Did anyone here see Bill Maher on "The View" this morning

[Maccagirl]

The tension between Hasselbeck and Maher was palatable after Hasselbeck used his appearance to berate him for some joke he made about her on Real Time. She wouldn't let him speak and even Barbara (her lord and protector) kept saying "Let's move on". Of course, at the end, Barbara said "That is what makes for interesting televion. Thanks Elisabeth!". If it had been any of the other ladies, they'd be kicked off the show for being so rude to a guest. I can't wait to see Maher's response-he always gets in the last word,

[OneGrassRoot]

1. She came across as more of a twit than usual in that exchange.

Remember, however, that Joy and Whoopi walked off the set when O'Reilly was on earlier this year.

Hasselbeck would have come across better if she would have done that, rather than her snippy twit approach.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. I think you mean: palpable ---right?

[Maccagirl]

6. Yes

Thanks for the correction.

[XemaSab]

27. Unless they wanted to eat each other up

:9

[LibDemAlways]

3. Elisabeth is an idiot who adds nothing to

the show except an example of rightwing stupidity and vapidness. I'm not the world's biggest Bill Maher fan, but I'm pleased he got under her skin.

[No Joe]

48. Vapidity

Sorry, but if the OP can be corrected...:P

[HappyMe]

4. Rude and nails on the blackboard shrill.

I don't know what the hell she wanted from him.

[State the Obvious]

5. I think Maher's show is on hiatus until January.....

.....so there will be no immediate response on Real Time.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

8. He can show up on another show like Keith's show- Countdown

:pals: That way we won't have to wait!;-)

[Kat45]

14. He's going to be on Letterman tonight..

I wonder if he'll mention it, or if it's even worth mentioning her?

[abbeyco]

7. Jeebus, Hasselbeck's an oversensitive twit!

I couldn't believe how childishly she was behaving - she got no points and came across like a petulant child. My guess is Maher's gonna tear her up this weekend on his show - he'll probably have a New Rule just for her.

[DesertRat]

12. Real Time is on hiatus until next year

IMO, the best thing that he can do is ignore her. I think he did a great job on the View by staying very calm and looking slightly amused while she went after him.

[dtexdem]

9. New rule:

;-)

[DesertRat]

10. I found video of the exchange

http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-maher-elisabeth-hasselbeck-the-view-fight-video-2011-11

My favorite part was when Hasselbeck said: "Wow, I actually feel smarter sitting next to you." Maher replied,"Really? Because I feel like I'm in high school sitting next to you." :rofl: :fistbump:

[HappyMe]

11. That was priceless! nt

[a kennedy]

18. ha ha she feels smarter sitting next to him.....don't make me hurl....

:puke:

[Whisp]

33. thanks! that was great to see.

Bill seemed a bit uneasy, didn't he? Even before Lizbeth drilled into him. I think womyns make him uncomfortable :)

he did have a great opening point about when there are only men around, like church, football, etc., they end up doing stupid things.

I like Bill, he's one of the sharpest tacks out there (altho at times I want to punch his lights)

[abbeyco]

46. That was definitely the best exchange

Her behaviour was as bad as I've ever seen on that show. Barbra's closing at the end was priceless as was Shaq's comment to Elisabeth - he was clearly ribbing her.

[Taverner]

13. Hasselbeck is a Fundy Harpy. She was probably afraid of Maher.

Because in her heart of hearts, she knew he is right

[Mimosa]

52. Your empathy for Maher fits with your general POV on everything else.

If you thought about what he said re: exchanging Lara Logan for Hasselbeck, you still wouldn't understand why it was deeply offensive and revealed maher as the sexist pig he's always been.

Now and then over the years I've watched Maher's show. He's a fossil whose attitudes were molded by Hugh Hefner and Playboy magazine. Before Maher got a lot of plastic surgery he was looking just like Freddy Kruger too. :7

[mfcorey1]

15. The treatment was a sneak attack and very little time was given to Bill's book. Bill will exercise

payback on this one.

[idiotgardener]

16. I caught it on the west coast thanks to you!

[thucythucy]

17. I guess I have to be

the contrarian here.

Generally, I disagree with everything Hasselbeck says, and agree with Maher. I appreciate edgy comedy, and am a huge fan of Lenny Bruce. "Religions Inc.," "Thank You Masked Man," "Comic at the Palladium" -- if you haven't heard these routines you've missed some of the best belly laughs of your life. (And if you want to hear something truly and incredibly ahead of its time, listen to Lenny in "The Concert at Carnegie Hall" talking about child molestation. It's January 1961, and he's openly discussing child sexual abuse, saying, "Just because he's your uncle doesn't absolve him." An amazing moment--in what is I think the most amazing comedic performance of the 20th century).

That said, I think making a joke about sending a woman off to be gang raped is over the top. Maher should have just said, "Yeah, in retrospect that was over the line. I didn't know the details of what had happened to her when I made the joke, but now that I do I admit it was a crappy thing to say, and I'm sorry." And maybe he would have, if Hasselbeck hadn't kept interrupting.

If Rush Limbaugh had made the same joke about, say, Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi, I suspect the comments on this thread would be very different.

Jokes about rape are like jokes about assassination -- especially when directed at a specific public figure. IMHO it's territory any thinking person ought to avoid.

[tishaLA]

20. when Maher made the joke about Hasselbeck, the insufferable harpy,

Ms Logan had just been detained by Mubarak. It was well before Logan was attacked in Tahrir Square and sexually assaulted.

So, sorry, it wasn't a joke about rape, but about detention.

