I cannot believe I didn't pick this up myself. Coulter's book Godless isn't what it seems to be - an ill-informed rehash of tired old creationist bafflegab. Instead, it's a Sokalesque hoax designed to make conservatives reassess their own rationality and to expose the idiocy of intelligent design! Read about it at Livescience.com in a piece of clever analysis by Peter Olofsson.
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Of course! It's so obvious when you think about it. And Coulter's background as a lawyer means that she's trained to argue any case to the best of her ability whether she actually believes in it or not.