The right - scared of debate

From Rush and Malloy of The Daily News:

‘Debate’ vs. Coulter-geist

Tough-talking Ann Coulter wouldn’t say a word last night.

At the last minute, the conservative pundit canceled her appearance opposite best-selling “”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312315600/tristanmedial-20">Big Lies"</a> author Joe Conason on CNBC’s “Kudlow & Cramer” – this after having programmers change the debate to fit her schedule.

One might think the roundtable, which featured Wall Streeter James Cramer and Reaganite Lawrence Kudlow, would be a breeze for Coulter. Could she have been afraid of facing Conason, whose book presents evidence that her arguments are ill-researched and calls her lifestyle hypocritical?

Coulter didn’t answer our E-mail.

Meanwhile, we hear fellow right-wing tough guy Bill O’Reilly won’t even let Conason on his show. (The Fox News Channel star – fingered by Matt Drudge as the instigator of Fox News’ much-derided lawsuit against Al Franken’s “”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525947647/tristanmedial-20">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right</a>" – wouldn’t comment.)