Whoopi Goldberg: "Part Of Me Wants McCain To Win"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/23/whoopi-part-of-me-wants-m_n_98311.html

During a discussion about the never-ending primary battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, View hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar offered an interesting solution: let McCain - a recent View guest - win so he can clean up the mess made by George Bush! Whoopi dropped the first bomb when she said, "Part of me wants McCain to win, because this is, in my mind, this is really a Republican mess. If he says he can clean it up, I want him to."

Joy piped in as the conversation continued, "I agree with your points. That would be great if a Republican won, in a way. Because we can't lose that way. Let them clean up their own mess. They broke it, let them fix it. It could be that they could do much more damage than we could ever have dreamed of."

[MadBadger]

1. Thats why they are on The View

[Parche]

2. True

But McCain is going to make it worse.........and then we would never get out of the hole..

:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

3. Umm, McCain can't fix it - that's the problem

he'll just get our country more hated and drive us deeper into debt while enriching the rich.

[Fox Mulder]

4. McCain woun't fix a god damn thing.

He'll make it all worse. It's up to a Democrat to fix a Republican's mess.

[edhopper]

5. That whole WWII thing

was a Nazi mess. We should have just left them in power in Germany to clean it up. Good logic.

[Ahpook]

18. Very good point...

My mother watches that fucked up show and is starting to teeter over because of shit like this:(

I am going to run that by her and see if it finally sticks. She just got back from Germany and toured the courthouse where the trials took place.

[Echo In Light]

20. Kudos

[Libby2]

6. Unfuckingbelievable

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. Whoopi on Michael Vick...

Whoopi Goldberg Defends Vick



http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14040573/detail.html

NEW YORK -- Whoopi Goldberg started her stint on ABC's "The View" Tuesday by coming to the defense of convicted felon Michael Vick.

Just 15 minutes into the show she brought up Vick's conviction on dogfighting charges.

"You know from his background this is not an unusual thing for where he comes from," said Goldberg.

"There are certain things that are indicative to certain parts of our country."

Co-host Joy Behar seemed shocked at Goldberg's statements.

"How about dog torture and dog murdering," Behar asked.

"Unfortunately it's part of the thing," Goldberg replied.

"You're a dog lover. For a lot of people dogs are sport," she added.

Behar continued to shake her head in disgust.

Goldberg said it seemed to her that it took a while for Vick to realize that the charges against him were serious.

"It seemed like a light went off in his head when he realized that this was something the entire country really didn't appreciated, didn't like," Goldberg said, referring to Vick's guilty plea.

She said if the case had involved somebody from New York City her feelings would have been different.

Goldberg pointed out that Vick was raised in the South.

"This is part of his cultural upbringing," said Goldberg.

Co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck said she was encouraged by the NFL suspending Vick indefinitely.

But Goldberg continued to defend Vick saying "This is a kid who comes from a culture when this is not questioned."

It was Goldberg's first day moderating the talk show. She took over from Rosie O'Donnell who quit the show earlier this year after feuds with Donald Trump and Hasselbeck.

Last month Vick entered a guilty plea in federal court in Richmond, Virginia

In his written plea, Vick admitted helping kill six to eight pit bulls and supplying money for gambling on the fights.

Vick will be sentenced on the dogfighting charges in December. The federal sentencing guideline projects a year to 18 months, but the judge can impose up to the five-year maximum.

Vick and three co-defendants, Purnell Peace of Virginia Beach, Quanis Phillips of Atlanta and Tony Taylor of Hampton all pleaded guilty to interstate dogfighting conspiracy charges.

The details outlined in the indictment and other court papers fueled a public backlash against Vick and cost him several lucrative endorsement deals, even before he agreed to plead guilty.

The case began in late April when authorities conducting a drug investigation of Vick's cousin raided the former Virginia Tech star's rural Surry County property and seized dozens of dogs, some injured, and equipment commonly used in dogfighting.

