Rush Limbaugh is a terrorist. That according to Joy Behar, who said so on the October 22 edtion of "The View." Barbara Walters, who previously only held such a standard for Elisabeth Hasselbeck, called out both Behar and Hasselbeck for allegedly never diverting from a partisan or ideological line. Hasselbeck defended herself noting past criticisms of Rush Limbaugh. Joy Behar, who also called Sean Hannity a "Dangerous Force in America," immediately jumped in and shouted that Rush Limbaugh is "not a Republican" but a "terrorist." [audio excerpt here]
As Joy Behar has previously described friendly exchanges with the king of talk radio in the past, one has to wonder if such a line was to attract attention. After branding the conservative icon a "terrorist" Behar proclaimed "you heard it hear ladies and gentlemen." Hasselbeck replied "make your news headline."
The transcript of the conversation follows.
JOY BEHAR: There are two other reasons I think. One of them was that Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson interview put the nail in her coffin because you saw that she was totally inarticulate, and as Bill Maher says "the sentence to nowhere was taking place."
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: What about Joe Biden who can’t, doesn’t know how-
BEHAR: We’ve known that grenade for many years, okay? We know Joe Biden very well. We have just heard of this woman a month ago, two months ago. That was one thing. The other thing is that the right wing establishment people in the newspapers, Peggy Noonan, George Will, David Brooks, have all turned on her. These are very, very important representatives of the Republican base, party. They’re intellectual and that’s how they pooh-pooh it. They say "oh, they’re just intellectuals" as if there’s something wrong with being smart. David Brooks, who has been really behind the Republican party in "The New York Times" for many many moons now, has called Sarah Palin a cancer on the Republican party.
HASSELBECK: That’s one opinion. That’s one opinion.
BEHAR: Well, I’m just saying he’s a-
HASSELBECK: You didn’t used to like his opinion before. All of a sudden-
BEHAR: Listen, you used to love Bush. Now do you love him still?
HASSELBECK: Look, I’m not- this isn’t about loving Bush. I respected him. I think has our country been safe for the past couple of years? Indeed it has.
BEHAR: We don’t know why yet.
HASSELBECK: I think there’s a certain amount of respect that we need to pay to that.
BEHAR: We’re not sure why.
HASSELBECK: Okay, you tell me why then.
BEHAR: I don’t know anymore than you do.
HASSELBECK: It’s not because of anything Barack Obama has done or will do.
BEHAR: Barack Obama was the one voice that said "don’t go into Iraq."
HASSELBECK: When? When?
BEHAR: Before we went in!
[applause]
HASSELBECK: When he was a state- he was a state senator. He was a state senator.
BEHAR: So what? So what?
HASSELBECK: And then he was against the surge. Barack Obama’s knowledge in terms of the military- here’s what I find interesting. The three people who have kids fighting for us right now, Sarah Palin, John McCain, and Joe Biden have all said Barack Obama is not fit to be commander-in-chief. Pay attention to that.
BARBARA WALTERS: No, no, no, sorry.
HASSELBECK: Yes they have. They have.
WALTERS: I have never heard Joe Biden say he’s not fit to be-
HASSELBECK: He said "it is not the time for on the job training." Right now he is not- I’ll read it.
WALTERS: No, he has not said- that’s an incorrect quote. He has made-
HASSELBECK: He has stood by it.
WALTERS: He has said things, but he has not made that-
HASSELBECK: He has stood by it.
WALTERS: He has not said that, so I would like us to try to be as accurate as possible.
HASSELBECK: I’ll get the exact quote. It’s, it’s almost exactly like that.
WALTERS: He, well, when you have the exact quote of Joe Biden the say-
BEHAR: Why would he mean that? Why would he say it and mean it when he’s the vice presidential candidate?
[...]
WALTERS: Can I ask you both a question since I’m sitting in the moderator or the mediators chair? Is there ever a time when you like Barack Obama and the Democrats? Is there ever a time when you like John McCain and the Republicans?
BEHAR: I like John McCain as a person. I’ve said it this morning. When he comes on this show, when he’s backstage with us, he’s a lot of fun. The John McCain that I’m seeing now is not the same guy that I see backstage.
HASSELBECK: That is such a line.
BEHAR: He’s not. He’s just a figurehead.
