Posted on 05/17/2007 1:11:49 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
The May 17 edition of "The View" featured Rosie equating the United States with the terrorists, and Joy announcing her support for a Republican...but not what you may think. Token non-liberal Elisabeth Hasselbeck strongly made her case for how evil terrorists are and Rosie scuffed, "I don’t think you should use the word terrorist." Hasselbeck then noted a murderer is a murderer and asked what we should call terrorists "sweet peas?"
Rosie, in interrogating the non-liberal co-hosts, implied that the United States are the real terrorists.
O’DONNELL: I haven't -- I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?
HASSELBECK: Who are the terrorists?
O’DONNELL: 655,000 Iraqis -- I'm saying you have to look, we invaded --
HASSELBECK: Wait, who are you calling terrorists now? Americans?
O’DONNELL: I'm saying if you were in Iraq, and the other country, the United States, the richest in the world, invaded your country and killed 655,000 of your citizens, what would you call us?
HASSELBECK: Are we killing their citizens or are their people also killing their citizens?
O’DONNELL: We're invading a sovereign nation, occupying a country against the U.N.
After implying that they are terrorists, Rosie claimed to speak for the American people.
"Because people no longer- The vast majority of Americans no longer are falling for the trick of the bad terrorist are out there to get us."
Elisabeth Hasselbeck then turned the tables on Rosie and asked several times if the comedian "believes in terrorism." Just as she would not answer Bill O'Reilly's question if she wants America to win in Iraq, she does not answer the question until she finally says there is "government sponsored terrorism" including in the USA.
HASSELBECK: Do you not believe in terrorism?
O’DONNELL: I believe, Elisabeth, that 6,000 dead Americans from 9/11 and from this war is a lot less than 655,000 dead Iraqis.
HASSELBECK: But do you believe in terrorism?
O’DONNELL: I believe every human life is equal.
HASSELBECK: Do you believe there in terrorism?
O’DONNELL: I believe in state sponsored terrorism. I believe there is government sponsored terrorism by every nation in the world, including ours.
The segment began as Joy Behar announced she "almost would vote for a Republican." That Republican is Texas Congressman and presidential hopeful Ron Paul. Her reasoning is that Ron Paul suggested in a recent presidential debate that the United States invited the September 11 attacks. Joy felt this racist and anti-Semitic congressman was "right on the money." For good measure, Behar also ranted against Giuliani for daring to speak out against the "blame America first" rhetoric.
BEHAR: We need to look at what we do from the perspective of what would happen if somebody else did it to us. [Applause] That’s--All he's saying, all he’s saying is instead of just being a knee jerk like Rudy Giuliani, and you know Rudy Giuliani is not the only one who can respond to 9/11, excuse me.
HASSELBECK: But he's the one who did.
BEHAR: He happened to be there. So were we. We were all there also. The point is that there are other people in the country, including Ron Paul, who have another way of looking at Middle Eastern policy and we should be listening to those people too.
Send Rosie to Red China. After all it IS the Year of the Pig, they’d like her there.
Good Lord! WHO watches these dimwits? I cannot imagine sitting down to a cup of tea and listening to this tripe in MY OWN HOUSE! I wouldn’t let them in the front door.
Fat head Rosie can qualify things all she wants to, just like Ron Paul, but that will never justify 9-11. NEVER.
God bless Elisabeth for trying to be the voice of reason.
It’s also true: if you wouldn’t invite these people to visit your home, why watch them on TV. Ditto much of what is on the tube.
Heaven help us all!
UNfortunately, the token uninformed “non-liberal” isn’t smart enough to know the 655,000 number is fake.
But now millions of women in this country are certain that 655,000 Iraqis have died.
And because it’s an “entertainment” show, ABC doesn’t think they need to correct this obvious error, even though Barbara Walters is sitting right there and should know better.
I don’t suppose “Media Matters” is correcting any of THIS show’s misinformation? Didn’t think so.
That 655,000 number is pure fabrication by some looney leftist website.
Pray for W and Our Troops
655,000 dead? Lets see, Iraqi Freedom start 3-2003. 50 months ago. On average that would make 13,100 per month or 436 dead a day or 18 per hour killed.... You would think these people would have basic math skills and a calculator...oh wait...never mind...
UNfortunately, the token uninformed “non-liberal” isn’t smart enough to know the 655,000 number is fake....
...I couldn’t agree more...and also with your point about women thinking the number is legit...absurd choice of individual to represent ‘non-liberal’ thinking...
"Islamo-fascist", "Militant Islam" -- better words and terms.
I wonder how Elizabeth's and Rosie's discussion would have evolved -- and also that of Truthers and Ron Paul were everyone to use the more descriptive terms.
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