Right-wing maniacs and the sophistry of gastrointestinal health

Well I never thought I'd be writing a post with that as the title, but here we are.
For those of you who are fortunate enough to be unfamiliar with Ann Coulter, she is a "conservative" pundit (or, Right-wing maniac, if you prefer) in the USA with a column syndicated by the United Press Syndicate. I've heard she's supposed to be attractive, but evidence suggests to me that plastic surgery has done her face only slightly less disservice than it did Jacko. If the image in question was merely photo-shopped, we can be sure the IT expert responsible has a pretty good sense of humour.
Anyway, "Editor and Publisher" has a story today concerning the editing of one of her columns by the aforementioned United Press Syndicate. It suggests that a description of a reporter as "that old Arab Helen Thomas" was modified to "that dyspeptic, old Helen Thomas" to avoid offending Arabs. This rather confused me. Reporters with indigestion shouldn't be allowed near the president? And should the editors in question have been more careful to avoid offending those who suffer from digestive problems, taking care not to imply that their journalistic capacities might be impaired as a result of this affliction? If the story suggests Coulter may not be responsible for peppering her columns with obscure but erudite language, it also suggests she might not be entirely responsible if they make no sense whatsoever.