies which have knowingly resulted in tens of thousands of civilian casualties, which seems to bump on #6, Thou Shalt Not Kill; and her advocacy of an unrestrained capitalism built on greed, which seems to be a clear breach of #10, Thou Shalt Not Covet.  Trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, if we assume that the trash-mouthed Ms. Coulter never swears, and this never-married chick in a short leather skirt has reached the age of 45 without ever having sex, then we can let her skate on commandments #3 and #7.  But the most likely — and fairly obvious, I should add — reality is the author of Godless probably obeys somewhere between three and five on the Ten Commandments herself.

Clearly, this is some kind of performance art.

So what will this likely MacArthur Fellow of self-hatred accuse liberals of being next?  New poll at left.

PS — since the creature thrives on attention, this will be the last time she will ever be mentioned on this site.  I feel the need to wash as it is.