Question about Conservatism/Ann Coulter

[Exquisite5]

Hello:

I was up late a few nights ago watching CSPAN2's Book TV. Ann Koulter was speaking. She also took questions from her very conservative audience.

Let me state: I am a Moderate. I'm neither a liberal nor a conservative. I am a Christian, but most of all I am a mixture of things. As Chris Rock says: somethings I'm liberal about, somethings I'm conservative about.

So I listened to Ann Koulter, mostly trying to understand what exactly it is that she had to say. I left really confused. I get that she is conservative, I even get that she is Christian, and that governs a lot of her beliefs (or at least enough to promote her book Godless: the Church of Liberalism or whatever its called.) But what I didn't get is that she seemed really angry and full of hate. Can someone explain this to me?

I understand that Conservatives love God and America because they believe their freedom came from God (this is what she said) and I get that- as a descendant of slaves I REALLY get that (no I don't believe Lincoln freed my ancestors). But I don't get why that requires such anger, such hate. She didn't seem to exhibit any of the love that Christ spoke taught- she seems to have utter contempt for those who disagree with her, not a loving spirit with regard to their differences and/or saving souls.

Is this all an act? If not, how does she (if you've read the book and know) reconcile this? She seems to be widely accepted by Christian conservatives- why? She just seemed so full of unnecessary hate to me.

I genuinely want to understand, but she just seemed to generally not exhibit Christ's love and I am at a lost as to how Christians have so wholly accepted her-- or have they not and I am just misinformed?