The co-hosts of Thursday’s The View discussed the controversy surrounding Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her air travel preferences. Joy Behar downplayed it by shifting the blame to the vice president stating sarcastically, “the fact that Halliburton and Dick Cheney were in bed together for many years making money in Iraq, that’s too complicated. This is easy.” Rosie O’Donnell agreed asserting that “this is the art of distraction.”
Rosie then brought up how Anna Nicole Smith is distracting from the real news (note that this show first aired before news of Anna Nicole’s untimely death). Token non-liberal Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked Rosie and conspiracy theorist Joy Behar if Republicans are behind the Anna Nicole “distraction.”
Rosie and Joy both said no with Joy conceding “you can’t blame the Republicans for everything.” A man in the audience shouted out “why not?” Rosie loved that comment so much she exclaimed “I don’t know you, but I want to have lunch.” The entire transcript is below.
Joy Behar: “But this is one of those things that, that, that the other team can really pounce on. The fact that Halliburton and Dick Cheney were sort of in bed together for many years making money in Iraq that’s like too complicated. This is easy. Hey, Nancy Pelosi’s on an expensive plane. So everybody can sink their teeth into something like this. She should be careful of something like that.”
Rosie O’Donnell: “Because it’s the art of distraction. You know, big things going on in the news and if I have to see Anna Nicole Smith one more time on television, that woman and her paternity test. And she can hardly even speak now. She’s like something and she can’t even speak. She's like uuuhhhhh, you know. It's a tragedy all around. Her son died. She has this little baby. There’s obviously some kind of medication or substance involved. I don't know.”
Elisabeth Hasselbeck: “That's an odd situation.”
O’Donnell: “Or not involved, even worse. But it's sort of like distracting, the art of distraction. They don't want you to think about the things that are real.”
Behar: “You’re right. That’s right.”
Hasselbeck: “Who doesn't?”
O’Donnell: “I think our culture now.”
Hasselbeck: “You think the Republicans are putting Anna Nicole on the TV?”
O’Donnell: “No.”
Hasselbeck: “I just wanted to check.”
Behar: “No. You can't blame the Republicans for everything.”
O’Donnell: “No.”
Hasselbeck: “We were there before. I just needed to take a test.”
O’Donnell: “‘Why not,’ said a man in the audience. Love you. I don't know who you are but I want to have lunch.”
—Justin McCarthy is a news analyst at Media Research Center.
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What can one say when confron
February 8, 2007 - 17:10 ET by kathleenirishWhat can one say when confronted with the utter ignorance of these harpies?
Simple, at this point: SHUT UP, IDIOTS!
"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
The usual liberal buzzwords w
February 8, 2007 - 18:32 ET by Mica the MagnificentThe usual liberal buzzwords were used once again: Halliburton and Cheney. I'll bet that not one of them or one single member of the audience can explain what they mean concerning Halliburton and Cheney.
It doesn't matter, Halliburton and Cheney are supposed to be 'bad.'
I read the transcsript, and it reads like teenage valley girls talking, popping bubblegum, on their way to the mall. Sad.
My husband will take 2 big macs, large fries and a coke. . . I'll take your profits. - -- Hillary making clear her order
The easiest way to shut someo
February 8, 2007 - 19:12 ET by Del DolemonteThe easiest way to shut someone up when they mention Halliburton is to remind them that Bill Clinton also gave the firm no-bid contracts during the Kosovo War (which he started without permission of the UN, just to rub it in!).
And if that doesn't work, noting that Texas Democrat Lyndon Johnson climbed into bed with the same company in 1936 and as President later gave them no-bid contracts during the Vietnam War should do the trick!
Typical liberals, so caring,
February 8, 2007 - 17:17 ET by bigtimerTypical liberals, so caring, giving and all that jazz of their fellow human beings as they always try to portray themselves..
Not one word of real condolences...
As usual Rosie just wants to do lunch...
Even trying to pin this terrible pain in the a$$ distraction for their blathering hate-filled endless daily spewing.... on the right side of life....
That's lib's for ya!
Heart-warming ain't it?
"A man in the audience
February 8, 2007 - 17:36 ET by ckc1227"A man in the audience shouted out “why not?” Rosie loved that comment so much she exclaimed “I don’t know you, but I want to have lunch.”'
Dude better run like the wind, Rosie's getting hungry.
Liberalism is the philosophy of the stupid.
She wants to have lunch! Can'
February 8, 2007 - 17:40 ET by HumanEventsShe wants to have lunch! Can't get your mind off of food, eh Rosie? Since she looks like such an elephant why does she hate the GOP? Oh, because she thinks and behaves like a jackass.
So I see today was another typical day for "The [Democrat] View".
I simply don't care what thes
February 8, 2007 - 17:49 ET by rimskyI simply don't care what these people have to say.
Speaking of "typical lib
February 8, 2007 - 17:52 ET by richflanjSpeaking of "typical liberals", I just read an article about "Air Pelosi" (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/08/MNGN5O11UT1.DTL&type=printable) in which John Murtha is quoted as, basically, threatening to gut the military's budget if Nancy doesn't get her way.
