Ann Hart Coulter is an American conservative columnist, political commentator and best-selling author. She frequently appears on television, radio and as a speaker at public and private events. Known for her confrontational style, Coulter has described herself as a “polemicist” who likes to “stir up the pot” and does not pretend to be “impartial or balanced”.

Coulter has been engaged several times, but never married. She has dated Spin publisher Bob Guccione, Jr., and conservative writer Dinesh D’Souza. According to a report published in the New York Post on 10 October 2007, she is presently dating Andrew Stein, the former president of the New York City Council, who is a liberal Democrat. When asked about the relationship, Stein told the paper, “She’s attacked a lot of my friends, but what can I say, opposites attract!”

Recently, during an appearance on the CNBC program The Big Idea, Ann Coulter, in her typical right-wing shock-pundit tone, described her view of the American Society. 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. People were happy. They’re Christian. They’re tolerant.”

When host Donny Deutsch asked : “So it would be better if we were all Christian?” — Coulter said yes. When Deutsch, who is Jewish, told her he thought this was anti-Semitic, she declared on behalf of Christians: “We just want Jews to be perfected.” Deutsch was clearly dismayed by the remarks, which he called “hateful” and “antisemitic.”

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