Why Ann Coulter?

On Salon, Glenn Greenwald provides a fascinating analysis of a question I asked recently: why is Ann Coulter being invited to speak at events at which republican presidential candidates are attending, and why are republican presidential candidates willing to be seen at an event where Ann Coulter is speaking?

His answer seems to be that Ann Coulter verbally emasculates liberal politicians (even when they are honorable US veterans), which helps the Republican party to project an image of masculinity on its candidates (even when they are draft dodgers), and that this helps get voters to vote for the candidate that they feel (without any actual evidence) will make them "safe".

I hope that you, kind reader, are above such obvious hatemongering.