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Cleofuss |
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Damn i missed the start of the show. Any fireworks?
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MsJulieR |
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it really is just the same old, same old...
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ChicagoSue |
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There must be something we can do to make Bitsy's dream come true! Despite her denials about going to Fox News, she sure has amped up her auditioning for
that "fair and balanced" <gagging big time> network.
On another note, I thought the tension between Bitsy and Joy was palpable today. The Chicago Sun-Times mentioned that Joy donned a green jacket at a gig and made crazy like Bitsy. Apparently, it got back to Bitsy and she is not amused. I'm sure she is feeling very much the victim. Hey, you're in the big leagues now, missy! That's what you get for pulling that Kool-Ade crap on air.
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dayzdnconfuzd |
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SmalltownBoy wrote:Hey, it's fair game. Liz made a snarky view reference in her Palin speech, about how she is always interrupted. In reality, they just interrupt her interruptions. So, if liz can dish it out, she should be able to take it. But yeah, she does play victim well. |
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seaguy |
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Excerpts from Hasselbeck's Interview With WaltersOn SIRIUS' "Barbara Live," Barbara Walters joined by her good friend New York Post columnist Cindy Adams chatted with Barbara's The View co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck about her weekend of campaigning in Florida with Republican vice presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin. Barbara Live, Barbara Walters' exclusive radio show for SIRIUS, airs Mondays from 6:00 - 7:00 pm ET on SIRIUS Stars channel 102. The weekly show features Walters and her co-host Bill Geddie, the longtime executive producer of The View and Walters' Oscar® specials, as they discuss timely pop culture and political topics with listeners and special guests. Recent guests include Arianna Huffington, Henry Kissinger, Tom Brokaw, Shirley MacLaine, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gene Wilder and Regis Philbin. Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Sarah Palin's patriotic flag pin accessory: BARBARA WALTERS: Listen Elizabeth, my affection for you has no bounds, but to wave the American flag because Sarah Palin was wearing a flag pin and to bring in our service men and women in from overseas is little bit [sings dramatic music] - don't you think so? ELISABETH HASSELBECK: You think so? You see I don't. I think it is completely fair, I think if they were - they being mainstream media - are going to continually just go after what she was wearing and pick it down to the price tag, the item, where it was found, where it was bought, her shoes, what color they were, her earrings. I thought that it was interesting that they didn't focus on the value of the pin that she wears. BARBARA WALTERS: -Yeah, but you brought it up. ELISABETH HASSELBECK: I brought it up - prior to the clip that you ran… I said in between that I believe the focus on her wardrobe has been deliberately sexist. I said, following that, so let me speak in terms that they - meaning those who have been criticizing her - might understand and then I followed with those examples. And I just wanted to parallel the tone that I thought and had been set by the media and use that right back at them. CINDY ADAMS: …I am part of the media and I happen to be partial to Sarah Palin so you don't have to worry that you've got somebody else on the other side. But the fact is that when Nixon was running they were worrying about his make-up. I remember very well when Mrs. Reagan was being chastised for her clothes and for her china. This isn't necessarily sexist. BARBARA WALTERS: And John Edwards' hair cut. CINDY ADAMS: … We've done this for everybody, the media is an equal opportunity abuser - we kill everyone. ELISABETH HASSELBECK: I would normally maybe believe that. I don't think anyone can look at the amount of articles that were written, the amount of news stories that were done on Sarah Palin's wardrobe and say that she had a fair shake in terms of what was being reported on. There are so many things that can be discussed in this campaign and even liberals are admitting that there is a huge slant in terms of the amount of articles that are out, that are positive about her…Look, they're smart, they're trying to take the focus off of John McCain because Senator McCain is incredibly qualified and deserving to be president of the United States. They are trying to nit-pick at things about Sarah Palin, hoping to distract the American people. I, on the other hand, think the American people are smarter than that. BARBARA WALTERS: That may be. And certainly the whole business of the wardrobe is interesting because she comes off as, and I think rightly so, as a woman who is a hockey mom and who doesn't care about her looks and so forth. And then we read about the money spent on make-up, and the money spent on her hair and the money spent on her clothes. I said this morning on The View, that I blame the Republican Party. They could have bought her a very nice wardrobe that didn't cost $150,000. CINDY ADAMS: She's not spending all of that. There was a party about two weeks ago that Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendy Murdoch, Queen Rania whom you [Barbara] know of Jordan and Sarah Brown, who is the wife of the prime minister of Britain gave. It was all some of the top ladies in New York. And she came in, Sarah Palin and I walked over to her. She looked stunning … [she was wearing a] black jacket that was just wonderful… and I walked over to her and I meant in all niceness who's jacket is it. And she actually did not know… she was very warm and friendly, she showed me the back of the label. She pulled the label back and I started to clutch at it and then Queen of Jordan looked at me as though 'saying I don't think we should undress the candidate here'. Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Barack Obama's Primetime Special: ELISABETH HASSELBECK: Obviously both sides are trying to run and create image. So if we use this as, so they both have funds and are creating an image, making sure their candidates are where they need to be seen, as they need to be. I find it completely then repulsive to then - if we want to look at spending - see how Barack Obama now is going to spend what $3 million on two thirty minute ads that are going to run this week. BARBARA WALTERS: He's got the money and he wants to win. ELISABETH HASSELBECK: That to me is, in terms of the economy is - that is repulsive. CINDY ADAMS: Elizabeth - will you marry me? [LAUGH] ELISABETH HASSELBECK: Yes, Cindy I will. We must go to San Francisco though. |
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The McCain/Palin camp has wallowed in name-calling and dirty tactics, hoping something sticks long enough to Obama to make a difference. The latest is branding him a socialist. I am one middle-class American who is glad that some of the hard-earned money I contributed is being spent on a "30-minute infomercial" to help counter some of the lies spread about by McCain and his ilk, including Loony Lizzy from the View. I have no respect left for McCain, despite his war record. In my eyes, the kind of campaign he has run has sullied his reputation as a POW/War Hero. |
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"ELISABETH HASSELBECK: That to me is, in terms of the economy is - that is repulsive." Let me understand this, Elizabeth finds it repulsive that
Obama is spending money to get out his message as opposed to spending the Republicans spending money on Palin's wardrobe? Is she really trying to equate
the two? She does know that his campaign war-chest can't be spent on anything but the election, right? She does realize the purpose of his campaign
war-chest is to get ELECTED, right?
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MikiBoi |
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Elizatard must get paid by the Republicans for being such a bot. I'm thinking the Republican party could rape kittens and she'd be like "Obama is
worse, he is donating 1,000,000 dollars to aid the homeless kittens and in this economy???"
She's nuts but a jewel for trainwreck t.v.. Elizatardownage. |
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Let me understand this, Elizabeth finds it repulsive that Obama is spending money to get out his message as opposed to spending the Republicans spending money on Palin's wardrobe? Is she really trying to equate the two?Then stop pleading for money if you are over and above obviously going to win. Tell donors to donate to causes other then the election....if you want to get realistic about it. I understand where you are coming from with thinking it is outrageous to say that it is repulsive because it is not a good way of going about saying that they should tell the public, more or less, "We're good". Why not at the last $2500 a plate dinner say "Your money is actully going to the foundation for yada yada yada...."...that would have gotten my vote. No joke. Until then Obama is a smart phoney who may or may not be a good president and is also just the flavor of the week (in this case, election) and McCain is a deserving war hero who may or may not be a good president. It really sucks we are left with these choices. Obama, a man who has a plan, but nothing to back it up, and McCain, someone who was once great, but now lacking. I feel this would be a real race if we had the Barack Obama from 2016 and the John McCain from 1996/2000. Right now they are both not good contenders. |
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Will |
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Can't wait for this election to end.
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sugarrhill |
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JerseyJerk, your post is idiotic. Did I miss something? Is it Nov. 5th? Obama won't be "good" until he actually wins the election. To presume
that he has in it the bag is a sign of hubris on an epic scale. Hubris that Obama, thankfully, doesn't have because the election isn't over. Obama
certainly knows there's a week left until election day. He's not resting until he's won office. He's still asking for money because he
hasn't sealed the deal yet. He's not President-Elect Obama; he's still the Democratic nominee for President. It will only be "obvious"
once he actually wins, after that happens he will no longer need donations. The fact that his supporters, even during times of economic crisis, still donate to
his campaign is a testament to the fact that they believe in his message, his vision, and his policy proposals. This election isn't over and it's too
important to move on to other causes. The campaign is spending money where it counts- on getting his message out to as many possible voters between now and
Nov. 4th.
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I just checked, I know I have no life, Obama wore a flag pin in all three debates, McCain DID NOT! It would be nice to tell Elizabeth to shove the pin issue.
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Will wrote: I thought I was the only one, and I'm a Canadian. I just can't imagine what it must be like for the Americans. Look, I'm all for democracy in action and everyone having the right to vote. I really do believe in it. But boy you guys just know how to drag it on. couldn't you guys just make it short and sweet. We had our federal elections up here and it took us less than two months. Granted we didn't have to hold elections for party leaders (this is an inside thing by the way within the party. Alot of the people who are card carrying party members have a week long thing going), but we just did it in a hurry. Not like it mattered anyhow, Stephen Harper got re-elected, so it was a real waste of money in the end. But I think that's what it boils down to, alot of money. |
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JerseyJerk |
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The campaign is spending money where it counts- on getting his message out to as many possible voters between now and Nov. 4th.last time I checked it was October 28th and the economy was in the shitter...if your going to say the money is going where is counts, it is not. I know the campaign has this money now and it has to go to the campaign but I would have the utmost respect for Obama if he donated it or at least gave an option obama has more money then any candidate in history...completely trumping McCain. I'm sure he can win with even 50 million dollars less in his 'pocket' ;) |
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JerseyJerk wrote:The point you are missing is that his supporters me included in that number donated the money to him for a reason, we want to see him elected because we believe in him. I not only have donated to his campaign but I am also volunteering every day at his campaign headquarters. I am not alone, his campaign headquarters are always overflowing with volunteers because people really want him to be our next POTUS. |
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he cant use the campaign money for any other purposes...laws stop them (it would be like trying to buy someones vote)
he either has to spend what he has raised now or it rolls into the Democrat base fund for future runs
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seaguy |
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Burnett- Trust me when I say all of us down here would LOVE shorter election seasons. Especially this time, I can't take much more of this.
Diving- Thank you for all the hard work. I like feeling hope vs. the feeling of apathy and paranoia. Pass me the Kool-Aid now, thank you. |
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JerseyJerk wrote:To be honest, you sound like one of those people that would NEVER vote for Obama, period, but look for the stupidest reasons to justify it so you can say "Well, I WOULD'VE considered voting for him if...." It's one week before the election. Anything can happen. It seems Obama has it in the bag, but that's actually a dangerous position to be. Too many people might think "Oh, he's got it... I'm not going to bother voting", and then end up losing it at the end. I think it's a good idea for him to keep campaigning until the very end... I would fault him if he got too cocky and thought he could just put his feet up and wait until next tuesday. |
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JerseyJerk |
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The point you are missing is that his supporters me included in that number donated the money to him for a reason, we want to see him elected because we believe in him. I not only have donated to his campaign but I am also volunteering every day at his campaign headquarters. I am not alone, his campaign headquarters are always overflowing with volunteers because people really want him to be our next POTUS.I don't deny that...I take back what I said and leave it that if he had just either not accepted, or asked money to be donated elsewhere, he would have my vote. I, personally, see them both as unqualified. Obama is full of a whole lot of "maybe" and 'If". McCain is full of a whole lot of "Shoulda" and "Coulda". I am voting McCain because, simply, he deserves it more. If you measure who gave more of their life for this country it is without a doubt John McCain. Different things matter to different people and that matters to me. I hope if Obama is elected something he does fucks up royally. When that happens, no one, republican or democrat, will go easy on the man after all of this "Change" and "Hope" bullshit. I just hope it happens early on so he can spend 4 full years in ridicule. |
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seaguy |
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I hope if Obama is elected something he does fucks up royally. When that happens, no one, republican or democrat, will go easy on the man after all of this "Change" and "Hope" bullshit. I just hope it happens early on so he can spend 4 full years in ridicule.You hope he fucks up? Wow. Pathetic. Country first, my ass. But thank you JJ...you motivated me to donate once more to Obama's campaign before the election ends. |
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