Rosie O'Donnell: "I'd Like To Have A Beer With" Sarah Palin

At last night's Broadway opening of Billy Elliot, Rosie O'Donnell spoke out to "Extra" for the first time since Barack Obama was elected president - expressing her excitement about his historic win and even praising the woman who could have been vice president. Admitting she'd like to meet Governor Sarah Palin, O'Donnell comments, "I'd like to have a beer with her. I'd like to meet her kids. She seems like a pretty nice woman. Although I have to say, I am thrilled her party did not win. [But] you got to give it to her for spunk."

She continues, "I think I probably would like her [Palin] if I met her....She had an amazing life for herself and her family in Alaska. Very successful. Before you knew it, she was the most famous person in the country..." As nice as Palin might seem, O'Donnell exclaims, "If [John] McCain won...I would be in the depression unit of the ICU."

About Obama's victory, O'Donnell says, "It's really beyond what I had hoped could happen...I can't really recall feeling the way that I did about our country. About the promise of democracy....Seems as though the last eight years have been nothing but a dark, funky depression...Hope is possible and change is here. Way to go America!"

Reacting to the passing of Proposition 8, which overrides the decision to recognize same- sex marriages in California, O'Donnell comments, "I was married four years and I was annulled three years ago, so for me this fight is not new. Prop 8 is nothing new for me. This has been a long journey...and eventually the world will catch up."

Rosie O'Donnell's primetime show, Rosie Live, airs on NBC on November 26th.

Comments

[Mitsom]

Rosie O'donnell is one of those people that leave me scratching my head as to why I'm seeing her. She is completely talentless and just a mean and nasty b**ch. There are not a lot of people that I simply can't stand but Rosie is chief among them. She isn't funny and she isn't insightful. And as for having a beer with Palin, you know where ol' Rosie would like to dine. Sarah, if Rosie shows up wearing a bib you'll need your shotgun to keep that boar off you.

[roblabrousse]

Rosie, Rosie, Rosie. Don't encourage this bimbo. There are far more interesting folks to meet who are more successful in their lives. If you like gun toting, witchcraft dispelling, abuse of power types then go have a beer with this jerk. Nice on the outside but not so nice on in the inside. She would have you and your gay lifestyle field dressed for sacrifice if she could. Her fame came through a fluke of politics. She didn't achieve because she has so much to offer the world. Rosie wipe off your glasses and take another look.

[Majus]

It would be a case of one pit bull meeting another pit bull.

[RiggsMD]

I know what Rosie really wants from Sarah!!!!!!!!!

[Dodge]

Rosie likes Sarah...
Elizabeth Hasslebeck likes Sarah...

Hmmm... Cat fight?

[we-r-doomed]

A pair of Einsteins.

[deb69]

Sorry - but Rosie has always cracked me up! Sure, she's loud, but she is so entertaining. But even I have to make a comment about her teeth - what the hell happened to them? I was so shocked to see a recent picture of her! She needs them adjusted or whatever, ASAP. Surely she doesn't want people just focusing on these excessive choppers.

[brooklyncitizen]

Oh I was hoping she wanted to kick her butt.

[Bitsko]

Who? What? Why?

[love4eternity]

They make a good couple Yuck!

[rockyersocksoff]

First, I am sick and effing tired of all this "have a beer with" cr a p . Who invented this as a political yardstick, Adolph Coors?

Second, I can't think of a WORSE night of drinking than with THOSE two women.

Third, I'd like to have a beer with Barack and Michelle, and maybe some Frontera tacos.

[postman606]

For Rosie, the beer is for.eplay.

[Damaven]

Roooosssiiieee is just as transparent as the day is long. This woman has started more fights just because people breath what they believe in, be it about race, homophobia, etc., it's that person's right. Now all of a sudden she's sounding thoughtful and nice and wants a beer with Palin [wonder why]. But, please, it's got to be this broadway thing she wants to be successful so she's trying a new tactic so she won't fail miserably as she consistently has in the recent past. And either she needs a lip or smaller teeth. She always has this sardonic grin and it fits her personality.

[firewmn]

**
Rosie has short term memory on h8filled comments about ra.ce. or hom.o.phed comments..

[conniedogs]

Rosie is an awesome person, very kind and good hearted. I hope she gets a show soon.

[8Snickerdoodle]

WTF??? She thinks someone who supports aerial gunning wildlife is nice?????? I just lost all respect for her.