Joy Behar of 'The View' Likens Rumsfeld to Adolf Hitler
NEW YORK The women of 'The View' did it again.
Specifically Joy Behar, who during a discussion Monday about Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' selection, likened former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to ... Adolf Hitler.
"You have to put, like, a Hitler type [on the cover]," Behar said in response to a question about whether Time's selection of "You" was appropriate.
"Like, you put Donald Rumsfeld there, or something," she said.
The show's audience even show diva Rosie O'Donnell was stunned by the comment, and as many began to jeer, Behar feigned surprise and yelled, "What's wrong with that?"
Behar is no stranger to the off-the-cuff comment.
Last Thursday, in a discussion about Democratic Sen. Tim Johnsons emergency brain surgery, Behar offered a bizarre conspiracy theory.
Is there such a thing as a man-made stroke?" she asked. "In other words, did someone do this to him?
Her co-hosts, including guest host Dari Alexander of FOX News, appeared mystified by the absurd suggestion, but went along with it.
Maybe they gave him polonium, Alexander joked, a reference to the ex-KGB spy who was poisoned last month.
But Behar didn't let it go. When asked by 'View' regular Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Why is everything coming from the liberal perspective a conspiracy?
Behar answered: I know what this, that party is capable of.
Stay tuned.
Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-12-19 |