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MATTHEWS: Let me ask you about your mind-reading ability. You knew these husbands were thinking about dumping their wives. How did you know --

COULTER: No, I didn`t.

MATTHEWS: Let me read you -- "and by the way, how do we know their husbands weren`t planning to divorce these harpies --"

COULTER: Seriously. I think not only -- we hand out to the TV audience -- just randomly ask anyone here if they get the point that it shows the absurdity of the alleged expertise.

MATTHEWS: Let me he ask you this -- let me read you this question, posed by the author here, and ask you if it doesn`t in fact question the marital stability of these wives who lost husbands in 9/11. "And by the way, how do we know their husbands weren`t planning to divorce these harpies?" Is that a personal shot, yes or no?

AUDIENCE: Yes.

MATTHEWS: OK. Let`s move on. Come here, you. Come here. Who`s your girlfriend? Grab the mic. Who`s your girlfriend?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who`s my girlfriend?

MATTHEWS: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m confused.

MATTHEWS: You got a girlfriend? She`s planning to dump you, according to her.

COULTER: They like to ask a lot of personal questions, these liberals.

MATTHEWS: You think it`s fair to go after the marital stability of a guy that died in the World Trade Center -- you think it`s ok?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don`t think that was her point.

MATTHEWS: What is -- well, read it to me. Read it to me aloud. I don`t want to confuse you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "And by the way, how do we know their husbands weren`t planning to divorce these harpies?"

MATTHEWS: "These harpies" -- does that add to the knowledge of this discussion? Does that help us understand? Perhaps they are having a liberal agenda. I agree with you: they may have a liberal agenda. They may not be typical at all of the wives that lost husbands or husbands that lost wives.

COULTER: I don`t think so.

MATTHEWS: They have a point of view. But you have no knowledge of the marital condition of those people.

COULTER: Right, and what makes them experts and the reason you have them on every night is because of who they were married to. So the basis of their expertise is so absurd, I am illustrating that by saying, this would kind of punch a hole in it.

MATTHEWS: Let`s get off the marriages; it`s too personal.

COULTER: Right, because everyone in America understands my point but you.

MATTHEWS: You have knowledge beyond my ability. You can speak for mark without a pole (ph).

COULTER: It isn`t knowledge. It`s a logical point.