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Kathy Griffin Dishes on Rosie

The straw that broke Rosie O'Donnell's "View" back? According to Rosie pal Kathy Griffin, O'Donnell grew incensed when "View" producers chose to sensationalize the recent on-air fight between Ro and co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck -- with a split screen graphic. Curiously, Griffin told People, it was the show's technical decision that pushed O'Donnell over the edge. "I said, 'What was it really?'" recalled Griffin. "'The split-screen." She said, 'I don't want to do "Hannity and Colmes."

Griffin, who's filled-in twice for O'Donnell in the past few weeks on "The View," dished about Rosie's reason for leaving to a sold out crowd at Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel and Casino.

Griffin also revealed that O'Donnell's hatred of Hasselbeck might not run so deep. When Rosie heard that Donald Trump had called Hasselbeck "stupid," she expressed sadness. "She doesn't even hate Elisabeth," said Griffin.

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91. Hey 71. "She needs to go to the military hospitals and spend time looking at the soldiers the ones that have this."
Rosie contributed $300,000 to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes fund and was in San Antonio when the hospital opened.
They never reported that on Faux News, did they?

Posted at 7:40PM on May 28th 2007 by chude

92. ....and Rosie ISN'T vulgar? Was it not Rosie who grabbed her crotch at a gathering for CHILDREN? Wasn't it Rosie who made the racist remarks about Asians? What's so offensive about that woman is that she attempts to shove her OPINION - MINUS FACTS - down everyone else's throat and expects them to cowtow to her depriving them of their right to speak. When they attempt to do so she shouts them down, yells in an attempt to drown out their voice(s) then throws a tantrum that would rival that of any 2 year old. And yes, just as innocents die every day on the streets of America they die on the streets of Iraq, Afghanistan, Mexico, Iran, Brazil, Russia, England and ANY OTHER COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. Crawl back under your blanket and cover your head back up so you don't see the light of truth until Rosie leads the lemmings over that cliff.

Posted at 7:46PM on May 28th 2007 by EyesWideOpen

93. Eyes wide open your husband is in my prayers,my son willbe going back to iraq in the fall this is his second deployment.These guys to a hard an wonderful job.Hey everybody let ya know the military and their families stick together.

Posted at 7:50PM on May 28th 2007 by patricia

94. Thank you Patricia, you son and his battalion are in our prayers. My husband will also be returning to Iraq in July for his 2nd deployment.

Posted at 7:56PM on May 28th 2007 by EyesWideOpen

95. I just saw Rosie's video on her blog..........all I can say is that I pity the hell out of her. What a strange and sick woman indeed. Ane the strang sycophants whe surrounds herselff with.........My God----she is deluded.............

Posted at 7:56PM on May 28th 2007 by Pieta

96. Hey eyes if you ever want to e-mail my it's pattypooh38@yahoo.com.Thanks for the prayers

Posted at 8:03PM on May 28th 2007 by patricia

97. Look for Hasselblech on Fox network in 2008, she used Rosie O'Donnell to spew the Fox scripts as part of her audition agreement. Hasselblech just won goosestepping with the republifascists.

Posted at 12:54PM on May 29th 2007 by jessicanaomi

98. Elizabitch....Cubans risk the 90 miles between Cuba and Key West by haphazardly constructed rafts several times a year. Many don't survive the trip. Mexicans risk death in the back of an enclosed delivery truck in scorching desert heat to cross the border. Others spend thousands of dollars to make it into the US with forged papers....all risk death, imprisonment and deportation. Look at how hateful you are, what's gone wrong in YOUR life to make you so bitter, nasty and jaded? Who peed in your Wheaties this morning? I assure you it wasn't an American!

Posted at 8:20PM on May 28th 2007 by EyesWideOpen

99. You seem just to not get it.
There are no troops being sent to England, Mexico, Russia etc. invading their country, yes there are people being killed in every city, country and continent in this universe.
There is one country in particular that is being invaded, for no just cause and thousands have been killed and the number keeps rising day after day! You don't have to be on the right or the left to comprehend the truth of the matter.

Posted at 8:59PM on May 28th 2007 by #7

100. Why do I get the feeling that all the crazy Rosie defenders look just like her? And yes, Elisabeth is what a woman is supposed to look like. Nowhere is it written that being fat and ugly equals intelligent.

