ANN COULTER'S JEWISH PROBLEM - Right Truth Exclusive

ANN COULTER'S JEWISH PROBLEM

BY: FERN SIDMAN

Conservative commentator and prolific author, Ann Coulter can be called a lot of things, but the shy, retiring type she is definitely not. Neither is she timid or taciturn. Since her emergence on the political commentary scene, she has assumed the position of the darling of the neo-cons and die hard right-wingers as she is a most vocal and outspoken cheerleader for the Republican party. She is a ubiquitous presence on the television talk show circuit and can always be counted on to raise the ire of Democrats, liberals and leftists of all stripes with her predilection for spewing forth a seemingly endless foray of acerbic jibes and over the top controversial analyses. In the past she has fired her salvos at women, ethic minorities, gays, Supreme Court Justices, Democratic presidential candidates, the widows of 9/11 victims, the New York Times and anyone else that does not subscribe to Coulterism.

On a positive note, she is a zealous and passionate Conservative warrior and has never been known to back pedal, even under the harshest scrutiny. She speaks out against the dangers of Islamic fascism, exhorts patriotism and calls for strong family values. She has championed many a righteous cause and has the courage of her convictions. For entertainment purposes, she adds a colorful dimension to the causes and party that she is loyal to, in a back drop of more conventional, even toned and sometimes painfully boring commentators.

Beyond that, her hyper-contentious political rhetoric is riddled with a mammoth amount of anger, hubris, pomposity and downright cruelness. She shoots with both barrels and the radius of her target range is infinite. Her words speak for themselves: Concerning Democratic presidential contender, Sen. John Edwards, she has said, "If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot" and "I was going to have a few comments about John Edwards but you have to go into rehab if you use the word faggot." -- at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. She has also made callous statements regarding the baby that John and Elizabeth Edwards lost.

Concerning one of her favorite targets, liberals, she has said, ""When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty. We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors." - address before the Conservative Political Action Conference, Jan. 2002. She has also mouthed the following quips: "Liberals love America like O.J. loved Nicole", "Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties -- provided we're only talking about criminals", "Whether they are defending the Soviet Union or bleating for Saddam Hussein, liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots", and "We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States."

On women she has said: "If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women."
On the environment she said: "I take the biblical idea. God gave us the earth. God says, "Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours." On the New York Times she said: "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building." - New York Observer - August 20, 2002

There is no question that Ann Coulter relishes the cherished First Amendment rights that she enjoys as an American. She has every right to say what she believes and she may indeed say what we think deep down inside. Her views may have their merits and her no holes barred posture may appeal to many people.

Recently, on the CNBC program "The Big Idea" hosted by Donny Deutsch, Ann Coulter used this opportunity to create a media frenzy by making some inflammatory comments about Jews. During the October 8th broadcast, Deutsch asked her, "If you had your way ... and your dreams, which are genuine, came true ... what would this country look like?" Coulter responded, "It would look like New York City during the [2004] Republican National Convention. In fact, that's what I think heaven is going to look like." She described the convention as follows: "People were happy. They're Christian. They're tolerant. They defend America." Deutsch then asked, "It would be better if we were all Christian?" to which Coulter responded, "Yes." Later in the discussion, Deutsch said to her: "[Y]ou said we should throw Judaism away and we should all be Christians," and Coulter again replied, "Yes." When pressed by Deutsch regarding whether she wanted to be like "the head of Iran" and "wipe Israel off the Earth," Coulter stated: "No, we just want Jews to be perfected, as they say. ... That's what Christianity is. We believe the Old Testament, but ours is more like Federal Express. You have to obey laws."

So there you have it. According to the gospel of Ann Coulter, Jews currently live in an imperfect state, presumably because they have not adopted Jesus as their savior nor embraced the teachings of Christianity. Again, she has the right to hold and express her religious views and she may or may not be anti-Semitic, but the danger lies in those who are willing to take her statements to it's logical conclusion and begin harassment campaigns against Jews or even worse. Judaism teaches us that we human beings can never live in a "perfect" state. Only G-d is perfect and we mortals do transgress laws and commit sins. Jewish law teaches us the concept of repentance, of correcting our behavior and if we stumble or fall on the path of life, to pick ourselves up and try again. To continue to strive for good, despite our human shortcomings. Apparently, Ann Coulter transcends imperfect human behavior and lives on her own private strata of spiritual excellence.

