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In reply to the discussion: Whoopi Goldberg Advises AOC To 'Sit Still,' 'Learn The Job' Before 'Pooping On People' [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,244 posts)103. Oh, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, and so is Whoopi. You' re free to take issue with...
Whoopi's opinion, and I'm free to take issue with yours. See how that works?
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Whoopi Goldberg Advises AOC To 'Sit Still,' 'Learn The Job' Before 'Pooping On People' [View all]
kstewart33
Jan 2019
OP
Yeah, what do they call that when one person has ALL the major awards?
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#403
Whoopi has gone a long way from her "Fontaine" days to filling out a chair on the view,
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2019
#7
She won an Academy award, a Grammy, a Tony, and an Emmy - among other accomplishments.
cwydro
Jan 2019
#24
They are bound and determined to give 2020 to the GOP, those folks you mention
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#405
Whoopi's way, way more progressive, and has an actual decades long record of progressive advocacy.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#381
Perhaps you don't know Whoopi grew up in actual poverty, unlike others who have claimed to.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#394
I guess if you ignore her career and awards, and her comedy, and her writing and her activism
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#427
Whoopi is, and this is one of her political opinions - which you think has no real value.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#430
But she isn't criticizing her elders in Congress, essentially claiming they haven't done anything.
George II
Jan 2019
#442
This isn't so much about politics, it's advice on life - both of those women...
George II
Jan 2019
#470
Bazinga. I believe she's the only person to every have won all four of those awards....
George II
Jan 2019
#361
I thought there was a qualifier with respect to her - the first black woman to win all four.
George II
Jan 2019
#378
Yes, but how do you feel about Lady Gaga losing a Golden Globe to Glenn Close?
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2019
#52
The arguments are getting weaker and more absurd. But my favorite is still "psy-ops".
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#282
She claimed "congress hasn't done anything" (not an exact quote, won't look that one up)....
George II
Jan 2019
#608
Taxes frighten most people, including those who will never pay a high rate.
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#536
Yes, all Hollywood actresses should maintain their popularity from their youth
R B Garr
Jan 2019
#350
I don't mind wealthy people. I mind wealthy people who don't want to pay their fair share and...
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2019
#534
I've never seen this before. Holy shit. She has no idea what she's talking about.
Power 2 the People
Jan 2019
#552
So, she's overweight, a millionaire, and so her views on politicians/politics are highly unreliable?
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#586
What amuses me is that the question is asked who gives a flying eff what Whoopi says...
cwydro
Jan 2019
#121
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is 1000 times more relevant than the co-host of the View.
TSheehan
Jan 2019
#606
"Irrelevant has been"? She heads up one of the most watched daytime talk shows on television.
George II
Jan 2019
#360
People who believe Whoopi Goldberg is a "has-been" are out of touch with reality.
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#363
Plus she had a steamy affair w/Ted Danson. My wife would have killed to be in her shoes back then!!
George II
Jan 2019
#366
Great list of stuff there. Sometimes she pisses me off to be honest, but in this instance
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#537
Imagine that, a woman, not young, being complex and human, and still having the nerve to speak out.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#541
Yes. Learn, for instance, that the Senate can't draw up its own funding bill for the wall
More_Cowbell
Jan 2019
#37
Lies, mistakes, gaffes, etc.....I don't care who says them, a man or a woman, they STILL....
George II
Jan 2019
#426
"Get going before you're ready" isn't the same as "Don't bother to learn your job"
EffieBlack
Jan 2019
#115
I think the advice given was advice on how to behave when dealing with those inside the party
Fullduplexxx
Jan 2019
#10
Sometimes, the most logical response from intelligent people to comments such as yours
EffieBlack
Jan 2019
#41
Actually, it's "discourse", and sometimes the only appropriate response to nonsense is....
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2019
#87
Oh, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, and so is Whoopi. You' re free to take issue with...
