Nicely said.
"I find her personal manner off-putting, don't think she's especially attractive--though this is clearly of overhwelming importance to her..."
Not true from my experience. But a minor point.
Much of what she does fashion-wise I think is a statement. It is meant as a stick in the eye to all those who think only liberals can try to be be hip, chic, glam...
Or wickedly (even nastily) funny.
And it clearly drives the liberals up the wall -- and, sadly, many here as well.
The media has no problems with putting conservatives on TV or in their magazines, as long as they portray themselves like Tucker Carlson, George Will or Ben Stein.
But they consider hipness their right.
Whatever else Coulter has done, she has shown that you can be hip, witty and attractive -- and still be conservative.
Don't think that doesn't have an effect. If it didn't, the left wouldn't be so jealous of their turf.
(And, of course, I'm sure you already are aware of this. PJ O'Rourke sort of led this movement, at least for males in some ways.)
Not true from my experience. But a minor point.
I'll defer to your personal knowledge. For anyone who didn't already know it, the difference between O.J. Simpson's screen persona and his actual character should have demolished once and for all the notion that you can really tell anything about someone's true nature on the basis of the public image projected. She comes across this way to me, but it's not terribly important to the quality of her arguments, is it?
A minor point to you: I like Ben Stein and have usually (but not universally) enjoyed his diary in the American Spectator. But I don't think Ben really is a conservative. Republican: sure, conservative: often, but not reliably.