Come On, People, Ann Coulter Needs Some Attention!

Yawn. Is it wrong that I am almost completely unexercised about Ann Coulter's latest bon mot? I mean, is it possible to top smearing 9/11 widows? Yet it's big news, as Ann Coulter idiocies tend to be, so we are bound to mention that it's making headlines across the board today, including on bread-and-butter network Fox News. What, pray tell, did the queen of lucid and rational commentary say this time? In a nutshell, she said that Jews ought to become Christians so they could be "perfected." Well, this Jew must be on her way because the only thing I can think of to say to that is "Jesus Christ."

Here's the transcript from Monday's The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch on CNBC, courtesy of Media Matters. Donny Deutsch's revulsion and incredulity are pretty apparent. Here's the set-up: Deutsch asked Coulter about what her ideal version of the country looked like. She said it would look like the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York, which we remember as having huge protests but she recalls as "Happy, joyful Republicans in the greatest city in the world." And so it went from there:

COULTER: Well, OK, take the Republican National Convention. People were happy. They're Christian. They're tolerant. They defend America, they --

DEUTSCH: Christian -- so we should be Christian? It would be better if we were all Christian?

COULTER: Yes.

DEUTSCH: We should all be Christian?

COULTER: Yes. Would you like to come to church with me, Donny?

DEUTSCH: So I should not be a Jew, I should be a Christian, and this would be a better place? (snip) We should just throw Judaism away and we should all be Christians, then, or --

COULTER: Yeah.

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DEUTSCH: Really?

COULTER: Well, it's a lot easier. It's kind of a fast track.

DEUTSCH: Really?

COULTER: Yeah. You have to obey.

DEUTSCH: You can't possibly believe that.

COULTER: Yes.

DEUTSCH: You can't possibly -- you're too educated, you can't -- you're like my friend in --

COULTER: Do you know what Christianity is? We believe your religion, but you have to obey.

DEUTSCH: No, no, no, but I mean --

COULTER: We have the fast-track program.

COULTER: No, we think -- we just want Jews to be perfected, as they say.

DEUTSCH: Wow, you didn't really say that, did you?

COULTER: Yes. That is what Christianity is. We believe the Old Testament, but ours is more like Federal Express. You have to obey laws. We know we're all sinners --

DEUTSCH: In my old days, I would have argued -- when you say something absurd like that, there's no --

COULTER: What's absurd?

DEUTSCH: Jews are going to be perfected. I'm going to go off and try to perfect myself --

COULTER: Well, that's what the New Testament says.

DEUTSCH: Ann Coulter, author of If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans, and if Ann Coulter had any brains, she would not say Jews need to be perfected.

There you go. Ann Coulter believes that Jews need to be "perfected" and that Christianity is the Federal Express of Judaism, whatever the hell that means, and never mind the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:17, but whatever. I mean, this woman is a fucking moron. Do we really expect more from the person who said that "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity?" (She has claimed that she was only talking about Muslim terrorists here, but again, whatever.) Tolerance has never been her strong suit. The only people who have been tolerant of her has been a media that continues to give her a megaphone by reprinting all of her ridiculous statements — and inviting her back again and again to push her various high-minded books (just yesterday, she was on "Tucker" on MSNBC).

The good news is that each time she cries wolf, more and more people react this way. With revulsion, but more importantly, with boredom and impatience. Yes, it's true, her inane comment is plastering the internet and the cablers right now (CNN,Fox, Ha'aretz (obvs), no doubt all the cable shows tonight and surely many already), but every reaction seems to be along the lines of "Here she goes again." (It's not even like her heart's in it, for God's sake — c'mon, Ann, at least call someone Sugar Tits or something.) All told, it's hardly a recipe for credibility — not that that's what she's going for, but still, there's got to be a tipping point and with every one of these we get closer and closer to it. For me, this is it. I don't think I'm alone — see Jezebel, Wonkette, Ha'aretz, which are all less outraged than bemused. At this point, I'm just hoping that the rest of the MSM is with me. Hm, maybe I'll offer up a prayer to my heathen God for it. Leviticus 5:5 - 6 should do it. There's a New Testament fast track joke in here somewhere, hm. Maybe here.

We haven't quite learned to ignore her yet — but we're getting there.

Columnist Ann Coulter Shocks Cable TV Show, Declaring 'Jews Need to Be Perfected by Becoming Christians' [FoxNews]
On CNBC's The Big Idea, Coulter said that "we" Christians "just want Jews to be perfected" [Media Matters]

Related:
Ann Coulter Loves Jews, Sinning, Probs Abortion [Jezebel]
Oh Shut The Fuck Up: Ann Coulter Will Annihilate the Jews [Wonkette]

Comments

[Felicty]

This anorexic, sad, bitter, vituperative little clown will soon be offering her naked ass to Playboy or something. Starving for attention, she'll eat a live rat at a book signing in Northern California somewhere.
She is the polital equivalent of someone's nails across a chalkboard.

[steamboat]

Did you say eat a rat or walk her pet rat?

