| on Jun 11, 2008, 02:13 PM E.S.T.
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Joy Behar: 'Obama and Hillary Have Empowered Me' --To talk like an idiot?
Joy
Behar (pictured, right) couldn’t call her city councilman before Senators Obama and
Clinton ran for president? That is what "The View" co-host suggested on
the June 11 edition. Complaining about the condition of her
neighborhood sidewalk, Behar finally called her city councilman because
"Obama and Hillary have empowered me to take charge of my personal
politics." Sherri Shepherd enthusiastically replied "you’re ready for a
change, yes."
Earlier in the show, the panel shared their experiences weathering
the severe storm that hit New York City the previous night. Like
clockwork, Behar blamed the storm on global warming stating "there’s a
little bit of weirdness going on, you have to admit it, in the world
weatherwise." When Sherri Shepherd asked if that results from "the
global warming," Behar snapped "of course!" Behar has previously gone
so far as to blame earthquakes on global warming.
Barbara Walters politely disagreed. Although conceding Joy’s point
that the weather has been odd lately, she was "not sure it’s just now."
This is quite a contrast from the Barbara Walters two years ago, who
blamed a string of storms on global warming.
The relevant portions of the transcript are below:
JOY BEHAR: There’s a little bit of a weirdness going on, you have to admit it, in the world, weatherwise.
SHERRI SHEPHERD: Is it the global warming?
BEHAR: Of course!
BARBARA WALTERS: We’ve had, but I’m not sure it’s just now. There have been quakes and-
BEHAR: Not like this.
WALTERS: -and floods, well, you know.
[...]
BEHAR: What’s happening in my neighborhood is that I am
falling in the streets all of the time. Now, I don’t have anything
wrong with me. I check myself out. I fall off my shoes, and I fall into
holes. Other friends of mine are falling into holes. There’s a big
flood in my building every time there’s a rain storm. There’s more
poop, dog poop, on the streets lately. There are more people who seem
to be indigent around and so-
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: What did you do?
BEHAR: Obama and Hillary have empowered me to take charge of my personal politics.
SHEPHERD: You’re ready for a change, yes.
[applause]
BEHAR: So I have called up my local city councilman and
I have complained. It happens to be related to someone who used to be
on this show. That’s just coincidentally. Source
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