It is safe to say after listening to Wednesday’s “Glenn Beck Program” that the host is not at all fond of ABC’s Rosie O’Donnell. In fact, one wouldn’t be out of line in stating that he loathes the co-host of “The View” who he disaffectionately referred to as a “fat witch.”
In an unbridled rant about a figure that is truly becoming one of the prime targets for conservatives due to her frequent ignorant and vitriolic diatribes about any Republican brought up during this idiotic program, Beck took on Rosie’s views with a vehemence that will surely put a smile on many faces.
After discussing the “double standard in the media” concerning opinions like his, and how he is called a hatemonger, Beck went after Rosie with both barrels blazing (audio available here, h/t Ian at Hot Air):
I can't take it that Rosie O'Donnell can be put on ABC television, mainstream, unquestioned, by the mainstream media. She can say whatever she wants to say, she can take the sides with, what's his name, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a guy who was the mastermind behind 9-11. She can make him into some sort of a martyr without anybody at ABC, NBC, CBS -- mainstream media, they say nothing about that. Nothing. She goes off on her opinion every step of the way. But there's a conservative on the set who's shut down. You can't just say your opinion. What the hell is this show all about, you fat witch? What is this show about?
Beck and his executive producer then had a funny exchange about, well, you’ll see:
BECK: Try to find an intelligent whale joke.
STU, “THE GLENN BECK PROGRAM” EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Exactly.
BECK: I'm just -- I'm saying, because the whale jokes and the blubber that she has just pouring out of her eyes --
STU: There's no reason to go to her weight. I mean, she's the type of idiot that watches documentaries online about 9-11 and conspiracies that a fourth-grader made on their PowerPoint and believes them. So there's much more to go to on that direction than just her rolls and rolls of hideous fat.
Frankly, I agree with Stu. However, Beck was on a roll:
BECK: Do you know how many oil lamps we could keep burning just on Rosie O'Donnell's fat?
STU: See, that -- that's --
BECK: Sorry.
STU: You're back to the facile whale jokes, and there's no --
BECK: Think about how much perfume we could make out of Rosie O'Donnell. Again, too easy.
In the end, I think there’s much more that is comical about this awful caricature of a human being than her weight. However, it’s great to see – or hear – folks striking back at her unnecessary, hate-filled spew, as well as the absurd double-standard that allows Rosie and people like her to say anything about Republicans they want with total and absolute impunity while any statements -- no matter how accurate or innocent -- by folks on the right about liberals are immediately labeled hate speech.
What follows is a partial transcript of this segment.
GLENN BECK, SYNDICATED RADIO HOST: I am so sick of the double standard in the media on -- when it comes to an opinion like mine. I've got a crazy opinion, I'm a hatemonger, you know. I'm a hatemonger that just wants to lock people up, wants to put Muslims behind razor wire, that wants to kill Katrina victims, wants to see all 9-11 families burn in some sort of fiery death. Yes, that's me, the hatemonger. Yet Rosie O'Donnell can be on ABC television, mainstream, she can be celebrated, she can be defended. And what does she say? Well, I'll give you the latest on the Rosie blog on who caused 9-11. Wait until you hear the destruction of the World Trade Center, and why it happened.
[...]
BECK: I can't take it that Rosie O'Donnell can be put on ABC television, mainstream, unquestioned, by the mainstream media. She can say whatever she wants to say, she can take the sides with, what's his name, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a guy who was the mastermind behind 9-11. She can make him into some sort of a martyr without anybody at ABC, NBC, CBS -- mainstream media, they say nothing about that. Nothing. She goes off on her opinion every step of the way. But there's a conservative on the set who's shut down. You can't just say your opinion. What the hell is this show all about, you fat witch? What is this show about?
[...]
BECK: Try to find an intelligent whale joke.
STU, “THE GLENN BECK PROGRAM” EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Exactly.
BECK: I'm just -- I'm saying, because the whale jokes and the blubber that she has just pouring out of her eyes --
STU: There's no reason to go to her weight. I mean, she's the type of idiot that watches documentaries online about 9-11 and conspiracies that a fourth-grader made on their PowerPoint and believes them. So there's much more to go to on that direction than just her rolls and rolls of hideous fat.
BECK: Do you know how many oil lamps we could keep burning just on Rosie O'Donnell's fat?
