Today, Ro did call for Bush's impeachment (she was pretty hyped up in her spiel by the time she mentioned it). Mebbe a quarter of the audience applauded. It was more like a moment of dead air (the 'applause' came on?). From my couch view, Elizabeth was a little shocked; Joy tried to chime in and drum up applause; and Barbara Walters looked stunned. Truly stunned. She must have shot a look to kill at Rosie; because Rosie then shuffled the cards and said something about changing topics...Ro went on another diatribe about a Senator stepping forward and marking history with an impeachment request yada yada yada, Clinton was mentioned, and she added 'he was impeached over sex in the privacy of his office (note to Rosie...OUR office, hon). And Barbara then ended the foray with 'he was impeached for lying.' They went to commercial and came back to the next 'hot topic.'
As always, they (the four on the panel) seemed fine. I'd love to see an audience member blog about this...because what goes on during those breaks has to be more than just re-applying lip gloss.
PennsylvaniaMom you caught it spot on!