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

[CS1373]

At a time when we needed to hear what was going on in this country,there were very few that had the guts Rosie has to say what was on her mind even though many times it got her in trouble. She started things rolling and everyone talking. I applaud her for that.

[NeverRepublican]

I'd love to have a beer with her too!...Then I'd love to spit it out laughing in her face.

She is a JOKE...an all around JOKE.

[indywoman]

As usual, the discriminated person (Rosie and all gays) are the ones to show the maturity and understanding to the other side, in order to garner some respect from them.

If Sarah got to know a wonderful loving normal gay family like Rosie's, maybe it would be a little more difficult to be so hateful as to deny human rights to gay couples and the unwanted children that they would like to adopt.

And, Rosie is mature enough to be able to admire a woman, who by whatever dumb luck, happened to be on the national stage. Unfortunately, I think SP actually hurts the cause of women as equals, because she is so uninformed and so small minded and judgemental.

[CS1373]

I concur. I'm still wondering how she got elected governor???

[t mout]

The old adage still applies. "It's not what you know, it's who you know." Remember she was the face (turned out to be the butt) of her Alaskan Party.

[OttoMann]

At most, I'd like to spill a beer on Sarah Palin.

[stevensjohn26]

Yeah, that's not all she'd like to do to Sarah Palin...

[islanbatman]

HAHAHAHAA!.....N**lin' Palin.

[scared4ALL]

I would expect more than this from Rosie.

[ralph222]

just another straight man wanting to get in her pants

[dcoxucla]

ROSIE IS A LOSER FOR THIS ONE...GUESS NOT ONLY MEN THINK WITH THEIR GENITALS

[RJSquirrel]

I'd love to never hear from rosie or sarah again

[wattsi2ya]

strange comment from Rosie....i thought spunk was what ended up on monica's dress

[MyVesta]

I'm sure Palin would be "tolerant" of such a meeting.

[marymansour]

Not picky about who you drink with, are ya, Rosie?

[Sardonica]

I would like to have a cup of coffee and watch Sarah Palin on Meet The Press.

[supergranny]

so true a far better show.

[bronceye]

OK God. Open that door for Saruh and let her crash through it. The last few doors that sp has crashed seemed to have a shocking lack of divinity.

[tiger313]

I find it curious that RO would attempt to legitimize SP. RO you, by this statement, have become irrelevant and illegitimate.

[hopefulnana]

So you would have it no one should speak nicely about or have a beer with someone because they disagree on fundamental issues? Good grief, my own family would never be able to get together!

Like her or not– and I would never vote for her– SP has led an interesting life with amazing experiences. It's obvious we can't read enough about her– at least for a while– or we wouldn't be coming to these posts, now would we?

I don't see Rosie "attempting to legitimize" Sarah Palin, certainly not her politics or belief system. I gather from reading her blog and watching her on tv Rosie loves to talk to people, to hear their stories and find out what makes them tick. I see Rosie as someone with intense intellectual curiosity--unlike SP.

[smp65]

So true hopefulnana. My family is large and many of us do not agree on fundamental issues...true with some close friends as well. How boring, surround yourself exclusively with people who agree on all the issues. That way you'll never understand what makes other people have different opinions.