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By Stone Martindale May 23, 2007, 21:17 GMT
Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck 'View' smackdown
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Rosie O'Donnell just posted on her blog about the huge fight this morning on 'The View.' I have no idea what it means:
a split screen
new heights
or lows
depending on who u ask
is this kelli
no rosie
well hello it is betsy
i saw the view today
and wanted to call u
and just say hi and i hope u r ok
betsy and i chatted
i thanked her
fed the geese
put on amy winehouse
loud
always loud
the soul shakes
the heart awake
like it or not
tomorrow kelli turns 40
i will not be at work
Did bitch get fired? I know that right after the show, the executives had a huge meeting with the two. decoding Rosie is like f*cking figuring out morse code!
Takes courage to stand up for what you believe. Rosie does that and I admire her for it. Elisabeth was very rude and loud this morning. Rosie should have disengaged but it's hard not to get defensive when you are under that kind of pressure. Elisabeth is more in need of a time out than Rosie.
give me a break sally d. this is the first time elisabeth stood up to rosie. who does rosie think she is???!!! you call elisabeth rude. nuts! as rosie is. elisabeth has as much right to state her views. it is called' the view' you know. she needs to get off that show now, not 3 weeks from now. she will get worse and worse as days go by. get real, sally.
YOU MADE THE SHOW AND ONLY YOU.... YOU GO ROSIE. I HATE THAT YOU ARE LEAVING THE SHOW. I WISH YOUNG KNOW IT ALL ELISABETH WAS LEAVING..
hey View watcher - you ripped your comment off dlisted.com!
Television viewers are continually barraged with the idiotic rhetoric pouring out of the mouth of Bush and his administration and Elisabeth Hasselbeck spouts the same exact misguided garble.
Rosie O'Donnell speaks for a huge segment of the US population when she expresses the views that cause so much controversy on the show. Our views are rarely expressed on television and Rosie seems to be the main person who keeps attempting to get our point of view out there. I am one of the multitude of people in agreement with her. I am sickened by the Bush Administration of so many levels, the war on the top of the list.
Elisabeth does nothing but scare me and remind me of how clueless people are and how they have been tricked and lied to and have bought it all. She is young and uninformed. The support she has received by being the 'mouthpiece' of the White House on the View has so intoxicated her she has lost all objectivity at this point. Her behavior today was sickening and embarrassing. I am referring to her refusal to answer a direct question with a simple yes or no today and also Monday. She knew exactly what she was being asked and she played coy and would not answer the question truthfully. O'Donnell has continually had the things she said on the program twisted and edited to make her look like a crazy maniac but those that actually watch the show know different. No amount of money is worth the misquoting she has to endure every day. So disappointing.
I will no longer be able to watch The View as long as Elisabeth Hasselbeck is on the show. Rosie's last day is (or was until today?) June 21. It will be painful for me to watch for these last weeks but I will do it in support of O'Donnell. It is hard for me to believe that there are people in this country that actually agree with Elisabeth. Blows my mind.
I am a Rosie fan. It is correct the media's spin on Rosie always brings up her personal life as if it is a strike against her. But young, edgy, blonde, Elisabeth can step on everyone's comments on The View (even the guests) and the media leaves her alone. Let Rosie say any comment which we all are thinking anyway and headlines talk about her physical appearance and personal preferences. Quite honestly, when I listen to the message and the actual words of these two women I always align with Rosie. My perception of Elisabeth is that she is impolite, rude, and quick to anger. She's like a gnat you keep swatting at hoping she'll go away and she keeps getting to fly around every single day. I began watching The View because of Rosie. Then my kids started watching it for news stories for school projects. Even my kids have to rewind TiVo to hear the comments of guests and other co-hosts because Elisabeth keeps stepping on them. It is The View and Elisabeth might consider that The View of Rosie is just as valid as her own neatly packaged, pollyanna view. Life is not black and white. Life is messy and Elisabeth might look around and see just how many of her personal friends and family members may not even agree with her. In all due respect, it is time to reconsider Elisabeth's place on that show. Rosie has a view she backs up with facts.
