Rosie Should Go Back to Comedy

Rosie O'Donnell is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Most of us have known that for some time now. It's about time that Rosie accepted it and returned to comedy where playing fast and loose with facts is more acceptable. How anyone could think Rosie's views on important issues are worth broadcasting to millions of people is a mystery to me. Well, on second thought it's not that much of a mystery. I've always thought that Barbara Walters is a bit dopey too.

Rosie's greatest strength in debate is a strong voice and imposing figure. She is never deterred by actual facts in asserting her view of the issues. A few weeks ago on The View she was stating her opinion that some kind of conspiracy was involved in the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings on 9/11/01. She said that it was the first time in history that fire had melted steel, that it was physically impossible. One would think that it should have been inconvenient for Rosie that just a couple of weeks later a fuel tanker truck burned on a freeway exchange in California and melted the steel girders of an overhead span, causing the span to collapse. But not a word from Rosie on that. Of course, anyone with half a brain knows that fire melts steel every day, but apparently not Rosie.

On another episode of The View the hosts were discussing the firing of United States Attorneys by the Bush Administration. Rosie repeatedly referred to the attorneys as judges. It was clear that she didn't understand the difference between a federal judge and a federal prosecutor. If she understood the difference she might have also known that federal judges can't be fired by the president; they have to be impeached. It was also quite clear that she didn't know much about the whole firing issue. In fact, there is no evidence that Rosie ever spends any time preparing for her appearances on the show.

I'm glad that this soap box has been yanked from under Rosie, but she will probably find another one.

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