ABC's Hasselbeck Admits She Finds Rosie's 'Radical Christianity' Remarks Absurd

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The Sunday debut of "Hannity’s America" on the Fox News Channel featured Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the only non-liberal co-host on ABC's "The View." During the interview, Hannity and Hasselbeck discussed some controversies involving her colleague Rosie O’Donnell. Through the discussion about the war of words between Donald Trump and Rosie, Hasselbeck mildly defended her co-host and even asserted that despite political differences, Rosie is her "friend."

However, when Sean Hannity inevitably came to Rosie’s controversial statement "radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam," Hasselbeck did not come close to defending her "friend." Hasselbeck even called O’Donnell’s comments "absurd." The entire transcript is below.

Sean Hannity: "I think a lot of people look at you as the only voice of sort of mainstream conservatism on the voice, on the show. Although I don't think you are that political, but you have strong opinions on issues. I think one of the best exchanges that you and Rosie had was when she made the statement that radical Islam is the same as radical Christianity."

Rosie O’Donnell (on video): "Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America."

Hannity: "Which was absurd, in my view."

Elisabeth Hasselbeck: "It was absurd." 

Hannity: "And you were pretty shocked."

Hasselbeck: "Yeah, I was pretty shocked and I have no problem. The good thing is I don’t, I think, in a face of a comment like that or something that I find just so out there, I have, I almost can't stop myself. You know, I’m a passionate person, so if I feel as though something’s out there that's not the truth I don’t, I can't hold back. And that's when the fun things happen and those little discussions come out."


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Hasselback

Read that last statement by Hasselbeck again. I know she's on our side, but... A brilliant man I knew as a child once told me T.V. would come to this. Looks like he was right.

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal

Elizabeth Still Naive As Ever

So this is what conservatives have come to on the MSM. If we can't beat 'em, join them. How does she stand Rosie? I bet the immense monetary benefits don't hurt. A chimp could do her job. I'm sorry but she is as naive as ever. Nice, attractive, affable even but still she's very naive. If you've ever watched her on "Survivor" (yes, she was a contestant), you''ll understand immediately. She's outvoiced, outgunned, utterly silenced and that's what people like Babwa, Rosie, and Joy want for all of us conservatives.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.  Air Force Motto

Yeah, but she's pretty hot, a

Yeah, but she's pretty hot, and was on Survivor, too.

Very hot

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is indeed pretty damn hot.

By the way, how was your girlfriend's birthday yesterday? :-)

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

My girlfriend?

My girlfriend?

Perky

Why, America's Sweetheart!  Katie!!!!  Was it a perky birthday???

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

Haha. I didn't even know, a

Haha. I didn't even know, and now I've missed it...I feel empty inside.

I remember when she was on Su

I remember when she was on Survivor, and I never much cared for her until the show where her exhausted teammate fell asleep in front of the fire and fell in and burned up his hands.  The guy ran out into the river in a panic and was at risk of going into shock, and Hasselbeck was the only one on the show who took off after him, supported him in the water so he could control the pain, and made sure he didn't go into shock or lose conciousness while he was in the water.  Everyone else... the rest of the cast, the cameramen, the staff, etc., all stayed on shore and looked concerned.  That gal was the only one who stepped up and did something to help, and I was cheering for her every show after that.

On Elisabeth Hasselbeck

I have to be sympathetic to Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  She IS grossly outgunned, outmaneuvered constantly, and only exists on The View because that way ABC can say "See!  See!  See!  We DO TOO have conservatives on our shows!!!"  Believe me, it pains them to pay her money to be on there.  I think she is doing the best she can, given the circumstances.

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

Of course she is the nicest l

Of course she is the nicest looking on the show, she is conservative. Like Trump said “Ugly on the out side, but far uglier on the inside.” I wonder what the mainstream media would say if there was a token liberal on a conservative show? Would they call it balanced if Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingram and Ann Coulter were teamed on a show with one intellectual light weight? Come to think of it, I can not think of any liberal who would not come off as an intellectual light weight in the presence of these three women. Brain storm, why not have a show called Limbaugh’s Angels, where three beautiful conservative women fight crime, ignorance and liberalism (sorry for the triple redundancy).

Maybe intellectual midget Rosie would be the sacrificial lamb and bad guy/girl/asexual moron of the show. Speaking of Rosie, doesn’t she look like Michael Moore in a pant suit...have you ever seen them together? They are both famous libs and should have been seen at the same functions, venues or all you can eat nacho eateries. Conservatives need to pay more attention, this shows a laziness in the media not to investigate this. This is the problem with conservative's dominant media being radio. Radio can show the identical rantings in Bowling for Columbine and Rosie’s attack and attempted eating of Tom Selleck, but there are no visual comparisons. I still fault Rush Limbaugh for not drawing this connection that was made years ago by delivery drivers of bulk food trucks. It is obvious that if O’Donnell/Moore is not the same person they are some type of identical hermaphroditic clone of the vilest kind. The fake Michael Moore beard is not fooling anyone anymoore (sic). Until he/she/it/they publicly show their alleged genitalia, in the presence of doctors, scientists and evolutionary theorists (or as I like to call them, the lowest paid science fiction writers) they will never quash these rumors. Please, people open your eyes, the truth is out there.

Casey Tripp

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With Democrat revisionist history and liberals guaranteeing the future (global warming, nuclear destruction, etc.) only the future is certain; the past is always changing<

In response to Casey97

"I wonder what the mainstream media would say if there was a token liberal on a conservative show?"  Note the reaction Leftists have to Hannity and Colmes.  Of course, the irony being that at least on that program the ratio of Right to Left is 1:1, not the 4:1 or 5:1 Left to Right ratio found on programs like This Tweak, Meet the Depressed, and The View!

