Video: Coulter and Behar try to be civil with each other for 20 minutes
posted at 1:25 pm on February 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
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It’s a qualified success, but only because Joy’s guest-hosting and had to choke down the more bilious sentiments she’d have happily barfed up if they’d been equals on a panel. The transcript’s here if you’d rather read than watch. A highlight:
BEHAR: So are you saying that if — that if George Clooney asked you out on a date, you’d say no, because he’s a big liberal?
COULTER: Correct.
BEHAR: Really?
COULTER: Yes.
BEHAR: Well, what kind of men do you like?
COULTER: I like men, i.e. conservatives. I don’t want them checking with the U.N. to get, you know, a resolution before making a move.
Exit quotation from 5:37 in: “Are you frightened or gleeful that Rush Limbaugh seems to be the head of your party these days?”
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Bless you Ann! Love your books. Looking forward to reading this one.
Christian Conservative on February 20, 2009 at 2:23 PM
I couldn’t turn the channel last night. I rarely watch LKL, but I couldn’t turn away from Behar and Coulter sparring.
gabriel sutherland on February 20, 2009 at 2:24 PM
I love Ann, but I think it would be hard to find a man for her. She’s strong willed and intellectual and funny. Most people’s egos are too delicate for her. Ann would end up alienating a boyfriend (or a girlfriend, if that’s her thing) by making a few sharp, funny comments.
She’ll just have to be our Vestal Virgin and Amazon Warrior rolled into one.
thuja on February 20, 2009 at 2:24 PM
I thought it was great how Behar couldn’t respond to one of Coulter’s points so she immediately falls back on the typical Lib debating tactic of randomly weaving Iraq into the conversation. Behar could have asked if Ann likes puppies and then followed it up with how there would be soooo much more money to spend on puppies if only we didn’t go into Iraq.
AuH20 on February 20, 2009 at 2:25 PM
I heart Ann Coulter. And in some insane way, I also heart Joy Behar for giving Ann the forum and the opportunity to show off how magnificent our favorite right of center lightning rod truly is.
If I could see conversations like THAT on a regular basis on the small screen, I would happily start subscribing to cable television again. But since I saw it all on the internet (courtesy of a Hot Air link), I don’t have to. :)
Malkin, Coulter, MKH, Behar, O’Donnell, and Rhodes on a shared stage in a free-for-all debate moderated by Brit Hume on Pay-Per-View would generate one of the greatest moments in broadcast history, evah!
*dreamy sigh*
itzWicks on February 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM
You are so right about that.
Most men are way too insecure to be with an intelligent woman.
My ex-husband often told me:
“You’re too blunt. You need to sugar coat what you say.”
He was also, incidentally, confused by ‘big’ words that I used in playing Scrabble with him such as “intelligent” and “moron”.
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Behar was outgunned. by far. Call the UN.
the_nile on February 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Oh-& my ex-husband would also say things like:
“Why can’t you let me be right?”
I bet Anne has had to put up with $hit like that b4 from men.
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM
The word “civil” and the person named “Ann Coulter” contradict each other.
sethstorm on February 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM
What in the world does “shiver me timbers” mean anyway?
Sometimes I find myself in a shiver, but never in my timbers, whatever that is!
Joe Pyne on February 20, 2009 at 2:29 PM
BITCHSLAPPED!!! I love it.
maintenanceman on February 20, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Brit Hume? I believe you can do better than that. He’d cut off people if Malkin decided to misfire.
sethstorm on February 20, 2009 at 2:31 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
V15J on February 20, 2009 at 2:31 PM
To be technical, I imagine it comes from winds blowing on the masts of ships & making them “shiver”.
But it could perhaps be about sailors’ libidos, too.
She’s very civil.
She attacks in a more polite manner than do her attackers.
In fact, most people are too stupid to understand Anne’s attacks, which is why they get into such a frenzy.
Like chickens being chased by a dog-they go crazy bcs they have no idea what in the he!! is going on.
