Joy Behar once again scolded conservatives for inflammatory rhetoric without realizing her own hypocrisy. On the February 28 edition of "The View," the panel spoke highly of the late William F. Buckley before Behar jumped in to compare the conservative icon to modern day conservatives. Behar chastised those who "name call and yell about things." Perhaps she should chastise herself.
In a span of a year, Behar called the Bush administration "liars and murderers," opponents of embryonic stem cell research "the extreme religious right," men "idiots" who "think with Mr. Happy," and suggested Republicans attend "Klan meetings." If Behar is concerned about name calling, she should clean up her own glass house first.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck noted that "we tend to high light those on the extremes." Hasselbeck pointed to Michael Moore as an example on the left, but could have mentioned former "View" panelist and September 11 conspiracy theorist Rosie O’Donnell.
The transcript is below.
JOY BEHAR: But I think that he would be very disappointed. I think he is probably, he just died. He has been- he disagreed with Bush on invading Iraq, and he believed that marijuana should be legalized. This is a conservative thinker mind you. And so it’s interesting to see where conservatism has come to. This guy, Cunningham, who attacked Barack Obama the other day, and John McCain had to apologize for it. He called himself a conservative. I don’t see that he can shine the shoes of William Buckley. Even some of the other pundits, so called, on television, who name call and yell about things. And he said about Barack, he called him Barack Hussein Mohammed Obama. Why did he have to put Mohammed in there? That’s not his name. That’s just to imply that he is connected to terrorism in some way. That is not a conservative position.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Let’s do-
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: And he is-
GOLDBERG: Go ahead.
HASSELBECK: I was just thinking that, you know, unfortunately we’re in a world where we kind of, we tend to high light those on the extremes. And there are incredible ways of dealing with things. There are intelligent ways of dealing with things. And then there are extreme ways of dealing with things. And unfortunately, those are the flashy ones, like what you are just mentioning, that are not typically aligned with the conservative moment. And-
BEHAR: Yeah, but they call themselves conservative, like Rush Limbaugh is another one.
HASSELBECK: Like Michael Moore calls himself a liberal. Do all liberals agree with Michael Moore? No.





















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Does anyone know what that
February 28, 2008 - 16:03 ET by rbosqueDoes anyone know what that idiot did before The View?
I don't remember ever reading about her. Seems like they plucked her from a mental institution and put her in front of the cameras.
With all the new cable
February 28, 2008 - 16:41 ET by Chris NormanWith all the new cable shows, television has made stars out of some unlikely people, including: chefs, fashion designers, tatoo artists, motorcycle builders, shallow housewives of Orange County, and bounty hunters, to name but a few - so why not an ignorant, possibly ex-insane asylum inmate like Behar?
Hey Chris...don't knock the
February 28, 2008 - 17:14 ET by motherbeltHey Chris...don't knock the chefs!! They are some of my favorite celebs!! LOL You're right tho...I think it's funny how they now have their own fan clubs...
mb, Cable has opened up a
February 28, 2008 - 17:25 ET by Chris Normanmb,
Cable shows have opened up a television career for just about anyone you can think of little people, crab fishermen, carpenters, Paris Hilton - I'm waiting for my own show - nah, that'd be too boring...
I'll say one thing...
February 28, 2008 - 17:34 ET by sarcasmoThat show (which is addictive television, and I find most "reality TV" boring as hell!) makes me appreciate eating crab legs from Alaska even-more. I think I might even bitch a bit less about the price these days, too.
JMR
A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.
Joy had a morning show
February 29, 2008 - 16:17 ET by Mica the MagnificentShe briefly had a morning radio show on New York's WABC Talk Radio. She was supposed to compete with Imus' radio show.
The few times I heard her, she was complaining about her treatment at the radio station, how she speaks up for her rights, or how men are such brutes.
Boring stuff.
What did Behar do before "The View"?
