Joy Behar Gushes: Obama's SOTU Speech Was Reaganesque!
Joy Behar, on Wednesday's edition of The View, delivered a rave review for Barack Obama's State of the Union of Speech as she gushed that it was "equivalent to Ronald Reagan's 'Morning in America' speech" and added "Republicans can embrace him" now. Behar then went on to say the President's speech, that was devoted to the kind of class warfare talk The Gipper would have despised, should motivate the Republicans to "start cooperating" and "stop this gridlock because it's not patriotic!" (Video after the jump)
Aside from not recognizing that Reagan would not have supported Obama’s call to soak the rich, Behar demonstrated her lack of presidential history by not realizing the famous "Morning in America" line came from a Reagan political ad, not a speech.
The following is the full outburst from Behar as it was aired on the January 25, 2012 edition of ABC's The View:
JOY BEHAR: His speech was equivalent to Ronald Reagan's "Morning in America" speech, which was a positive outlook on the world and I think that Republicans can embrace him because of Ronald Reagan. It is very similar to that. It's positive, it's optimistic. He actually believes that they're gonna cooperate with him...From his mouth to God's ears they should start cooperating and get this country going and stop this gridlock because it's not patriotic!
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it will be JOY to the world
Submitted by jkwtrading on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 3:55pm.
it will be JOY to the world when you shut your trap!
Oh, please God, help Obama
Submitted by Tim Graham on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 3:57pm.
God's ears? Joy Behar doesn't believe in God's ears, does she?
His speech was ... was ... so
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 3:56pm.
His speech was ... was ... so Karl Marx.
Reaganesque?
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 3:58pm.
Gee, you think most left-wingers would consider that a bad thing...
Mark my words, someday, after George W. Bush has passed away, left-wing talking heads will beatify him to use against conservatives.
P.S. I'd hate to be the guy who has to mop up her slobber after these episodes.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
They used to
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:07pm.
But since 2010, the DNC and the WH have decided that Reagan was really acceptible (in hindsight) because he compromised on raising taxes, and therefore GOP candidates should be like Reagan.
They'll cease the positive-Reagan comparisons if the Republican gets elected.
Behar obviously got the talking points: Republicans should embrace Obama's SOTU agenda despite the fact that it is mainly a repeat of his 2009, 2010, and 2011 addresses.
Empty rhetoric praised by empty heads. No surprise.
right - since when is Reagan
Submitted by TruthMonger on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:16pm.
right - since when is Reagan admired by the loony left...? I missed it...
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Gridlock and not cooperating
Submitted by tcm14 on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:12pm.
Gridlock and not cooperating with Obama is unpatriotic?
Hmmm, I remember the Dems considered gridlock to be the height of patriotism when Bush was President.
Stupidity.......
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:15pm.
unlike genius, knows no limits.
Stupidity, Joy is thy name.
I could go on, but I'll just go on.
Speechifying 101
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:14pm.
Considering the speech was written at an 8th grade level, it kind of makes sense she thought it was so great.
She "done" gradutated 6th grade you know and she can cypher like nobodies business.
Behar
Submitted by NOLAgirl on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:21pm.
is an idiot... On that, we can all agree.
Now, why are Libs so darned determined to compare Obama to Reagan if they hate conservatives so much anyway? Why do they want Obama to be like Reagan at all?
Reaganesque . . .
Submitted by Lakewood Ed on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:33pm.
Reaganesque . . . whaaa?
That makes no sense on so many levels.
Consider this...
Submitted by retrocon on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:47pm.
the speech was written at an eight grade reading level, so she OBVIOUSLY didn't understand what he was saying.
A little above her level but..
Submitted by KornKing on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:56pm.
Obama farting would seem reaganesque to Behar
Coming out of disgusting mouth,
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 5:17pm.
"Reagan" is a four letter word to liberals and I hope she gagged on it.
but democrats hated Reagan
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 5:41pm.
Democrats and liberals hated Reagan when he was alive. They only started "loving" him after he was dead. We know the ugly truth though, they still despise him and all he stood for. They denigrated him and called him every nasty name they could think of.
But let me be clear. OBAMA IS NO REAGAN. He is not qualified to clean Reagan's shoes. Counting down the days until he is defeated. Go away, Obama, I don't want to hear you voice or see your ugly face ever again. You make me sick.
Behar is a complete dipsh!t.
Submitted by ray johnson on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 5:53pm.
Behar is a complete dipsh!t. How does she still have a job, and for that matter, a job commenting on current events.
If I EVER
Submitted by nolefan2 on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 7:38pm.
am caught watching "The Spew" please just send me to the afterlife. There are enough things in life to get me stressed out than voluntarily spending time in front of the boob tube listening to these washed up hags trashing everything Republican and Conservative. God Bless Elizabeth Hasselbeck for she has more patience than I ever will.
Reaganesque?
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 8:02pm.
I never heard Reagan talk like a dictator, you commie twit!
I used to think...
Submitted by shayne62 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 2:30am.
I used to think Behar was an idiot. Now, I know it as fact. Seriously? Does anyone actually care what she says? I don't even think the people who watch her think she has a brain in her head.
Looks like they finally
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:21am.
Looks like they finally figured out that D's and their "vision" is poison down ticket, so they are trying to co-opt Reagan to pretend they aren't out to "fundamentally transform America"
It *might* work on the clueless surface voters that liked Carter and the young 'uns.
Ronald Reagan
DNC Talking Point
Submitted by Fenwick on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:44am.
It has been obvious to me for some time now that the whole "Obama is like Reagan" meme is a DNC talking point that has been dealt out to the Media to help them frame the Almighty O's re-election bid, primarily because he needs to replicate Reagan's re-election success of 1984. If anyone is serious about comparing Obama to Reagan, they need to listen to ALL of Reagan's speeches from his famous "A Time for Choosing" speech on, all the way to his farewell speech. Reagan was considered a radical crackpot, even "Hitleresque", by the media of his day. He vowed to get rid of the nascent Department of Education; he labeled calls for national health care a subversive socialist creep to power; he preached "Peace through Strength" and tagged the Soviet Union as the Evil Empire. Reagan also had a superb, unrehearsed sense of humor, a natural disarming charm and a genuine optimistic belief in the average American's ability to run his own life without help/interference from the Federal governmet. Yeah, that sure sounds like Obama all right... [/sarc]