WALTERS: So you always state-
HASSELBECK: But he is the most beautifying figure in the Senate. Barack Obama is so far left-
[applause]
WALTERS: Elisabeth, Elisabeth. Do you ever, ever doubt anything about the Republicans? Do you ever doubt, well, you’re saying-
HASSELBECK: Sure, I’ve sat here and I talked about Rush Limbaugh.
BEHAR: He’s not a Republican.
HASSELBECK: I actually, when Barack Obama gave his speech and I said this, when I have said I-
BEHAR: He’s a terrorist. Rush Limbaugh is a terrorist. You heard it here ladies and gentlemen.
[applause]
HASSELBECK: Make your news headline. The-
WALTERS: I mean people running, people. Can I get into-
HASSELBECK: When I came here, Barack Obama actually could have potentially had my vote after his speech at the R- DNC.
BEHAR: Oh, come on!
HASSELBECK: You don’t believe me?
BEHAR: No, I don’t.
HASSELBECK: Call me a liar then Joy.
BEHAR: No, not that you’re lying, you’re being delusional.
HASSELBECK: I believe I was the first person to say- no I’m not being delusional.
[laughter]
BEHAR: I just don’t believe that. That is like me saying-
HASSELBECK: Do you want some more Barack Obama Kool-Aid or what would you like?
BEHAR: That is like saying I would have voted for George Bush. That was low, but we’re okay





BEHAR: We’ve known that grenade for many years, okay? We know Joe Biden very well. We have just heard of this woman a month ago, two months ago. That was one thing. The other thing is that the right wing establishment people in the newspapers, Peggy Noonan, George Will, David Brooks, have all turned on her. These are very, very important representatives of the Republican base, party. They’re intellectual and that’s how they pooh-pooh it. They say "oh, they’re just intellectuals" as if there’s something wrong with being smart. David Brooks, who has been really behind the Republican party in "The New York Times" for many many moons now, has called Sarah Palin a cancer on the Republican party.















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I wish Hasselbeck had said,
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:19 ET by motherbeltI wish Hasselbeck had said, yes, Obama was against the surge, but now because the surge (which he opposed) has worked, he can believeably talk about pulling out troops!
No, dumbass...
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:21 ET by The DistributistThis is a video about a real terrorist, and the fruit of his poison loins:
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
Behar - delusional
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:26 ET by Sergeant ROCKI don't think that Behar would realize what a real terrorist is even as she felt the blade of his knife bite into her neck.
PALIN/McCain 2008
It would really be nice if
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:27 ET by bigtimerIt would really be nice if we would quit giving this b!tch along with her vitriolic blather and this irrelevant show any attention at all...
It seems to me all we are doing is aiding and abetting these mindless leftist twits, daily now.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
AMEN
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:33 ET by NortoAMEN!!!!!!!
Ouch
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:29 ET by bschoomI get physical pain reading this transcript. It hurts.
Ms Hasselbeck has to be a very strong person. I'd be like a Jerry Springer guest after being on the 'View' in a matter of minutes with Joy Blowhar.
Let me help you out, Joy
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:34 ET by KevpotLet me help you out, Joy and Baba Wawa, since you are clearly incapable of doing your job...
”I think he can be ready, but right now I don’t believe he is. The
presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.”
–Joe Biden, on Barack Obama - 2007
He didn't say that, girls?
Hasselbeck had the exact
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:48 ET by motherbeltRight now he is not- I’ll read it. -Hasselbeck
Hasselbeck had the exact quote handy; notice that Walters would NOT let her read it.
But then, coming from a
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:36 ET by winston smithBut then, coming from a moron like Behar, who could really take the statement with any seriousness --- except for other morons, of course.
Winston... Like the
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 16:22 ET by Clear thinkerWinston...
Like the idiots in the audience that applauded her when she said it?
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It's more of a counter
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:36 ET by mattmIt's more of a counter attack against the truth that her savior, Obama, is buddies with unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers, than an attention-getting ploy.
I do believe you're
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:55 ET by motherbeltI do believe you're right.
Nyah, Nyah! Obama knows a terrorist...Rush Limbaugh IS a terrorist! So there!
Once again, Joy speaks, and removes all doubt.
Ms Joy will look real good in a Berka once BHO takes over
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:36 ET by JIMMY1660allow me to love America -Joy has never seen a terroist, unless she has a photo of BHO and Khalid al Monsour or BHO and Bill Ayers.
