[MNJohnnie]

Matthews was so far out of his class it was almost painful to see.

[MaestroLC]

MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. We`re out here enjoying the First Amendment at HARDBALL Plaza with the controversial Ann Coulter. Let`s get some questions for Ann and her new book, "Godless: The Religion of Liberals." First question.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi, Ann. I`m just wondering how you can call yourself a Christian or even look at yourself in the mirror in the morning and use words like the ones you`ve just used to describe Al Gore. Just curious. Go.

COULTER: Which Biblical command does joking violate? And you`re a big Christian I`m guessing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think pure hatred violates, spewing hateful rhetoric violates a lot of Biblical commands.

COULTER: Yes, no. Well, I`ll try to adopt your charm.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good luck.