The Enablers

Few people have polluted our nation's political discourse more than the hateful, vicious Ann Coulter, as ugly and malicious a human being in spirit as any I have ever seen in my life. You would think someone who spews that many lies and utters that many "joking" death threats against her opponents would not be given a prominent national platform from which to do so. You'd be wrong. MediaMatters, one of the most invaluable resources we have, has the story:

According to the Nexis search, since April 28, 1997, Coulter has appeared 117 times on CNBC, seven times on NBC News, and 70 times on MSNBC for a total of 194 interviews. Nexis does not transcribe every show on every network, so these figures represent only those interviews that Media Matters could verify. For example, Nexis does not transcribe CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, where, on July 26, 2006, as Media Matters documented, Coulter asserted that former President Bill Clinton exhibits "some level of latent homosexuality." Coulter has also been interviewed on The Tonight Show, which is not transcribed in Nexis.

According to the review, Coulter has been interviewed on at least 13 different NBC and NBC-affiliate programs -- including MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC's Scarborough Country, MSNBC's Tucker (formerly The Situation with Tucker Carlson), MSNBC's The Abrams Report, MSNBC's Deborah Norville Tonight, MSNBC's Buchanan & Press, MSNBC's Saturday Final with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC's Phil Donahue, NBC's Today, CNBC's Kudlow & Company (formerly Kudlow & Cramer), CNBC's Rivera Live, CNBC's Equal Time, and CNBC's Upfront Tonight. Additionally, since April 29, 2003, Coulter has been interviewed 36 times by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. Since June 26, 2002, Coulter has been interviewed 21 times by MSNBC host Chris Matthews. Further, from December 16, 1997, to August 14, 2001, Coulter was interviewed 69 times on CNBC's Rivera Live hosted by Geraldo Rivera.

Coulter, of course, can say anything she wants. But she damn well doesn't have the automatic right to a national television audience. Coulter hurls phony, slanderous, bullshit allegations every time she appears on TV. NBC has been letting this hideous person do this again and again. It's far past time they pulled the plug.

My God, I hate that woman. As the old saying goes, I wouldn't piss down her throat if her heart was on fire.