Unlike the network morning news shows, the Sarah Palin hanging in effigy was covered by, surprisingly, "The View." On the October 28 edition, the panel, as they should be, was unanimous in condemning inflammatory Halloween decoration. The best remark came from, yet another surprise, Joy Behar. Hinting at media double standards Behar cried "if they had done it to Obama, it would cause a tremendous hoopla."
Behar, who normally attempts to play the equivocation game, offered no such attempt on this subject adding "as much as I disagree with her politics, it’s outrageous. It’s stupid." The others chimed in as well as Whoopi Goldberg asserted "you just don’t do that." Sherri Shepherd raised concerns about Sarah Palin’s children. Elisabeth Hasselbeck declared "it’s not even worth hearing what [the house owner] has to say."
The entire transcript follows.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Well, let’s talk about something that is not so nice and something that is really annoying. A gentleman in West Hollywood decorated his house for Halloween with an effigy of Sarah Palin hanging from a noose.
[groans]
JOY BEHAR: See, it’s horrifying.
GOLDBERG: Now, what the hell?
SHERRI SHEPHERD: I’ve seen that house before.
GOLDBERG: This is- we’ve talked about nooses before. We’ve talked about just- you don’t do that. I realized, you know, somebody said downstairs, "well you do it cause, you know, you have all of the Halloween things and you always have goblins and ghouls." But you- this is a person. This is a real person.
SHEPHERD: When you put that, that woman in a noose, you know exactly what you’re trying to convey.
GOLDBERG: Yeah.
BEHAR: Well, I think that, if they had been- if they had done it to Obama, it would have caused a tremendous hoopla. And it should not be done-
GOLDBERG: Well, I hope it causes a hoopla.
BEHAR: As much as I disagree with her politics, this is outrageous. It’s stupid.
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: This is sort of scare tactics right now.
BEHAR: It’s not funny.
SHEPHERD: And she has children. This is awful.
BEHAR: It’s not even in the spirit of Halloween really, because Halloween is supposed to be fun. And this isn’t.
GOLDBERG: No, it’s not fun. It’s not attractive. And it’s not clever.
BEHAR: No, it’s not.
HASSELBECK: So pooh-pooh on your cruel idea. [applause] Pooh-pooh on you.
SHEPHERD: We all agree.
GOLDBERG: Yeah, yeah we had a whole discussion on nooses. We talked about nooses for almost a good year, and you think, come on, you think somebody would know that.
HASSELBECK: Have they had a comment on that ridiculous person? It’s not even worth hearing what they have to say.
GOLDBERG: No it’s not.
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Personally, I don't have a
October 28, 2008 - 13:16 ET by JerryPersonally, I don't have a problem with it. It's his house. It's halloween. It's stupid. But people have the freedom to be stupid, especially on their own property.
BTW, where was the VIEW outrage over the thousands of times Bush has been hung in effigy? This is standard operating procedure at every democrat gathering across the nation.
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).
Reaping what you sowed
October 28, 2008 - 13:19 ET by jed58Why would you be shocked?
What would they have said...
October 28, 2008 - 13:20 ET by retroconif it was an effigy of the Obamassiah?
The person who did this
October 28, 2008 - 13:24 ET by soulpileThe person who did this considers this art.
Pretty standard, considering the artists I've seen online. What is it with young artists (or old) nowadays, that all of them are liberal? Are there no talented conservatives out there?!
I'm surprised that Behar pointed out the bias towards this issue by bringing up The One. Interesting.
I hope this isn't fained
October 28, 2008 - 13:25 ET by marpelI hope this isn't fained outrage on the View's part. I know Hasselbeck is sincere, but I don't know about the others...maybe Whoopi is sincere. But, it's like what else are they going to do to Sarah Palin? What is their stopping point? I tell you what, I wouldn't ever subject myself or my family to these jackels. It's not worth it. It's just not worth it.
Politicians have been hung
October 28, 2008 - 13:30 ET by cocodriePoliticians have been hung in effigy since the founding of this country. Some people need to get a life. Just don't come crying when it happens to Hussein or Bawney Fwank.
Hanging Politicians
October 28, 2008 - 17:21 ET by AndanteRE:
"Politicians have been hung in effigy since the founding of this country. Some people need to get a life. Just don't come crying when it happens to Hussein or Bawney Fwank."
