"She knows what her audience will buy -- and that most of them aren't bright enough to notice the contradictions." Salon columnist Joe Conason reviews Ann Coulter's new book "Treason" and sums up where she falls in the marketplace of ideas.

What it comes down to is she's nothing more than a right-wing Michael Moore. They're propagandists who distort facts in order to cash in and garner attention from people who believe anything they see or read if it makes them giggle and feel superior to their political opponents.

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