Ann Coulter offers Joy Behar a solution for that pesky "Jewish interviewer" problem

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 06:17 PST
Joy Behar vs. Ann Coulter: The smackdown



As the smartest, funniest and most consistently liberal voice on "The View," Joy Behar has long been my favorite co-host. But last night, when she guest hosted "Larry King Live," Behar cemented her place in my heart. In an interview (posted below, in its entirety) with the noxious Ann Coulter, she was everything King has never been -- insightful, reactive, intelligent and more than willing to call bullshit when she saw it. And while Coulter is obviously ridiculous and certainly no feminist, it occurred to me as I was watching how rare it is to see two women discussing politics on a hard news program.

When the women discussed Coulter's recent appearance on "The View," Behar took her interviewee to task for claiming that Barbara Walters read an excerpt from her book "Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America" as though it were "Mein Kampf." The statement could be seen as insensitive, Behar pointed out, because Walters is Jewish. Backed into another corner, Coulter offered her bigoted comment du jour: "If you can't mention Hitler or 'Mein Kampf' when anyone Jewish is interviewing you, then how about not having Jewish people interview?" Ah, yes. Get rid of the Jews. That would solve the problem!

Later in the interview, Behar called Coulter out for referring to former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as "retarded." The only response Coulter could think of was, "But I think he actually is," following up with the half-joke, "I think it is outrageous for the media to pick on a retarded press secretary and then treat him like he's suddenly Zarathustra."

Behar ended the discussion on the topic of single mothers, whom Coulter denounces in "Guilty" as being responsible for, among other things, 80 percent of the prison population. Behar's simplest question of the night was also her most effective: "Why don't you blame the men who knock these women up?"

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/02/20/behar_coulter/

[ColbertWatcher]

1. Coulter got taken down by Joy Behar. LOL!

No offense to Behar, but that's probably why Coulter has never been on Dr. Colbert's show.

It would be a beautiful thing indeed.

[MADem]

2. Joy Behar has more brains in her crap than Coulter has in her head!

It's like sending Joe Lewis in the ring against Shirley Temple!

[katanalori]

3. and this-

Coulter went on to say ALL single moms should be required to give up their babies for adoption. When Joy asked specifically about Bristol Palin, Coultergeist said Bristol should be required to give up Tripp.
This should be fun - Coulter and SARAH, two nasty narcissists will now be at each others throats.
Get popcorn.

[MADem]

7. Ha! She's nuttier than we credited her! nt

[tigereye]

4. I love Joy - she is wonderful.

[blogslut]

5. I didn't know it was Joy that interviewed her

Now, I'll have to see it.

[gratuitous]

6. Little Arfin' Annie clearly off her game

The rumor that a pie was lurking on the premises clearly drove her to distraction. The jury's still out on whether her greatest fear would be that someone would smack her in the face with it, or make her eat it.

[Baikonour]

8. Ugh, why is CNN giving this monster an outlet to spew shit?