[spanone]

7. he won't clean it up whoopi, he'll escalate it and include iran and anyone else who gets in the way

[AlCzervik]

8. I really, really despise that argument, last go round cnn interviewed some voters

and i remember hearing from more than one "Well Bush made the mess, he should have to clean it up" No, no and no.

[gblady]

12. wow...

strange, illogical thinking, if you ask me....
I think Einstein had the better idea....
of not being able to solve a problem with the same mind set that created it....

[AlCzervik]

13. it was ridiculous, that was just about the worst reason ever, nothing like uniformed voters

going to the polls.

[Middle finga]

9. I guess if you are a multi millionaire you can afford to sit around,

watch the country go down the drain, take your money out of the country and put it into offshore accounts but the rest of us common folks just don't have the luxury to sit around any longer watch the republicans continue to destroy the country along with our way of life like it's some kind of big experiment...No I don't think so Woopie.

[DemocratInSoCal]

10. He's Just What We Deserve

At least I won't have to hold my breath to see whether Obama/Clinton can clean up the MESS that will face them.

I can continue planning to leave this country, because we'll truly go down the drain economically if he were to get elected. Heck, it may happen anyways, but with McLame, it's a Sure Thing.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Yeah, McCain should clean up the fucking mess they've made. But he won't.

So there's no sense in putting him there to "clean it up" because he's not gonna.

Especially with this congress that refuses to act like the parent standing over the mess-maker, making sure they clean it the fuck up, and instead acts like the alcoholic's enabling wife whose too fucking timid to do anything.

[orleans]

14. yeah, i saw that. unfucking real. what the hell is she thinking to

say such a thing?

so, whoop--you trust the s.o.b. so much then go vote for the asshole!

[zbdent]

15. I'm sorry ... if McCain is put in as President to clean up the mess ...

the cavernous pit that Bush & the Repukenicons have dug this country into will turn into a journey to the center of the Earth ...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. And four years from now, she'll want another Republican to clean up McCain's mess

McCain will only succeed in making the shit pile higher, if we have the misfortune of having him follow a Chimp.

[LisaL]

17. I've heard the same argument from people as to why they voted

for the second term of Bush.
That worked really well, didn't it?

[Serenades]

21. Ridiculous

Sometimes I wonder how people can be so stupid. McCain and Republicans don't think there is a problem so what is there to fix????!!!!

[brentspeak]

22. Whoopi is the same one who said "...and we have no Hispanics running for President."

Apparently unaware that Bill Richardson is of Hispanic heritage.

[and-justice-for-all]

23. They need to stop smoking crack before the show....

that is just blatant stupidity and ignorance on their part.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. Part of me wants to smack Whoopi upside the head...

...not that I watch The View or anything, but come on. I thought she was brought on to counter the idiocy of the GOP hairdo and that dumb black lady.

[KamaAina]

25. Notice she didn't say which part

it would be unkind to speculate. :evilgrin:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

28. Maybe the part she flushed down the toilet

[NYC Liberal]

By that logic, we'd always have a Republican president

Since ALL of them leave nothing but messes! Bush just happens to be the worst!

[NYC Liberal]

26. By that logic, we'd always have a Republican president

Since ALL of them leave nothing but messes! Bush just happens to be the worst!

Who will clean up after McCain?

[LWolf]

27. That's quite an endorsement, lol. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

29. That really is some convoluted logic,

if one party promotes and empowers corrupt incompetence, give them another chance!? If your dog shits on your couch you don't chain him to it!

That would be a downward spiral in to perpetuity.

[Bluebear]

30. Those outraged over this, I think it was just conversation. Don't burn your DVD of "Clara's Heart".

[Uncle Joe]

31. Thanks for clearing that up Bluebear, now what is "Clara's Heart"?

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

32. A movie Whoopi starred in 20 years ago

Neil Patrick Harris' first role.

[BulletproofLandshark]

33. Like another Republican would make things better.

The GOP hasn't had an honorable man in the Oval Office since at least Eisenhower, and I don't expect that to change any time soon.

[madeline_con]

34. Maybe she can have that "part" removed.

:popcorn: