Why would Rosie O'Donnell, a woman known for her wild-eyed rants against firearms, the war on terror, and the military, dress her child in a camo shirt, camo bandana and a bandolier of bullets and then post that picture on her own website? I certainly can't answer that stunner and neither can the denizens of her nutroots website who seem shocked and utterly unable to assist me in finding out what is going on with this business.
Yet, there it is, for all to see on her Web site; exactly the photo described above.
(Above is a screen shot of her "A Picture Says a Thousand Posts" section of her website)
Some of Rosie's devoted fans are just as confused as the rest of us. Here are a few of the shocked comments from the site...
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That is a horrible picture of VIvi!!Eula Hollon
Help me out here….Why is that child in the header pic(your child I believe) wearing a bullet belt around her? Is there a political statement ur trying to make?Bill
Ro- So dissapointed to see your little ones with bullets…where are the guns? I thought for sure you would protect them more from such things…The internet is NOT OK…but bullets ARE?? Why Why??Amanda
Are you kidding me with that pic of your daughter? Why would you do that?Jon E.
Not sure of the “message” you are trying to send with that pic of Viv, but I guarantee many are not going to get it… Children with bullets, even fake…?? what are u thinking?
So, gentle readers, we are not alone wondering what is going on with this photo in the wide, un-populated expanse of Rosie's mind.
But, I have to say, the hypocrisy is hilarious. She will most likely fall back on the it's-just-a-kid-at-play argument, but that really makes the lie to her all too common hyperbole on the issues surrounding the issues of guns. So, what does this say of her anti-gun rants if she so easily allows her child to play at being a terrorist? That it doesn't matter if it's "just" playing?
On the other hand, does she think she is making some sort of statement about child soldiers? And what does it say about a "Mother" who uses her own child to make political statements?
In any case, this is a perplexing picture, one that I don't see how she can explain satisfactorily for her nutroots followers. Perhaps some more evidence that Rosie O'Donnell simply has no idea what she is on about? Or that she is one confused and unstable lady?
Should we begin to feel sorry for her at this point? You tell me! What is going on here?
UPDATE
It seems I was right on both counts. Rosie has told The ShowBuzz in an email that the costume was the result of a game of make-believe... but that we should all think about our soldiers!
"They don't watch TV – this is how they play/the boys had fatigues and were playing war/the girls wanted some/they run around the house with water guns/shooting each other."
"It's fascinating to me/that an image of a child dressed up as a soldier/evokes so much attention/yet the real soldiers – their deaths – their wounded bodies/doesn't seem to faze most/or make news," she added.
So, it is both just kids playing and nothing to worry about, making the lie to her past hyperbole about guns AND a political statement about the war.
Sigh - Hollyweird !
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Or that she is one confused a
June 26, 2007 - 18:29 ET by drillanwrOr that she is one confused and unstable lady?
Yaaahhhh!
And the other half of the posters to her site that seem to think it is a valid antiwar statement??!! And mentioned that they were in tears??!!!!! Prozac for the lot of them! Double for Rosie.
What is it about ALL volunteer military these sub-idiots just don't get?
Rosie is moron.... nuff said...
June 26, 2007 - 18:43 ET by Pasco ConservativeO'Donnell has a screw missing.
Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any
man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.
-Unknown
...so who still says homos ca
June 27, 2007 - 13:10 ET by TruthMonger...so who still says homos can't raise kids right?
Ooooooh, isn't that just the
June 26, 2007 - 18:33 ET by Chris NormanOoooooh, isn't that just the sweetest, most precious little terrorist you've ever seen? I sense there'll be a book titled "Rosie Dearest" in about twenty-five years, or so...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Chris,I have a strong feeling
June 26, 2007 - 18:39 ET by drillanwrChris,
I have a strong feeling when partner Kelly becomes her ex (unavoidable at the rate Rosie's going ...) she'll beat the kid to it ... the "tell all" book, that is.
Yeah, but it's so much better
June 26, 2007 - 18:45 ET by Chris NormanYeah, but it's so much better coming from the kid you screwed up...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
I too, get the feeling that R
June 26, 2007 - 19:42 ET by HypocriteHaterI too, get the feeling that Rosie's downward spiral is going to ultimately lead to Kelly getting the hell out of there. I'm amazed she's lasted this long.
All the latest fashionistas o
June 26, 2007 - 21:02 ET by Scout FinchAll the latest fashionistas on E are proclaiming bandoliers are the new coat-hangers in Hollywood kids fashions these days. Can't you just hear Rosie Dearest screeching out "No.....plastic....bandoliers..........EVER!!!!"
