David Forsmark: Behar Displays Own Stupidity During Failed Palin Joke

"The Problem of Pain" wasn't about watching Behar try to have an adult conversation
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NewsReal Blog contributor David Forsmark asks a mostly rhetorical question:

Is there anyone on TV as clueless as Joy Behar? Okay, but aren’t those people cute or charming or funny… or something?

Joy “Black Friday” Behar keeps braying that Sarah Palin is an idiot. Of course, it may be hard for Behar to really tell from her limited perspective. If Palin were merely 10 times as smart as Joy Behar, she wouldn’t be testing out of any classes.

Here is the latest example Behar spotlighting her colossal ignorance while trying to make a Sarah-is-SO-stupid joke:

WALTERS: So we asked [Sarah Palin] the question that got her in trouble when Katie Couric said, what do you read … She said “I read a lot of C.S. Lewis when I want some divine inspiration.”

BEHAR [laughing]: Aren’t those children’s books? C.S. Lewis?

Har de har har. Wow that Sarah Palin is silly! She can only handle children’s books.

And if weren’t a huge movie opening this weekend, Behar probably wouldn’t have come that close to a proper frame of reference….

Very patiently Barbara explained:

WALTERS: He was arguably the most influential Christian writer of the day. He is considered an intellectual giant…

Well no wonder, Joy Behar hadn’t heard of him…

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- JP

Kill 'em with kindness

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From Elizabeth Crum at National Review's Battle 10 blog, we see that Sharron Angle's team is right on top of things:

In response to Joy Behar’s vicious remarks on The View, the Angle campaign sent a lovely flower arrangement with a note enclosed.

“Joy,

Raised $150,000 online yesterday. Thanks for your help.

Sincerely,
Sharron Angle”

Behar's parents must have had high hopes when she was a baby, naming her "Joy" and all. Too bad that didn't work out. Kind of like naming a daughter "Chastity," and then she takes a job offer from a brothel...

- JP

Quote of the Day (July 25, 2010)

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Jason Rantz at Human Events:

"Joy Behar inexplicably has a news analysis show that airs weeknights on HLN. Far from being a journalist or having any legitimate training in news media, Behar provides crude, insipid commentary on the news of the day, alongside typical liberal hack guests. To borrow an oft-used phrase in the conservative blogosphere, Behar suffers from ‘Palin Derangement Syndrome’ and takes any opportunity she gets to slam the former Alaska governor. She features discussions about whether or not Trig is really Palin’s son, calls Palin ‘dumb,’ and slams her followers as mean and evil. Behar is a second-rate comedian with a platform on a news network to promote hate and stupidity..."

- JP

Quote of the Day (March 30, 2010)

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Stephen Hayes:

"You’re doing something wrong when Joy Behar wants to high-five you… For her to say [that Sarah Palin committed] an ‘abuse of the second amendment’ makes me even wonder whether [Elisabeth Hasselbeck] even knows what the second amendment is about."

- JP

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