The great concern regarding Ann Coulter is that in the next few weeks she will be speaking on our nation's campuses, Tulane University, University of California at Irvine and USC to be exact as part of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week (October 22-26), sponsored by the David Horowitz Freedom Center. This program will take place on over 200 university and college campus across the country. Horowitz is a Conservative academic who has courageously spoken about the dangers of Islamic extremism and of the blatantly left wing and pro-Muslim agenda that is presented to students on Western universities. He has publicized his latest project on his Front Page Mag web site, www.frontpagemag.com. Mr. Horowitz is to be lauded for initiating a project in which many of his Conservative colleagues have joined together to educate and inform students of the ramifications and repercussions of Islamic-Fascism, not only on their personal lives but on a global dimension. Among the speakers will be Sen Rick Santorum, Robert Spencer, Noni Darwish, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Phyllis Chesler and Frank Gaffney. Included in this speaker's rostrum is Ann Coulter.

There are many groups who are planning to protest this event. According to Horowitz's web site, "The left has been campaigning to suppress Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week and make sure the academic community does not hear about the abuse of women in Islam or the genocidal agendas of the Islamo-Fascists against Jews, Christians and other infidels. Now the White Supremacist Neo-Nazis have joined the Muslim Students Association, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Revolutionary Communist Party, the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Socialist Worker, Students for Justice In Palestine and other left-wing groups in the effort to slander, defame and shut down by any means necessary our campaign. In short, we now confront the Islamo-Fascists at home as well as abroad. Fortunately, the students involved in putting on Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week are up to the task."

According to statements issued by opponents of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, they say, "Make no mistake, Islamophobic propaganda is not motivated by Christian tolerance, liberal democracy, or secular reason but by Jewish bigotry!” We certainly don’t support terrorism, violence or crime, but we will not spread hatred in favor of Zionist Jews”. I would imagine that Jewish students in particular will be subjected to vicious attacks by a plethora of pro-Muslim organizations. Given this scenario, will the controversy that swirls around Ann Coulter's recent statements about Jews be the main focus of the media attention that an event of this sort is bound to attain, or will she tell Jewish students that their biggest problem is that they are not living in a "perfected" Christian state and perhaps assign blame to Jews for the opprobrium which is casted upon them by Muslim extremists. Will her message of education and information on this crucial issue be blurred by her latest rants?

According to a statement on Mr. Horowitz's web site, he displays no anxiety over Ann Coulter and her participation in the event. "I have received a surprising number of emails from friends basically asking "What are you going to do about Coulter?" This is a reference to her recent comment that she is hoping for the perfection of the Jews. My response is this: what else would a Christian hope for? That's the message of the New Testament: Jesus came to fulfill, complete, perfect the Law. If you're a Christian, that's what you believe. If you don't accompany this belief by burning Jews who refuse to become perfected at the stake why would any Jew have a problem? Why do some Jews think that Christians should not really believe what they believe while it's okay for Jews to really believe they are God's Chosen People? I don't get it. Whatever happened to the pluralism of ideas? In any case, what I'm going to do about Coulter is finish her latest exhilarating book, If Democrats Had Any Brains They'd Be Republicans, which happens to be a hall of fame of her so-called "over the top" moments that drive leftists crazy. Right on Ann."

Perhaps Mr. Horowitz makes some good points, but given the unbridled hatred of Jews and Israel on college campuses in America today and the orchestrated campaign to vilify Jewish students who support Israel, do we really need to add Ann Coulter and her agitating remarks to the mix? How will her statements impact Jewish students, many of whom already feel under siege and do not possess a strong Jewish religious identity. I would strongly advise Mr. Horowitz to ponder this issue.

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Comments

[Jeremayakovka]

The short answer: Yes, we really do need Ann Coulter to speak on college campuses during IFAW.

(What a lot of self-important blather in this post to make a simple, and simplistic, point.)

[Debbie]

Stormwarning: I understand, I simply wanted to reiterate that statement. Thanks.

