"in a new blog post for the daily beast as ann coulter and hbo host bill maher are kicking off a week-long debate tour today in new york,
mccain calls president obama “the hippest politician around” and says being a republican is “about as edgy as donny osmond.”
and she blasts coulter for helping to “perpetuate negative stereotypes” about republican women. “i straight up don’t understand this woman or her popularity,” says mccain. “i find her offensive, radical, insulting, and confusing all at the same time.”
she concedes that coulter seems to be followed by a “cult that cannot be denied,” and was a popular headliner at the recent conservative political action conference, but adds that
“when your competition is a teenager who has a dream about the republican party and stephen baldwin, it’s not really saying that much.”