Easy to call el Rushbo, have her define, identify.
and there are BHO and his merry men,
Joy Blowhard...
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:37 ET by LionKing"blah, blah, ... Rush Limbaugh is a terrorist. Bush is like Hitler. The Constitution says there has to be a separation of church and state."
Joy is an idiot.
Terrorism is the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an
organized group against people or property with the intention of
intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for
ideological or political reasons.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day; Bush is like Hitler in that they both are men.
WINNER OF THE HELEN THOMAS LIP MOUSTACHE CONTEST
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:39 ET by SgthulkaJoy Behar = Bella Abzug without the sexiness.
Or the big
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 16:13 ET by celatorOr the big hat..;+}.
Unbelievable.....you can
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:43 ET by MillerTimeWarpUnbelievable.....you can have the recording of Biden saying something, and these Liberals can twist it. Was going to say spin, but twist is more appropriate. They're all twisted.
I would rather be a Conservative nut job, than a Liberal with no nuts and no job
Hope Democrats Win
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:44 ET by AndyRThis way all these leftwing lunatics will be out of a job.
As nuts as this sounds,
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:47 ET by MillerTimeWarpAs nuts as this sounds, part of me (not sure which part) would get a sick pleasure of seeing ObamaNot win. Maybe all the "minorities" will stop whining, stop playing the victim card. Would enjoy watching the MSM try and justify all his future F'ups.
I would rather be a Conservative nut job, than a Liberal with no nuts and no job
Unfortunately Not
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 15:23 ET by GothampcThis would never happen because every mistake Obama made would be blamed on someone else. His mistakes so far have all been blamed on someone else.
Look at Nancy Pelosi and Reid, they blame all their mistakes on Bush, any Republican, or the weather. Nobody calls them on their crap.
It's Just RDS....
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:44 ET by Grym"Rush Derangment Syndrome" unfortunately she has a terminal case. It sad to see that the Left may have at one time been seen as the open minded tolerant college educated intellects that would sit down and discuss the finer points of political and social issues.
Alas those days are long gone becuase of the liberaly dominated education system and media which has endoctrinated the sheeple of society that if you don't agree with somene and can't argue your ponits on merit just call them baseless names.
The View!?!
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:44 ET by badcleatsFirst, as a man, why would a desireable little lady like Hasselbeck want to associate on a one sided pannel like that, especially with a group that looks like home made soap, and shows no respect for her? She can do a lot better than that. Secondly.....How do you sit and watch a program like that for one hour? Root canal would be a good comparison.
Behar sexually wants Hannity and Limbaugh
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:45 ET by Lame CherryI keep posting the fact that Joy Behar is aroused over Limbaugh and Hannity and named it the Hot Hannity Syndrome, because it is real.
I know I don't bother allot in details to let detractors chew on something as they always react to meat dangled in front of them, but here are the facts.
Go through Rush Limbaugh's archives sometime and just listen to him when he deliberately puts on the air some liberal woman. He will listen to her rant like Behar, then "insult" her by calling her baby or something to just get her to go off.
Soon enough, these liberal women are responding to Rush calling them sweetie.
These liberal women want a man like Rush or Sean in their lives to butch them around. Rush knows this and it is hilarious when he does it and these women just swoon over him being man and not some wimp like Harry Smith.
I know I tease Mr. Hannity on here about it to make the point, but he is more than enough gentleman to handle the ribbing here. The fact is though Joy Behar in combining Rush and Sean now wants a 3 way with them.
That is very amusing in her begging Hannity and Limbaugh to notice her and they won't even bother because they know this woman's game as one of the big secrets Hannity and Limbaugh keep is they have numerous liberal women hitting on them all the time.
The bright boy and girl Conservatives always leave cookie crumbs for the baying liberal hounds to trail as they are so easy to take the bait.
I won't reveal any more as Doc Limbaugh would not want all the nuance out of the numerous things that genius of human nature accomplishes each day. He deserves his big salary when he has be like Hannity assaulted by Behar's cleavage daily begging a response from them.
Go get em Joy, woof lol.
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Behar wants Joe
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:51 ET by Sergeant ROCKI think you might be correct. Maybe she finds liberal men weak, feminine and lacking in most manly areas?
