"Conservatives left without a voice on 'The View'"

[SemiCharmedQuark]

"When Elisabeth Hasselbeck bade farewell to her cohosts on "The View" Tuesday, it was all hugs, well-wishes, and baby-product endorsements. But as Hasselbeck begins her 2 1/2-month maternity leave, the political landscape is shifting, as well. America's most dangerous conservative - or so some liberals see it - is leaving TV for a while.

Hasselbeck, the apple-cheeked blonde with the football-player husband, consistently draws a brand of hatred from the left that Hillary Clinton generates from the right; "screechmonger" is one of the more printable slurs hurled at her from the blogosphere. Barry Manilow has called her "offensive." Alicia Silverstone once refused to touch her. And that an America's sweetheart-type would generate such vitriol says a lot about the state of debate in a polarized country.

...

Hasselbeck quickly emerged as the show's resident conservative. She spoke out for President George W. Bush during the 2004 election campaign, had a prime-time speaking gig at that year's Republican National Convention, and attended a White House state dinner with Queen Elizabeth. When Rosie O'Donnell began a yearlong stint as the show's moderator last fall, her frequent spats with Hasselbeck - which at least once landed Hasselbeck in tears - made the YouTube rounds.

...

"You don't see Elisabeth out there writing books and doing book tours," Shine said. "You kind of get the sense that after the show, Elisabeth's going home and she is changing a couple of diapers.""


http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/10/25/conservatives_left_without_a_voice_on_the_view/?page=2


:puke:

[JeffR]

1. If I ever met a liberal who thought Hasselbeck was America's

most dangerous conservative, I'd have no choice but to smack said liberal upside the head with a 2 by 4, several times. And I'm a pacifist, for God's sake.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. Yeah, the whole article just gives her way to much credit.

[Bolo Boffin]

11. Thank you. n/t

[Maat]

3. Hurl ...

besides Barbara Wawa is a conservative.

I never watched The View until Rosie came on; when she left, I stopped watching even now and again.

[bjorkfan]

4. What about Sherrie Shepherd?

I don't know about her political beliefs, but she is openly an Evangelical Christian.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

19. Sherrie Shepherd once showed her dislike for Al Gore. That's when I knew she'd be hired full time.

Whoopi once said that she wasn't a democrat. Barbara was surprised. That's when I knew she'd be hired full time.

[earth mom]

25. Yup-when Sherrie dissed Gore & then was hired I wasn't surprised. It's the last time I watched.

I wanted to give Whoopi a chance but saw right off that even she was toeing the corporate rethuglican line-just pathetic & disgusting. :thumbsdown:

[earth mom]

26. self delete

[TahitiNut]

5. I just KNEW there was something I like about Alicia Silverstone!

:evilgrin:

[KG]

6. tragic how few conservative voices this country has.

:eyes:

[TahitiNut]

8. It's the illusion of "scraping the bottom of the barrel" that does it.

Well, it's the bottom of something, if not a barrel. :shrug:

[FREEWILL56]

27. Toilet comes to mind.

[Mabus]

7. Elizabeth knows David Vitter?

"You kind of get the sense that after the show, Elisabeth's going home and she is changing a couple of diapers."

:rofl:

[devilgrrl]

9. "America's most dangerous conservative - or so some liberals see it"

Who writes this shit? :eyes:

[JMDEM]

12. Someone slightly smarter than Hasselback, and slightly dumber than a board. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

13. She's dangerous in that I wouldn't want to drive across a bridge she designed using her own

math calculations. I wouldn't want to be on a plane she was flying, or have her perform open-heart surgery on me.

She's just another right wing, Jesus-drunk loon, a fucking flat-Earth fundy idiot.

[SyntaxError]

30. Where's your sense of adventure?

It would be like a thrill ride.

[BlackVelvet04]

10. Her opinions

are as shitty as the diapers she changes.

[LibDemAlways]

14. The shit's obviously not all in the diapers. What a load.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a nobody who couldn't win a political debate against a 5th grader. That article gives her way, way too much credit. So she'll be gone from The View for awhile. No one will even notice, much less care.

[Rob H.]

15. Those poor, oppressed conservatives

If only they had some sort of medium--maybe a cable news channel, let's say--by which they could get their voices heard! They could tell everyone that despite what we've seen online and read in the paper, things are going just swimmingly in Iraq and Afghanistan, they could tell us that our president isn't a moron (so stop saying that!), and they could bludgeon us over the head with wall-to-wall coverage whenever some pretty blond woman goes missing somewhere. But poor conservatives, they'll never have that kind of opportunity! :cry:








...and in case it isn't obvious: :sarcasm:

[RebelSansCause]

24. doesn't just general stupidity piss you off sometimes?

i mean you shouldnt need the sarcasm emote, but people are just so...i dont even know how to put it. you know what i mean?

[pretzel4gore]

16. someday soon, 'conservatives' won't have a voice anywhere

if the species wants to live, some luxuries, such as driving gas guzzlers, trophy shooting of snow leopards/mountain gorillas, rightwing 'conservativism' and so on simply will not be allowed.
The infinite universe just is too fukking small for the fraudulence that 'conservatism' breeds.

[IntravenousDemilo]

17. Aww, poor diddums...

If only Hasselbeck had got herself knocked up about six months earlier, Rosie O would still be on The View and it would actually be watchable.

[defendandprotect]

18. Is the question really whether we're seeing a shift in MSM . . . to permit more liberal comment????

Olbermann was a shock coming from MSNBC ....

You could say it cuts into Jon Stewart's nightly audience --

But we've had a few other breaks -- minor -- but a few.

Could it be that as the money moves to Hillary and Dems that there has to be something of a break?

[Clintonista2]

20. Don't they still have the "flat earth" woman?

[Raine]

21. "most dangerous conservative" ???

:wow: :rofl:

[Vektor]

22. Dangerous? I don't think anyone even pays attention to this woman.

The article gives her too much credit.

[opihimoimoi]

23. Who Knew "Conservative" has become a Dirty Word??? OMG......

I guess its THEIR TURN

[gatorboy]

28. Elisabeth's not writing books because she, more than likely, can't write.

She's a SURVIVOR contestant for God's sake. :eyes:

[bjorkfan]

29. A Libertarian would make things interesting.....

Someone very Right on economics but socially liberal.

[SyntaxError]

31. She'd be dangerous if she had any power... but...

she's kind of a nobody when it comes to things like that... That dangerous quote sounds like somebody trying to make her feel better.

[EFerrari]

32. "there writing books and doing book tours"?

I hope there getting an editor. :rofl:

[mvd]

33. Oooh, conservatives will really suffer

Not. They can just change to FAUX News or one of the right wing nuts on the radio.

[Initech]

34. Does anyone even watch that piece of shit show?

Ugh, I don't care if I get flamed for saying this but I think The View is the worst show on television. I don't care who's on it. I don't care who leaves it.

[KitchenWitch]

35. Anyone bemoaning the loss of conservative "voice" need look no further than...

Fox News
Rush Limbaugh
Sean Hannity
Most of CNN
Most of MSNBC
pretty much 95% of all the corporate media.