Melissa Etheridge is disappointed in Elisabeth Hasselbeck

So glad to see this footage. If there is one person on TV who I truely cannot stand, it is Elizabeth HasselFuck. Well, thats what I like to call her. She is just so narrow minded, it drives me CRAZY! Like you said, its good to have Whoopi and Joy keep her in check, but man she gets on my last nerve.

Glad to see that Melissa put her on blast. I wish they were able to talk about it more though.

We are all disappointed in you Elizabeth. VERY disappointed. 

I love how calm Melissa was through the entire thing. She nonconfrontationally confronted Elizabeth right into a hole. It was brilliant.

Hassleback is so small. If she's trying to fill Ann Coulter's shoes, she's doing a pisspoor job of it...which is great for us, actually. 

Am I the only one who can't keep a straight face when I look at Sherri Shepherd? She's just...so random. Her constant mispronunciations crack me up. 

Inkblots

Honestly, I have more respect for people like Fred Phelps than I do for a tool like Elizabeth Hasselbeck.  Either you support gay marriage or you don't.....and if you don't, then why not?  Tell us that we're going to hell or should be put to death...that's fine by me, as long as you have the courage to say it to our faces.  Just don't blame your lack of support for us on your love of democracy.  It's such a slap in the face and  its just infuriating. 

It still blows me away that she was the best they could dig up to replace Lisa Ling. 

Is a little mind in a big world. I haven't even watched clips from the show since the primaries. I already know what she's going to say...wahtever the Republican talkng points are for the day. I'm just thankful for the internet so that I can watch Melissa's part on the show...the only thing I am interested in hearing from The View.

They had something special with Rosie on there. She took a lot of crap...even from within our own community, but God bless Rosie for having the balls to stand up and make intelligent arguments for our community and our rights, even in the face of crazy opposition from every side. Whoopi has it easy being "straight" and all.

In case anyone wanted to watch the full interview (or if the other link wouldn't work), here's a youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ziyBpM9luY&feature=PlayList&p=8569CB997FA7BFA7&index=58

I love Melissa so much!

honestly, whatever, no comment.

ethridge. who's the minority? why do the minority deserve special rights?

just whatever. ruined my day.blahgg.

stupid politics

Watching people try to explain why they're against gay marriage is like watching someone try to brush their hair with their feet. Hasselback is too much of a coward to look Melissa Etheridge in the face and say "You don't deserve the same rights that I have."

What really cracks me up is the end, when she says "let's discuss it over lunch." Yeah, I'm sure rock star Melissa Etheridege wants to have lunch with reality show contestant and conservative tool Elisabeth Hasselback to discuss how she shouldn't be given equal rights.

while i'd like to pat melissa etheridge on the back for making elisabeth hasselbeck look like a moron who can't keep her opinions straight, I'M disappointed that the view, and sherri sheperd, halted the discussion like that.  though i don't watch the view, and really don't know their take on political discussions, i'd personally rather hear about the hosts' and guest's views on political events.  as you pointed out, it seems like they're afraid to step into that realm after the election.  apparently politics is something you shouldn't talk about, unless there's an upcoming election.

however, as we all know, prop. 8 and the other hateful amendments DID pass, and there is still a lot to be done now, not just immediately before the next election.  i wish more mainstream news and talk show programs would discuss this issue.  it's nice to read about it on afterellen and the advocate, for instance, but isolating the conversation to glbt sites doesn't help our cause with the rest of the population.  hopefully this issue will come into the limelight again soon. 

I just so happened to be up before 11 this morning and decided to watch today's show. I was pleasantly surprised to see Melissa on the show and over-joyed when she politely stuck it to Elisabeth.

I honestly don't know how someone who's claim to fame is losing Survivor and that other small minded moron that's nothing but a D List comedian is on a television show. Both Elisabeth and Sherry both claim to be 'gay friendly' stating they still needed to send a wedding gift to Ellen and Portia but manages to uphold the 'majorities' right to discriminate. To fall back on 'it's the people's decision and we should abide by it' and 'letting radical judges impose their will upon society i undemocratic' is both insulting  and sad. Had we listened to that line of thinking, Brown v. Board of Education would have never come to light.