If anyone else (other than
June 27, 2007 - 04:45 ET by motherbeltIf anyone else (other than a real Palestinian suicide-bomber family) had done this, Rosie would be screaming "Child abuse!".
So where's the local DCF or whatever, investigating whether to take this child out of this abusive home?????
(Rosie) "You are too twi
June 26, 2007 - 18:37 ET by drillanwr(Rosie), "You are too twisted for color TV!" Ouiser Boudreaux: Steel Magnolias
I wonder if child services ha
June 26, 2007 - 18:41 ET by Clear thinkerI wonder if child services has seen this photo?
Prove you can secure our borders first. The only legislation that counts!
Clear,See my post one minute
June 26, 2007 - 18:43 ET by BlondeClear,
See my post one minute after yours. GMTA.
This is proof positive that t
June 26, 2007 - 18:42 ET by BlondeThis is proof positive that the woman is seriously twisted.
Sicko'er than Michael Moore.
Call the Department of Children & Families. This is child abuse.
Blonde,They've investigated o
June 26, 2007 - 18:57 ET by Chris NormanBlonde,
They've investigated others on much less than this...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Chris, In libland, one never
June 26, 2007 - 19:17 ET by BlondeChris,
In libland, one never knows. But they're all about "protect the children", so I'm hoping.
Just the fact that she posted the child's pic on her sicko website is bad enough....but to dress her daughter up that way...I'm really beyond words...which is just not me at all.
Anecdotal evidence: my lib br
June 26, 2007 - 19:23 ET by Chris NormanAnecdotal evidence: my lib brother has friends, respected in the community, who have a little boy. The boy six at the time) drew a picture at public school and said it was "dinosaur poop". Child Protective Services investigated after the teacher called it in. Nothing came of it, but the parents pulled their boy out of the public school and put him in a private school. My lib brother doesn't recognize that this is the result of liberal government run amok.
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Curious.
June 26, 2007 - 19:07 ET by Heather RadishInteresting. I see pictures of little Palestinian kids with guns and bullets and uniforms all the time on various news sites, and that doesn't seem to bother liberals at all. Why is it different when it's the blonde daughter of a rich American lesbian?
Rosie's Child Abuse Self Destruction
June 26, 2007 - 19:07 ET by Lame CherryWhether one agrees with Donald Trump or not, his business sense keenly picked out Rosie O'Donnell is self destructive........the same woman Bob Barker just loves and the same best friend of Barbara Walters.
In Freudian psychopathy what O'Donnell did was a grab at attention to match the chaos in her soul. She resorted this time to child abuse. She knows very well that prostituting your own child for a political cause is reprehensible. She knows also in dressing her daughter up as a Palestinian terrorist fodder child is something which will slap even the liberal loons who support her.
This odd couple does not belong mentoring children in the insane diatribes she goes off on, attacking people like Kelly Rippa to Elisabeth Hasselback and this final plea for the government to swoop in and save the children from Rosie herself.
This kind of behavior belongs in child protection and court counsellors must be brought in to evaluate this situation before it degrades into some kind of Chris Benoit situation.
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I'm not a psychiatrist, but
June 26, 2007 - 19:09 ET by Jack BauerI'm not a psychiatrist, but if I was, I would have to say she's frackin' nuts.
Fortunately I am able to make a diagnosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders I just happen to have to hand.
Reading it indicates the woman could be suffering from one of two possible mental conditions.
Either Borderline Personality Disorder; or Bipolar. The good news is, she could play Abby Lockhart's sister on ER with no research.
And the fact that one of the disorders has "bi" in it, is just a bonus.
Jack,Just saw The Caine Mutin
June 26, 2007 - 19:14 ET by drillanwrJack,
Just saw The Caine Mutiny over the weekend. Hauntingly familiar. Wonder if Rosie demands of Kelly and the kids, "What happened to the quart of strawberries?!?"
drill -- Captain Queeg: Ahh
June 26, 2007 - 19:25 ET by Jack Bauerdrill --
JackI just wanted to say your
June 26, 2007 - 19:22 ET byJack
I just wanted to say your line a week ago of George Washington and the cherry tree: "I can not tell a lie I'm a security agent" brilliant
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
That sounds funny. So I wis
June 26, 2007 - 19:34 ET by Jack BauerThat sounds funny. So I wish I could remember writing it. Must have been another poster.