I'm not happy with Elisabeth. I would have liked hearing more of Joy's opinions as always and more of Rosie. Review the video clips and you'll see Elisabeth ratched up the emotional outbursts and rather loudly. In order for Joy and Rosie to correct or respond while Elisabeth had the floor was to get even louder. And then it's blasted all over the media there was a fracas. Geez, I wanted to shout louder than Elisabeth and I was sitting here in L.A.
Go Rosie.
Go ladies. Rosie definitely has a considered opinion and when I watch the View with my wife at night I often think Rosie has some clear concerns and opinions and like 'In L.A.' I just want to swat at Elisabeth. A loud, know-it-all, all American girl so she gets favored status by the media? Sometimes it is obvious the media is slanted. If they can rake Rosie over the coals time after time for stating the very things we all think, what else are they slanting? Let this be a lesson to us all, the media cares more about sexual preference, weight and image issues, and religious preferences than the actual opinions of others who are not Republican, white-bread, pie-in-the-sky, giddy images of youth.
I agree! Keep Rosie, boot Hasselbeck.
I agree. Keep Rosie and Joy and their considered opinions peppered with comedy and get that loud, obnoxious, rude Hasselbeck out of there.
Dear Rosie, I would be so proud to be your mother!!! I am with you with every expression - both facial and verbal - My family is used to my raves about loving Rosie. We are the parents of a 36 year old lesbian, student rabbi who has awards for public service up to there!!! One of them being a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship which deemed her one of the next generation of world leaders. She has brought another wonderful daughter into our lives by marrying Felicia twelve years ago and they have two baby boys.
I've been a fan of The View for just about all the 10 years - Always loved Joy's intelligence, and Barbara's poise. Elizabeth Hasselbeck drives me and my husband MAD!!! Cannot abide her whining and I DO think that the White House visit went to her head, big time. I will miss you so much on The View. It was good before you but now, with you, I cannot miss it.
Keep up the wonderful work. You are greatly admired for so many reasons.
Love, Lisa Timoner - 626-445-4212 or elitimoner@sbcglobal.net
By the way - I'm best friends with Todd Tragash's mother who helped design your Miami house. Love you - Please be well and happy.
Rosie is rude and obnoxious and always has been. Good riddance!
Is this a pro lesbian site? I just googled Rosie/Hasselbeck trying to find the video from today and came across this blog and am rofl-ing at the pro Rosie stance here. Come on, Elisabeth is the loud rude obnoxious one? LOLOLOL! You folks have something for Rosie or for her political/social/sexual stance and can't see the plain and obvious.
I don't know this site but the views here are SOOOOO skewed. Rosie is the most ridiculous thing on television. She has permanently tainted Barbara Walters' otherwise stellar reputation. She blabs conspiracy drivel with absolutely NOTHING of journalistic crediblity to back her up. She equates our troops with terrorists. She thinks Christians are equivalent with radical Islam.
But then again, seeing the responses here, I have obviously stepped into the lunatic leftist fringe and you must agree with this inanity. Any sane person who watches the view without a prejudiced slant will see that Rosie repeatedly belittles Elisabeth, spouts off her hateful rhetoric and cuts Elisabeth off. I have been standing and shouting at the TV time and again for Elisabeth to stand up to this mouth with no brain attached. Hooray, today she finally did.
You go Elizabeth!!!
All Rosie asked for was a yes or no to her question. EH would be an excellent spin doctor for this crooked administration or better yet go to work for one of those stations that twist the stories so well.
June cannot possibly come fast enough. I truly hope that Rosie is on her 14th minute of fame...she cannot fade away fast enough. Rosie is the epitome of the left; obnoxious, rude, insensitive, blindly incompetent,...there is not enough room here to list the adjectives to adequately describe further. It is frightening to see her using subversive tactics to warp the female minds who absorb her lunatic rantings. For all the information she 'possesses' & has a opinion on, she must to have an insider in every office in Washington. Contrary to previous comments, she most definitely does NOT speak for a huge portion of America (unless you only count California). Neither I, or anyone in my unit, actually knows someone who likes her. Furthermore, I'm quite sure responsible parents would never let their children be subjected to her seditionist views. This recent 'spat' only emphasized her insanity. She is anti-military, anti-Christian & anti-America. I am just amazed she lasted this long. I'm surprised she hasn't befriended Chavez & Amajimajamajihad yet. As our beloved country grows steadily further apart, people like her will wonder what happened when the next revolution arises. And you sit there...& think I'm kidding...what is the alternative? C'mon, seriously...as we divide socially, how are we to mend that which is so badly damaged? Conservatives vs. liberals---Conservatives believe in the good wholesome foundations of this Country; God, adherence to law, common decency, solid morals, etc. Liberals want to; take away God from everything, no military, no border, limited law & accountability (people should be able to do anything they want), don't care what's in the media (morals don't apply), freedom of every speech, etc, etc, etc. Both list are huge...ok...what happened to the common respect & decency of the past folks? Hmmm?...................Nevermind, I'm done.