February 28, 2008 - 18:27 ET by PrairieSkyI was thinking the same thing...I think she did some comedy-maybe stand-up, but I'm not sure. What a smashing success she must have been, huh? Otherwise, why would she leave that behind and do "The View"? I love that she goes after conservatives for name-calling...I guess she hasn't taken a gander at sites like Huffington or Kos lately...
Men think with "Mr. Happy"
February 29, 2008 - 02:09 ET by jefflebowskiMaybe she is so irritable because she hasn't seen much of "Mr. Happy."
I believe that I would rather eat glass than be forced to watch that show.
Why, it's almost as if...
February 28, 2008 - 16:06 ET by sarcasmoThe View gals, like the rest of the biased news media, need to consider using a better political map than some simpleminded but outdated left-right line! Nah, we can't have anyone slip-up and say that "other" L-word!!! Dangerous thinking like that might threaten growing, productive industries.
JMR
A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.
liberal script through the decades
February 28, 2008 - 16:09 ET by candance1965: William Buckley is evil. That Barry Goldwater is evil too.
1980: Ronald Reagan is evil. Why can't he be more charming like Barry Goldwater?
2000: Bush is evil. Whu can't be more charming like Ronald Reagan?
2008: Rush Limbaugh is evil. Why can't he be more charming like William Buckley?
In 30 years: Michelle Malkin is evil. Why can't she be more charming like Rush Limbaugh?
30 years after that: [new conservative] is evil. Why can't they be more charming like Michelle Malkin?
Joy, you ignorant slut.
February 28, 2008 - 16:09 ET by mattmJoy, you ignorant slut.
motherbelt was right. The View is the short-bus version of Oprah
February 28, 2008 - 16:13 ET by R D HelmBarack Obama has no middle name. Just ask the Republican Party.
If that's so
February 28, 2008 - 16:18 ET by FastEdWhy don't they stop at a school and let Joy out??
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
"Barack Obama has no middle
February 28, 2008 - 16:36 ET by Chris Norman"Barack Obama has no middle name. Just ask the Republican Party."
RD,
I proposed this under another post with no response yet, so I'll try it again, because I think it's a prudent idea:
In the future, to avoid any negative connotations of using his full name or any part thereof, we should refer to the leading Democratic candidate as Senator B.O.
Comments?
Chris... Pretty soon we
February 28, 2008 - 16:39 ET by Clear thinkerChris...
Pretty soon we will have to forget his name altogether. Idiots like Rev Jackson will want us to call BHO "The Great African-American".
"Abstain from McCain"
I just thought that Senator
February 28, 2008 - 16:46 ET by Chris NormanI just thought that Senator B.O. had a nice ring to it - not that I think his ideas stink or anything (I don't want Sen. McCain to distance himself from me)
Chris,
February 28, 2008 - 16:46 ET by R D HelmSorry, I have contractors running around installing a new furnace. They have been here since 8:00 this morning.
I like Senator B.O. It fits. It will probably work, too, until some lib decides we are saying that he stinks.
But, I think it will be okay, because McCain will no-doubt promptly apologize just as soon as he hears the complaint, then the Republican Party will issue an edict threatening anyone who suggests that Obama is in any way malodorous.
Barack Obama has no middle name. Just ask the Republican Party.
I suppose that's why he
February 28, 2008 - 16:57 ET by Chris NormanI suppose that's why he doesn't wear monogrammed shirts? :)
I see you found a way to fix those furnace problems of last week...
Chris,
February 28, 2008 - 17:40 ET by R D HelmLOL-Yeah, forking over $2600 will usually do it. :-O
I can't wait to see what happens if a republican actually calls Obama a (gasp!) liberal. Will McCain apologize for that, too? I wonder what the Republican Party will do? Demand a retraction?
This whole thing with Obama is getting out of hand.
Barack Obama has no middle name. Just ask the Republican Party.
Getting out of hand?
February 28, 2008 - 18:13 ET by Chris NormanGetting out of hand? Getting? Getting?
