Whoopi and Sherri Celebrate Obama's Victory, But Still Call for Affirmative Action

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Three of "The View" co-hosts are comedians by profession, but they unintentionally provided some comedy to the November 5 edition of "The View." After two segments of basking over Barack Obama’s victory, and the historic nature of the first African-American president, Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg hammered away the need for more affirmative action. [audio excerpt here]

The panel’s two rich black women, whose children do not need a head start over poor white children, expressed disappointment that Nebraska voters approved a ballot initiative banning affirmative action. Sherri Shepherd felt that "there are some people who just need a leg up." Whoopi Goldberg, who just moments before celebrated Obama’s historic victory, opined that "if we lived in the country that we always pray that we’re going to wake up in where everything works and everybody is equal, you wouldn’t need affirmative action."

Earlier in the segment, Joy Behar, giddy over Obama’s victory, proclaimed it as "a triumph over negative campaigning." Did Joy forget the Obama ad mocking McCain’s age and war wounds?

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Sherri Shepherd, known for her lack of knowledge on geography and history, admitted she did not know how to use a simple voting machine as a first time voter. Sherri is given a national forum daily to air her opinions, but does not know how to press a few buttons.

Barbara Walters puffed the world’s victory celebration. Applying liberal talking points, Walters hyped "a new relationship with America" and "they could not forget what has happened in the last eight years."

Relevant portions of the transcript follow.

JOY BEHAR: To me this was a triumph over negative campaigning. I appreciate that about Americans today that they didn’t fall for the Jeremiah Wright ads and this association baloney. They went for themselves for the country and it’s just a wonderful feeling.

[...]

SHERRI SHEPHERD: Even on a lighter note, can I just say when I went in there, because it was my first time voting, I had no idea how that machine worked. I was in there. It was so many switches and I was holding Jeffrey and he was trying to touch buttons. I was like "no!"

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BARBARA WALTERS: It reminded me of the millenium. Remember in the millenium where they kept showing- All over the world, every country, you can see- in China, you know, they were cheering. In countries where we have very poor relations, in countries we consider terrorist country, like Syria, they were saying "maybe this will make a difference." In Israel and there were little snippets. I don’t know that we have them. All over the world there were people cheering. It meant a new, a new arena for America, a new relationship with America. They could not forget what has happened in the last, last eight years.

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SHEPHERD: Nebraska voted to end affirmative action to help minorities. And, you know, a lot of people I think you said this before is just black people.

BEHAR: It’s not true.

SHEPHERD: But a lot of it is women who, who just- there are some people who just need a leg up, a little helping hand, a little bit of a lift, and now they’ve stopped that.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: What’s interesting is affirmative action became a bad word several years ago because it became this catch word for people who are getting something they don’t deserve. And often times people forget the root of what it was. Now, if we lived in the country that we always pray that we’re going to wake up in where everything works and everybody is equal, you wouldn’t need affirmative action. But sometimes you have to say to governments and to people, "look you need to make sure this happens. You have the capacity to do that." So it’s very sad that Nev- that Nebraska voted to end affirmative action to help minorities because women are minorities, children with special needs are minorities. There are a lot of minorities that you just cut out


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What do they want they have the first

Affirmative action president.

BTW I will no longer capitalize the word president or white house.  

"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox

We've had AA for blacks for

We've had AA for blacks for 20+ years, right?  Isn't it time for reparations?  How about a little AA for white people for a change?  I mean, you did say "change" didn't you Mr. Hussein?

Sherri Shepherd felt that

Sherri Shepherd felt that "there are some people who just need a leg up."

   There's the problem.  They need to lower their legs, put both feet on the floor and do some studying.  A good education will do wonders for opportunity.

Lets the redefine the word african-american, so I can get AA

Lets have a judge do this for us.

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 Now that obama has been

 Now that obama has been elected to the highest office in the land, Affirmative Action will no longer be needed!  Maybe it's TIME to do away with Black History Month in schools?  No more BET, No more Black Caucus in congress (unless they have a white caucus). 

Now, we can all be truly equal!!! (and judged by the content of our character, not the color of our skin)

TN Mom ...LOL

RIGHT!!! LOL!

Fairness is a one street if you are liberal or black. 

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

No such luck! I had said

No such luck!

I had said Sharpton or Jackson would be around soon to tell us why racism still wasn't dead in America, but Tavis Smiley beat them both to the punch.

Apparently he was Morning Joe today, explaining just that.  

