The post just below is, as it says, an open letter from a variety of folks to CPAC organizers and sponsors, about the unpleasantness of Ann Coulter.

Sean Hackbarth at The American Mind has been the driving force, and James Joyner has the full list of signatories in his post. (I’m not even going to try to keep up with all of them here.)

There has been an enormous amount of discussion about Coulter’s behavior. I won’t rehash it all here. Suffice it to say that the only thing that matters to Ann is Ann, and that’s reflected in her behavior. She wants to get on TV, so she says crazy things, knowing that she will. But her words and actions don’t help the conservative movement. And this weekend’s mess is only the latest example. Coulter managed to hijack the CPAC storyline and take it for herself.

To be sure, she’ll sell more books and probably get more bookings on crappy television shows — where she can sell more books.

But in the future, the good folks who run CPAC and other, similar events need not give her the forum to spout her drivel.

Jim: Oh, go away, Ann. Go away. At your next speaking engagement, just scream “POOP” at the top of your lungs. The grownups have work to do.

Marshall, UPDATING: Bobby Eberle, who’s been a leader of grassroots conservatives for quite a while, ran a fascinating piece in his online newsletter this morning.

Few columns have touched off the feedback that poured in yesterday when GOPUSA ran a piece by Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid. The author wrote on some of the events occurring at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), but he mostly focused his attention on columnist Ann Coulter’s use of the word “faggot.” The reaction to the column was intense and, at the same time, very disappointing.

Read the whole thing here.