I nominate your comment for the understatement hall of fame. :)
Calling Sen B.O. a liberal will be called racist, as it plays into the stereotype of all African Americans being liberals. I'm getting good at anticipating the dem/media method of spinning legitimate criticism into a "racist comment".
Chris,
February 28, 2008 - 18:23 ET by R D HelmLOL-I was trying not to start a panic, as I am already pretty much there.
Barack Obama has no middle name. Just ask the Republican Party.
B.O. should work since
February 28, 2008 - 17:31 ET by BuffNBoneB.O. should work since that's the one criticism his wife could think of.
"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"
Huckabee didn't change his name..
February 28, 2008 - 16:59 ET by JayTeeI think it was Chris Matthead that critiqued "Huckabee" as a absurd name for a President ? ?
BO, B-HO, anyway you cut it, it's another "Dubya" for the MSM and company (especially NB'ers)
R D.....
February 28, 2008 - 17:15 ET by motherbeltThanks for the h/t..
motherbelt,
February 28, 2008 - 17:28 ET by R D HelmI caught my mom watching The View earlier, and I chided her for watching the short-bus version of Oprah.
She thought it was the funniest thing she had ever heard.
Barack Obama has no middle name. Just ask the Republican Party.
I think Mica the Magnificent
February 28, 2008 - 16:25 ET by fonzie2178summed it up perfectly the other day...
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/justin-mccarthy/2008/02/25/joy-behar-finds-ralph-nader-sexy#comments
More lies
February 28, 2008 - 16:28 ET by Prester JohnNone of the clips I heard had Cunningham throwing "Mohammed" into Obama's name.
Will Behar offer a retraction?
Prester... Looks like she lied.
February 28, 2008 - 16:54 ET by Gary HallLooks like Joy Behar has earned herself a name.. "a liar."
Hey'd you ever notice that when big name "liberal" players call their own names, that the MSM (and the likes of Joy Behar) don't get all bent out of shape. Instead, they make damn good and sure that it's kept as quiet as possible:
Big tme Clinton supporter Hollywood mogul David Geffen,
Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey said of Bill Clinton:
One has to wonder how many times such name calling has shown up in the media? 3 - 4 times perhaps?
Apparently he has called
February 28, 2008 - 17:19 ET by motherbeltApparently he has called him that on his radio show.
From H&C "rush" transcript Feb. 27:
COLMES: Let me point out that on your
radio — what you're ignoring, Bill, is on your radio show didn't you
call him Barack Hussein Mohammed Obama?
CUNNINGHAM: Well, I did call him that once, because Mohammed is the greatest prophet of God according to...
COLMES:
I see. So why did you add a name that wasn't his name? Now you're
acting like, "I just said his name." You didn't do that. You actually
inserted the name "Mohammed" to his name. Why did you do that?
CUNNINGHAM:
I believed at the time that his confirmation and one of his names was
Mohammed, and I rescinded the statement. I said Barack Hussein Obama.
I stand corrected
February 28, 2008 - 17:26 ET by Prester JohnI had only heard the clips from the McCain event. But note how, if Behar picked this up from H&C, she left out the tidbit about Cunningham saying he rescinded it.
she left out the tidbit
February 28, 2008 - 17:48 ET by motherbeltshe left out the tidbit about Cunningham saying he rescinded it.
Well, that's not exactly a surprise, is it?
OK.. oh, oops..
February 28, 2008 - 18:59 ET by Gary HallBut she still ain't walking on any water here.
Personally, I don't like that kind of talk that Cunningham presented, but in fact, and in truth, it's rather mild and rare compared to the constant flood of venom coming out of the left wing media, the MSM media, the Liberal talk radio, and the left wing blogs.
You got that right,
February 28, 2008 - 20:49 ET by motherbeltYou got that right, Gary. All one has to do is listen to Keith (this administration has devolved into a criminal conspiracy to cover the a$$ of George Bush) Olbermann to get an idea of the venom on the left.
