Teri O’Brien - America’s Conservative Warrior Princess » Great Minds Think Alike, and The Not So Great Too

I was delighted, but of course not at all surprised when brilliant Wall Street Journal writer Dorothy Rabinowitz echoed my comments from a couple of weeks ago about ABC’s “The View” over the weekend, even citing the same episode of what is at best a pointless waste of time and is at worst an attempt to turn every housewife in America into a soldier in the service of socialism. Like me, she appreciates the show for its “I can’t stop staring—-I can’t help it!” appeal, and also understands that if you need a little jaw drop mid-morning, there’s no better place to find it.

This morning’s episode was outstanding, starting with Barbara Walters’ displaying some of the celebrity Christmas cards she has received, including a truly nauseating “The Brady Bunch” parody from the repulsive Joan Lunden, with her in the center of a constellation of the human trout farm she calls a family.

Then Whoppi Goldberg lamented the absence of black people in Billy Graham’s large family, not even a “joke” black person, as she put it, inspiring Barbara Walters to say inexplicably “maybe next year’s card” to which Whoppi replied even more mysteriously “I hope so. C’mon, honey. Let’s have some fun.” Then, perhaps remembering that Billy Graham is one of the most beloved people in America, and that making one of her crude double entrendre remarks about him or any 80-something, recently widowed victim of Parkinson’s might not be the best choice, Whoppi turned suddenly serious and said “He’s actually quite a wonderful man. I like him very much.” Cringeometer moment.

During a conversation about something Rush Limbaugh supposedly said–a provocative comment about whether the American public wants to watch a woman age in the White House, Barbara speculated that Indira Gandhi got assassinated because—are you ready for this?—she wasn’t sexy. Seriously. Here’s the context. Supposedly refuting Rush’s assertion–which I’m just saying here for the sake of argument because, as I said, I didn’t hear the show, and I don’t trust these babes to report it accurately–BW listed several other women leaders who were not sex symbols, and who people seemed to not mind watching get older, such as Margaret Thatcher and Golda Meir. Then she said this:

“Then Indira Gandhi. She took office at 48, left at 59. Took office again at 62. She was assassinated at 66, maybe ‘cause she wasn’t sexy-I don’t know, but I mean c’mon.”

Why is this demented, Castro-loving hag still on television? So she can try to get lucky with Hugo Chavez? She wants to masquerade as some sort of serious journalist by constantly copping this ridiculous, risible “I don’t express opinions about politics” routine on the show, most recently when actor Dennis Leary appeared on today’s show and referred to Rush Limbaugh as “fat, stupid, Viagra-eating.” No, he didn’t finish this phrase, along with several others, including one in which he expressed his disgust with having “white men,” who have screwed it up run this country. No, he could barely finish a sentence, but he did say that in addition to the racial test for president, he wants someone who “speaks well” and isn’t a “moron” like President Bush. I think I’m beginning to understand why this writers’ strike is a big deal.

As for Ms. Walters, Barb, babe, we get enough humor from you when you try to pretend to not be a lefty groupie. Don’t try the comedy. It’s not for amateurs.