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???"  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

I saw the show.I was disappoi

I saw the show.

I was disappointed....with the whole dang show and all involved.

"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under."  Ronald Reagan

Well after failing to defend

Well after failing to defend Rosies absurb comments anyone want to make a bet that soon she will be without a job:)

She won't be without a job...

She won't be without a job...it was a pretty weak conservative response when I watched it live as far as I am concerned...so was the whole show, Hannity was horrible with his riveting (not) questions with her and Sheehan.

"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under."  Ronald Reagan

All religious extremists

All religious extremists
are dangerous to a free society. They all would like to impose their religious
beliefs on others. They all believe that women shouldn't have control over their
reproductive rights. They all have committed murder in the name of their
religious beliefs ( Killing abortion doctors) The American people should be
just as fearful of Jerry Farwell, Pat Robertson and James Dobson, as they are of
Bin Laden. Those Christian extremists have our dimwit presidents ear, and they
can shape policy that affects every Americans life.

Oh my goodness! You are sooo

Oh my goodness! You are sooo right. And you just reminded me that Dr. Dobson sent me some new assassination orders last night I have to carry out...I gotta go. I'll be back later.

Give me a break.

Typical leftist troll comment

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"Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution

Whoa! Looks like someone just

Whoa! Looks like someone just got out of rehab! Welcome back, Lillietard! Still having those nightmares?

Rosie's a troll in here

Ohhhhh you know what it is?  We got Rosie in here! 

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"Perpetual itching without benefit of scratching to the enemies of America." - July 4th toast during the Revolution

lilliepad... You escaped!Why

lilliepad... You escaped!

Why oh why do you float back here now and then and poof disappear...stay in your own territory...the loony bin!

"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under."  Ronald Reagan

That will get you a pat on the back from some left wingers

A post like that will get you a pat on the back from the local chapter of Left Wingers R Us, but the world history of atrocities is much bigger than that.  Here is a very non biased look at the worst atrocities of the 20th Century.  You probably shouldn't check this out if you are biased, because you won't like to see your group on this list.  Unfortunatley this list shows every color, religion, atheist, etc. committing atrocities and having them committed against them.  Number 2 is Mao an atheist who attacked religion, number 3 is Stalin another atheist who attacked religion, number 4 is WW1 and included the Armenia Massacre which was the Young Turk Government attacking Christian Armenians, Number 11 is repatriation after WW2 by Communist Tito and Stalin in which over 1 million perished, number 14 is Pol Pot an atheist, number 5 is the Russian Revolution which included Trotsky and Lenin, number 32 is North Korea, in which Kim II Sung was the first ruler who served as a puppet for Stalin and attacked religion.  What exactly are Falwell, Robertson or Dobson specifically saying that leads you to believe that they want to kill everyone who doesn't think like them?  To be honest I don't listen to either of those 3, but since you said we should be afraid of them, please provide some specifics of who and how they want to kill others.

"There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles"  'Peace Frog'

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/atrox.htm

I would say that abortion doc

I would say that abortion doctors kill unborn babies in the name of THEIR religion.  And, no one here condones murder of 'abortion' doctors. 

I guess the brain transplant failed.  Sorry. 

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere"          -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph

Your namesake fits you withou

Your namesake fits you without question. When you make someone cringe upon reading your posted name, you have succeeded with impunity.

Do you have a sister in the Senate? namely, a high chair in the Senate and does your last name begain with a "P"!

"Too bad Ignorance isn't painful to the Ignorant"

My gosh, rainlillie - we have sorely missed you.

My gosh, rainlillie - we have sorely missed you.

Peace, love, dope--- & uh... stuff.

Those new psych drugs are really great huh?

I notice your cut and paste stuff still needs work.  It's hard getting those email posts to format right.  I suggest you print them out and re-enter them by hand.  At least the sentences will fit the word wrap feature.

Happy New Year and good luck in Group this year.

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "Which city is next?"

In other words, if they're no

In other words, if they're not "religious" , they're not extremists. Interesting how you cloak murder in the womb with women's reproductive rights. Also, while your throwing moral equality on your hero, Bin Laden the coward, I wonder, if the flight attendants that were butchered with boxcutters on 9-11 had been your daughter, sister, or mom would you feel the same? 

As much as I like this gal, s

As much as I like this gal, she is a fence-sitter. She is compromising to keep her job.  I have seen her go along with the others bashing Christians. I saw her speak about that Christians should not judge. I always get a kick out of people judging people for judging.

And for the record, there is a righteous judging that is just fine to do. We all judge. Anyone who has ever let someone watch their children, has judged if that person was safe. And we all have lines that we draw.

It is amazing how they feel Christians cannot have any lines. If we have a line, we are judging and judging wrongly.

Here is my line (Guess what side I am on.)   

Liberals I------------------------------------------I God

Debra... of- .. www.InformingChristians.com

she should leave that show im

she should leave that show immediately before it is too late.  when rosie takes it over after barbara is forced out, hasselback will be fired.  then she will learn what rosie's friendship really means.

Right

True friendship is selfless at times. Liberals are never selfless. Hasselbeck will find out----you should...

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal

Staying will do more for he

Staying will do more for her career than leaving ever would. Besides which, I think Baba is the executive producer, so she'll be the one forcing people out.