Is Ann Coulter in Hardball's "Boat"? (Coulter banned by Matthews)

Media Bistro ^ | Nov 2, 2007 | Gail Shister

[tlb]

Looks like Hardball is playing hardball with Ann Coulter.

MSNBC's Chris Matthews says it will be "a while" before the incendiary conservative pundit is invited back to the show.

The turning point, Matthews says, was Coulter's controversial remarks — which many perceived as anti-Semitic — on CNBC's "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" Oct. 8.

"To me, it has to do with how many people are really offended; who tell me to my face when I bump into them," Matthews said in an interview before Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate in Philadelphia. "I'm affected by that."

Coulter "can be funny and clever with her sarcasm, or she can be hurtful," he says. "She doesn't just do evil as her number. You never know what bell she's going to ring. She doesn't know what bell she's going to ring."

Asked to respond to Matthews' comments, Coulter said, through her publicist: "Who?"

At Hardball, an unwelcome guest is "in the boat." As in, sent into exile at sea like Mutiny on the Bounty's Captain Bligh. (Matthews won't say if Coulter's in the boat.)

"Some are in the boat, some get out of the boat," he says. "We change our minds. We don't actually advertise who's in the boat." Dick Morris, now with Fox News, has been waterlogged for 10 years, Matthews says, because of a "blasphemous" remark on the show.

"I'm not going to dignify my punishment schedule. I'm not the high priest of deciding."

[MadelineZapeezda]

Matthews vs. Morris

CNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews kicked ex-Clinton consultant Dick Morris off his show for religious insensitivity on September 12. Matthews was disturbed by how Morris made Jesus Christ sound less like a savior than a calculating social climber: "In the last analysis, what [ex-Gov. Bill] Weld is trying to do is become the poster boy for moderate Republicans, and he’s trying to get gaveled down, to be screwed over by Jesse Helms. It’s a little bit like getting to lead a church after being crucified."

[juliej]

I would be proud to be banned by Chris Matthews!

[ARE SOLE]

High five Juliej!

Regards

[Inwoodian]

The cartoonist and producer of “Scooby-doo” are in the boat for having higher ratings than Chrissy-the-Babbler”.

[Syncro]

I would be proud to be banned by Chris Matthews!

I'm sure she wears it as a badge of honor. Matthews doesn't want her on anymore because she makes him look so stupid and sleazy. (Brings out the inner Chris)

What's your reaction to Chris Matthews saying you're not welcome to be on his show for "a while?"

Who?

LOL

[McGruff]

Chris Matthews has guests?

[Syncro]

Ann Coulter on Hardball in June Here on You Tube

[juliej]

So now, Chris’s viewship is down to three people: his wife and his parents (if they are still alive).

[tioga]

I call it “Spitball” ....

[jonrick46]

You are perfected if you know God. That relationship with God is what Christ revealed. And it is what Moses revealed. Moses had a deep relationship with God and a deep respect for God’s presence. He was not just talking to a bush.

Through Moses and Jesus was revealed supernatural power. That power was given from God and Jesus showed that we can have that power if we put aside earthly thinking and submit to a relationship with God. It is that power that overcomes our sinful nature and puts us on the path to perfection. That perfection overcomes death and brings eternal life.

[Syncro]

LOL, you got that right! The only time Matthews gets lots of viewers is when Coulter is on or he is dissing a FR event.

[Enchante]

I’ve been kicked out of better places then “Hairball”.

I've smelled better cesspools than Matthews' show....

[Republicus2001]

let’s face it - Mathews is too squirrelly from me