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Friday, May 25, 2007

20070525 Rosie is Gone From The View

May 25^th, 2007

Hopefully – “our great national nightmare is over” – Rosie O’Donnell has left the building.

Well, certainly calling Ms. O’Donnell “our great national nightmare” is hyperbole - - but then again - - maybe not…

I have never watched “The View” and as much as possible I avoided spending any intellectual capital on trying to understand the phenomena.

I guess I came to view Ms. O’Donnell in the same category of Anne Coulter, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rush Limbaugh and Cindy Sheehan – as having very little to add to any public conversation over the important issues facing our nation.

And if Barbara Walters had any credibility to lose, she has none now – and I guess that is also a shame as it was once obvious that she had talent and something to offer…

Perhaps the greatest tragedy is that Ms. O’Donnell came to be accepted as the spokesperson and iconography for everything that was extreme and irresponsible of the liberal point of view – and we all know that simply is not the case…

Good riddance. Her polarizing negative impact upon the issues we face will not be missed – and ultimately she has done liberals, ABC and the mainstream media a huge amount of damage for which it will take a great deal of effort to escape.

Rosie's Gone From "The View"

She Exits Early After On-Air Battle With Co-Host Elisabeth Hasselbeck

NEW YORK, May 25, 2007

(CBS/AP) Rosie O'Donnell has fought her last fight at "The View."

ABC said Friday that O'Donnell has asked for, and received, an early exit from her contract at the daytime chat fest following her angry confrontation with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Wednesday. She was due to leave in mid-June.

It ended a colorful eight-month tenure for O'Donnell that lifted the show's ratings but no doubt caused heartburn for show creator Barbara Walters. O'Donnell feuded with Donald Trump and frequently had snippy exchanges with the more conservative Hasselbeck.

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No one was feeling the love on Wednesday, when the argument with Hasselbeck began over O'Donnell's statement last week about the war: "655,000 Iraqi civilians have died. Who are the terrorists?"

Read the rest – if you must, here: Rosie's Gone From "The View"

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