Rosie says it like it is - like it or not. Elizabeth is sooo Republican, and thinks Bush can do no wrong to the point that it gets tiresome. A lot of people are intimidated by a strong woman, and you have to admit Rosie has generated a lot of viewers and opinions on the View. It has been much more interesting since Star Jones, with her overblown ego, left. If people think Rosie is rude and obnoxious, just hope that Rosanne isn't the one to replace her.
Come on, now, Van, American liberals are no more 'anti-military, anti-Christian & anti-America' than American conservatives.
Most Americans are opposed to this protracted, multiguhzillion-dollar, many-reasons-given war in Iraq. Does this make most Americans 'anti-military'?
Most Americans are wary of extreme fundamentalism; heck, we won't even give tract-wielding Jehovah's Witnesses the time of day. Does this make most Americans 'anti-Christian'?
Most Americans are--as his record-low approval ratings attest--sick of Bush and his endless war in Iraq. Does this make most Americans 'anti-America'?
Whether we want to admit it or not, most Americans think like Rosie. We're very pragmatic. I like to think it's because most of us realize intuitively that, left unchecked, Christian Conservatism could turn into America's version of Islamic Extremism. What would that look like? Picture Extreme Puritanism, only with 'nucular weapons' added this go-round.
If you've still got your constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms, thank a Liberal.
I always liked Rosie when she did her own show and, like the majority in this country, feel the war is wrong. But when Rosie gets on this subject she goes from Dr. Jekyll to Ms. Hyde. She becomes so self-righteous and such a know-it-all that she hurts her cause. Elizabeth, although I do not agree with her position, is always civil. Rosie needs some lessons in logical debate.
bommette you are absolutely right.. Rosie thinks that only her opinion is the correct one... dont like the war.. not a republican.. but i cant stand Rosie.. she's not a fair debater and bashes ANYONE who does not agree with her and follow her flock.. she makes every current event about herself.. self-ritious and narsasistic (excuse my spelling)... not a fan of Elizabeths either... but at least she's sat there listening to Rosies dribble all these months....the show is horrible... nothing but a bunch of hens yacking away.. i've only liked Joy.. you know where she stands but she doesnt use the show as her platform... and she can laugh about anything.. i remember watching Rosie bash Tom Sellack cuz she didnt agree on the gun issue.. i remember her bashing Kelly (Regis&Kelly) about being homophobic cuz she snapped at Clay Aiken for touching her mouth.. and Clay hasnt even announced whether he's gay or not...who asked her to patrol everyone elses behavior when she cant even control her own.. whether i agree or disagree with her 'issues', i will never respect her as a person cuz she is just a HUGE bully! and that wasnt a pun!
Rosie doesnt tell it like it is.. Rosie tells it like Rosie wants to cuz its ALL about Rosie.. Barbara should be asshamed.....
Dear Rosie,
You are the best! I will stop watching The View after you leave. My husband never watches television in the morning but does watch the first 20 minutes of The View because of you. Always know that you are a wonderful person with a beautiful heart. Best wishes to you and Happy Birthday to Kelly. I look forward to you having your own TV show in the near future.
It's so funny to me. So many people keep siding with Rosie as if she is really speaking for the little guy. She has been a bully and an obnoxious person since day one of being co-host.
EH has been a lady who tries to get accross her view with Rosie never allowing her or anyone else to finish. But, like very often repeated, people say they like to hear both sides and are open minded, But really are not, the hatred of Bush and not 'real' facts is what blinds alot of people 'sheep' to look further to examine what EH or the other side might really be saying about issues.
Rosie,should have defended herself and her own words. She did imply they were terrorists. EH didn't need to to nor should have defended 'the Big Mouth'
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