So, indirectly, Murtha is threatening your life and mine because Nancy might not get her way. Meanwhile, the liberals (Rosie, Joy, et al.) keep accusing conservatives of being a threat.....
"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." --Hubert Humphrey
Back in 1991 the msm and thes
February 8, 2007 - 17:53 ET by midnight cowboyBack in 1991 the msm and these oxygen wasting carbon based pieces of debris we call liberals went totally ape sh*t when a member of Bush 41's administration John Sununu occasionally used gov't planes for various reasons. This was a main reason he was fired. But now according to (in Trump's words) the fat pig, government aircraft abuse is a distraction, if you are a democrat.
Sununu's trips, though paid f
February 8, 2007 - 19:22 ET by Del DolemonteSununu's trips, though paid for by the White House, were definitely questionable, especially his using a government plane to go to a rare stamp convention.
This will continue as long
February 8, 2007 - 17:54 ET by awffp1890This will continue as long as ABC has viewers and their advertisers have customers. Want to remove the View? DO NOT watch ABC and DO NOT patronize businesses that advertise with them. Contact these businesses and tell them of your disgust not only with the show, but with the fact that they are advertising on this network.
And no, this is not censorship, this is me, the consumer, tired of this crap. They do have a right to free speech, and I have a right to spend my blue collar dollars elsewhere.
I would also like to see a Newbuster's field trip to the show. Now that would be fun. Any takers?
"Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity. But in simple obedience to duty." - From the barracks at Ft. Benning
Here is a link on how to ge
February 8, 2007 - 18:45 ET by Front_RangeHere is a link on how to get tickets to The View. Would love to see a Newsbusters field trip show. They would probably kick everyone out of the audience and start over
http://abc.go.com/da...
Crap, the show is in New Yo
February 8, 2007 - 19:15 ET by awffp1890Crap, the show is in New York. Long drive from Cali. I must find a way!
"Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity. But in simple obedience to duty." - From the barracks at Ft. Benning
Maybe Queen Nancy will give y
February 8, 2007 - 19:47 ET by Del DolemonteMaybe Queen Nancy will give you a lift?
The Pot Calling the Kettle
February 8, 2007 - 18:09 ET by KC MulvilleRosie says: "But it's sort of like distracting, the art of distraction. They don't want you to think about the things that are real.”
Utterly self-referential ...
I wish Hasselbeck would have
February 8, 2007 - 18:17 ET by mattmI wish Hasselbeck would have said to Rosie "It's the hypocrisy, Stupid!" but I guess she (for some strange reason) wants to stay on that show...
rosieq want's to have
February 8, 2007 - 18:54 ET by ww thumperrosieq want's to have lunch? she don't look hungry........... ;-^} ;-) ww v Being "Politcaly Correct" with ISLAM will distroy America......V
Stupid Nancy
February 8, 2007 - 19:11 ET by Six String SpiffWTF does Cheney and Haliburton have to do with that superficial, dried up, hypocritical wind-bag's demands? I'm speaking of Nancy. I know that description covers a broad range of individuals, and I wanted to clarify. SHE is the one who started all of this with her request for a bigger jet so she doesn't have to *GASP* stop and refuel in the Mid-West! She hasn't even been in office for two whole months, and this rubbish si whats on her mind? This is very telling...
Sure, I watch the MSM... Through a pair of crosshairs.
Just in; man in audience had lunch with Rosie; search is on.
February 8, 2007 - 19:26 ET by acaiguanaJust in; man in audience had lunch with Rosie; search is on.
A member of Rosie's audience accepted a public invitaiton for lunch with her and at this time his family is calling for a city wide search to find him. He was last seen entering a cafe with Rosie.
Rosie, claiming indegistion, was unavailable for comment.
ACA
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
6: How we feeling, Captain? C
February 8, 2007 - 19:52 ET by Del Dolemonte6: How we feeling, Captain?
C: Not too good. I...I feel so weak.
2: We can't hold out much longer.
C: Listen...chaps...there's still a chance. I'm...done for, I've...got a gamy leg and I'm going fast; I'll never get through. But...some of you might. So...you'd better eat me.
?: Eat you, sir?
C: Yes. Eat me.
?: Iiuuhh! With a gamy leg?
C: You didn't eat the leg, Thompson. There's still plenty of good meat. Look at that arm.
5: It's not just the leg, sir.
C: What do you mean?
5: Well, sir...it's just that -
C: Why don't you want to eat me?
5: I'd rather eat Johnson, sir!
?: So would I, sir.
C: I see.
?: I'm not a salad...everyone's gonna eat me!
?: Uh, well.
5: What, sir?
?: Go ahead, please, but I won't -
?: Oh nonsense, sir, you're starving; ducking.
1: No, no, it's not that.
?: What's the matter with Johnson, sir?
1: Well, he's not kosher.
5: That depends how we kill him, sir.
1: Yes, that's true. But to be perfectly frank I...I like my meat a little more lean. I'd rather eat Hodges.
?: Oh well, all right.
5: I still prefer Johnson.
C: I wish you'd all stop bickering and eat me.
