Jessica Moe

Now, I really much prefer writing about fun makeup, funny observations, or clever cleaning tips….but every once in a while, a political issue comes along….one that simply cannot be ignored.

The issue today comes to us courtesy of Ann Coulter, conservative and controversial pundit. You may remember Coulter from her relatively recent hits including the attack on the 9/11 widows:

“These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. These self-obsessed women seemed genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them. … I’ve never seen people enjoying their husbands’ deaths so much … the Democrat ratpack gals endorsed John Kerry for president … cutting campaign commercials… how do we know their husbands weren’t planning to divorce these harpies? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they’d better hurry up and appear in Playboy.”

Or perhaps you heard her wish death upon the New York Times a la Oklahoma City Bombing:

“Is your tape recorder running? Turn it on! I got something to say.”
Then she said: “My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building.”
I told her to be careful.
“You’re right, after 9/11 I shouldn’t say that”, she said, spotting a cab and grabbing it.

You may even recall her referring to the former vice president as a “fag”?

Oh, and finally…let’s not forget about her comments on women voters and women’s rights to vote.

“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.”

“It also makes the point, it is kind of embarrassing, the Democratic Party ought to be hanging its head in shame, that it has so much difficulty getting men to vote for it. I mean, you do see it’s the party of women and ‘We’ll pay for health care and tuition and day care — and here, what else can we give you, soccer moms?”

Well, anyways–after all of that…it seems no surprise that our Ms. Coulter has upped the stakes in her hateful, ranting public persona.

In a recent interview on “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch,

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. I’m offended by that personally.

Deutsch gave Coulter another chance to elaborate after a commercial break.

DEUTSCH: During the break, Ann said she wanted to explain her last comment. So I’m going to give her a chance. So you don’t think that was offensive?

COULTER: No. I’m sorry. It is not intended to be. I don’t think you should take it that way, but that is what Christians consider themselves: perfected Jews. We believe the Old Testament. As you know from the Old Testament, God was constantly getting fed up with humans for not being able to, you know, live up to all the laws. What Christians believe — this is just a statement of what the New Testament is — is that that’s why Christ came and died for our sins. Christians believe the Old Testament. You don’t believe our testament.

DEUTSCH: You said, your exact words were, “Jews need to be perfected.” Those are the words out of your mouth.

COULTER: No, I’m saying that’s what a Christian is.

DEUTSCH: But that’s what you said. Don’t you see how hateful, how anti-Semitic (that is)?

COULTER: No.

DEUTSCH: How do you not see? You’re an educated woman. How do you not see that?

COULTER: That isn’t hateful at all.

Well, that’s it…the unedited transcript. No spin here…I suppose though, really…what would you expect from a woman who authored a book called “If Democrats Had Any Brains They’d Be Republicans”…

I say, if Republicans had any brains–they’d put a muzzle on Ms. Coulter and avoid her like the plague….or better yet, have her committed…I think they would have a pretty good case….