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

[Haditup2here]

I know I am going to be derided on this post, but Rosie is full of it. Surely, Palin is not for gay rights and is probably more dead set against it more so than abortion. This was the same two-faced tendency that Rosie showed when she derided Kelly Ripa for calling Clay Aikin out for putting his hand over her mouth while excusing Imus comments against the Rutgers female basketball as a form of free speech. BTW, there is nothing nice about Palin -- especially her chalk board screeching voice. I thought one of the benefits of this election being over with Obama winning was never having to hear Palin again. Lo and behold, the election has been over for at least a week and she is still in the news. However, this will be the last time that I ever post anything on Rosie O'Donnell. Her show will soon be dry as SNL will be post election and she will have another failed show on her roster.

[rzan1]

I' ve always thought Rosie was dumb as a stump. I really hated how she constantly took over every conversation on the View. She was, in her own way, as bad at Elisabeth H.

[Mavin1620]

Rosie is right. You can like someone you would never vote for. I'd like to join them for that beer.

[marignymitch]

Three-way, you mean.

[ohnoyoudidnot!]

Hahahaha!!!

[SouthernYankeeBelle]

Me to as long as we don't talk about religion and politics.

[Mavin1620]

Rosie has it right. You can like someone you would never vote for. Good on you, Rosie. I'd like to join them for that beer.

[IkeChicago]

Be sure to lock Rosie in the closet. Waaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaa

[SunshineDaydream]

maybe ro was so busy this summer she didn't have a chance to stay as informed as she usually is bc "nice" and "amazing" are not two words i would expect her to use for palin.

[happycat]

I completely agree with you, as usual! I actually read Rosie's blog a few weeks ago and she is so full of it! She had nothing positive to say about Palin. She couldn't stand anything about her and said that she was just like Hasselbeck!