[Jack]

It is NOT an insult to Jews

You can't decide what is insulting for other people. I understand that this is common belief among many Xtians. I don't have a problem with it.

If I had a conversation with Ann I'd have no problem telling her that she got it wrong and that she believes in a myth. I am just as confident in my faith as she is.

But the thing about this is that there is a history here that might not make sense to some people.

There is a collective memory of hatred towards us that makes many Jews wary of these comments.

Not to mention that the intentional targeting of Jews for conversion is considered by many to be quite offensive.

The thing that strikes me is was there really a need for her to say this in the manner that she did. It could have been phrased differently.

Is it possible that some of us are over reacting? Could be, but then again I have read more than one post in which people came after Jews for having the audacity to say that we were offended.

Look, we all have our moments and I am sure that I have said my own share of offensive things. But when it comes down to it there was just something nasty about her manner and it felt wrong.

I apologize for the length of the comment, just one more remark.

In a time in which there is so much polarization I just wish that there was more of an effort to try and bring people together than to split us apart.

[Stormwarning]

Debbie, if you ignore my Coulter comments, what I was attempting to do was answer Suek's question without offending anyone.

[Debbie]

Bernie: Excellent point.

[Debbie]

Stormwarning: You say "As for Ann Coulter, I believe that what she did and said was planned, calculated and for effect." That is exactly what she does. It stirs up conversation about her and publicity for her upcoming new book.

As I said in my earlier comment:

"I believe God has a plan, and not being privy to that entire plan, I’ll leave the destiny of the Jews and everyone else up to His judgement." I trust Him.

Paul: You are right, they are entertaining.

Ernesto: I missed O'Reilly and Ann. Don't worry about your English, we love your comments.

[bernie]

Nothing that Ann Coulter has ever said is as dangerous as the liberal question, "What Islamic threat?"

[Stormwarning]

THE FOLLOWING ALL WITH DUE RESPECT TO OUR HOST, DEBBIE HAMILTON AND HER HUBBY, "THE GROUCH."

Suek, as a non-religious man of the Jewish faith, let me try to provide a very basic explanation.

You can live a good Jewish life without:

- keeping a Kosher home and cooking Kosher
- praying everyday
- attending Shul every Saturday
- wearing Talit and Tefilin
- says the blessings over meals etc. each and everytime
- wear a skullcap everywhere
- grow his sidelocks long (peyos)
- never cut your beard (if you have one - but you're not supposed to shave)
- not sit with women when you pray
- never even consider marrying out of the religion
- etc., etc., etc. (I am certain that I've missed a few of the basics).

Let me tell you my Christian friends. You are all unquestionably entitled to your beliefs...as I am. I do not believe in Jesus...you do. I know that my Grandfather is looking down on me from Heaven and guiding my decisions in my life as an entrepreneur (he, too, was a risk taker)...my other 3 grandparents, my parents and my youngest brother are in Heaven. That is what I believe.

As I said, you are all entitled to believe whatever it is that you believe. Simply, do not judge me if I don't believe the same.

Steven M. Warshawsky is as ignorant IMO, as he accuses others of being when they declare themselves if they label themselves as "liberal." For goodness sakes, there are atleast four subdenominations of Judaism (Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Progressive - hey thats five!). Because we lost 6 million during the Holocaust, many Rabbis believe that we all should be permitted to practice Judaism in a way most comfortable to each person. That doesn't diminish in any way our Jewishness.

As for Ann Coulter, I believe that what she did and said was planned, calculated and for effect. I watched the tape more than once and saw her ugly smirk on her face as Deutsch responded in disbelief.

Get off the Internet and interview real people...ask a few real Rabbis and see what they thought about Coulter's hatefulness.

[Ernesto Ribeiro]

Anybody here just watched Ann Coulter on Fox News - interviewed on The O'Reilly Factor "explaining herself" to Bill O'Reilly ? She simply sweat and stayed in the chords!

Sorry for my terribly bad English.

[Paul Champagne]

You may not always agree with Ann (God knows, I don't), but you have to admit she is extremely funny and entertaining ... and when she squares off with Democratic strategist, Bob Beckle ... now that's entertainment.

[Debbie]

Thanks for the comments, links, proof reading advice. Much appreciated.

