In her dreams: Joy Behar wants Sarah on her show

Since Sarah Palin has turned down countless offers to appear on some television programs with blockbuster ratings, we have to wonder what possessed Joy Behar to tell critics on the press tour for the new talk show she will be hosting to dare to dream of getting the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate to do a guest shot:

Why Behar would want Palin on a new show is obvious. Why Palin would want to be on Behar's show was less clear, and even Behar struggled to articulate the point... The critics seemed unmoved by her argument, so Behar joked that if Palin declined, she'd offer to interview Palin's travel agent, or her maid, or her babysitter. Crickets.

Behar so doesn't get it. Sarah Palin's travel arrangements are made by aides -- probably Kris Perry or Meghan Stapleton. Her family takes care of the babysitting duties when necessary. A maid? We would bet real money that cleaning up after themselves are regular chores for the Palin kids. In Behar World, there are chauffeurs, cooks, maids and babysitters to handle all those icky and mundane tasks. But Sarah Palin lives in the same world as us everyday people who don't have servants. In fact, two of her first actions after being becoming governor were to have the chauffeur and cook who were part of the trappings of that office reassigned to other venues.

But the Behar tour begs another question: What were HLN's decision-makers thinking when they signed off on the bright idea to give Behar a solo talk show? This nasty woman has all the warmth of a python. Who in the world would want to watch such a show? We suspect The Joy Show -- or whatever HLN will call it -- will be one of the shortest runs in showbiz since "Rosie Live" was canned by NBC the day after its preview.

- JP