In case you haven’t already heard, former presidential candidate John McCain’s daughter, Meghan, a writer for The Daily Beast, suggested that an extremist like Ann Coulter isn’t doing the Republican party any favors.

Conservative pundit Laura Ingraham rose to Coulter’s defense by doing an ugly Valley Girl imitation of McCain (which made Ingraham sound more of a fool than her intended target) and referred to her as a ‘plus-sized’ model. We all have the right to disagree, but it really is disheartening when one woman calls another out on her weight. Surely we can do better than this. Meghan later appeared on The View and struck back.

For another perspective on this story, check out Crooks and Liars.

Friends and I headed to Manhattan Tuesday to watch a live broadcast of my guilty pleasure, The View.

In a segment featuring singer Tom Jones, host Barbara Walters asked if he’d been “exemplary” in his 52-year marriage. Tom looked uncomfortable, so Joy piped in that he had been “on the road” and suggested — in that brash way of hers — that Tom’s wife might not have been exemplary, either.

I dream on a daily basis of being as funny, bold, and quick on my feet as Joy Behar.

Last week, Joy sat in for Larry King and interviewed Ann Coulter. I happened to be on a cruise ship with limited and strange TV programming (Get Smart and Magnum P.I. reruns, along with frequent news bulletins about the tragedy of the chimpanzee who gravely assaulted a Connecticut woman) and missed it.

Here it is, in case you missed it, too.

Susan Courtad

Susan’s a single mother who must be raising her children with a healthy sense of humor. Check out her response to Ann here.

I loved it!

And I say she’s crazy, especially when every single mother I know is working herself to the bone to raise good and productive citizens (for example, my friend from grammar school who recently adopted a beautiful 3-year-old girl, a former victim of domestic abuse).

I’m not big on FOX-News, but when I heard that Bill O’Reilly would interview actress and single mother Janine Turner for her take on Coulter’s comments, I DVR’d the segment.

O’Reilly opens with Coulter’s skirmish with the women of The View. For the first time in my life, I’m with Hasselbeck.