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 2:31 PM
It’s clear that we all agree that our Ann slaughtered the sea hag…
Joy exhibited some startlingly typical lib behavior that is worth noting here, if only becasue of its clarity. One example:she kept going after Ann for Ann’s occasional use of attention-getting overstatements “the 911 widows enjoying” etc… “retarded” etc. Joy, like all foul-mouthed liberals, believes that only her ilk has the right to say controversail things and expect everyone to understand that deep down they didn’t really mean it literally…
then of course there was her lack of knowledge about subjects that she nevertheless feels entitled to have (and voice) strong opinions… i.e Rush…
there are more…
max1 on February 20, 2009 at 2:33 PM
He’s at an impressionable age. However, there is time for him to learn that it wasn’t just the “beta male liberals” that ruined the economy.
There are no beta males in that house, just Gammas.
sethstorm on February 20, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Joe Pyne on February 20, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Used by men who sailed. It refered to either the timbers of a man’s ship or his legs.
theotherKate on February 20, 2009 at 2:36 PM
The word “civil” and the person named “Ann Coulter” contradict each other.
sethstorm on February 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM
In other words more woman than you could ever handle.
viking01 on February 20, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Wow … It’s like Coulter was firing a .44 mag and Behar had a popgun.
Coulter rocks !!!
Her book is great as well. Excellent research.
darwin on February 20, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Bahoe tried to pull the Jew card on Ann for baba. Ann shoved it right back to her. Fat a** sherry kissing babas backside got a beat down. I want an hour of this on pay per view soon!!
Go Ann go.
lexa on February 20, 2009 at 2:39 PM
No she uses grenades
Mojack420 on February 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM
I believe Coulter and Andrew Stein, (D) were an item for a while.
Blake on February 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM
That interview reminded me of the last time I was in the Philippines — when I watched my hosts bleed, butcher, and roast a pig.
My collie says:
The earrings are a nice touch, donchathink’?
CyberCipher on February 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Thanks, I just knew it was a pirate expression for shock or surprise, but I didn’t know it related to a wooden leg. Shiver me timbers, you do learn something every day. Sounds like something Matthews would say about Obama.
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 2:43 PM
The clips from the View were also the few moments they weren’t all (less Elizabeth) shouting over Ann who was trying to honestly answer questions.
Ann agreeing to to be intereviewed by a person like Joy, in Joy’s territory, makes a loud statement about her that she is unafraid, and willing to go anywhere to tell her story (and sell her book :)).
Nice work , Ann.
CLaFarge on February 20, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Well I think Joy came away from this encounter an enlightened individual. The View format was reminicent of a hyena feeding frenzy with Ann as the main course.
sonnyspats1 on February 20, 2009 at 2:46 PM
You sound like the parents who complain that their kids are failing in school because the boring curriculum fails to stimulate the kids’ intellectually superior minds. I laugh – ha!
Regardless of how cerebral and erudite you perceive yourself to be, it sounds like your ex is lucky to be free. I bet you already texted 3 friends to let them know that you slammed him in a blog post today.
I’ve always been attracted to strong, intelligent women, probably because the women in my family tend to be sturdy and scholarly. I find intelligence to be extremely sexy. Many men do.
The Race Card on February 20, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Actually that Hot For Words hostess Marina Orlova would make for better eye candy as a host, but what is needed is a moderator who isn’t afraid to moderate while playing it straight and neutral in said debate. Hence why Brit is better.
Name a better moderator. I certainly can’t. Russert is gone, and most of you guys haven’t heard of Mark Davis.
itzWicks on February 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM
LOL. Joy is so out of her league here. I am not a huge Ann fan but she is just clowning Joyless Beasthair. Thanks for the laughs Ann.
DeweyWins on February 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM
So, that’s the euphemism for a liberal’s “package”? A dinky little electric car?
Blake on February 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM
My fiancee got a Bachelor’s in Biology with honors, and is planning to get her masters. She has political convictions as strong as mine.
Wait…is that why she likes to play student/teacher? Hmmm…
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Welcome to another episode of “Walk the Dog” (as opposed to “Wag the Dog.”) Joy Behar, of course, is the dog. And Ann just walked her . . . and told her where to go. I didn’t know the word “pissed” could now make it to prime time TV. Who knew? She asks Ann if she dated Rich Lowry. HA! Ann called him what he is–a “girlie man”–on “Politically Incorrect.” (Remember how Lowry bowed to Muslims and wouldn’t run Robert Spencer’s review of a book about Muslims?) Liberal Kirsten Powers is apparently the one dating the girlie man.
