The View - Rosie and Elizabeth Argue
An unreal meltdown occurred during today’s LIVE broadcast of the “View.” During a conversation about Al Gore on Larry King, co-host Joy Behar had begun to list several facts surrounding President Bush, suggesting Bush is the worst president in history. At one point Behar demanded, “Al Gore makes me mad cause he doesn’t run.”
The debate shifted to setting a pull out date for the troops in Iraq. Elizabeth clearly against the idea, uses a football analogy to explain her reasoning. Rosie then proceeded to ask a direct question, after Elizabeth referred to “The Enemy in Iraq.”
“Did Iraq attack us?” Rosie asked, but Elizabeth deflected.
Rosie repeated. “Did Iraq attack us?”
Elizabeth replied. “Iraq did not attack us Rosie, we’ve been there before, I’m saying, is our enemy is Al Qaeda, are you hearing that?”
The uproar that ensued was probably one of the greatest moments in daytime talk history. Pure anger. This was something way more real then any “Reality Show.” Ironically, the split screen between Rosie and Elizabeth was like something you would expect to see on the very cable news programs they continually argue over.
Rosie proclaimed she didn’t want to yell anymore because of the spin in the media. That they would victimize “Poor Elizabeth.” At some point Behar interjected, asking “Aren’t there commercials on this show?” Soon enough they went to a break.
It was clearly uneasy for Rosie to complete the show next to Elizabeth.
This was great television that we don’t see enough of!

