Rosie to baba Wawa:" You stopped liking Bush when you couldn't cross 5th Avenue

[The Count]

to get to your house"
The context of the line makes it even better: the View women were discussing The Sopranos - where Toni - the head of the crime family just killed his nephew.
Amazingly, Barbara said: "You know, I loved Toni until now - but this is going too far! His own nephew! And with a new baby"
So then Rosie said that killer line, adding: "That's you, Barbara - you set a line and no one should cross it"
To me, it's now stands for the callous pampered media types who don't react until it gets through their ivory tower - to THEIR precious selves.
in case you missed it, Toni Soprano has been doing mayhem for years (in the series), and the 'poor" nephew was a fellow mobster - a vicious one at that.

[ananda]

1. she loved Tony?

I really found him and the show quite disturbing.
I quit after season five. I won't watch any more.

[The Count]

3. She liked Bush????

I thought The Sopranos has been good - uneven - but good yet again. Precisely because, to me, it does deal with the ethical consequences of crime (doing it, being married to it, benefiting from it) Obviously that part was lost on Baba Wawa just like Bush's crimes pre-blocking 5th Avenue.

[AngryOldDem]

4. She cannot be a regular viewer of the show

Tony has his personal demons, to be sure, but he has in no way, shape, or form ever been painted as a sympathetic figure.

The look in his eyes when he "mercy" killed Christopher the other night should clue her in.

[The Count]

5. She can too. In the first season I went on HBO's board for the show

To my surprise, there were a gaggle of women swooning over Tony. Not the actor, mind you, the character. I remember posting that my favorite character was Livia - I was almost tarred and feathered.
There's a certain type of women who gravitate towards power. Baba Wawa is one of them.

[Parche]

2. She Wants Hagel For President 2008

She doesnt want Obama or Clinton
Because she cannot pronounce Bawak Obama, or Hiwawee....:rofl: :rofl:

[porphyrian]

7. That picture looks like Babwa is trying to move her face away from Rosie, but can't.

What a scary old hag.

[Arugula Latte]

25. What about Wudy Geweeahnee?

:rofl:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

6. Dammit! SPOILER WARNING.

You can't just go around revealing stuff about the Sopranos like that without a warning. Some of us live in "foreign" countries, and don't get to see the first run on HBO.

[Edgeoforever]

Warnings are usually required up to air date -

:shrug:

[newyawker99]

14. Hi Edgeoforever!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[The Count]

9. SOPRANOS SPOILER WARNING FOR LAST EPISODE IN THE OP

Sorry about that - I can't edit the OP anymore.
I didn't think of the "foreign" countries viewers.

[NYCGirl]

8. I never thought Tony was attractive. Now Furio — that's another story...WOW.

[The Count]

10. Actually, not even him. Not much swooning re: that show, but amazing acting!

Now, the guy who played Marc Anthony in Rome...that's another story.

[Uncle Joe]

11. I never watched the Sopranos, it reminds me too much

of those in power now.

The mass corporate media coming out with a series glamorizing organized crime, while the current mob is in control could just be cosmic coincidence, but it's close enough, to keep me from watching.

[Wednesdays]

12. Art imitates life, doesn't it?

Just like how The West Wing--about an altruistic Democratic president--was at its peak during the Clinton years.

[devilgrrl]

13. She was Roy Cohn's beard - what did you expect?

eom

[Marnieworld]

15. Tony killed someone in the first season

In cold blood with his bare hands. It was disturbing and yet I kept watching specifically because it was a fearless examination of this type of sociopathy. He is a sympathetic character that you forget that he also killed his best friend and closest cousin before this. When he killed Christopher I was still shocked and didn't even understand why at first. Then I had the sense to realize that I excused all of the other killings and kept liking him so I would be a hypocrite to stop now.

Obviously I am not for mob justice but he killed Christopher out of convenience because he had a drug addiction and a big mouth and could ruin Tony. Not only that but Tony was enraged that Chris drove him while high and risked his life due to his addiction. If you watch it again it's clear that Tony suspects that he was high before the accident. What put him over and what he used to deal with his guilt was the thought that he was doing a service for the greater good so Chris didn't end up hurting his family directly. To spend almost 10 years watching the Sopranos NOW Walters thinks Tony went too far? He held his nemesis' decapitated head once but now it's too far? Puhleeze.

[Cha]

16. Okay, I've read this whole

thread trying to find out what's up with "barbara not being able to cross 5th Avenue and bush"..will someone clue me in? Please?

[qdemn7]

17. Me too WTF? n/t

[Cha]

18. Nobody knows..

only The Shadow Knows...:scared: :scared: :)

[libnnc]

19. About a month ago, I think...

whenever the last time Chimpy McCokespoon visited NYC--traffic along 5th Ave (including pedestrian traffic) was closed off. Barbara was trying to walk home and couldn't get across the street for the security barricades. She was pretty steamed because of it and mentioned it on The View. That's what Rosie was referring to.

[AlCzervik]

21. oh how terrible for Barb! I'm going to send her a fainting couch and some smelling salts

poor poor dear!

[libnnc]

23. I know. After hundreds of thousands of deaths

billions of dollars wasted, fraud, deceit, endless affronts to the Constitution...

and the only reason she gets her clams steamed is over not being able to cross 5th Ave. :eyes:

[AlCzervik]

24. her suffering--i was reading about war widows today and now after reading

about Barb's plight i realize i need to recalibrate the focus of my concerns--squarely back on the over privileged. I only hope that Ms. Walters can look what i've done and forgive me.

[Cha]

22. You are so sweet, thanks!

I thought it was like a permenant thing..good I'm glad she was pissed.

bushit has inconvenienced :sarcasm: a lot of people.

[1932]

20. Hey, thanks for ruining an entire seasons of Sopranos for me.

[sproutster]

26. GD it!! That was a flipping spoiler.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. It was Sunday's episode

Not exactly a spoiler 3 days after it aired.