[lunaoscura]

Coulter has become so predictable that she's turned into a bore. When she opens her mouth it's obviously to get attention. It's getting thin.

[Ramirez]

WikiStuff, "Christian perfection":
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The Doctrine in Wesley

Perfection is the process of sanctification and is a work of grace. To Wesley, sanctification was a grace-led spiritual growth. Christian perfection, according to Wesley, is “purity of intention, dedicating all the life to God” and “the mind which was in Christ, enabling us to walk as Christ walked.” It is “loving God with all our heart, and our neighbor as ourselves” (A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, 109). It is “a restoration not only to the favor, but likewise to the image of God,” our “being filled with the fullness of God” (The End of Christ’s Coming, 482).

Wesley was clear that Christian perfection did not imply perfection of bodily health or an infallibility of judgment. It also does not mean we no longer violate the will of God, for involuntary transgressions remain. Perfected Christians remain subject to temptation, and have continued need to pray for forgiveness and holiness. It is not an absolute perfection but a perfection in love. Furthermore, Wesley did not teach a salvation by perfection, but rather says that, “Even perfect holiness is acceptable to God only through Jesus Christ.” (A Plain Account of Christian Perfection)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_perfection

[oafishcad]

Ann Coulter is the Britnay Spears of Politics. No real substance, just trying to continue with a creer on shock and awe. poor thing. I'll pray for her conversion to the teachings of Christ, a jew.

[mishi]

Sorry, a little earlier I meant "politically incorrect," of course. And yes, some of the comments here are pretty harsh. One difference: most of us don't make a fortune from being vile. Coulter does.

[nancytheragingliberal]

She is a hateful, nasty creature, rotten/rotted from the inside out, outside in. It is a tragedy that people actually enjoy this type of hate-filled monster. Elizabeth Edwards shot her down with grace and style. It was a sight to behold. With all of her money, she still sleeps alone.

[DMcD]

If this BITCH represents the "perfect Christian", thats all the reason a thinking person would need to become an "atheiest".

She a shining example of the history of the world -- most wars in history have had "religion" as there root cause and effect --- no thanx.

[DubiousAtBest]

Why does anyone care what this publicity whore from hell thinks? Why is anyone still giving this bitch any airtime or coverage? Ignore her.

[marleysghost]

My question is: Why do all the so-called Christian Churches spend so much time and energy on the OLD TESTAMENT. The Old Testament is not a Christian document. The Christian doctrine as laid down by Jesus is in the NEW TESTAMENT. So who is trying to perfect whom?? Eh? Are Christians are trying to become more Judaic? No, I don't think so. Christianity is a practice - a Practice - that means it is something you do, not read about or claim to have. You have to do it. Every day. In all your relationships.

These Christians - as people call them - are afraid to actually practice Christianity because it is hard work and requires discipline and a willingness to perfect yourself before you go looking for faults in the eyes of others to correct.

It doesn't mean you build a big church to plow your money into so you can separate yourselves from other people. It doesn't mean you condemn others for what they do (Remember the tax farmers and the lepers Jesus talked about??)

It means you take to heart the parable of the tree that bears good fruit and the tree that doesn't. It means you do the things Jesus said you should do to be more Christ-like. You know - loving, forgiving, tolerant, and that stuff - like the Be-Attitudes say.

And you pray to Our Father in heaven - not to Jesus. Jesus said to pray to the Father. I'm sure you know the prayer by now - direct it to the Big Guy himself, like you were told to do.

I know this is too deep for most Fundamentalists, but you could dispense with 99 percent of all that Christian crap they spout and just follow the instructions in the Sermon on the Mount and then - perhaps - you'd be closer to practicing Christianity.

But I'm not holding my breath because too many people have money invested in the illusion and won't give up a good cash cow when they see one.

Just don't come to my door selling what you have, because what you have is worthless.

[LightningJoe]

They don't even follow the Old Testament. If they did, they would be stoning homosexuals.

Oh, wait- they are!

[CindyA]

Mann Coulter and the jEW media staged that fake jEW attack. Mann Coulter is a jEW-fake- christian. Just like that other racist jew that Hillary loves, Barry Goldwater.

Goldwater pretended to be a christian to hide behind Christianity to support segregation against African-Americans.

The jEW media sold us the jEW Iraq immoral and illegal war with their jEW lies. The jew media, jewCNN, jewFox, jewMSNBC, jewABC, jewNBC, jewCBS, NewsjewWeek, etc. all jew media that lie while Americans and Iraqis die.

The jEws pretend to be liberal, conservative, republican and democratic,but they are jEWS. Loyal only to the jEW.

And Mann Coulter with that big Man's Adam Apple is all part of that jEW media hate for more jEW wars.

Remember, it is two big Mann hands,followed by the big Mann feet and the big Mann Adam Apple code in the bathroom for closet homosexual republican men.

Now the jEW media has sold foolish americans Hillary Clinton and Rudy Guiliani the two jEW minions from Jew York for president.

You can fool some people sometimes, but the jEW media can fool the american people all the time.

