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

[Lotus19]

"As nice as Palin might seem"? Delusional.

[Sadie1976]

Come on Rosie! It might "sound" like a good idea, but you would soon realize that Palin is a Elisabeth Hasselbeck clone!

[Willow712]

Sarah, Pentacostal, radical fundamentalist. They believe that alcohol is the devil's drink. I had neighbors that were Pentacostal and they wouldn't be seen at a party with beer, because that would show nonbelievers that they weren't firm in their beliefs. I betcha Sarah Palin wouldn't drink a beer.

[hortonhearsawho]

if she were a true pentacostal she would not wear make-up or the type of dress she has while on tour. if she were a true pentacostal she could not attain such status as she did by virture of being a woman. she left the church and henceforth cannot and does not elaborate on the church.

[bigironal25]

Palin is as religious as I am and I'm an atheist! She uses religion just like the Bush administration did and does!All she cares about is getting the votes and like all repukelicans, she will do anything in order to get them!

[abdfrenc]

why does she always have to put her two cents in, no one cares, NO ONE

[hortonhearsawho]

Would be fun seeing her rip sarah a new one tho....

[Azmom]

Um, she was asked?

[Deb909]

oh come on....let'­s all admit it. sarah would REALLY like to have a drink with Rosie. sarah made a "choice" to be straight - deep down inside, i can guarantee she is a lesbian. trust me...takes one to know one.

[hortonhearsawho]

caught that too huh...

[bigironal25]

What the hell does that mean?

[Dodge]

Palin talent is playing the flute... what is Rosie's?

[hortonhearsawho]

putting flutes where no man has gone before...a new frontier like alaksa?

[Nikola Tesla]

Giving women thrills you never could.

[donorman]

The huffpo made a mistake. What Rosie said was "I'd like to eat a bear & Sarah Palin."

[XCITIZEN]

In the words of Austin Powers, Oh BEHAVE :) !!!!!

[Killjoy]

Isn't she still wearing underware with D.I .C.K holes in em?

[ldperianez]

Yes, I am pretty you would like to have a beer with Sarah Palin.....­.........?

[Lotus19]

She's Joe Six-Pack

[joeytomatoes]

Sam Adams, Sarah, bag of Funyuns, I'm happy.

[lolyla]

I think Rosie said "have a beer with" as a euphism for "throw a beer at."

[Strappo]

Why have I never seen a pic of Rosie where she wasn't wearing that ghastly pseudo-smile? It's frightening.

I don't really think Obama's victory is going to end her depression. I'd feel sorry for her, but she's rich.

[CKieffer]

Teeth-bleaching gone very wrong

[bmwracer]

That's one scary grille.

Halloween's come and gone, Rosie.

[swe123]

Well, Rosie in Sarah's words "She would TOLERATE you" . Apparently you have a pretty low bar for your friends.

[TakLoufer]

Beer my furry butt. You mean you'd like to go down on her, Rosie. Just admit it, like Maggie Cho did during the campaign.

[ECB]

Thank You

[Strappo]

Excellent!

[majorteddy]

I prescribe the same thing for Joe The Plumber, Sarah palin and Rosie O'Donnell. Shut Up! People are sick of all three of you .