Sexist Flap: Should Elisabeth Hasselbeck Be Angry at Bill Maher?

Yes, Melissa I agree. I might add, there is nothing worse than someone who rides on the back of a true victim. Trying to "share her pain" to speak to all women is the worst. I'm pretty certain that Lizzie spends little time worrying about Lara Logan or can imagine the pain she has had to endure. I bet their only connection was thanks to Bill's "not so funny" joke. Disingenuous, indeed.

Why is it that Republicans only have a sense of humor when Ann Coulter says that liberals should be killed for their views?

Hasselbeck's hiding behind "speaking for all women" is disingenuous; designed to elevate her position from the whiny and self-involved. The only person's opinion that really counts in this matter is that of Lara Logan. Hasselbeck needs to get over herself and realize that she is not the victim here.

sorry...absent.

He's a comedian. I don't like everything he says. But then, I don't like everything that any of them say. Whether he is funny or the joke was funny, is beside the point. He is a comedian. This is how he makes his living. If Elisabeth had a problem with the joke, she could have and should have confronted him personally right after it happened. Something tells me Bill would take her call. What I have a problem with is she has taken the joke out of context, wrapped it up in her little brain and spit out a faulty timeline because she thought it would embarrass him. It backfired. I noticed that Elisabeth was abscent on Wednesday, yesterday, and she was extremely subdued today. Someone said something to her. Expressing her view of his comedy is not the issue. It was the way she went about it. She was disrespectful and childish. Watch SNL in the next couple of weeks. Something tells me they will have a View sketch about that one. Elisabeth will not come out on top just as she didn't Tuesday. It is obvious she planned the attack and was very proud of herself. My guess is, no one else was proud of her.

She is a fool and he is a jerk. Makes for good tv drama, I guess.

Bill Maher IS a comedian..and Elizabeth is ridiculous...she could have made her point and moved on..instead she kept throwing out little digs everytime he spoke. Poor planning that she was even sitting next to him..she should be thankful that his last show of the season was last week..I would have enjoyed him mentioning her in the NEW RULES somehow..lol

Bill Maher is not a comedian -- he's an idiot and I think Elisabeth had every right to rip him a new one.

Not a fan of Elisabeth so I can not comment due to my bais of really disagreeing her (and not watching the view because of her)

Not my kind of humour, but comedians generally like to stir up shit. If it were me, I'd not sit around and moan, I'd come up with a line about him - anyone wish to claim Maher is wildly handsome?

After watching the outrage over comments left and comments right, I'm at a point now where I see the better option as blocking my ears, or redacting the memory of their inanity.

Tasteless and was just hyped up to build controversy. We all know that Controversy = $$.

Seriously? She is a petulant child. She is STILL holding a grudge? GET OVER IT! I am fine with anyone making fun of her. She is an idiot and has a WAY too high opinion of herself. I am not a Bill Maher fan either, he has an ego larger than the sun and should be taken down a few notches but he actually has a brain. She is no match for him in an argument.

I Don't Like Elisabeth Hasselbeck.She don't like BLACK PEOPLE.That is why I don't watch the View.

I think Hasselbeck is a child who lives in a very cozy protected world of her making where things are just so. she often displays outrage and childish behaviour that is far beyond the situation. He's a comedian and we laugh at comedians making fun of every size, color, race, stereotype and situation so why is it offensive that it was a woman joke? If I was offended and outraged at every comment that I found ignorant I wouldn't have much time to actually live my life.

He has a right to say what he wants. She has a right to support or dismiss his words. And I have a right to turn off any broadcast that airs the words that comes out of his or her mouth. That being said there is nothing funny about the Penn State situation and time won't heal that wound-so it isn't a comedic topic. Have to agree w/ Tracy about Elisabeth. That girl amazes( and not in a good way) me with her claim to fame resulting from a stint on Survivor! Hmmm...

Marla pretty much took the words right out of my mouth. Maher makes his career by saying outrageous things, some of which crack me up and some of which make me cringe. I'm not sure what Elizabeth is known for except being on Survivor and throwing hissyfits.

I think people are not so much commenting on Bill's joke, as edgy as it may have been, rather Liz's piff poor unprofessional, bratty behaviour. This is NOT good role modelling behaviour a mom should be doing for her children. Hopefully they will grow up better mannered and more polite than her.

Personally, I think he's a comedian. That's that. Sometimes they overstep their boundaries and cross over into uncomfortable/inappropriate topics and say things they shouldn't. They say things they probably later regret: sometimes things that were written by staff writers, even. Sure, he could apologize for the tasteless remark about Penn State, but the way Elisabeth handled him and claimed to be speaking "on behalf of all women" made me sick to my stomach. I do not need that twit speaking on my behalf ever. Never ever ever.

Those of you who don't have a problem with Bill's joke about Elisabeth - do you also think his joke about feeling like a boy at Penn State was funny? Or even acceptable, if not funny? - Denise

Elisabeth is a petulant, anti-intellectual, immature brat. I think he handled her childish griping quite well.

As usual, she had her timeline all screwed up. He didn't know the severity of what happened to Lara at the time he made his original joke. I didn't think the joke was funny, but it was a joke. They don't all tickle every funnybone. I thought she handled herself so unprofessionally that it was disgusting. She has a right to judge what is funny for herself, just as we all do. But she doesn't have the right to bully a guest like she did. She was unprofessional, rude and childish.....about a joke that was delivered back in FEBRUARY. And at the end of the show, I really had no idea why she was mad....other than he mentioned her name in a joke. It is amazing how much trash she throws at others, but doesn't like it one bit when that trash is aimed at her. Bill Maher is extremely edgy and not always really funny. But he didn't deserve to be treated badly by a girl acting like he wrote her name on the High School bathroom wall. She could have made her point (still not sure what that was) and moved on. But instead, she did what she always does.....flirts with him, places her arm around his shoulders on the couch, touches him all the while she is calling him "Billy" and trying to eviscerate him. She isn't smart enough to eviscerate many people. She wanted to embarrass him, but she ended up embarrassing herself. Bill handled himself as well as he could in that interview. He's not everyone's cup of tea, but he said nothing during that interview to warrant such treatment. He was there to sell a book, not even plug his show.

I agree with Elisabeth!! It's wrong

She needs to be fired. There are many other good Christian republican women who would behave much more professionally and take the high road

Maher made the joke BEFORE it was known to be an assault. Get the facts straight people.Liiz was a spoiled petulant brat. It was almost a year ago. He was a guest on the show and she threw a tantrum, cut off her colleagues and her boss. Rude and disrespectful to everyone.D'uh.

Bill Maher is very annoying. He thinks he is an expert on everything, and know nothing. He crosses every line and nothing is off limits because of his warped opinion of his own self-worth. He does and says controversial things in the hopes of keeping his name in the public. Without it he would be an unknown

He is so full of hate. I wonder what happened to him in his early life to make him so angry and sad.

Bill Maher is a disgusting man! I pity the woman who kisses his mouth! Blek! He uses it for filth & ugliness!

I agree with you. The jokes aren't funny and she had a right to be angry with him. It's SO easy for him to make what he calls jokes on his own show, but when someone calls him out on it, he squirms. There's no line he won't cross in thie name of his warped sense of humor. He's sick.