She really wants a man like 'Joe the plumber', I think.
PALIN/McCain 2008
A man like Joe the Plumber
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 15:04 ET by Tim the EnchanterA man like Joe the Plumber wouldn't have her. Plumbers have very high standards.
Yeah and...
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 16:25 ET by MightyMouth...Plumbers are good at "laying pipe" <wink, wink> but there are just some sewers they won't enter! :-)
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Good God!
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 18:31 ET by RukusThere is this thing called a SPEW ALERT! This gonna take at least 2 super-absorbant towels to clean up! Suprised the keyboard still works! What a waste of good vodka! Sewers, ROTFLMAO! OK, off to get those towels, thanks!
"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"
more moral relativism
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:53 ET by mbuelSo, is the left trying to prove time and time again how morally corrupt they are?
The very fact that they can compare Ayers, IslamoFascists and other terrorists to ANYTHING Rush has said or done is absolutely dumb founding!
(Rush is playing this clip right now.)
This is Moral Relativism at it's absolute finest.
I'd like to see a vote on
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:54 ET by oldArmyI'd like to see a vote on NewsBusters on wether or not to continue reporting on here what these USELESS WINDBAGS say during their show. Can we just stop with this?
Talk Shows
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:55 ET by GothampcThe problem with today's talk shows is that nobody can get an entire thought out. If Behar were allowed to talk for five minutes straight, we'd see how stupid she is. Because she's constantly interrupted the subject continually changes and no thoughts are brought to their conclusion.
It's the same on Hannity & Colmes. You get three people talking at once and it just becomes noise.
Joy along with others on the Kool-Aid
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:55 ET by KeasterIt is obvious to the sane in this country that Joy and millions living un-American in America are going to control this election. The wrath will be on the just and unjust alike. As the remaining sane, prepare to go down along with the insane, make sure and rest assured that you were not a part of the insanity. As you have been instructed to do, enjoy the remaining time while you watch, wait and work.
Rush just played the clip
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:57 ET by bigtimerRush just played the clip of blathering Blowhard...and laughed his a$$ off....and that is all she is worth, or any of them on this show as far as I am concerned.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
My daily gratuitous Blohar/View audience slapdown
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 14:04 ET by SickofLibsBLOHAR: Blah blah ooga booga gabba gabba hey Palin uhhahh oogidy oog McCain liar!
[applause] [clapping] [...] [louder applause] [more dots] [standing O]
Joy, dear, they're laughing
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 14:13 ET by mrbucketJoy, dear, they're laughing AT you.
I can understand a woman like Behar getting louder with the rhetoric for attention, prior to The View, her greatest accomplishment professionally was starring on the Gary Shandling show...
Gary who?
Behar Stupidity
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 14:13 ET by JanettaHow does this stupid empty suit show stay on the air? I am convinced it is the welfare recipients that hang on to every word uttered by the four liberal windbags. I don't understand why Elisabeth continues to stay there and be their pincushion. Time to move up Elisabeth. Become a Fox employee. You would be treated with dignity there.
Joy Behar has to be one of the most angry and hateful females (I won't use the word LADY) I have every seen. I quit watching that show after the raw deal BW gave Star Jones.
This Just In:
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 14:26 ET by HockeyKidJoy Behar, co-host of "The View", was struck on the head by a falling stage light this morning. The in jury caused her to be unable to connect words or speak in recognizable thoughts. Doctors say her chance of recovery is minimal, as her co-hosts and the audience of "The View" failed to notice any change in her behavior, causing the injury to go unnoticed for several hours.
Producers for "The View" say Ms. Behar will return to tomorrow's show as scheduled.
How to become a liberal
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 14:30 ET by LionKingThe question is often asked...where do liberals come from?
The answer: First, you take a normal person and perform a lobotomy on them...poof!!!
That's insulting
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 16:51 ET by mbuelPeople with lobotomies still have some morals.
Yuck alert!
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 18:43 ET by Rukus"The question is often asked...where do liberals come from?"
Um, let's just say that gay men do it alot. 'Nuff said...
Sorry, that was pretty yucky, that's why I didn't say "Spew" alert.
Liberals and Hurricanes SUCK!
