Posted on 03/20/2007 12:00:03 PM PDT by Pokey78
"View" co-host Rosie O’Donnell displayed her disdain for opposing "views" when she shut off the show’s only non-liberal, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Rory Kennedy appeared on the March 20 edition to promote her film "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib."
Hasselbeck gently asked what our government should do to extract vital information from captured terrorists. Rosie jumped in and asserted "before you answer that" then proceeded to ask an unrelated question regarding a general’s transfer from Guantanamo Bay to Abu Ghraib. Elisabeth responded noting that detainees at Guantanamo are allowed to pray five times a day, and are well fed.
At that point the "Queen of Nice" cut her off stating Elisabeth "can’t just blather on" her "opinion" and she needs to ask a question. Obviously offended, Elisabeth stated that she did ask a question when Rosie interrupted with her own question. Rosie said it was because Hasselbeck dared to imply that Abu Ghraib was a result of a few bad apples and not condoned by the government. Those beliefs are not allowed in Rosie’s world. The transcript of the exchange is below.
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: I saw the documentary. I know that children were held. But I think in the case of those held in cell blocks 1A and B that were, you know, high level terrorists with information. I mean, what do you do when you have a terrorists who has a ton of information? You know, like KSM, who just confessed. What do you do with him? Do you not use extreme measures?
ROSIE O’DONNELL: Okay, before you answer that, is it true that the person who was sent from Guant – Gitmo Bay, Guantanamo Bay over to Abu Ghraib –
RORY KENNEDY: General Miller
O’DONNELL: General Miller he was brought there because Donald Rumsfeld was not happy with the amount of information he was getting as a result of the torture techniques that they were doing there. So he went from the very successful torture place in Guantanamo Bay over to Abu Ghraib. Is that true?
KENNEDY: That is correct.
O’DONNELL: That’s true
HASSELBECK: Guantanamo Bay, also, so you know, as a whole, these were extreme methods that were horrific but I think to paint the entire Army's way of getting information really for our benefit to be safe is not accurate. I think at Guantanamo Bay they are allowed to have their prayer time five times a day, they’re served meals, and what do you-
O’DONNELL: Okay Elisabeth, you have to stop. You have to stop. You can ask a question, but you can't just blather on your opinion. She’s here to talk about that. Ask her a question.
HASSELBECK: I asked the question that you said before you answer I --
O’DONNELL: Because you're trying to say that what happened was just based on these few bad apples and what her whole entire film showed is that it was orchestrated by our own government and condoned by them and you saw it twice. [applause]
HASSELBECK: I saw it twice.
O’DONNELL: Yes, so if you have a question, ask her.
HASSELBECK: I asked her the question.
O’DONNELL: What's the question?
HASSELBECK: I asked her the question.
O’DONNELL: Should we torture people? She said no.
I heard the director of this movie interviewed on NPR. It would be funny if the world wasn't at stake. We are fighting enemies that behead on a whim, use chemical weapons, slaughter innocent women and children by the bushel... and we put panties on some heads - and presto-change-o - we are Satan!
Nauseating.
A career in what?
Elizabeth is a token moderate and not such a good one at that...
Rosie is unbelievable...a real strange one..Barbara is ga ga over Cha Cha Chavez...so shes not going to give Rosie the boot...they are too much alike...
That would be a CAT fight to see.
Or is it ABC?
A Pig out of control.
Would YOU eat THAT???
Rosie is a perfect example of the American Left. Not only is she nattering and obnoxious, but she tells people who disagree to shut up. She's got her leftist act down. Keep Rosie on The View, just hang a sign on her that says Leftwing. It would be instructive to the public.
Ask the receptionist to change the channel, complain to the doctor that you are offended, and if that doesn't work, change doctors. No one who is ill should be exposed to such upsetting programming.
Not if the earth was scorched with nothing left. I would die of starvation.
Porky and Hass?
Those look new. She didn't have them on Survivor.
Another reason I can't stand the Kennedys..."Rory" married a guy named Mark Bailey in 1999...we'd all be saying "Rory Who" were it not for her maiden name being Kennedy....like that's supposed to give her credibility. Such phonies!
It is my understsanding that, since Rosie has been on, the ratings for "The View" have gone up considerably. Sad commentary on the mental state of many Americans.
I agree she is sweet, if Barbara Walters had any guts at all she'd hire Ann Coulter....now that I would watch.
same here -- who watches this show?
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