Debbie Schlussel on February 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Wait…is that why she likes to play student/teacher? Hmmm…
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Which of you likes to wear the Obi Wan outfit?
Bishop on February 20, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Well, she’s high maintenance in the not-so-good way. More woman than I’d want.
Besides, I go for ones who still have their soul.
sethstorm on February 20, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Not as clumsy or random as a blaster.
An elegant weapon, from a more civilized age.
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Great, Ann
Streecar on February 20, 2009 at 2:55 PM
ALERT! THE MOTHER OF ALL FATWAS A COMING!
Blake on February 20, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Oooooteeeeneeeee!
Bishop on February 20, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Then we see about raising Russert from the dead or look for someone other than Brit Hume.
sethstorm on February 20, 2009 at 2:56 PM
THE RECKONING COMETH.
Allahpundit on February 20, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Ann is much too glib in these interviews, and the giddy little giggle after every attack is oft-putting.
She is smart enough to know that her target is the audience, not the leftist interviewing her, therefore, she needs to do a better job of presenting our case before those watching. She doesn’t have to change her message, but she does need to change her approach.
She can make Behar look like a fool by simply answering her questions in a straight-forward manner, she doesn’t need the schtick.
Joe Pyne on February 20, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Pfft. Noobs. Don’t mess with a true Jedi.
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 2:58 PM
You regurgitate tired feminist mantras. You gossip about your ex. You lie about playing 11-letter words in Scrabble to convey your intellect.
Perhaps the ex-hub was faking just to get away from you.
The Race Card on February 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM
I am assuming your attack to be sarcastic.
If not-then make judgments about an anonymous person on the net when you have just a little more info.
My ex is an ex bcs he liked to put his junk into other women. And if you’d like to say that’s my fault, get some more info b4 you make such a comment.
And I do not necessarily perceive myself to be smarter & more cerebral than anyone else. My ex was smart about some stuff-but not that stuff.
And no,I am not a bitter ex-wife who texts her 3 other friends about the slam.
Seriously-you wanna make judgments about me? Ask for clarity b4 you act like a dick.
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Three guys walk into a bar: the first guy has a N.Y. Post t-shirt on, which displays a cartoon featuring cops shooting a large chimp who was carrying a 1,100 document that said, “Stimulus Bill – No One to Read Except Pelosi, Reed, and Jack Bauer from CTU”. The 2nd guy looks like Osama Bin Laden and has a White House invitation that says, “Hey Bro, let’s hang and watch some old Elvis movies together this Friday night.” The third guy looks like Al Gore, who is pulling a Radio Flyer wagon filled with a melting hunk of the South Pole ice cap. The bar maid is Ann Coulter. She asks the first guy (with the N.Y. Post t-shirt) “Hey, you look like The Messiah – what’ll you have?” He answers, “I won stupid – give me everything!” Ann Coulter asks the 2nd guy (the one who looks like Osama,) “Hey – we don’t allow camels in here bub, but I’ll serve you – what’ll you have?” He answers, “I’ll take that Elixer called, “Stimulus is spending and spending is Stimulus, stupid!” Ann looks at the 3rd guy – the guy who looks like Al Gore, and says, “Hey Al, what’ll you have?” He answers, “I only lost because the global heat made the chads hang down there in Florida!” Ann gives them what they ordered plus their checks for $5 each. The phone rings (it’s Brian Williams from NBC), and she turns her back for a minute to answer. When she comes back to the bar – all three are gone, and nobody paid the tab. Sound like what’s happening to the average taxpayer?
Cinday Blackburn on February 20, 2009 at 3:04 PM
I assume you are some kind of lib troll.
I am anti-feminist, you tool.
Always have been.
True feminism is embracing the unique role a woman has in the family unit. Not trying to buck it.
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 3:06 PM
So wait.
You regularly humiliated your awful, terrible, no-good, very bad husband at Scrabble with “long words”…
…yet you can’t type out the word “before”?
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Tired cliches. Touche!
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Badger40
If this were the blog posting Olympics you would have gotten a perfect 10 from me.
lexa on February 20, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Ignore him, Badger 40.
Blake on February 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Imagine your girlfriend saying that. Sexy, right? Now read what you wrote. Nerdy, right?
How does that work?
The Race Card on February 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM
;)
I’m lazy. What can I say.
Will probably do that from here on out.
