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</div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We're not positive, but Bob Beckel may have just lost it.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Fox News host went off on conservative author Jason Mattera on Wednesday for his attempt to interview former Internal Revenue Service official <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/02/lois-lerner-crazies_n_5644376.html" target="hplink" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lois Lerner</a>. A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u88vMSbX_xA&app=desktop" target="hplink" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">video</a>released Monday shows Mattera <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/jason-mattera-chased-lois-lerner-asking-questions-about-irs-targeting-scandal" target="hplink" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">confronting</a> Lerner in her neighborhood while she was walking her dogs, drilling her with questions and even following her up to her neighbors front door.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Some have <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/10/do-you-approve-of-media-confronting-lois-lerner-in-her-neighborhood-reader-poll/" target="hplink" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">justified</a> Mattera's invasive approach as justified because he is targeting her just as <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/30/lois-lerner-emails-n_5634379.html" target="hplink" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">she targeted</a> the GOP.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Others, like Beckel, were completely outraged. Like, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">really</em> outraged. Here's what he had to say to Mattera on Wednesday:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"You're twice as young as I am, you're a punk, you're a coward, and my name is Bob Beckel, and I would like you to call me anytime, anyplace, and let's you and I discuss it because you're a coward [...] You pick on people and you deserve to have your [butt] kicked and I want to do it. So get in touch with me."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Bring a knife, punk," he concluded.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mattera later responded to Beckel's threat <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/conservative-journo-responds-to-bob-beckels-physical-fight-threat/" target="_hplink" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">in an email</a> to Mediaite:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Bob Beckel issued a challenge on television to meet me anytime, anyplace," he wrote. “I’m naming the place: How about [tomorrow] on The Five? What time would you like me to appear, Bob? I look forward to our national debate on effective journalism.</p></div>