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

[Downeast]

Really, Rosie? So that she could haul out her bible and explain to you why you are going straight to Hell and that you should never ever be allowed to marry a woman?
As for that "she seems nice" crap, just review a few of those hate-mongering stump speeches a couple of times and see if you still think so.
Geez. And I thought lesbians were SMART. I guess it's just my gay friends and Rachel Maddow.

[Strappo]

Not necessarily smart. But they do like plaid and flannel.

[texrednface]

Interesting....What's the difference between the porcine Rosie and the hockey mom?

[gopSTEALSyourTAXmoney]

Rosie is compassionate about the good in her fellow human being.
The other one barley cares about her ds child.

[springsm]

ROSIE??? Being polite to someone like Sarah Palin...good gravy. Palin is a homophobic fundy. I guess the cat fight in the jello would be interesting. I think Palin would be good at a party..the kind that nobody has a meaningful thing to say...just noise. What made her so spunky is she has nothing to believe in politically. Yikes...someone take home video when this happens.

[JulieSA]

BS. Palin vetoed a bill that would have denied benefits to partners of gay state employees.

[gopSTEALSyourTAXmoney]

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[dimplesmile7]

Tell me what do we have to do to get rid of all Palin stories in HuffPo? I'll do it! I am so sick of this woman. Adding Rosie to the mix does not help at all.

[ImpalaSuperSport]

Are you sure Rosie didn't mean beaver vs beer?

[BtVS]

Wow. I almost thought I was reading posts from a FOX News message board. Such homophobic comments.

[Strappo]

Why? All queers don't have to love one another. I'm queer and I don't like Palin OR Rosie OR Hillary.

[ridesymbol]

Rosie you let me down with this one. You admire her spunk? I guess you don't give a s**t about animals. Or decency.

[ObamaNation0812]

It must have been a republican close of Rosie-- I am appalled by this post! Simply appalled.

[ObamaNation0812]

A republican CLONE I meant to say....

Will the real Rosie please stand up?

[jkpcguru]

I think Rosie wants to have more then a beer with Sarah Palin. lol

[peacegurl48]

Wow! Rosie what's to like her hate mongering, race baiting and hypocrisy? Unreal!

[Freesia2]

Thanks. I was wondering about "nice woman" comment. I think Rosie and I have different ideas about what makes someone nice. It's the last adjective I'd apply to the governor. Your words are more fitting peacegurl.

[blueberryhill]

Oh Rosie, she such a comedian!

[auramac]

I once walked into a bar and ran into a not-so-bright acquaintance who was quite drunk and completely unintelligble. I told him to hold on, and I threw back several shots of tequila. The more drunk I got, the more he suddenly sounded like John Gielgud. Made absolutely perfect sense.

Rosie would need far too much alcohol for her stomach to handle to make sense out of Sarah Palin.

[CS1373]

LOL!!!

[BartLA]

The two better avoid talking politics over that beer. Otherwise Rosie will end up yelling at her just like Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Rosie THINKS she wants to have a beer with her, but in reality it would be a nightmare scenario.

[PackyJ]

Ah, Rosie just wants to get Sarah drunk and "have her way" with her.

[zippywpinhead]

Rosie and Sarah having a beer together

now there's a bar I'd never set foot in, no matter how thirsty I was...

[forpeace]

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Sorry Rosie, the "wackjob" drinks Diet Dr. Pepper ONLY!

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[Topfeeder]

Ha ha. But she's not demanding about asking for one. Don'tchaknow.

[ridesymbol]

Are you sure about that? I don't think so.