Posted by
Shogrensus on Monday, April 16, 2007 3:29:57 PM
First, Tom Delay blogged about Rosie:"And for the contextual icing on the cake, where are the repercussions for Rosie O’Donnell’s hateful, idiotic accusations that President Bush was behind the 9/11 attacks? And her ignorant parody of the Chinese language? Or her comparison of conservative Christians to Islamo-fascist terrorists? Why has ABC not suspended her from The View? Why has she not been frog-marched up to some radio show to apologize to 9/11 victims/Chinese-American activists/evangelical Christians?
What the Left is doing is not a fluke – it’s a concerted strategy. And it works. So if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s why I am calling on conservatives to use the available media (radio talk shows, blogs, letters to the editor) to protest and demand that Rosie O’Donnell be kicked off The View. Where are the demonstrations in front of ABC? Where are the boycott threats for The View’s advertisers, or its parent company, Disney? Who is holding Barbara Walters accountable for Rosie’s offenses? We can fight like the Left, too. If Don Imus falls to the pleas of political correctness, we’re taking Rosie O’Donnell down with him. "
Now, today Rosie tries to justify her often inappropriate behavior by pseudo explaining her very poor joke about Chinese journalists discussing a drunken Danny DeVito. (For a great example of free speech, check out Michelle Malkin's response to Rosie back in December.)
Rosie: I think we are in dangerous territory when people like Tom Delay, a man of high moral standards (pregnant pause) when people like Tom Delay want me to be fired for my political opinions, that’s a dangerous state of affairs here in a democracy.
Elisabeth: That’s taking things too far.
Rosie: If you have a dissenting opinion, you know, that you are somehow a threat to the country or the world if you wan to bring up a subject or question something in our government or that our government is doing you’re somehow not patriotic and therefore should be off the air that’s when were…
Barbara: Is that the reasoning that he’s given?
Rosie: First he said ‘she was so very offensive to the Chinese people ’cause he has been really so supportive and encouraging of the plight of Chinese in America his whole life and career, Mr. Delay. And um, when I made that joke, the point of the joke being the absurdity of a Danny DeVito being drunk story being international news. See there’s a joke. The point of the joke was the absurdity of a drunk actor making the international news in other countries. Calling someone descriptions- Imus didn’t make a joke. That wasn’t a joke.
Rosie can not take criticism. If she claims the right to say whatever she wants and criticize any person she disagrees with- generally using personal attacks that are often intended to be political commentary not jokes- then she needs to learn to take it, as well.
Delay's point was not limited to her ridiculous comments about the chinese journalists and DeVito. His point was that Rosie often makes fun of other people and cultures. His example about Christians was right on the money. Not all Christians deserve to be made fun of when George Bush or some other religious leader makes a mistake. Rosie is a grouper- blame one, blame them all.
I do not agree that Rosie should be taken off the show because of her comments. I think Rosie is the best thing on TV for conservatives because she so clearly demonstrates the lunacy of the left. We need people like her to put a face on the real threat facing the Unites States. These secular leftists who ignore the very roots of country and choose to preach talking points rather than engage in a discussion about issues (remember her chastising Elisabeth to stop blathering) must be confronted.
ABC could improve the situation on the View if they would hire a conservative woman who could actually stand up to Rosie. Elisabeth seems like a very sweet woman but she is simply no match for Rosie. She never seems quite up to the challenge of putting Rosie in her place and that discredits the conservative arguments against Rosie's positions.
Ultimately, corporations should make decisions about morality clauses when they sign these celebrities and they should be very clear about what behavior will be tolerated. If a corporation suffers financially because the market turns on a shock jock, or a comedian, that corporation will generally sever the relationship.
My hope for conservatives: that they take the high road in avoiding personal attacks but that they make public every inappropriate thing the leftists do and say. .
Let Rosie stay but make her defend herself.