STU: See, that -- that's --
BECK: Sorry.
STU: You're back to the facile whale jokes, and there's no --
BECK: Think about how much perfume we could make out of Rosie O'Donnell. Again, too easy.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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rosie
March 23, 2007 - 08:53 ET by the mad poleI hope Rosie takes the bait. Mr. Beck would eat her up. Like coming to a gun fight with a barrel of lard.
O'Donnell
March 23, 2007 - 08:58 ET by pbanks7Looks like she's ready to use both barrels. =-)
Ignorance is bliss. It's easier to repeat a mindless slogan than to do some actual research.
She'll respond to Beck
March 23, 2007 - 09:04 ET by RJShe'll respond to Beck. Her largeness has an ego equal to her tent size....oops...sorry.....
(ah, hell...no I'm not)
I agree that the comments abo
March 23, 2007 - 08:55 ET by saw the lightI agree that the comments about 'her idiotness' should not include jokes about her weight. This is not a politically correct statement, however. It just gives Rosie, and the left, a reason to ignore the valid points brought up when discussing her inane and uneducated comments.
If we focus on her comments (like being concerned about losing freedom of speech to the Bush Administration and then shutting down Elisabeth Hasselbeck - or asserting that KSM has been in US custody since 1993) we can show she has no substance behind her rants.
Thank goodness we have people like Noel who voluntarily watch her show so we don't have to. I don't even know what time it is on where I live!
"People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news." - A.J. Liebling
Saw
March 23, 2007 - 09:03 ET by Noel SheppardSaw,
I'm not sure what price would be necessary to induce me to watch that show. Trust me, when I write about anything on that preposterous abomination, it's because a video has been made available at YouTube or somewhere else.
I value my life and my time much more than wasting a moment watching these morons. In fact, I won't even watch it at the gym. Either the channel gets changed on that television, or I workout in another area. Period.
In fact, I've made it so clear to the folks that workout at that time that they better change the channel when they see me coming up the stairs. :-)
Sorry, but I don't want to give people like Rosie or Joy a dime of my advertising budget so to speak, or a micro-second of synaptic transference. ns
If she is smart, which has be
March 23, 2007 - 09:15 ET by Airforce_5_OIf she is smart, which has been proven otherwise, she will leave it alone. But this is Rosie "I'm a Comedian" "Mc Donald’s". Considering she has not got the sense God gave a turnip seed, she will come after him with a vengeance. And boy will that be fun to watch.
AF
March 23, 2007 - 09:18 ET by Noel SheppardAF,
But, isn't that likely what Beck wants? After all, a fight with Olbermann isn't worth much because nobody watches his show. However, a fight with Rosie will give him a tremendous amount of free publicity. ns
Paging Moby Dick
March 23, 2007 - 09:24 ET by acumenI'm confident Rosie will weigh in on this one to tip the scales in her favor........sorry Noel, I just couldn't resist.
Absolutely Noel. Look at al
March 23, 2007 - 09:26 ET by CaringwhiteguyAbsolutely Noel. Look at all the free face time the Donald got . . . . and obviously Beck needs free face time a lot more than Trump.
Umm...don't feel too bad for
March 23, 2007 - 09:36 ET by The Wicked ConservativeUmm...don't feel too bad for Beck there CWG. He's number 3 behind Limbaugh and Hannity. His tv show is not real strong but he has put together a couple specials now one of which was the 2nd highest rated cable news show ever. I really enjoy Glenn the days I can listen to him. I really hope a full blown feud erupts because it will just draw more attention to the insanity that is Rosie. And shame on Bahbah Wawa for giving Rosie a forum in which her spew might get confused with an informed opinion.
Rock on with the fatty jokes, I hate everything about the pc culture. PC is the biggest assault on free speech in the history of our country.
Rosie is soooo fat she has to keep euros in one pocket and pesos in the other pocket just to order lunch.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realizes that it bears a very close resemblence to the first.
- Ronald Reagan
No, TWC, that was Al Sharpton
March 23, 2007 - 12:59 ET by nofateNo, TWC, that was Al Sharpton talking about Barak Osama Obama's Mama, the one who Al says is so fat if you poke her, she bleeds gravy.
No doubt, Rosie is an idiot, laughing all the way to the bank. But I think she also has some very serious unresolved personal issues that will eventually weigh her down until she sinks.