"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"
Thanks for The View update
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 15:18 ET by KimnotaI use to put The View on just so I could observe the stupidity. Thanks to you I just need to tune into your website and save myself the first 20 min of the show. Elisabeth is in a tough position because she needs to pick her arguments. It's easy picking! My dream is that McCain will win the election and Elisabeth will leave during the commercial break the next day. Because you know they will harrass her prior to the break. Probably won't let her get a word in while they rant.
Or pickup and leave after a
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 15:33 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarOr pickup and leave after a McC victory and say "Goodbye all, I'm off to be John's press secretary. They figured that if I could put up with you cows, the everday press will be a cakewalk."
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
Joy is the real terrorist
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 15:39 ET by ArchConservativeRush has ALWAYS supported the troops. Joy has not.
Rush has ALWAYS supported the War On Terror. Joy has not.
Rush has ALWAYS thought that Islamofacism is the number one threat to our country. Joy has not.
Rush has ALWAYS supported our mission in Iraq. Joy has not.
You heard it here ladies and gentleman (to quote Tokyo Joy): Joy, Obama, Biden, and the Democrat leadership always look to blame the US first. Never the poor little terrorists. This war against those who wish to destroy us is "not in their names" which says a whole lot. They want to live in the land of the free but they don't want the responsiblities that go along with that. They think if we just talk to these people that they will see the light. Wrong. Talking to them is seen as the ultimate weakness. That's what Obama is: ultimate weakness. That's what Joy Behar is: ultimate weakness of brainpower.
Joy, you ignorant woman, Rush has never beheaded anyone, Rush has never blown himself up with innocent people or crashed planes into towers or the Pentagon. You have got to be the stupidest person on daytime TV and that is saying something. Your vapidness and lack of intellect are truly staggering. But when you talk to the braindead audience you have, I guess being braindead yourself is ok
When Ms Walters passes away, she will not be known for being a leader for women in broadcasting, she will be known for giving Rosie and Joy and the other morons on The View airtime. That is the real tragedy.
You support the troops by supporting the mission! If you don't support the mission, have the guts to say you don't support the troops.
Obama/Biden = Marx/Lenin
No Joy!
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 16:10 ET by northoneJoy Behar is truly one of the most ignorant, ill-informed individuals on television today. What is her criteria of a "terrorist"? She seems to be truly in love with herself and believes that her opinions actually matter. The poor thing doesn't seem to understand that people are laughing AT her because she is so stupid and irrational.
In the land-o-libtards,
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 19:11 ET by mostlymoderateIn the land-o-libtards, speech IS a terrorist activity. Therefore, Rush IS a terrorist in their beedy little eyes.
It is time for Rush to sue
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 21:53 ET by msh1973It is time for Rush to sue this crazy woman for defaming his good name.
People like Joy prove how
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 23:37 ET by rbosquePeople like Joy prove how easy it is to be a liberal. You don't have to back your country. If your baby gets in your way, kill it. Just go with the crowd/mob. Take no responsibilities. Live for yourself. don't think about others. Live off the Gov't.
She is a selfish hunk of trash living in an idealized world.
Meanwhile brave men and women risk their lives to protect vermin like that. She's like that annoying little kid in the back seat crying, "Are we there yet?" while she throws trash at the back of your head while you're driving.
Thats it... If Joy &
Thu, 10/23/2008 - 10:01 ET by play21cwThats it...
If Joy & walters (a supposed 'reporter') says that biden never said it, then that means he didnt. I saw him say it, and then confirm it later on, but those hags know more than me and i should follow to boot.
I cant understand why people watch this show..
Hasselbeck speaks the truth, the other hags disagree and say "biden never said that, he never said that"
So that means it must be true.. i hope they played the Biden quote later on in the show.
WHAT MAKES THESE WOMEN QUALIFIED TO TALK POLITICS? and/or give their opinion? what have they done for this country? I would like to know that.
Joy Behar
Sat, 10/25/2008 - 13:23 ET by jmanders2008I'm not much of a Bill O'Reilly fan, but I am thankful for the total absence of intimidation he displayed when he was on "The View" last week. O'Reilly brought into broad daylight the childishness and immaturity of Ms. Behar. Grow the hell up, will you Ms. Behar? You're a child in an adult's body, and stupid to boot. The mentality of these people (Behar, Maher, Jon Stewart, etc.) and the applause they get from the ignorant that follow them sickens me beyond measure. What bondage it must be for so many to so fear standing up for what they really believe.