1: Look. I tell you what. Those who want to can eat Johnson. And you, sir, can have my leg. And we make some stock from the Captain, and then we'll have Johnson cold for supper.
Crew: (cacophonous) Hmm, yes, good idea, excellent thinking, very good, I don't suppose we could have Hodges in the morning, jolly good idea, etc.
Rosie the Fat POC
February 8, 2007 - 19:27 ET by Six String SpiffSo, how long before the rest of the people on the view get pissed off and throw Rosie off when they realize she is nothing but a self centered, LOUD moron?
Sure, I watch the MSM... Through a pair of crosshairs.
six string....if the rest of
February 8, 2007 - 19:40 ET by ww thumpersix string....if the rest of the people on view don't "realize she is nothing but a self centered, LOUD moron, by now , their at least as stupid as she is. their realy no different; they go along with everything she says. I think they are all equally loud , stupid , morons... nobody with an IQ bigger than their hat size would really enjoy, and like that show! ww v Being "Politcaly Correct" with ISLAM will distroy America......V
Rosie
February 8, 2007 - 19:54 ET by iveseenitallRosie's Pig Pen (a.k.a. The View). It wouldn't be so tragic if they billed it as a comedy or satire. At least The Jerry Springer Show or the WWF don't claim to be real. This show is the most ridiculous program ever. And it plays into all the negative sterotypes concerning women - back yard gossip mongers who give vent to every feeling and emotion while flapping their jaws with nothing intelligent to say. Most women should be disgusted with it and write every day to the station which airs it. Even Barbara Walters, who had a least an ounce of credibilty before this show, has also shown herself to be as shallow and pathetic as the others.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
This must be a John Kerry-e
February 8, 2007 - 19:55 ET by wiwfThis must be a John Kerry-esque flubbed line in Rosie's "I don’t know you, but I want to have lunch."
I believe what she wanted to say was "I don’t know you, but I want to have you for lunch."
I blame Democrat(ic)s everyday for all the failures I see, and I don't get my free lunch invite from fat retarded women, or suave intelligent businessmen for that matter. Clear double standard.
Del,Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
February 8, 2007 - 22:51 ET by Trix RabbitDel,
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Say no more!
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
Rosie then brought up how Ann
February 9, 2007 - 04:57 ET by old croRosie then brought up how Anna Nicole Smith is distracting from the real news (note that this show first aired before news of Anna Nicole’s untimely death). Token non-liberal Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked Rosie and conspiracy theorist Joy Behar if Republicans are behind the Anna Nicole “distraction.”
What is the connection between "The View" and Ms. Smith's demise?
Was she watching in the morning hours and could not take the scorn and abuse aplied by these "Black Widows". Wasn't there a recent suicide due to a reporterette/info babe trashing someone about something?
I don't know the timeline, and don't care to but I am sure it will be shoved down my gullet, and I am not trying to sound callouse toward Ms. Smith, any death under similiar circumstances is a sad thing, but I think "The View" should watch who they talk about or maybe they will get a reputation as "The Kiss of Death" to a certain extent. I just wish they would then give each other a group hug.
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."
Malcolm "X"
"And unfortionately the jihad
February 9, 2007 - 05:03 ET by old cro"And unfortionately the jihadies are preparing thier children for "tomorrow" much more than we are preparing ours."
Malcolm WXY (in the middle)
These people are utterly path
February 9, 2007 - 12:48 ET by sembyThese people are utterly pathetic! Cheney and Halliburthon have no current business dealings; the reason Halliburton was chosen is because they are basically the only company that can supply the demands of what is needed in Iraq. These bimbos commenting are so pathetic they know nothing.
Intelligence is no longer needed if you want to be on TV!
From noted conservative radio
February 9, 2007 - 22:22 ET by Del DolemonteFrom noted conservative radio network National Public Radio-by the way, it should be noted that DEMOCRAT Lyndon Johnson first climbed into bed with the firm in 1936. That's 5 years before the evil Dick Cheney was even born.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1569483
"The story of Halliburton's ties to the White House dates back to the 1940s, when a Texas firm called Brown & Root constructed a massive dam project near Austin. The company's founders, Herman and George Brown, won the contract to build Mansfield Dam thanks to the efforts of Johnson, who was then a Texas congressman.
After Johnson took over the Oval Office, Brown & Root won contracts for huge construction projects for the federal government. By the mid-1960s, newspaper columnists and the Republican minority in Congress began to suggest that the company's good luck was tied to its sizable contributions to Johnson's political campaign.
More questions were raised when a consortium of which Brown & Root was a part won a $380 million contract to build airports, bases, hospitals and other facilities for the U.S. Navy in South Vietnam. By 1967, the General Accounting Office had faulted the "Vietnam builders" -- as they were known -- for massive accounting lapses and allowing thefts of materials.
Brown & Root also became a target for anti-war protesters: they called the firm the embodiment of the "military-industrial complex" and denounced it for building detention cells to hold Viet Cong prisoners in South Vietnam.
Today, Brown & Root is called Kellogg, Brown & Root -- a Halliburton subsidiary better known as KBR."