Though I am probably losing my mind, so anything is possible. It's all the worry about Paris Hilton and whether she'd get shanked in the pokey.
Paris's new catchphrase has echoes of the other great civil rights crusade.
Me at last Good oneThe othe
June 26, 2007 - 19:39 ET byMe at last Good one
The other one was at the end of a medium long post extolling the multiple virtues of security agents in response to the security agent who reported the controlled demolition of tower 7 at the WTC. I thought it was you who made the point if a security guard said it it must be fact.
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
botg -- yep, you're right.
June 26, 2007 - 19:43 ET by Jack Bauerbotg -- yep, you're right. I forget that. I was me. I cannot tell a lie!
It was that dumb pr+ck who believes this one "security guard" while discounting the xxx numbers of others.
Sure, the very last thing you expect to hear when a plane hits a building is an "explosion."
All these people are either nuts or evil. Possibly both.
Evening Jack...Frackin' nuts
June 26, 2007 - 19:27 ET by bigtimerEvening Jack...
Frackin' nuts and then some Jack.
BT -- the Roseanne Barr of
June 26, 2007 - 19:30 ET by Jack BauerBT -- the Roseanne Barr of the 21st cenury. With the same career trajectory.
Bulls-Eye Jack!Dead in the Ce
June 26, 2007 - 19:32 ET by bigtimerBulls-Eye Jack!
Dead in the Center!
LMAO....
The Million Mom March has her
June 26, 2007 - 19:19 ET by bigtimerThe Million Mom March has her adopted child wearing this?
Like I said long ago...my heart worries and goes out for those kids.
The exploitative picture ju
June 26, 2007 - 19:21 ET by FairlightThe picture juxtaposed with her PEACE shirts for sale effectively illustrate just how troubling O'Donnell's mental condition really is. These kids need to live with their grandparents until Rosie can get the help she is exploiting for.
ps-Rosie explicitly forbids these children to use the Internet, meanwhile SHE plasters their pictures ALL OVER IT!??
Look closely at the camo patt
June 26, 2007 - 19:25 ET by Darth CirrocuLook closely at the camo pattern. It appears to be a kid-sized version of the standard Army Combat Uniform. That photo is likely an anti-war (or, let's be honest, anti-Bush) statement along the lines of, "We're sending our children to war in Iraq to die because of Bush's lies."
If that's the case, it's another example of the infantilization of the military by the left. Rosie sees all military personnel as innocent children who are desperate or stupid enough to sign up and go fight in Iraq for all the wrong reasons. Or we're all psychotic murderers bent on terrorizing the women and children of the peaceful, idylic nations of the Middle East. It's one of those two. I get confused.
My God, look at that empty so
June 26, 2007 - 19:27 ET by JABMy God, look at that empty soul looking in your direction. The last time I seen eyes so solemn was on a mentally, physically, sexually and emotionally abused child, all three of them. They (all three) now all call me Dad with pride (because they were not mine and now acknowledge the sacrifices taken), as adults.
I know the stare, just as vietnam vets do. Look into the confusion the child feels, there is no direction there for her, poor baby (my heart bleeds for her).
There are MAJOR problems in that household, folks.
<edited for clarity>
"Too bad Ignorance isn't painful..."
JAB...Me too...I felt the exa
June 26, 2007 - 19:30 ET by bigtimerJAB...
Me too...I felt the exact same way as you have so beautifully described here...
I have worried about those kids long ago....I pray with all my heart they end up okay.
BT, I know you well enough to
June 26, 2007 - 19:38 ET by JABBT, I know you well enough to know you pick-up on some of the same things I do when kids are involved. As a woman, you have that instinct us men usually don't. I only picked up on it after living it. I view this as quite pronounced though, as yourself.
Let us pry for this child to have a better life, in the very near future (as my grandbaby laughs and plays in the next room).
I think I'll sign off for a little bit and go roll on the floor, please excuse me.
"Too bad Ignorance isn't painful..."
Enjoy your grand-baby JAB...
June 26, 2007 - 19:44 ET by bigtimerEnjoy your grand-baby JAB....
...and being a woman has something to do with it...but I too have lived it.
'Nuff said.
I do not visit Rosie's site o
June 26, 2007 - 19:36 ET by drillanwrI do not visit Rosie's site on my own. Only click the links when accompanying a story such as this. However, programs on FNC sometimes show her video message clips and she is always either sucking down a beer, or looks to have done so before taping her message.