If a McCain supporter hung an effigy of Hussein he'd be accused of racism not bad art; if he hung Bawney it would be an anti gay hate crime. For the record, Slick said that Hillary is hung :)
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Joy Behar sold the rope
October 28, 2008 - 13:34 ET by Lame CherryCompletely liberal in Joy Behar sold the rope in her lynching comments continuously on Gov. Palin, Whoopie Goldberg provided the tree to the owner to hang Sarah Palin on in her diatribes and sweet stuff Sherri wrote out a McCarthy memory to egg the homeowner on.........
and there they sit condemning another liberable acting like a demoniac animal treating another person this way.
The View is as responsible for this as any liberal criminal is.
While I do not want that poor gal from Texas who says she made up the story about the B carved in her face picked at more, it still seems that story was concocted by a common truth in perhaps a Texas gal went to Pittsburgh and met some tall 6.4 Obama supporter and this person's buddies beat on her.
I have no proof, but logic dictates no one is that crazy as her friends believed her. This would mean Obama is in this someplace and she was lying not for attention nor to get Obama, but to protect her reputation from humiliation.
What is more humiliating than going home with black eyes saying you got conned by Obama supporters.
agtG
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Bad taste
October 28, 2008 - 13:38 ET by LionKingI support Freedom of Speech, but with any Freedom comes responsibility.
They obviously do not care how this image might affect Governor Palin's children or any other children for that matter.
Can you imagine??!!
October 28, 2008 - 13:44 ET by MNotaroThis Halloween "joke" is in very bad taste considering Palin does have young children! And the liberal illuminati MSM would be FREAKING out if there was a fake Obama being hung by a noose....can you even imagine...the Obama supporters would be outraged, claiming racism and KKK...but because it's Palin, it's just "bad taste" and "not funny".
As disgusting and offensive as this display is...
October 28, 2008 - 13:43 ET by R D Helm...and as much as I would like to punch this ignorant homeowner squarely in the nose, I firmly believe this person has every right to display whatever he wishes on his own property.
Sorry, but I am, after all, a libertarian.
This display is in no way threatening the life, liberty or property of anyone else.
It is, however, demonstrating that the homeowner is a complete idiot. Fine. This is the United States of America, and every citizen has the God-given right to be an idiot.
-Dave
In order for wealth to be spread, it first must be seized.
Yes, and I have the right
October 28, 2008 - 14:37 ET by avenarTo curse the living heck out of him. And to encourage everybody else to do the same.
An idiotic behaviour must not be condoned by decent neighbors lest it breeds more of the same.
Ditto
October 28, 2008 - 20:28 ET by MexNobamaIt is offensive and I really like Sarah Palin, but she is a big girl and can take this sort of thing.
We have freedom of speech in this country and if the guy wants to hang Palin in effigy it is his right to do so, just as it is the right of Neo Nazis to march down the street in broad daylight.
IMO the only reason the View shrews
October 28, 2008 - 13:51 ET by katiejaneprofess to find it objectionable is to give them the right to play the race card if someone on the right does the same thing with an Obama figure.
Why should they be shocked
October 28, 2008 - 14:33 ET by TOEWhy should they be shocked ! It happens all the time in Iran and Afghanastan. Except they use real women.Its a cultural thing, donchaknow
Well, I'm glad to see that
October 28, 2008 - 14:34 ET by deerjerkydaveWell, I'm glad to see that these hens are willing to draw the line at murder when it comes to Republicans. Sheesh!
whoa...i did not see
October 28, 2008 - 15:13 ET by patmac49whoa...i did not see anything about murder...poor taste ..absolutly...murder,...lighten up
Illegal lynching is called murder
October 28, 2008 - 17:34 ET by deerjerkydaveLast I looked, illegal lynching is called murder.
»→ Lynching makes a comeback
October 28, 2008 - 22:14 ET by Cool ArrowWhere's Al Sharpton?
Obviously, misogyny is an acceptable norm with the MSM.
Just hang a noose? Of course that's racist.
Hang a noose with a white woman at the end of it? MSM is OK with it. Syppose the neighbor decided to hang Biden or Obama in effegy?
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
If I were the neighbor, Cool
October 28, 2008 - 22:25 ET by RESTLESS 1You can bet that's what I would have decided. Screw them all.
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liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Once again, I find that
October 28, 2008 - 15:03 ET by Chris NormanOnce again, I find that these hens condemning something like this almost as grating as if they defended it. It's as if, now they're about to get what they want, they feel they can afford to be "gracious and magnaminous" to the losers. Come on Behar, you know you hate Palin - let your bile flow...
McNotObama '08
The view may be shifting?
October 28, 2008 - 22:09 ET by nwahsI wonder how they would feel about a publicly funded art exhibit featuring the crucifix floating in piss?
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