I feel as if I’ve wasted a hundred years with these people.
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Ohhh, Joy was school’d big time! She seems a better fit to fill in for Olby, not Larry King.
Ann’s best line: She won’t date guys that drive electric cars.
Also liked how she weaved in the “Chris Matthews wants to have sex with Obama” line.
I just wished she’d quit mentioning that she’s had seven books on the NY Times bestseller list.
RMCS_USN on February 20, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Get a nerdy girlfriend, and the confusion clears.
The drawback? She will be obsessed with Harry Potter, and yes, she will request you “be” one of them.
And for some reason…Snape is popular.
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 3:14 PM
You know, that reminds me, why DO liberal men drive electric cars?!
There is no back seat to get any business done!
Pick-ups rule!
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Haven’t you gotten the slow down message for posting too quickly yet?
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Ann tore Joy (old woman) Bahar apart.
I watched it and I love it – Ann is way too smart for Bahar.
Way too smart.
jake-the-goose on February 20, 2009 at 1:26 PM
My cross-eyed chocolate lab is way too smart for Joy Bahar.
anniekc on February 20, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Please tell me you are not from Texas.
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Does he have any problems catching things?
Blake on February 20, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Pfft. Noobs. Don’t mess with a true Jedi.
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 2:58 PM
You’re built like Yoda, huh? Apologies.
Bishop on February 20, 2009 at 3:21 PM
There is your fairness doctrine in action.
getalife on February 20, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Bwahahaha. Priceless.
bitsy on February 20, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Size matters not. When 900 years old you reach, get it up as much, you will not.
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Ann Coulter rocks! Joy Bahar sucks!
txstar on February 20, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Yep, that’s the typical liberal line – they heard or read something somewhere but far be it for them to cite a credible source.
Good comeback by Ann.
RMCS_USN on February 20, 2009 at 3:28 PM
i seriously do not understand the people on here who say they are not of Ann Coulter before praising this appearance. you just watched Ann sit there and eat Joyless Joy Behar’s lunch right in front of her fat, ugly, haggard face. that alone should warrant anyone to instantly join the Ann Coulter fan club!
Ghoul aid on February 20, 2009 at 3:30 PM
i seriously do not understand the people on here who say they are not a fan of Ann Coulter before praising this appearance. you just watched Ann sit there and eat Joyless Joy Behar’s lunch right in front of her fat, ugly, haggard face. that alone should warrant anyone to instantly join the Ann Coulter fan club!
Ghoul aid on February 20, 2009 at 3:30 PM
dan i love Ann Coulter. i would marry her in a second!
custer on February 20, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Wow, Coulter utterly destroyed Behar, what a fun interview.
Maxx on February 20, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Ann Coulter is GREAT. Joy tried to trip her up during the whole interview with prepared “sneak attack” notes, and Ann had the right answer to all her questions. Joy Behar is not worth the time of day.
afotia on February 20, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Anyone who attempts to debate Ann Coulter on the facts will lose.
The only thing they have ever said was “Ann hurt somebodies feelings“.
Big Fat Harry Deal!
The Rock on February 20, 2009 at 3:39 PM
She still has a horrible delivery a lot of the time. Her nervous laughter, her eagerness to walk off a set, her tendency to basically throw a tantrum when an interviewer is not being fair. She’s sharp, no question. However, she seems to be doing an imitation of a 13-year-old girl a lot of the time. It turns many like-minded people off.
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 3:43 PM
I agree with Ann Coulter about a lot of things, I just don’t happen to enjoy the style in which she presents her views. She’s somewhat condescending and arrogant. Of course, I guess if you’re Coulter you can be any way you want to be. I certainly wouldn’t sit across from her and try and win an argument. I’d be pulverized.
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 3:44 PM
sethstorm on February 20, 2009 at 2:54 PM
May as well admit it that Anne would never waste time on you. That or your little “electric car.”
viking01 on February 20, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Wow. That was fun to watch. ;)
ExSubNuke on February 20, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Did the Hammer of Thor striketh Dilly Sfluster?
One can only hope.
I loved the way Ann Coulter Pwned Behar. From every angle.
Tennman on February 20, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Why? TX is awesome.
Not from there. But lived there. Tyler in HS & San Antonio.
Both great places.
What’s wrong with pick-ups?
