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Posted on 09/04/2007 2:28:14 PM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly
Whoopi Goldberg defends Michael Vick's dogfighting in first day on 'The View'
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
So much for the sedate alternative to Rosie O'Donnell on "The View." Whoopi Goldberg used her first day on the daytime chat show Tuesday to defend football star Michael Vick in his dogfighting case.
Goldberg said that "from where he comes from" in the South, dogfighting isn't that unusual.
"It's like cockfighting in Puerto Rico," she said. "There are certain things that are indicative to certain parts of the country."
The Atlanta Falcons quarterback pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges last week, admitting that he provided money for a dogfighting ring that operated on his Virginia property and helped kill six or eight pit bulls. Vick grew up in Newport News, Va.
Goldberg was selected by series creator Barbara Walters to replace O'Donnell, whose stormy tenure on the ABC program lasted less than a year.
In the Vick discussion, Goldberg served notice that she won't shy away from controversy.
Co-host Joy Behar looked horrified at Goldberg.
"How about dog torture and dog murdering?" Behar asked.
For many people, dogs are sport, Goldberg replied, and it appeared it took awhile for Vick to realize that he was up against serious charges.
"I just thought it was interesting, because it seemed like a light went off in his head when he realized this was something that the entire country didn't appreciate," she said.
Vick has been suspended indefinitely by the National Football League and will be sentenced on the dogfighting charges in December. He apologized and asked for forgiveness upon entering his plea in federal court last week.
what a load of crap!! he knew it was serious... that’s why he lied and is STILL LYING!!
That's starting to look like the jinxed seat on the board of this brain trust.
Good for Whoopie. Shake up those fools on the view Whoopie. Those people are a little to uppity for my tastes.
Personally, I don’t give a whoop (pun intended). Four brain-dead bimbos trying to be relevant. Speaks volumes for the future of our civilization, don’t it?
“Dogs of a feather, lie together. Dogs who lie down with pigs, come up with sows.”
” indicative “
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BS from Whoopi.
Dear Whoopi...chickens wind up on the table anyway...and we don’t eat dogs in this country. Seriously, I knew this defense would ultimately come forth...”It’s just a cultural thing”, well, Whoopi, how much money does Michael Vick need to be paid to leave that disgusting part of “culture” behind?
So what about those in the South who still act out against blacks?
Will she defend those people becuase it’s “where they came from and in the South, it isn’t that unusual?”
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
End of discussion. I don’t see why people can’t understand that.
“dogs are sport”
What is the sport called where you dunk a live animal into a tub of water and then eletrocute it? I must have missed that one on ESPN
“For many people, dogs are sport, Goldberg replied, and it appeared it took awhile for Vick to realize that he was up against serious charges. “
That’s why they hide it, Whoopi. Many people, my you know what.
Whoopi “Cushion” Goldberg
(flatulence, in fact, is how she got her name).
I'll say! And this brings up an important point: Why the Hell is Puerto Rico allowed any kind of semi-citizenship status with our country?
If this were put to a referendum vote among Americans, we would overwhelmingly require Puerto Rico's complete 'independence' plus a lot of repatriation.
Reacting to wife-burning in colonial India, General Sir Charles Napier was impeccably multicultural: “You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom. When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre. Beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”
I just went to their website and left them a little note regarding how I feel about Whoopi’s comments... we shoudl all do the same:
http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/ask
She’s as bad as Rosie. Just different agendas.
I can’t believe that a Bitch would not stand up for the Dogs.
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