Yes, I agree. Looks like Rosie is sinking ... fast. To see some of her site supporting posters peeling away only confirms that.
This child looks empty, sad
June 26, 2007 - 20:33 ET by Front_RangeThis child looks empty, sad and ill. She is so pale and pitiful looking.
How dare she use these kids to further her agenda (not sure what she is trying to show with this.... how bad a "Mom" she is?)
The poor kid looks cute. Bu
June 26, 2007 - 19:38 ET by Jack BauerThe poor kid looks cute. But imagine how bored she must get hearing the same question over and over again from people...
So this is why same sex couples adopt children?
June 26, 2007 - 19:44 ET by pearlSo this is why same sex couples adopt children?
This pic ranks up there with Michael Jackson holding "his" child over a rail.
Is this illegal? Is there a rogue DA in her county?
This is sad.
June 26, 2007 - 19:45 ET by c5thenLook at the child! She is not happy and playing, she is utterly dejected and depressed. This has to be someone dressing her up to make some sort of point and then exploiting it on the internet.
If I saw a chld that had that look in my neighborhood or at the park or anywhere, I would ask her if she was OK and if anything was wrong.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic
My thoughts too. I see empt
June 26, 2007 - 21:04 ET by amberMy thoughts too. I see emptiness in her eyes, almost an absence of soul.
I am glad I saw this photo, I will pray for her, she is tormented. Very sad, very very sad.
Y'all, when I saw the photo
June 28, 2007 - 00:52 ET by MikeBY'all, when I saw the photo of the child I wondered if maybe Rosie had been giving the kid vodka in her sippy cup. The eyes are empty, nothing there. This child is either drunk or stoned, physically ill, or emotionally troubled. That home is definitely one that should be investigated.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Ain't that a kick in the head
June 26, 2007 - 20:24 ET by dmntd1Wouldn't it be a kick in the pants if this little girl grew up to be a Soldier in the U.S. Army? Maybe even a U.S. Marine? I would pay to see Rosie's face when Vivi announced her intentions to enlist...
I really think that questioning others' masculinity is a game probably better left to people who haven't had more cock in and out of them than a Tyson Chicken regional distribution center. AceOfSpades 06162007
You guys have it all wrong...
June 26, 2007 - 20:33 ET by rx4musicYou guys have it all wrong... She's not dressed as a terrorist, she's a Freedom Fighter! Just ask Cindy or Hugo!
Rosie's reply
June 26, 2007 - 20:36 ET by PawpawNRosie's reply: "My TAIL-A-BONE made me put the explosive device on her!!"
Nowadays ca-raaazzeee appea
June 27, 2007 - 00:55 ET by daveinbocaNowadays ca-raaazzeee appears to be a career slot in the E-ntertainmentInfotainment Universe that is supplanting thought online and in your newspapers.
I wonder what the birth paren
June 27, 2007 - 04:58 ET by shannon20I wonder what the birth parents of her adopted children are thinking? It's like Hollywoods new hobby, adopting children. Very trendy!
Yes, those little tea cup siz
June 27, 2007 - 09:46 ET by drillanwrYes, those little tea cup sized pooches being carried around in $10, 000 Prada bags is soooo last year, darling.
Once again, The Shrub Report
June 27, 2007 - 08:05 ET by Roger the ShrubberOnce again, The Shrub Report® trumps Newsbusters, yet still no love. Sigh.
This is plenty of love, Rog
June 27, 2007 - 08:09 ET by sarcasmoThis is plenty of love, Rog. At least the masthead notices your stuff...
JMR
Pat Dollard, who was a Hollyw
June 27, 2007 - 10:27 ET by drillanwrPat Dollard, who was a Hollywood (worker) but left it behind to cover the Iraq War and the troops ... FOR the troops, and for those who want real news about what's going on over there, caught onto this Rosie, terrorist Mommy story too. He's posted it on his site, patdollard.com :
"this video undermines her campaign to make us sympathetic to terrorists by featuring an image that mirrors the terrorists’ use of little children for both propaganda campaigns and the actual commitment of terrorist acts. Vivi resembles every suicide-bomb draped kid in countless Islamic rallies. She also resembles the 6 year-old boy the Taliban recently used as a suicide bomber. When I was at the Government Center in Ramadi, Al Qaeda gave 6 year-old kids candy to throw grenades over the compound walls." - Pat Dollard
Rosie is such a nut job.....
June 27, 2007 - 13:58 ET by ksimm81Rosie is such a nut job.....