[ellisonz]

30. Correct. He made the joke before Logan was attacked.

Bill made the joke as far as I can tell on February 4; Hasselbeck responded on the 7th; Logan was attacked on the 11th and the news broke on the 15th.

http://www.examiner.com/the-view-in-national/elisabeth-hasselbeck-calls-bill-maher-chauvinistic-bigot-for-joke-about-her

She's distorting the timeline because she knows the joke was funny.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

32. I'm surprised he didn't say that. I remember that as well. nt

[ellisonz]

38. I think he just wanted to let her dig her hole deeper...

She's so token. :o

[evrstrong]

39. No, it was a joke about Lara Logan being "hot"....

and Elisabeth Hasselbeck being a bitch.

That was the joke, at her expense. A very misogynistic joke....and men on TV keep getting away with it!

I still say they all, (and we) deserve an apology.

[butterfly77]

45. At my house...

and many of my friends we always refer to Hasselbeck as Elizabitch...

[thucythucy]

42. My mistake.

Maher's half-contrite demeanor, and his comments about being on HBO and sometimes when you're on the line you cross over it, or whatever, made it sound like he was agreeing it was a cruel thing to say but he just didn't feel like apologizing.

So this is more like the Letterman/Palin bruhaha, where Palin deliberately misconstrued what Letterman intended, and acted the martyr. I get it now.

But it's too bad Maher didn't make it clear he made the comment before the Tahrir Square attack. It definitely left the impression he was joking about rape, and no matter what he says on his program or in any other forum, there are going to be millions of View viewers left with the same misimpression I had.

Maher must have been having a bad day. Generally speaking, he doesn't seem the type to let that sort of mischaracterization go by.

I still stand by all the stuff I said about Lenny Bruce.

[evrstrong]

22. I absolutely agree, he should have apologized to all the women

on the View, to Hasselback in particular, and to the audience for that totally offensive remark. Rape is not funny, and no one should have to go through what Lara Logan went through- and it certainly isn't fodder for jokes!

The whole interview was awkward because there was no apology on his part, making it difficult to move on.

[tishaLA]

40. It wasn't about rape. Scroll up

[applegrove]

47. The week after the attack on Logan, on his show, Maher came out

and blatantly stated that the Middle East treats its women like ****. He made a big point about it. He obviously regretted his previous joke.

[Chimichurri]

19. She was totally out of her league. I also noticed Barbara Walter's disdain for OWS.

She certainly has forgotten where she comes from.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. I don't know how anyone can watch that show

Everyone on there is pretty much the worst spokesperson of their side.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

24. I'll admit. I watched the clip posted above and now my head hurts and I'm feeling suicidal.

:puke:

[evrstrong]

26. Yes, I rarely watch it...

Hasselbeck is shrill and won't let anyone else speak....and if the conversation does start to get good, Whoopi makes one of her insipid segways to another topic or a commercial.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

36. Segue is the word.

From Wikipedia:


In journalism, a segue is a method of smoothly transitioning from one topic to another. A segue allows the host or writer to naturally proceed to another topic without jarring the audience. A good segue makes the subject change seem like a natural extension of the discussion.

Also used in music.

[evrstrong]

37. Thank you!

Isn't "Segway" one of those two wheeled vehicles that you stand on as you buzz around?

[ellisonz]

23. Mitt Romney - because at least he eats with a knife and fork...

:rofl:

[deaniac21]

25. Those stupid shout shows are all scripted. Why waste the time?

[Doc Holliday]

28. Sorry to be the ignorant one here....

...but I seem to be well-qualified in this instance.

I could look it up, I know....but I'd rather hear it from my fellow DUers:

What exactly is Hasselbeck's claim to fame, anyway? Wasn't she on Survivor or something?

I suppose I'm curious as to why she's co-hosting a program where women of actual accomplishment are discussing actual issues (well, sometimes).

I guess I can see the need for one of them to represent the dim-bulb contingent. If Bill lit her up, she probably had it coming, based on the nuggets of ignorance I've seen her spew on occasion.

[noiretextatique]

35. survivor is pretty much it

other than that, she is just another empty-headed RW blonde.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Hasselbeck

[Doc Holliday]

41. I guess my favorite

Maher line would have to be one that he directed at Sarah Palin:

"We'll show you Barack Obama's birth certificate when you show us your high school diploma."

[undeterred]

29. Well, I didn't see it but I applaud her for being rude to him.

He's a misogynist asshole and he deserves it.

[Mimosa]

51. Agree!

Over the years Maher has insulted and demeaned many women. I've seen him do it on his show.

[RockaFowler]

31. What an a$$ she is

I do love the line I feel like in High School next to you. Great job Bill

[RockaFowler]

34. And another thing

That was so staged. She never sits next to the guest. She always sits next to Sherry and Joy sits next to the guest. It's always that way. Baba & her producer just made themselves look awful in all of this. They gave that snivelling little cow her way - as usual. Her crap about teaching her kids - what to belittle people, to talk over people, to interrupt people. Got to heck Elizabitch

[DesertRat]

43. They let her have her way for ratings

But in the end, it was Elisabeth who looked like a fool.

[Union Scribe]

44. Why would I watch one dipshit spar with another dipshit.

Bill and Lizzie deserve each other.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

49. Why would you bother commenting on a thread about watching

"one dipshit spar with another dipshit" if it doesn't interest you?

[Mimosa]

50. Maher's unfunny quip re: trading Hasselbeck for the reporter who was raped was brutal sexism

Maher's often shown he is a sexist pig.