A colleagues view on the Ann Coutler story

Ann Coutlerhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21257498/She was originally asked how an "ideal America" would look.. and long =before she went on her rant (with help from Deutsch) she spoke about =this vision of all Democrats being like Joe Lieberman (I somehow recall=that he is conspicuously Jewish). This utopian vision did include a =country where everything was like the Republican National Convention in=New York - proud Christians, friendly, pro American etc. (whichprompted =the question about "Would it be better if Jews became Christians? etc.)She says TWICE that it's okay to be Jewish (that she believes in the =O.T) but that in order to be okay.. Jews have to be PRACTICING to make=it work. She talks about how Christians have a fast track (thoughbelief =in Jesus), but Jews need to practice their faith.While she was hardly diplomatic, after several viewings, I think that =she was baited ... but she frankly put forward some fundamentalist =Christian teaching (insisting, by the way, that Jews go to heaven). =Furthermore, she stated what many of us, as rabbis, are afraid to say ="That we need to PRACTICE to be good Jews", not just have feelingsabout =being Jewish.It's very easy to be swayed one way or another on this topic depending=on how much of this interview you actually read or see, and through =whose perspective this whole thing is being refracted.