I too would rather have someone outright hate me then to have someone shake my hand while stabbing me in the back. The level of restraint that both Whoopi and Joy exhibit on a daily basis is commendable but damn what I wouldn't give to see one of them bitchslap Elisabeth and Sherry.

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I like how Melissa so maturely presented her view on The View. 

"Speak your mind, be the truth."

Although the producers' behavior was dismaying, Etheridge kept her cool.  I continue to be impressed by the context, history, and courage with which she presents her position. 

This web site might help the rest of us:

http://www.equalmarriagenow.com/

It contains some damn effective and incisive talking points _ including Biblical self-defense.  (He wrote those pieces before the infamous Newsweek story came out, so to speak.)

It has helped me articulate  cogent, persuasive and grounded arguments for marriage equality.  And you're right, Miss Ketina: "Speak your mind, be the truth."

How ironic is it that Sherry Shepherd pulled the plug so quickly, supposedly at the direction of the producers, when poor Elizabeth is clearly losing the intellectual battle? Anyone remember how long it took to go to commercial when EH was attacking Rosie, despite the pleas of Joy Behar? Perhaps EH is just too fragile to survive an intelligent discussion...

ROC: "...her head is filled with helium. I await the day that her tether is loosened and she drifts to the top of the studio ceiling." Brilliant!!

"The rights of the minority should never be voted on the direct democracy of the majority,"

 'nuf said

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Is it that she is representing the networks real voice? probably.
Watching that video I noticed something else, the control over what was trying to be said by Melissa Etheridge, as she was trying to make a point Sherri Sheperd subtly put her hand on Melissa Ethridge's knee and directed the conversation back to her new ablum saying that that is why they had her on, and I thought the show was called the view.

Wake-Up and smell the control!
1984 + Brave New World = 2008

really, I wish we can have Lucy Lawless on the View as a regular host....

she certainly would bring interesting ideas and opinions  and hey, I'd watch the show again!

a Xmas wish... 

O..M...G..

that fishsticking chopstick is so fishsticking stupid!!!! it's unbelievable!

argh! i'm so annoyed! she's one of those ppl that waste too many words on explaining why they are a*sh*les!!!

look at how sherri patted melissa's thigh as if saying to her "just let the stupid chopstick make herself look stupider on tv yet again..."

am i gona get in trouble for this? :D i hope not....

...that so many of us say we do not like her (or Sherri's) views, opinions, or stances on many issues, and that such beliefs are hateful. We say people that believe like they do are wrong for doing so. And it's ok to disagree, it happens.

But then we respond with critcism and ways of describing them that are rarely respectful or constructive.

I do not personally agree with many of the things they say, but I would never let my anger lead me to speak about them so harshly.

I know I can't force anyone to speak or think a certain way. I only ask that you consider the words you use.

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"There is no higher purpose than service to others." (The Peaceful Warrior)

I don't know her but I think she fits perfectly working at 'the' view. clearly she doesn't have her own or is too afraid to speak up. which is sad in both cases.

*happy happy, joy joy.*

...oh my goodnes!!!!!!

I only just realised who Elisabeth Hasselback is! The View has only recently been aired in Australia and so I have only begun watching it.

I remember years and years ago I watched survivor and had a massive crush on a contestant called Elisabeth who seemed like such a sweetheart. It's kind of disheartening to realise that one of my first crushes is actually a hate-filled homophobe.

Oh well, her loss, we could have been beautiful together!

Melissa is one of my sheros. She is smart, articulate, passionate and brave. I have not been able to stomach The View for a while but, think it vital that there are lesbians and/or other smart progressives willing to counter the wealth of ignorance in which that show is enveloped.

I have always maintained that Elizabeth is about as deep as a kiddie pool.

Sherri might have even voted in support of prop 8 because she lived in California until she got the job on The View.  They discussed the topic on the show before.  Whoopi made it clear she was against prop 8 because as she simply put it, she has gay friends.

And Sherri made it clear she was afraid her pastor might get sued if he refused to marry a gay couple in the church (one of the many scare tatics by the pro-prop 8 people) and so she was strongly for prop 8.  Though she was still worried about what to get Ellen and Portia as a wedding gift...bless her heart.

As far as Elisabeth is concerned...at least she had the balls to voice the Fox News party line she regularly spews...about "activist" judges being wrong...and how the majority votes is the way to go on this issue...while Melissa was on the show.