Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg need to man up
One of the few unpleasant things columnists/pundits/political bloggers have to do in their daily lives is read and/or watch stories they would have rather gone their whole lives without noticing, because there are many such stories that come up which deserve an informed commentary that can’t be written unless said stories are perused and examined. Such is the case with having to endure ABC’s “The View” on occasion, and yesterday was no different. A drama unfolded Thursday morning when View co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg “stormed” off the set after getting angry at Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly over a discussion about whether or not the Ground Zero mosque plans should proceed. He remarked that Muslims killed innocents on 9-11, which launched both Behar and Goldberg into galactic orbit. Alana Goodman at NewsBusters has the relevant part of the transcript:
It’s official: Democrats are hurting Andy Griffith’s reputation
Bad news for America’s favorite sheriff:
Director James Cameron: Global warming skeptics are “swine”
The Aspen Times reports on some harsh words the award-winning filmmaker had to say at a recent “renewable energy summit” in Aspen (via):
Factchecking Andy Griffith on Medicare
We all know and love Andy Griffith from his years as Sheriff Andy Taylor on the Andy Griffith show, but unfortunately a recent ad he did on behalf of the Obama administration to try and soothe the nerves of senior citizens worried that they could be losing some of their Medicare benefits as a result of the passage of ObamaCare was short on the facts. First, the ad:
Questions The View hosts will ask President Obama
Later today, our celebrity President will sit down with the logic-challenged (with the exception of Elisabeth Hasselbeck) ladies of The View for an interview, which will be aired tomorrow.