Attorney. Although some might say that all she did was change industries. :wave: I do agree though that Al Franken is definitely the flip side. Air America hired him specifically in an attempt to stem the Rush tide. Didn't work well but Franken took a similar and yet non comedic approach as Coulter. Heck, I'm still surprised that people take Keith Olbermann (mostly because I always thought he sucked at sports broadcasting) seriously and there were certainly plenty of folks who thought a former actor had no shot at the White House.
Probably - I steer clear of Rush and Coulter and only watch O'Reilly a few times a year. I think O'Reilly is probably a bit more respectful than you infer. Dennis Miller is the only comic I can think of that attacks Liberals, and I'd say he falls far short of the crap spewed by Mahr and Stewart.