[suek]

Read this article about Coulter. It brought tears to my eyes. Warshawsky says he's a non-religious Jew.
Which is a topic for another discussion some time. Why do people consider themselves Jewish if they don't practice Judaism? Why do people call themselves Catholic/Christian if they disagree with basic precepts? I don't understand the self-identification....

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/10/on_coulter_christians_and_jews.html

[heidianne jackson]

i may not be the most soft-spoken of women, but i'm no loudmouth either. however, i do not believe that ann is representative of "alot of what is wrong with america" at this point.

at what point do we as christians say "this is what my god says and i'm not judging, i'm just informing."? i agree that she could have explained her position better, but she was not denigrating anyone.

this is not much different from media matters taking rush out of context. instead, this is pc people trying to (once again) spin a story out of nothing.

again, i agree that her style is abrassive. i agree that she goes over the top to make her point. i agree that she is a female shockjock. i also agree with what she says - including this time.

i do not judge and i believe that god has a greater plan. i also believe that god requires us to be forthright and stand up for our beliefs even if that means offending someone else.

btw, i am 1/2 jew. i spoke to my father on this and he was not offended in the least. his feelings were that it would be better for people to be at least as offended by the muslims among us because they actually ARE denigrating and calling for the outright annihilation of jews.

[Stormwarning]

There's no theological truth to what Coulter said if you use only the Old Testament.

[Rockyspoon]

What on earth is an "ethic minority"?? Some peopel kneed to profreed their artikles.

[Roger W. Gardner]

I must add that, although I definitely think that, for whatever reason, she went way too far this time, even if, as some have pointed out here, there was some theological truth to it, it was just too crude and offensive to phrase it the way she did, in the setting that she chose. I suspect that her trademark caustic wit is often purposely overplayed for effect -- or to sell more books. Although, I have to admit that I do agree with almost everthing she's said up till now -- just not the way she's always said it.

[Faultline USA]

Debbie, I think your article about Ann Coulter was excellent, fair and balanced. You wrote in your comment “What did Jews or anyone else expect her to say. . .” I think it’s a matter of how she said what she said. I tend to agree with Roger Gardner’s comments as well.

Debbie, I think your article about Ann Coulter was excellent, fair and balanced. You wrote in your comment “What did Jews or anyone else expect her to say. . .” I think it’s a matter of how she said what she said. I tend to agree with Roger Gardner’s comments as well.

I’ll add your article link to Christians Against Leftist Heresy.

[Rosemary]

Dear Debbie, I read most of the post until I got to the part where I realized he had no idea of what Ann actually said before, because he never bothered to do any research. He was just spewing out what he's heard from others, whether he was saying she was right or not. She never said she wished Silky boy was killed by a terrorist. That is what the left do, and he wanted to make our outstanding and outspoken lady out to be like them. She is not.

I, too, am a Christian. I do not 'judge' people on whether or not they are going to hell, but the Bible does. If you do not accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour into your heart, repent of your sins and pick up your own cross, you will not stay in Heaven, no matter how 'good' you are.

Even as Christians, the word 'sanctification' means that we are not perfect either! We are being perfected. Imagine that! Also, I do not want to leave anyone behind--Just as God does not wish this. He gave us free will to choose to love Him. Not because He wanted us to do evil. We chose that...

[Grouch at Right Truth]

As a Christian, I know what I believe. I also believe that it is not my place to judge someone else's relationship (or lack of it) with the Almighty. After all, how can anyone know what exactly is in someone else's heart?

Some of the most sanctimonious and judgmental people I know profess to be Christians, but after all, Jesus did say that only whoever was without sin should cast the first stone.

I'm with the little wifey. I'm content to let God fulfill His big plan for humanity. I don't feel I have to worry about it.

A favorite song of mine is "Red Dirt Road" by Brooks and Dunn, and my favorite line in the song is, "The path to heaven is full of sinners and believers, and happiness on earth ain't just for high achievers."

I think that about says it all.

By the way, I prefer sweet soft spoken women. That's why I have my sweet one.

I don't think Ann and I would hit it off so well even though I agree with most of her politics.

[Debbie]

Bill: If they were are religious as they claim, they would KNOW this wouldn't they?

