This story here caught my attention today:

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisio nNews/idUSN1847324020080618

The particular part that raised my eyebrows was this statement from Michelle Obama:

Just stumbled onto this infuriating item in Friday's NYTimes by Maureen Down pal and fellow Clinton hater Alessandra Stanley.
It's about Obama's The View appearance, and its title "Obama communicates, even without words" raised a red flag immediately.  In her first paragraph, Ms. Stanley opines:

"And if the fluttery response of the show five co-hosts is any harbinger, Mr. Obama will not have any trouble assuaging female voters if Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton drops out of the Democratic race for the White House."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/us/pol itics/29watch.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq alessandra+stanley&st=nyt&oref slogin

There are so many things wrong with this sentence that I had to go take my blood pressure meds.  OK, great, what a relief, all those BigBoyz club bullies waving their penises around on Harry "we will make it happen" Reid's orders, telling Clinton to drop dead, yeah, Dodd, Leahy, Casey.  No problem.  Millions and millions of Clinton's women supporters will take one whiff of Obama's pheromones and be assuaged.
Yes, Alessandra, we're too dumb and fluttery, too swayed by our desire to rub against some handsome dude, to have firm opinions, principles, loyalties, resolve, or dignity.  We're too shallow and stupid to have carefully and thoughtfully evaluated his experience, judgment and integrity and found them all lacking.  Our candidate has so little to offer except for gender identity that the mere physical presence of the dreamboat Obama will make us forget even that in an instant.

Bitches: Lock and Load!

click on Stanley's name on the byline to contact her directly
letters@nytimes.com
nytnews@nytimes.com

Man did it get heated today on the view.  I mean a straight up royal rumble.  I am far from a regular view watcher but I must admit that the addition of the flaming liberal Rosie O'Donell has made that one of the most entertaining daytime shows.

I hope Rosie gets another gig that allows her to air her political views on TV.  She may say off the wall stuff every now and again, however, she is bringing some real political balance back to the American living room.

Showdown on The View