"The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."
March 23, 2007 - 09:30 ET by Airforce_5_O
Oh I agree that Beck want thi
March 23, 2007 - 09:30 ET by Airforce_5_OOh I agree that Beck want this so he can expose her. I think Glen will go after her more even if she doesn’t respond. She is a much (excuse the expression) bigger target then Olberman. Considering her audience is 3 times that of old Keith’s show.
Hey it wouldn't hurt his rating either.
AF
March 23, 2007 - 09:40 ET by Noel SheppardAF,
This raises some interesting -- albeit sophomoric, yet deliciously related -- questions. Rosie may have three times the viewers than KO. However, what would you establish is the likely:
Please advise, and those with qualified, unqualified, or just comical positions please feel free to weigh in! :-) ns
It could be a ploy to make pe
March 23, 2007 - 11:38 ET by Airforce_5_OIt could be a ploy to make people buy more "wide-screen TV's" to get the full effect.
I think we need to come together on this because this will do nothing but "widen" the gap between us and the libs. I hope we understand the “gravity” of this rift.
Hey I can go on all day on this one.
Glenn Beck's Rosie Comments
March 23, 2007 - 09:41 ET by River CityNoel:
You may be right that Glenn is looking for attention. Glenn has made comments on his radio show that he has trouble getting some of the guests he would like to have because he isn't as well known as some others. I listen to his radio show frequently and enjoy it. I enjoy it more than his TV show. I think it is the format of his TV show that I don't like and it is on at the same time as H & C. When the screaming gets too much on H & C I will change it to GB. He needs to get off CNN HLN.
Speaking of Olbermann, Glen
March 23, 2007 - 09:51 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsSpeaking of Olbermann, Glenn's rant earned him a 'worst person' award (last night). Glenn should be proud.
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I don't watch "The Vie
March 23, 2007 - 09:35 ET by DyneI don't watch "The View," but just hearing about Rosie's tirades makes me want to call her something that only rhymes with witch.
I hear Rosie has her own area
March 23, 2007 - 10:04 ET by mattmI hear Rosie has her own area code. All joking aside, however, the best point was the one about O'Donnell's free reign to say the most outrageous crap while shutting down opposing views.
They should change the show's name to "The Obstructed View"
(double meaning not necessarily unintentional)...
Bah Bah Wah Wah
March 23, 2007 - 10:51 ET by HG AbrahamsonHow is Barbara Walters off the hook for putting this (insert expletive here) on the air ? Bernie did well by putting her in his latest book.
Bah Bah Wah Wah
March 23, 2007 - 10:51 ET by HG AbrahamsonHow is Barbara Walters off the hook for putting this (insert expletive here) on the air ? Bernie did well by putting her in his latest book.
Barbara Walters is more disgusting that Rosie O'D
March 23, 2007 - 11:48 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasO'D is without a doubt one of the more disgusting personalities on television. However, regardless of the offensiveness of what Beck calls a "Fat Witch", Barbara Walters far and any exceeds the digusting offensiveness of O'D.
Why?
Because it was in Walter's power to nix or approve the decision to hire and keep misandric, moralphobic and heterophobic, christophobic and hatemongering O'D. O'D unto herself is just what people see, an angry, confused and bitter witch. But with Walter's hiring of O'Donnell and refusal to speak out against the hatemongering and promotion of genuine bigotry (as opposed to Liberal Definitions of "bigotry") by Rosie...Walters isn't just complicit but in reality the deliberate designer and sustainer of such a socially maladadptive and truly hatefilled ranting and raging person as the "Fat Witch".
Worse is Walter's pretense that the hiring decision and the keeping of O'D is contractual and network controlled and that simply isn't true. Walter's has the authority to fire any sitting host at any time. Additionally and probably most significantly is the plain fact that Walters is a misandric bigot herself...not to mention quite antagonistic toward traditional values and recognized institutional authority but so much a coward that Walters, instead of honestly speaking the truth of her wretched soul...she hires Rosie O'Donnell to say what she really wishes she could say but rather than be truthful she hides behind O'Donnell (both literally and figuratively I might add) and feigns ignorance and hands held up as if to say, "Hey it's Rosie, what am I gonna do"?
Remember, when Rosie the Pig speaks you are also hearing the soul of Barbara Walters...end of story.
