Ann Coulter is Not Helping

American Thinker ^ | October 13, 2007 | Richard Baehr

[EveningStar]

...The issue with Coulter is not whether she can sell books, but whether she helps or hurts the side of the political debate she claims to support. In my opinion, Coulter has never been a big help to the effort to build a conservative and Republican majority. Her most recent comments on the relationship of Christianity to Judaism, made on the CNBC show " The Big Idea" with Donnie Deutsch on Monday of this week , may prove particularly damaging...

At a time when party affiliation is fraying and a third of Americans consider themselves independent, to build a majority of 50% plus one requires persuasion. Independents will not accept all parts of either party's platform or approach but will choose a candidate for office based on which issues matter to them, and whether one or the other party connects with them on those issues. It is a skill to disagree at times without being disagreeable. Ronald Reagan had it, and it is one of the reasons he became so popular and patched together a large winning coalition . Coulter has clearly decided there is no economic advantage for her in this approach...

[Live free or die]

So the gist I'm getting from this article is that Ann Coulter (and by inference - the rest of us) should say exactly what we think but only so long as it doesn't offend anyone.

This is cowardice and you can count me out.

[BobS]

Ann likes this stuff. I would like to take her to this real snooty restaurant around here. Order the most expensive food and wine. Talk, laugh and carry on loudly while eating and drinking. Just to embarrass the stuffed up ones sitting near us:) I did that in Paris and Madrid. Everybody just looks at you like WTF? In English only:)

[mad_as_he$$]

Statistics are like bikinis. What they show is interesting, but what they do not show is even more interesting.

I have a client company that thinks they run on solid statistic information. I often take their models and destroy them with valid logic and arrive a completely different but "true" conclusion. Both positions are valid with the "rules" but conflict with each other. It is fun!

On occasion I research Ann's "info"; sometimes even I can not make it fit.

[AppyPappy]

“As for the 10% of Jews that do vote Republican, they are gone.”

Oh yeah they will go over the party of Cynthia McKinney and Robert Byrd.

[olde north church]

The "perfected Jew" is based upon the falsehood of Pauline doctrine. Prior to Saul's, ooops "Paul's" (snicker) "conversion", one of the primary debates of early christianity, regarded conversion by gentiles to christianity. Could one convert directly to christianity or was it necessary to embrace Judaism to become a christian?

Through his letters, Saul, flim-flammed many an audience on a number of topics, including but not limited to: direct conversion, circumcision, Sabbath and dietary laws. There weren't many others who damaged Christianity as much; Henry VIII by creating Roman Catholicism by Parliament, Martin Luther by institutionalizing anti-Semitism, the Millerite and Mormon movements of upstate New York and the tent evangelical movements.

Judaism is just fine. I have respect for a theology that basically says, "When you're ready, we're here."

[JasonC]

Utter nonsense. The way to build conservatism is to offer it as an intellectually honest position, which is exactly what Coulter does. The left is allegeric to spades being called spades. Truth wins. Sugar coating spin is beloved of professional pols, but has never actually persuaded anyone of anything, in all of history. It just fools a few of the dumber people who don't really agree with you, for a brief season.

[A_perfect_lady]

Yes, and my point is that she is a Christian first.

Definitely. As we are all becoming aware, helping the conservative movement is well down on her priority list. Perhaps Christianity is first, selling books is second... Don't know where "helping the conservative movement" is, but it's below these other considerations.

What I don't understand is why so many Freepers react with outrage whenever someone remarks on this. It seems to be one of the few points we should all be able to agree on.

[SJackson]

Thanks for the ping. Ann is helping Ann, which is what she's about.

With some luck next week she'll do an interview and describe the ideal America as filled with Republicans, white and tolerant.

[SJackson]

I am guessing that Coulter will not be given a prime time slot to speak at the 2008 RNC....As for the 10% of Jews that do vote Republican, they are gone....Thanks Ann!

Not gone, but by describing the ideal American as Republican, Christian, where the Jews (I presume others as well) have converted, she makes it difficult to disassociate the right from bigotry. It's important the Republican Party not associate themselves with Ann or her views on any level, I doubt she'll be speaking at the convention.

[Thumper1960]

I am convinced that folks just don’t like intelligent, tall, blonde, attractive, articulate, opinionated Conservatives. :-)

[QQQQ]

1.Tall-yes.
2.Blonde-yes.
3.Attractive-maybe in your view.
4.Intelligent?? To some extend:-)

[Thumper1960]

As opposed to Hildebeast, yes.

[RightWhale]

• There are far too many heretical "Christian" churches.

  All are to some others. As to #1, which might be of interest, how are we to know since we don't have the original text?

[Bob J]

“You are saying here that unless a Christian believes that everyone should be a convert they are not a Christian. This just is not so and it is not Scriptural.”

Can you expand on this?

[traviskicks]

She said 1/10 Americans were communists, I believe. When only 1% were registered with the communist party and hoover said in testimony before congress, ‘for every one communist there are 10 behind them’, it was a glib statement and she turned it into actual fact that 1 in 10 americans were communists.

I forget what book it was.

[traviskicks]

and it may have been the 30s not the 50s. lol, as you can tell i dont have a good memory of what actually occured, but I really investigated it at the time.

[traviskicks]

lol, good way to put it :)

[sauropod]

read

[Constantine XIII]

Disagreeing without being disagreeable?

BRILLIANT

[jpsb]

Ann is not very PC, LOL, I didn't see anything hateful in her comments, I also didn't see anything very smart in her comments either. This Christan finds nothing wrong with Judaism. Now Islam that is another story