Rosie O’Donnell: U.S. Under Patriot Act Similar to Apartheid

News Busters ^ | October 24, 2006 - 14:44. | Megan McCormack

[Sopater]

Rosie O’Donnell took another vicious swipe at the Bush administration and its efforts to combat terrorism during Tuesday’s ‘The View.’ Liberal actor Tim Robbins appeared on the program to promote his latest film ‘Catch a Fire,’ set in apartheid-era South Africa. In the film, Robbins portrays a white police officer who tortures a black South African man, wrongfully accused of sabotage of an oil refinery. While discussing the film and his character, co-host Rosie O’Donnell equated the brutal tactics used against the people of South Africa by its own government with the Bush administration’s Patriot Act.:

Rosie O’Donnell: "They were seeking out terrorists, which is what they called the people in South Africa who actually lived there, who were the majority. The blacks in South Africa, who were trying to fight for their own civil rights, were called terrorists and the government was allowed to arrest them at will and interrogate them, no matter what they did, just on the suspicion. Very similar today to what we have in the United States, thanks to the Patriot Act."

Elisabeth Hasselbeck briefly defended the anti-terror legislation, before being cut off by Robbins and O’Donnell, who went on to compare further "similarities" between South Africa under apartheid and President Bush’s America:

Elisabeth Hasselbeck: "Well, and the Patriot Act, I’m sorry, protects us. But that's a whole different story, but this–"

Robbins: "What they did–what they did that was similar was, they threw out due process. They threw out the right to attorney."

O’Donnell: "Habeas corpus."

Robbins: "And they allowed the, the government and actually required people like this guy I play to torture people. And I’m, so, so what it does to the individual is it, it puts an incredible moral burden on the agent of the government, the, the soldier or the policeman–"

O’Donnell: "Lynndie England."

[Signalman]

Liberal Heterosexual men are as close to being gay as you can get...without actually crossing the line. And this picture of Robbins proves it.

[RightWhale]

Does anybody have a count of Rosie statements, assertions, and judgements that are related to Reality versus those that are total Nonsense? Is it anywhere near 1%?

[Skywarner]

"Rosie O’Donnell: U.S. Under Patriot Act Similar to Apartheid"

Me: Rosie O'Donnell similar to an idiot - Idiots everywhere outraged by comparison.

As with the Dixie Chicks Idiots, I'd tell Rosie to shut up and sing. Only problem is that she doesn't sing. And, she never seems to shut up. It must be nice living in her world of make believe...

[Squawk 8888]

Every time some jackass compares a western democracy with a totalitarian regime, I wish we could ship them off to said regime and not let them out until they've figured out the difference.

[wastedyears]

Liberal Heterosexual men are as close to being gay as you can get...without actually crossing the line. And this picture of Robbins proves it.

What about Metro's?

[longtermmemmory]

why do we even bother? The view is a left wing wacko show.

Barbara Walters has jumped the shark.

Rosie is the queen of mean and not for public consumption.

[Scotswife]

"I suspect that the original poster was not only commenting on the attire but the way "he" has his legs crossed like a girl."

Yes...same thing. Trying to appear sophisticated, but coming off as effeminate.

[Quilla]

I can't believe the "idiot" has an audience.

[rlmorel]

"...U.S. Under Patriot Act Similar to Apartheid..."

I think what she was TRYING to say was "...any human being under Rosie O'Donnell is similar to that human being under a steamroller..."

Or something like that.

[Risha]

LOL!!!

I almost chocked on my corned beef sandwich!!!

[rlmorel]

Okay...THAT made me spew my lunch all over my computer...

[Tijeras_Slim]

You're the third person on this thread I've nauseated... I'm gonna call the Guiness Book!

[rlmorel]

I heard a woman call Rush Limbaugh and tell him how relieved she was to see the sole of his shoe when he had his legs crossed during an interview...as a man crosses his legs.

[rlmorel]

Hehe, it wasn't "nauseated"...it was involuntary laughter trying to escape whilst food transited the same pathway...:)

[MikeA]

The idiot speaks. And what races are being separated from any other? Hasn't this assinine show been cancelled yet?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Well, there goes my record. ;)

[rlmorel]

Great tagline, MikeA...

[N. Theknow]

Take it from a fat, white lesbian....apartheid was just like the Patriot Act.

Movie stars...*sigh*....Is there ANYTHING they don't know?

[Laserman]

"oor Elizabeth Hasselback, she's has to defend this nonesense everyday. How do you debate an idiot? "

Never argue with a fool. People might forget who's who!

[Laserman]

"but not as smart."

Or as photogenic!!!