"Yes, there was a time when she was fresh and not so shrill. It grew old a long time ago."
No there wasn't. She writes the same way now as she did then. She makes the same jokes.
She was fired by MSNBC in 1997 for speaking the unvarnished truth (to one of Kerry's VVAW henchmen).
She couldn't get work for years because of her unwillingness to speak PC.
You don't know what you are talking about.
There is a difference between being PC and being outrageous for reaction. It's just like comedians; you really don't have to use the (other) "F" word all the time to be funny. It's usually those who can't promote their real view/humor that have to resort to such antics.