[Bill Mitchell]

By saying that Jews need to be "perfected", Ann was saying something I have heard 1000 times in church before.

It is NOT an insult to Jews, rather just statement that the Jews are already the chosen people of God, they just need to bee "perfected" by a relationship to Christ.

It's just the idiotic MSM that has no concept of Biblical Terminology who is freaking out.

Idiots!

[Debbie]

Dumb Ox: Add me to it or do I need to do something?

[Debbie]

Dumb Ox: I think you missed the point of the article. It stresses that Ann was right in what she said, what else could she say? Christians DO believe that a person is saved by faith in Jesus Christ. Could Jews or anyone else expect Christians to say any different? It's the basis of the religion.

Having said that, we cannot be so big headed as to presume we know ALL that God knows. I'm sure he has much in His head that was not provided to man via the Bible. I trust Him to take care of things they way they should be.

[D. Ox]

Why don't you join the Dumb Ox Bloggregator?

[D. Ox]

Well, so many will NEVER get these things. Ann Coulter actually dares to believe her faith.

http://thomistic.blogspot.com/2007/10/ann-coulter-theologian.html

Duh.

[Debbie]

Roger: I just left a comment for you are your place.

Paladin: Thanks.

Stormwarning: The trackback should show up now. I have to approve them before they show up.

[Stormwarning]

Did you get the trackback that I sent?

Frankly Debbie, while she is entitled to them, I don’t care about her beliefs. I have a problem when people (anyone) make a point of pushing their beliefs on other people, especially when they know that the other people don’t share those beliefs. She said what she said, where and when she did, for effect. She had an ulterior motive in doing on Donny Deutsch’s show. If you saw the video tapes, she had a smirk on her face when she played “kitty-kat” with Deutsch.

BTW, I believe that this is not the first time that you and I have discussed Ms. Coulter…I don’t remember which post (of mine or your’s)…but it wasn’t on this one.

PS: I should have titled my post, “Ann Coulter, Bad for America.” She represents alot of what is wrong with America these days (my opinion of course).

[PALADIN]

WELL ANN BLEW IT BIG TIME THIS TIME. BUT YA KNOW I CAN APPRECIATE A PERSON LIKE ANN , BECAUSE SHE SHOOTS FROM THE HIP, AND MOST, I REPEAT MOST OF THE TIME SHE,S BANG ON. WELL I WON,T BE ONE TO BE CALLING FOR HER HEAD ON A PLATTER, BUT I DO WISH SHE,D THINK A LITTLE MORE BEFORE SHE SPEAKS.

[Roger W. Gardner]

This was one of the most fair-minded and intelligent articles I have read in a long time. Thank you Deb for posting it.

Those who live by the sword -- This may just be the one that puts her over the edge. For me, the thrill of Ann Coulter has already worn thin. She has become a kind of female shock-jock, who constantly seems to be under some self-imposed pressure to outdo her latest outrageous statements -- a course that can only lead to disaster. There is something more than a little desperate going on here.

In our present precarious global circumstances, I can't decide which statements are more asinine -- Nancy Pelosi's incredibly stupid resolution condemning one of our only allies in the whole Middle East for something that occured in 1915, or Ann Coulter's equally incredibly stupid attempt to denigrate the religion of the only Western-style democracy in the whole Middle East.

I guess it's a toss-up.

[Debbie]

Stormwarning: I don’t care for Ann Coulter. I am very quiet, soft-spoken, reserved woman. I say what I think and what I mean, but I do it nicely, like a lady. That’s something that seems to be missing from so many these days. Makes me sound like an old geezer, but the truth is my mother was the same way. I inherited this trait plus my mother and father raised me right.

I cringe every time I hear Ann. So many Consevatives just LOVE her. At the root of her outrageous statements is usually some nugget of truth. But that truth seems to get lost because everyone is talking about the crazy rant she has given. I don’t care for her.

But I did think that Fern Sidman made an excellent point. What did Jews or anyone else expect her to say. It is part of the Christian faith that salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ. Having said that, I believe God has a plan, and not being privy to that entire plan, I’ll leave the destiny of the Jews and everyone else up to His judgement.

[Stormwarning]

Well, I commented on "Miss" Coulter's outrageous statements in my post...tracked back above.