Posted at 9:13PM on May 28th 2007 by joemelendrez

101. My response to “about time” #78.

This goes to Rosie Facts #10, blow your bs facts out your ass. -

Thank you for such an intelligent response I’ll put it right up there with “eat me” the very poignant words Rosie bestowed upon Donald Trump at the Matrix Awards.

Rosie does have friends who stand by her, regardless the crap you spew against her. -

These were her words not mine so if it’s spew than remember who is spewing them. As for having friends who stand by her, I am glad. I only wish one of them had the guts to tell her that she needs to stop drinking it only exasperates her depression and anger issues.

Go do some research on cancer or aids and quit hating on Rosie. –

I have no hate for Rosie. My feelings are actually counter. As far as my personal research, although my cancer research has been very limited to breast and ovarian cancer, I have learned much from my own breast cancer and my assistance to my “big fat lesbian” sister’s cancer scare last year. As for aids, well in 1980 I was a nurse and dealt with this new disease. I was one of the few of my colleagues (that included some of the doctors) who were willing to even go into the rooms and touch the patients. I have held a man’s hand that I never met before and came in from a hospice with family and friends afraid to be near him. I was the only one with him when he died. I continued to work with aids patients until I left nursing in 1987.

If this were a man it would have gone unnoticed, but since it's a gay woman all hell breaks lose over it. I simply think she intimidates the hell out of men. –

You may be right. Many people excuse men for poor behavior (women too). As women we are sometimes held to a higher standard and I say I’m ok with that. My accomplishments have set many standards for men and women. Instead of looking at it as a personal attack, I like to prove my critics wrong. I am no one’s victim and you and Rosie should not be either.

EH is an airhead who brings nothing original to the VIEW, by the way it is views to be discussed. –

You show who you are in this statement. You attack a woman who gives a different view than Rosie and you. You use derogatory words to describe her. You are the mirror of those who you hate. Those who demean woman, like you, should examine their own self hatred.

As far as some other facts: My career choice after nursing took me to many different countries and all around the US. I have worked with the apprehension of pedophiles until the birth of my children when I found I no longer had the stomach for it. I have had other experiences which I can not relate because of confidentiality contracts I have signed. But I will say I have seen the aftermath of terrorism close up. After 20 years, I am now on my newest reinvention. I am starting a new vocation which involves the pairing of caring older citizens in my community with children in conflict and need. It is my own organization and when I get my website up, I’ll post a link. Maybe many of the caring individuals on this blog will donate to this worthy cause. My decision to start this new career came from my returning to my birthplace, Philadelphia. Since the beginning of 2007, 160 have been murdered by gun violence. These don’t snitch communities are killing America’s youth.

Sorry for such a long post, again. I felt I should respond to “about time”. Unlike others, I didn’t expect anyone else to defend my remarks.

Posted at 9:17PM on May 28th 2007 by Rosie Facts

102.
Rosie says she is happy because she doesn't have to comment on anything anymore. That is why she has a Blog on her Website so she can comment on everything...and guess what; she doesn't have to try to argue and bully anyone anymore. A lot easier to blow off steam and not be confronted physically and have to actually debate something like an Adult.

Posted at 9:19PM on May 28th 2007 by Ichabod

103. Rosie said sometimes it's time to step away from the canvas because the work is done.

She's right. Time for her to move away ... past time. But she has already done so much damage on her canvas convincing so many who don't know any better that she knows what she's talking about. She doesn't. She's so miserable, so hateful, so pathetic. If she wasn't doing so much damage, I'd feel sorry for her.

But we've allowed her to be heard. And we've watched the train wreck.

Kathy Griffin is not her friend. And Rosie was no friend to Elisabeth. If The View offered Kathy Rosie's spot (which they won't), she'd turn her back on Rosie and leap at the chance.

Why did we ever give this woman a voice. The show had high ratings because people like me watched just to see how bad it could get.

Posted at 12:03PM on May 29th 2007 by Heather

104.
Since when is ok for one woman to voice her opinion and be called a 'strong' woman, and not ok for the other woman to voice her opinion. Watching these two women voice their opinions; can you honestly say that one was a 'little' less overbearing than the other. Is it agreeable that one woman is being said to be a strong libber and the other is not...oh, that's right - one is Dem and the other is Repub. Pretty redundant and obvious.

Posted at 9:35PM on May 28th 2007 by Ichabod

105. Rosie and her buddies booked a buffet conference at a Ryan's Family Steakhouse and they were asked to leave by management because they ate everything in sight and destroyed the plumbing.

Posted at 10:38PM on May 28th 2007 by BOYCOTT ROSIE

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