http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21257498/Conservative author Ann Coulter tells CNBC host Donny Deutsch that Christians just want Jews "to be perfected," left. In the clip below, she explains her remarks.
Updated: 5:53 p.m. PT Oct 11, 2007
Conservative author Ann Coulter finds herself in the middle of a firestorm once again after remarks on a CNBC television show in which she said Jews need "to be perfected" and suggested the nation would be better off if it were all-Christian.
Appearing on "The Big Idea" with host Donny Deutsch on Monday, she said Christians were tolerant of racial diversity but that it "would be a lot easier" for Jews if they were to become Christians.
Deutsch, who described himself as a practicing Jew on the show, was clearly dismayed by the remarks, which he called "hateful" and "antisemitic," according to a transcript published on the Web by Editor and Publisher.
In her defense, Coulter apologized for the remarks and said they were misinterpreted. "I don't think you should take it that way (as offensive), but that is what Christians consider themselves: perfected Jews. We believe the Old Testament," she said.