Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com
Tuesday, June 6, 2006

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In Ann Coulter's new book "Godless – The Church Of Liberalism" the best-selling author argues that in addition to being a political movement and philosophy, liberalism is a twisted religion whose deity is itself.

And in an exclusive interview with NewsMax, the author of "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right," "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)" and other best-selling works demonstrates the scathing wit that readers have come to expect in her books and commentaries. [Editor's Note: Get Ann's new book for just $4.99 – Save $23! Go Here Now]

If liberalism is a religion, we asked Ann, does it have its own version of Judaism and Christianity's Ten Commandments? She replied that it does – it consists of "Breaking the real Ten Commandments." We asked her if the religion of the left has an equivalent of the Roman Catholic Church's penalty of excommunication.

Her answer: "Banishment from [Vanity Fair editor] Graydon Carter's Oscar Party," one of the holiest rites of obligation for the beautiful people who worship at the altar of liberalism.

Turning to liberalism's theology, we asked Ann if their religion claims to be the one,(un)holy and true Church, superior to all others. They can't make that claim, Ann told us, because it would prove too costly: "They don't acknowledge being a church. If they did they'd lose their government funding."

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  Noting her skillful argument that the theory of evolution is a scientific hoax, we asked why otherwise intelligent members of the scientific community accept it at face value. It's all about going along to get along, or just plain ignorance, Ann explained. "Other than those who are keeping their mouths shut because they want to gain tenure and avoid witch hunts, who says they're ‘otherwise intelligent'?"

With the movie and the book "The Da Vinci Code" – a book Ann said she has not read - attracting massive print and TV coverage, we wondered if the media's fervent embrace of the blasphemous book and their shameful promotion of the film is a weapon designed to discredit not only the Catholic Church, but Christianity itself.

Ann was less concerned about its ultimate effects, however, commenting on the wretched reviews of the film and the bizarre hairdo of star Tom Hanks. She told NewsMax: "Apparently the movie is so bad it's not going to do much of anything. I gather it was supposed to be an affront to anyone who believes in Jesus Christ, but it's turning out mostly to be an affront to every living hairstylist."

We asked: Does the left's bias in favor of the failed policies of Marxism mean that Marxism and the Church of Liberalism are one and the same?

Her answer: "No, the Marxists were a little brighter."

In "Godless," Ann shows how the liberal judiciary and their cohorts in Congress have sought to all but decriminalize crime, either reducing punishment or eliminating it.

NewsMax wanted to know if among the doctrines of the Church of Liberalism is disbelief in the very existence of evil. She explained that evil simply does not exist "in the liberal belief system," but then added: "Actually I misspoke - there is one example of pure, unadulterated evil in the liberal worldview: Dick Cheney."

In her book Ann argues that environmentalists and liberals in general hate humanity and lust after a world where the number of people is vastly reduced. We wondered if that's why they see abortion as their holiest sacrament.

Said Ann: "Well, it's one component, but you must remember that liberals have other sacraments, too - such as polymorphous perversity and putting harmless businessmen in jail."

Following up, we asked if liberal's hatred of humanity explains why the Clinton administration - once an archdiocese of the Church of Liberalism - stood idly by while millions were slain in Uganda.

Her response: "No, actually he was just too distracted by what was under his desk at the moment. Although I grant your point that liberals are never sorry to rid the world of what they - like Goebbels - view as ‘useless eaters' in order to improve the parking situation in Santa Monica."

We wanted to know what kind of reaction "Godless" has been getting from the left – have they yet called for her to be burned at the stake as a dangerous heretic?

"No," she said, explaining that the process of piling wood around her and setting it on fire "would contribute to global warming." Instead, all the liberals want is "to have me banned from TV, radio, the Internet and the speaking circuit because they're the free speech party."

She told NewsMax she doesn't worry about getting fewer invitations to speak on college campuses for fear she'll spread heresy among the budding undergraduate faithful because "I assure you, the colleges don't invite me to speak now. However, I expect the young Republicans who do invite me to be more enthusiastic than ever."

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