They are great bcs they can run over ‘green’ vehicles.
But seriously, pick-ups are also great bcs I can feed round bales with them & not the tractor. That is why I seriously love my pick-up.
I hate tractors.
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Ann’s UN answer was terrific. A lot of women despise Clooney so she’s not alone. I bought her book as soon as it came out… I wanted that thing sitting on the NYT bestseller list. Nobama.
These View women are intellectual embarrassments. The show is something I have to read in transcript form (thanks Allah). Whoopie has a brain but she’s unwatchable in this set-up.
Libs are so inherently mean, even when Hasselbeck tried defending Michelle Obama against media attacks the liberals put her down, just for showing compassion. It was some neutral topic, like clothing choices. So the left had to freak about that… as though she were trying to curry favor w/ the Obamas or something. Behar is especially noxious. SOOO glad Ann appeared, if just to take Joy to a new level of political discourse. No surprise she tried reaching for her Soros talking points.
Vermont Neighbor on February 20, 2009 at 3:57 PM
No mistaking this with the Nixon Frost interviews, huh? Sad what passes for political discourse these days. An entirely ill-informed host asking inane questions of the controversy ho herself. And one less attractive than the other. Ugh.
johnnynucleo on February 20, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Joy thought she was throwing them high and tight. Ann thinks that is right in her wheel house and then its out of the park.
cjs1943 on February 20, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Behar is soo out of her league trying to keep up with, and smack down on Ann.
Behar with the jab.
Coulter with the left hook, and another left hook, jab and an uppercut.
Behar is spitting out teeth now.
And it’s Coulter with a withering beatdown of Behar.
Cheers Ann.
Geronimo on February 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Exactly. Who said anything about pick-ups?
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Michael Savage called Behar a screaming Yenta.
V-rod on February 20, 2009 at 4:03 PM
yes, it’s true, Ann can be arrogant and condescending, etc. but she is one of the few that will gladly go toe to toe with those liberal pigs and shove their slop right back in their faces. and when she does, i smile, and every character flaw she has is instantly forgiven. instantly.
Ghoul aid on February 20, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I was assuming you were making a TX/redneck/pick-up gaff.
I guess I ASS-U-MEd too much.
Badger40 on February 20, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Behar didn’t stand a chance against Coulter. Ann ripped the bitch up and it was beautiful to watch.
jonezee on February 20, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Please. I’m from Texas. Need I say more or is the point hopelessly lost?
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 4:09 PM
You know Larry King obviously doesn’t give a flip about viewership when he gets “Joyless” to fill in. I guess the fireworks with Coulter may have paid off?
At any rate, I think Ann did great. Joyless really should try going to Iraq and talking to the troops and locals. Maybe then she’d stop referencing that “Bush lied and Iraq sucks!” about every 2 seconds. It’s old, Joyless. Get over yourself and come up with a new stand-up routine.
hockey2k5 on February 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM
That was surprisingly enjoyable.
Spirit of 1776 on February 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Yea, there is that. Ok, so I’ll watch the clip maybe it will make my day. Have to wait till I get home, my boss likes Joy ahahaha.
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM
And don’t forget the 8 years of his failed policies! They’ll never tire of that.
scalleywag on February 20, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Must be fun for a hilarious fun-loving woman like Behar to interview such a hateful uptight priss.
benny shakar on February 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM
My goodness, this is wonderful.
HuskerNate on February 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Must be fun to see the world through the looking glass.
MadisonConservative on February 20, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Trolls…
Zombiehero on February 20, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Love me some Ann, by the way Ann I am a conservative, you could give me a call anytime. Oh wait, not a rich guy. Dangit.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 20, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Two of my least favorite people in the world doing what they do. No thanks.
Mike D. on February 20, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Must be fun for a hilarious fun-loving woman like Behar to interview such a hateful uptight priss.
benny shakar on February 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Behar is a spiteful, hateful b—h. I have never seen where she was either funny of informative. She is exactly what you morons think Coulter is.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM
I just don’t get these liberals. There is no substitute for the facks, and the liberals always ignore the facts.
saiga on February 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Two of my least favorite people in the world doing what they do. No thanks.
Mike D. on February 20, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Yeah but the difference is that at least Coulter has wit and intellect. Behar and her coven have neither.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM
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