Apparently the choices are to have reasonably worded arguments ignored or to have inflammatory arguments discredited by their wording.
I can't help believing there must be a third option out there somewhere.
As far as I can see, the uproar over this issue doesn't advance any cause other than Ann's book sales.
Any reasoned criticism of these four women will only bring up Ann's over-the-top comments. The net effect has been to make them more untouchable than ever.
I don't think they become more untouchable. I think the uproar simply attracts more publicity for Ann's book, and people will see exactly what she means. And now that Ann has called out the libs on their tactic of using "untouchables," it sets a precedent for conservatives not to let them control the debate.
The answer is hidden inside your own statement. Do you expect those increased numbers of Coulter's books that have been/will be sold to sit, unopened, on shelves across the land, or would you expect people to actually read her words?
Large numbers of people who actually read her book will likely be persuaded by the arguments spelled out in detail in the book. Those arguments have been routinely ignored by (and will always be ignored by) the MSM and her critics. Exposing lots of people to those arguments will advance a good many good causes...
That may be true, but the scumbag "Jersey Girls" are old news anyway - - anything they have to add at this point will elicit merely a nod and a pat on the head.
What Ann has done is to put people on their toes whenever the Democrats trot out another "victim" as a human shield for their political cheapshots. People will now automatically factor in the possibility that the latest victim/advocate/spokesperson is just another prop. The net effect of Ann's rhetoric will be positive. She has taken a lot of slings and arrows for us on this.