It will be nice to have Rudy in drag standing with Mann Coulter at the republican convention.

[XCITIZEN]

Girl, you got ISSUES....

[XCITIZEN]

And by 'girl, you got ISSUES' I mean CindyA. Maybe you put on your hood a little too tight this afternoon....

[barrycourage]

CindyAsshole, are you at it again? I hope they don't boot your post because sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Who controls the media?

The public. Most of the media are either publicly traded corporations or partnerships of investors. Pension plans, insurance companies, mutual funds all invest in the media. If you have a 401k or an insurance policy or are enrolled in a pension plan you, in fact, own a piece of the media.

Media organizations known to have the largest audiences:

Publicly Traded:

ABC—The Walt Disney Company
CBS News—Viacom
CNN—AOL Time Warner
NBC News—General Electric
Fox News—News Corporation (Murdoch is CEO)
MSNBC—General Electric & Vivendi SA (private)

The New York Times—The New York Times Company
The Washington Post—The Washington Post Company
USA Today—The Gannett Company
Wall Street Journal—News Corporation (Murdoch is CEO)
The New York Post—News Corporation (Murdoch is CEO)
Chicago Tribune—Tribune Company
Arizona Republic—The Gannett Company
Dallas Morning News—Belo Corporation
Newsday—The Tribune Company
The Boston Globe—The New York Times Company
Miami Herald—The McClatchy Company
Detroit Free Press—The Gannett Company

Newsweek—The Washington Post Company
TIME—AOL Time Warner

Investment Partnerships or Privately Held:

Philadelphia Inquirer—Philadelphia Investors, LLC
Minneapolis Star Tribune—Avista Capital Partners
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution—Cox Enterprises
San Francisco Chronicle—Hearst Corporation
Houston Chronicle—Hearst Corporation

Privately Held:

Los Angeles Times—Sam Zell
New York Daily News—Mortimer Zuckerman
The Star-Ledger—Advance Publications (Newhouse Family)
U.S. News & World Report—Mortimer Zuckerman

Not for Profit:

PBS—Corporation for Public Broadcasting
NPR—Corporation for Public Broadcasting
St. Petersburg Times—The Times Company--Poynter Institute

As for fools, you are the biggest one on HuffPo.

[barrycourage]

By the way, Cindy. If Jews controlled the media, do you think they would put Coulter on the air or publish her books?

Bigots never think logically or reasonably.

[keelerbee]

You gotta love Cindy with her anti-semetic tirades. It's a though she can't control herself. Ah, a true LIBERAL not afraid to speak out. Maybe she could speak at the DNC Convention. Priceless.

[barrycourage]

I'm a true liberal.

A true liberal is not anti anyone's religion, ethnicity, nationality, or immutable characteristics.

[keelerbee]

Is that really you, ADOLF?

[DMcD]

Whats with all this "playing nice -nice" when it comes to dealing with this UGLY SWEATHOG ??

SHE PREACHES HATE ,and thats all there is to it.
he/she should be treated the same as all the other "banished" public speakers that preach hate --BANISH the BITCH or LOCK HER UP WHERE SHE/HE BELONGS , GUANTANAMO (or the Funny Farm).

[Ramirez]

Indeed. If only the Democrats were in power...

[keelerbee]

Yes, if only the Dumocrats were in power we could get back to some good old BOOK BURNINGS.

[fourex]

Ann Coulter is a leading commentator for Republicans and the right wing. She should not be silenced.

[Economike]

Yes, having a shrill harpy, with the physical mannerisms of a buzzard, really does credit to the GOP. Very appropo.

[PollM]

With the emergence of many well know Political and Christian figures who share that opinion, how do you feel about this.
Do you consider Christianity a perfected form of Judaism? -----> http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=695
.

[Shizzlewhizzle]

Ill have to check with Dr David Duke her spirtiual adviser.

[mishi]

ResidentChimp, nobody has to "goad" Annie-poo into saying something "politically correct." Being offensive is her stock-in-trade, and I'm sure she feels put-upon all the way to the bank. God knows she wouldn't be rich otherwise - she's not very bright, not particularly clever, and god knows she's not as hot as she thinks she is. What's she got going for herself except short skirts and a nasty mouth? In the old days, we called her ilk "hatemongers." She's basically Fred Phelps without the balls.

[Economike]

God save us from this gibbering skankbot.

[PollM]

With the emergence of many well know Political and Christian figures who share that opinion, how do you feel about this.
Do you consider Christianity a perfected form of Judaism? -----> http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=695
.

[beachbumliberal401]

You must be from one of remaining red states, who believe that non Christians must be perfected. What an outrage!!!. You are a sinner who lives in a glass house and should learn never to throw stones.Remember, this is a Judea-Christian nation, and by the grace of God,we are each endowed to be perfect. Go forth
and on Sunday confess your sins to be forgiven.

[Economike]

All religions lose something along the way as men corrupt the word. It's the things that religions share in common that tend to be more usefull in a philosophic way. If your object is to be enlightened there is nothing worse than imprisoning yourself in the dogma of a single religion.