P.S. Last year I predicted June 15, 2007 as the day Rosie gets her walking papers and leaves The View Klux Klan...I look forward to being right : )
Shut up and blog! If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal. Go Rudy!
GAT -- you are clearly corr
March 23, 2007 - 12:08 ET by Jack BauerGAT -- you are clearly correct about the shameless Walters.
If she really had any interest in providing any effective balance to the Fat Bat and her snidekick Joy Rehab, she would have gotten an articulate, forceful and highly informed conservative woman on the show.
Someone like Laura Ingraham would runs rings (not bodily, thanks goodness) around that increasingly deranged harpie.
THAT would be a Loooong show
March 23, 2007 - 12:50 ET by FastEdTHAT would be a Loooong show - " . .and there's Laura, at the far turn, seems to be slowing, might be that she's down wind, made the turn, and coming to . ." and now a word from our sponsor, BeefCity, where rosie shops and eats, thinking it's a buffet.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Fast Ed -- actually I imagi
March 23, 2007 - 13:32 ET by Jack BauerFast Ed -- actually I imagine the first show would be quite short, as "Rosie" would explode, physically not metaphorically.
They'd be scraping up parts from the studio for weeks
Glenn Beck is great; he's the
March 23, 2007 - 11:54 ET by sembyGlenn Beck is great; he's the new Hannity but better; because he deals with real issues. He doesn't repeat the same thing over and over again!
But; isn't Glenn Beck an analyst now on Good Morning America, ABC. Is that going to be a problem?
If Beck were on FNC, he would
March 24, 2007 - 05:26 ET by BW222If Beck were on FNC, he would outdraw O'Reilly, whose new format I find really boring - contrived debates between Michelle Malkin and the Democratic blonde one night, Bernie Goldberg and Jane Hall another, the weekly body language segment and Jerry Rivers. Makes for a boring show.
Maybe FNC can't find time for Glenn as it's become the Anna Nicole Smith Channel (after serving as the Duke Lacrosse Channel and the Nataly Holloway Channel).
mix it up Glenn
March 23, 2007 - 12:06 ET by foolnomoreTaken on the,rosie side of the "beef'ers"is Mr. Beck's main stay ,he'll tell it,the way is and then, explains it ,that's all people want,, thank's "Glenn" best of luck,
Poor Rosie.....PPHHHHTTTTTT!!!!
March 23, 2007 - 12:13 ET by Liberally IneptTo quote my very conservative 12 year old daughter, " Rosie is so fat, she eats wheat thicks." Needless to say, my daughter is brilliant!
I pity...
March 23, 2007 - 12:18 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasI pity the poor fella who becomes her boyfriend and decides to challenge her to an impromptu argument...you might begin directing her to marrying an engineer to training herself to become an Attorney with a wit like that.
Shut up and blog! If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal. Go Rudy!
If more lawyers resorted to &
March 23, 2007 - 12:35 ET by Liberally IneptIf more lawyers resorted to "your mama" jokes, it would add more respect to that great profession. :) Liberalism= Playing leapfrog with a unicorn!
I enjoy Beck but don't get to
March 23, 2007 - 20:06 ET by dahliatraversI enjoy Beck but don't get to hear him very often. From what I have heard, this is unusual for him - stooping to personal invectives. He was clearly exasperated by Rosie wallowing in her own free speech rights but cutting off those of her fellow co-host's.
As for Barbara W, she is in a tough spot. Presumably Rosie's bellowy, irrational rants are getting ratings for the show. Plus Barbara would be accused of censorship if she pulled Rosie. But Rosie reflects very poorly indeed on the show and Barbara. Oh dear ...
I'll only comment on Glenn
March 23, 2007 - 20:24 ET by radiofitz34I'll only comment on Glenn Beck. Some of may have read my post that I would not mention "what's her name", so I won't. I think Glenn was trying to hard to egg her on. I would have preffered a more substantial commentary from Glenn.
Anyway just the same I like Glenn and hope he can hang in there at CNN. Hmmm, I wonder who will get cut first "what's her name" or Glenn?
Glenn's show is picking up vi
March 24, 2007 - 05:29 ET by BW222Glenn's show is picking up viewers at a rapid pace. In fact, CNN Headline News claims its prime time ratings are the fastest growing in cable. Unfortunately for Glenn, not many would think to look for a conservative on CNN.
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