I just heard it on Prager’s show. If Christians believe that everyone needs to be Christian to go to heaven, then why would it be disturbing for her to say that she wishes everyone would convert? She thinks she is helping people by saying this. Who cares? We know what we know.
Because as you'll note from the transcript she ties it to both the Republican Party and the nation. In fact that's where she starts out, that Republicans are Christians and the America would be a better country if Jews would convert. That's not something the Republican Party needs to be tied to.
And no, I don't think Ann believes that, this is her act. She's a bombthrower, not a serious political pundit and needs to be dismissed as that. It's a shame others are going to have to rationalize for her, she appears to stand by her statements in their entirety, in fact has expanded them by accusing the host of being anti-Christian.
Coulter Jewish comment another drive-by outrageby Frank James
Big kerfuffle over political commentator Ann Coulter's remarks on Donny Deutsch's "Big Idea" CNBC show in which she said essentially Jews should become Christians so they can become "perfected."
Media Matter for America has a critique of her appearance.
A few thoughts. Coulter's view is actually not uncommon among fundamentalist Christians. Coulter did accurately capture the manner in which many Bible-believing Christians interpret the New Testament.
In John 14:6 (KJV), for instance, Jesus tells his disciple Thomas "…I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me."
Another New Testament passage Hebrews 10:14 encapsulates Coulter's view.
"For by one offering, he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified," meaning those who accept Jesus as their "personal Lord and savior."
So while Coulter will get a lot of criticism as an anti-Semite, she will also get a lot of spiritual high fives from members of the Religious Right who believe with all their hearts that Jews must by definition become Christians to be "perfected."
This is not to defend Coulter. It's just to explain that her view is widely shared by millions of Americans, though they're a lot less outspoken than she is.
Meanwhile, Coulter accomplished her mission. Ever the publicity seeking bomb thrower, she is getting attention today for last night's appearance on the cable show which would've likely been ignored if it hadn't been for her comments about Jews.
Ironically, one of Deutsch's points was that Coulter earns a great living by being incendiary, that that's her what her very successful "brand" represents. She, after all, is the queen of the drive-by outrage. Then she favored him with a perfect example.
Even writing this, it's hard not to feel like I'm playing into Coulter's hands, that I'm in some way being an accomplice.
It's the same feeling I get about the media when a school shooting occurs and we have 24/7 coverage, which then contributes to some unstable teenager somewhere an idea that he too could become a major news story. And so it goes.