Cunningham made fun of Obama's plans to go around the world and "talk" to people, and then all our problems would be done, and our enemies would be singing "Kumbaya" at Obama's table. He used words like "hack" and "great prophet" but that's what radio commentators/entertainers do, for crying out loud!
Isn't that pretty much what Her Royal Clintoness said in this speech? Cunningham's delivery wasn't as refined and flowery, but they said pretty much the same thing about his "magical thinking."
Lowering The Bar
February 28, 2008 - 16:51 ET by rammingspeedJoy Behar's thoughts on politics add to intelligent discourse the way a kindergartner's finger painting adds to art.
Aw, RS
February 28, 2008 - 17:00 ET by MassConservI'd rather look at finger paintings than listen to Joy's thought process.
finger painting over "art"
February 28, 2008 - 19:36 ET by wizardjrI'd rather look at the finger paintings and chat with the little artists than spend one second dealing with what passes as "art" today - feces, urine, desecration, etc.
I'd rather goto a
February 28, 2008 - 17:15 ET by d4manI'd rather goto a proctologist 5 times a week then listen to Joy's hypocrisy.......Someone called her an ignorant slut, very good analogy.
Dick Cheney is MY HERO!!
Okay ...
February 28, 2008 - 17:50 ET by drillanwrCan't blame today's migraine on Joy Bearhair (woke up with one) ... But CAN blame a possible near-future Tylenol overdose on her ...
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
That's why I keep the duct
February 28, 2008 - 18:03 ET by motherbeltThat's why I keep the duct tape handy.....
There's just so much
February 28, 2008 - 18:11 ET by wiwfThere's just so much counterevidence that I won't even bother posting.
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Who cares one little bit
February 28, 2008 - 19:09 ET by bigtimerWho cares one little bit about this dolt...or the show.
Apparently Justin...?
February 28, 2008 - 19:11 ET by balboaApparently Justin...?
LOL boa... True...guess
February 28, 2008 - 19:19 ET by bigtimerLOL boa...
True...guess you have a point, poor ol' Justin....hope he is making money worth the torture of watching.
I'd have to get a pretty
February 28, 2008 - 19:24 ET by balboaI'd have to get a pretty nice check and solid benefits before I watched The View on a regular basis.
I miss when Molly Shanon, Sheri Oteri, etc., used to spoof the View. It was pretty funny stuff. They were always telling whoever was playing Debbie Matenopoulos to shut up.
bal, just for you -
February 29, 2008 - 00:22 ET by drillanwrYou may have already seen this, and it's not the SNL cast, but still a real good "pot-shot" at the hen house:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JiYD21fnTT8
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
I'd still like to know...
February 28, 2008 - 19:41 ET by wizardjrwho actually watches this show? with an IQ larger than their hat size, that is?
I spend most of my TV time on the Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, History International, etc., in lieu of most anything on 'regular' TV. My wife's even given up on it and watches the Game Show Channel.
What an insult to women,
February 28, 2008 - 19:55 ET by Chris NormanWhat an insult to women, that in a show devoted to women discussing the issues of the day, they come up with these nincompoops and loud-mouthed dullards to represent women and their points of view.
Chris... It is
February 28, 2008 - 20:03 ET by bigtimerChris...
It is aggravating to say the least at times.
BT, Millions upon millions
February 28, 2008 - 20:08 ET by Chris NormanBT,
Millions upon millions of women and if these are the best they can come up with...
Chris... What is even
February 28, 2008 - 20:11 ET by bigtimerChris...
What is even scarier is the brain dead people who watch this crap.
and think they're engaging
February 28, 2008 - 20:17 ET by Chris Normanand think they're engaging in "intelligent television"...and then GO and VOTE...
If an infinite number of
February 29, 2008 - 00:10 ET by JerryIf an infinite number of monkeys with an infinite number of typewriters could eventually reproduce all of the great works of literature, surely one baboon with one mouth could eventually produce one logical statement. Sadly, Joy is doing her best to disprove my theory.
I can't bear to watch Behar lay bare her ignorance. Ohhh, I need a Bayer.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).