Thankfully, I missed it.

mb

obama is too smart to get hooked up with sharpton/jackson now.  obama can't afford to join their ranting racism because he knows he will lose tons of votes in a 2012 run, besides obama is gonna be busy fighting terrorist and balancing a huge budget and working for pelosi/reid.  I really think this tide on racism is about to turn.  obama's win just rendered sharpton/jackson useless.

 

I'm so sick of this, I have

I'm so sick of this, I have had it up to here...all of them can stick it where the sun doesn't shine.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

So, Whoopi, are you saying

So, Whoopi, are you saying Obama will be an affirmative action President?

And Sherri, are you saying Obama didn't need help but some black people do?  Or are you saying white people never need a break?

Oh, and why was this your first time voting?   You didn't just turn 18, so let me guess.....

Yes, Whoopi, me too!

I may be white, but I do not have equal rights either, Whoopi.

In 1964 I auditioned at Motown to become one of the Supremes. They rejected me, not because of my singing ability, but because I was white and male. I was a victim of sexism and racism.

To this day when I hear 'Baby Love,' I cry to think that could have been ME!

And don't get me started about my audition to be a Pussycat Doll!

Waaaaa

Mica LOL

Best (and only laugh) I have had all day. If I was drinking something I would have spewed. Thanks again. 

"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox

I appreciate it, ahusser

I haven't been on this site for weeks, just couldn't stomach the debate anymore.

Now I need to vent with fellow venters.

Unfortunately, I haven't found much humor on any conservative web site today. It's understandable.

 

The View's Liberals are idiots

Let's see.  I was born to very poor Ozark Mountain people.  With 5 kids, dad worked lots to make ends meet.  He taught us that we needed education and a good work ethic.  I couldn't afford college so went into the miliary at the time when you didn't get your college paid for.  After the military, I worked jobs and went to school.  I never qualified for scholarships and grants because I was white and I chose to eran enough to support my family.  I am now a computer hardware/software engineer and electrical engineer who has been kept out of management programs because I am white and over 50 and male.  How old do I have to be to get my chance?  But instead of whining like liberals and minorities, I'll keep my head up and continue on in the fashion I have for over half a century.  By the way, I am a disabled veteran who sacrificed his legs for this country and I never expected help or special treatment from anyone.  So Whoopie, Joy and you other ignorant women, shut the h*ll up unless you are going to tell people, like Dr. Bill Cosby, that they need to take pride and be responsible for their own position.  Quit blaming the white man and making everyone else into victims, because you just keep showing your ignorance more and more everyday.

Perhaps Sherri is right

after all  the white Chris Matthews got  a "thrill up his leg" so maybe others are entitled to a "leg up?"

Whoopie Goldberg dumb as a ....dumb as Obama

To just explore the idiocy of Ms. Goldberg look at her featured statement:

" Whoopi Goldberg, "if we lived in the country that we always pray
that we’re going to wake up in where everything works and everybody is
equal, you wouldn’t need affirmative action."

end quote.

Goldberg just mandated PRAYER. Not very liberal of her.

Then she wants a nation where everything worked. Wow Whoopie, that means 200 million people out of work as that is what people are employed by in things breaking down and needing to be replaced. Even you Whoopie would be unemployed as if everything worked, there would be no need for screeching liberal women to complain about anything daily as nothing would be there to complain about.

Everyone is equal? Equal to what Ms. Goldberg? Multi millionaire you? So that some Obama voter who doesn't know that Sarah Palin was not on the Obama ticket is equal to your rants on television?
Where everyone wins an Oscar so your trophy has no value as we all get the same wage, same awards whether we are a success or whether we just lay in bed all day catching VD.

Have news for you Ms. Goldberg, Affirmative Action is now deceased as Oprah Winfrey's poverty claims for blacks, because blacks are now "dah man". Now the rules change in blacks are in charge, responsible for failure, responsible for little Mexican babies born as slaves imported into America, responsible for all the dope coming into the United States and selling it, responsible for Asian people in sweat shops, responsible for every white redneck who now is entitled to their views as they are minorities in this now black managed America.

The pity party is over Whoopie. Your black guy just unemployed senior citizens and a woman.

Strange though how Obama isn't hiring black people for the White House.

 

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affirmative action could be a good thing..

Affirmative action  could be a good thing.. pehaps that would enable the ladies of "The View" to obtain a real job!

Can't Have It BOTH Ways Sisters!

No Way Sisters. It's over for you and your Special Accomodations now!

