"Besides, those guys know what the show is about before they get there. If the guests are stupid enough to go on Hardball and expect powderpuff questions, then they deserve to be ripped up by Matthews."
Well its not that his answers are that hardball, rather his interupting and bloviating preventing the person from answering the question is what makes it hardball. But your right, they dont have to go on. I wouldn't personally, cause violence does not solves things but sometimes it makes you feel real good.