You're ALL going to have to WORK for what you get like the REST of us.  Now that you are so EQUAL!

Didn't think you'd still have your Affirmative Action, No let's call it what it always was, DISCRIMNATION against non-Blacks!

Screw you if you think I'm going to stand for your prefrences any longer!

Elizabeth sure has crumbled

Elizabeth sure has crumbled under the pressure from her co-hosts. She told her daughter that there were no losers last night. She is now behind Obama. She has decided her position on that nag fest is worth more than her integrity.

Hi msh... In my opinion

Hi msh...

In my opinion Elizabeth has always been this way...just depends on what day it is, what the subject is, and what side of the fence she is on when the sun is out or not...when she thinks it's advantageous to her...$$$$, job security...selling one's soul...on and on...

Just my humble opinion. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I have to disagree. I think

I have to disagree. I think she was being gracious. I've little doubt she'll disagree with the rest of the crew later when Obama is president and is pushing a leftist agenda. Today was not the day for her to pick a fight on the basis of ideology. I'd give her the benefit of the doubt.

Nope, I am not backing down

Nope, I am not backing down on this one. If she were a strong conservative woman like a Malkin or Ingraham she would have been long gone. She is a light weight and the old nags know it.

She is a lightweight,

She is a lightweight, compared to Malkin, etc., but as Ken said, she was being gracious and it was a nice story. I'm sure she'll be back to battling Joy soon enough.

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So what has President Obama done to prove himself unworthy of the office?
Absolutely nothing.

Maybe we should allow for a little American pride today that somebody was elected based on his ability to connect with a majority of Americans.

Obama's election is an event of historic proportions.  It's unnecessary and counterproductive of us to discount its significance.

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Hey howdy Ken.... Just

Hey howdy Ken....

Just saw this post...we'll just have to agree to disagree.

She never has been nor will be my kind of a conservative gal...she fits more in the RINO mode through my view-finder in life...

I full well know we all see her differently here over the years...I'm just stating what I always have about her, in fact I usually try to avoid even mentioning her name in many posts, The View and Elizabeth are really not that important to me.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

bigtimer, I think you

bigtimer,

I think you and I see this differently than the men because we are not taken in by a pretty face...:-) I get it, she was being nice. I just don't think Elizabeth presents the conservative viewpoint very well. That is all.

First time voting?!?

My God! How old is Sherri Shepherd? She is just now voting for the first time?!? She didn't even bother to vote in the primaries when Obama was in a dogfight with Hillary? Jeez, there were WAY too many of these first-time voters at the polls yesterday slowing it down for everyone else and I bet a good number of them voted straight Democratic ticket because they were either too stupid to figure out what the issues were or just didn't care.

The only good thing I can take from this is these bozo's are not going to bother to vote in the mid-terms so hopefully the Repubs can gain a few seats back.

 

I for one was glad

that Elizabeth took the high road today.   She annoys me at times but she does love her republicans however after listening to that group bash Pres Bush to a sickening degree I was pleased that Elizabeth did not act like them. I do hope that when the bloom goes off the rose she holds his feet(BO's) to the fire on TV.  I have no problem with folk who may not agree Pres Bush but he kept us safe and people were scared of us and i kind of like that(people being scared of us that is).  It sickens me to hear people speak of him so disrespectfully he is our President and those ladies have been worse then most except of course for Sherri who is just too stupid to really understand how the government works.

Saw Jackson with tears running down his face/he should have cried like that when he made all that fuss over that incident at Duke and then been shown wrong and those young men's lives were destroyed.

Sharing Their Wealth

These two black women aren't going to think Obama is so great when he takes their money and spreads it around to the less fortunate.

I don't know how I am going to take four years of this! Or, worse yet, eight years.

I stopped watching the insanity fairly early in the evening.

If its good enough for Michelle my belle

For the first time in my adult life I am ashamed of my president.

"A man may be killed but never humiliated."-Shaolin proverb

Don't buy it.

Sorry, I don't buy it. The election of Obama has absolved all Whites of Collective Guilt over slavery. Even those who never held slaves. Even the descendents of those who never held slaves. Even the descendents of those who came to the USA to escape famine or oppression.

No more guilt. We have been bathed in the Blood of Innocence.

So the illegal, unconstitional abomination of "affirmative action" must stop.

 

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My sentiments also.

We've proven, as a society, discrimination on the basis of skin color, is a thing of the past.

Wotk hard, stay in school, and the world is your oyster.

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