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2019
#103
yes, sometimes abdicating making an argument or challenging a current claim is the best course of
JCanete
Jan 2019
#299
Who are these corporate Democrats who don't want to get money out of politics?
betsuni
Jan 2019
#303
There is a vast difference between wanting money out of politics and fighting for it daily. They
JCanete
Jan 2019
#307
That's a really sad attempt by you. I did just give you the name of a democrat who I respect highly
JCanete
Jan 2019
#449
First I can absoultely respect more moderate democrats who think that the way forward is to find
JCanete
Jan 2019
#456
You're still trying to act like you answered our question about who the "corporate Democrats" are.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#458
what about "most" do you not understand? but Corporate democrat is not the term I use, so
JCanete
Jan 2019
#461
cool, so we're going to stay in the naha aha naha territory of discourse. What exactly are you
JCanete
Jan 2019
#467
....uh...okay...keep cleaning my clock in this battle you imagine us having right now then, and
JCanete
Jan 2019
#472
I must ask you to desist at once ehrnst...the truth you're bringing is just too much for me to bear.
JCanete
Jan 2019
#477
I don't even know what you're talking about. Feel free to give me an example of where I just laugh
JCanete
Jan 2019
#441
That's not me just chortling and not making an argument. That's me stating clearly what I think is
JCanete
Jan 2019
#450
A strawman would be me making up a persons words or statements or actions in order to then
JCanete
Jan 2019
#453
Cenk eliminated himself from the Justice Democrats because of his racist and sexist comments....
George II
Jan 2019
#365
not much of one at all. Do you believe people can't change their perspective? cuz if that
JCanete
Jan 2019
#483
He SAID he changed his viewpoint since those days, but has since accepted millions....
George II
Jan 2019
#488
and if you are a media host on MSNBC or CNN you are being funded by tons of Republican money.
JCanete
Jan 2019
#495
Roemer stated what his interest was. And even if I take advertisers out of it...right....
JCanete
Jan 2019
#499
The change, for your information, is the perspective and what he's talking about. YOu point out
JCanete
Jan 2019
#497
With your response, I can only Assume You Were Happy with the Citizens United decision
Ccarmona
Jan 2019
#56
You are surrounded by left-liberals/progressives here. We all hate Citizens United
emulatorloo
Jan 2019
#101
Cenk hired Jimmy Dore, who hasn't met a RW conspiracy theory he doesn't fall in love with
emulatorloo
Jan 2019
#94
oh lord. Yeah, TYT got funded by Roemer, who at least outwardly said he was dissatisified
JCanete
Jan 2019
#309
seriously? No. in the context of my post it isnt anywhere close to enough said. Cenk hired Dore
JCanete
Jan 2019
#577
And Dave Rubin. Why don't you point out the credible news source that you trust so that
JCanete
Jan 2019
#581
entirely unfounded. He was sitting nice and pretty and MSNBC but didn't play ball the way
JCanete
Jan 2019
#311
I *literally* laugh-out-loud every time someone suggests she's just making it up!!
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#330
Cenk has accepted millions from right wing lobbyist Buddy Roehmer and also appears....
George II
Jan 2019
#357
I can think of only one reason they would do that in the situation this country is in today
nini
Jan 2019
#439
Yes. All for personal fame and money. Cenk is like a cult leader in my opinion...
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#400
What I will not understand is people who give certain people allegiance and they
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#401
And Cenk really has no accomplishments other than being a loudmouth and ...
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#406
I just connected the implications about your statement of Whoopi's defense of a rapist.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#539
Don't be shy, tell us exactly who you are calling a racist, sexist, and a right winger?
still_one
Jan 2019
#319
So you are "minimizing a woman of color". Check. Just so long as you own it ...
Persondem
Jan 2019
#86
She got elected...yes and that is a good START. Start as in NEW. Unbelievable. nt
UniteFightBack
Jan 2019
#71
So, training to be a fast food worker is harder than being a new US congressperson?
mcar
Jan 2019
#197
Apparently it's disrespectful "psy ops" (or something) to say she needs to learn.
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#46
I tried to illustrate what you are referring to here and nobody paid attention.
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#409
Not sure why anyone would be "excited" about rhetoric suggesting that Democrats are do-nothings...
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#290
How does it "bring in new voters" when someone denigrates the Democrats...
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#281
"per usual"? Here for four days and you already know what's "usual" about someone?
George II
Jan 2019
#592
I'm OK with Goldberg's advice. OK with AOC too, so far. Could see her get a bit out there. n/t
Hoyt
Jan 2019
#44
"...but before you start pooping on people and what they've done, you got to do something too."
fleabiscuit
Jan 2019
#47
You have to talk about the things. That is doing something. That is part of the battle. If AOC were
JCanete
Jan 2019
#76
Ha...so its maturity to hold your tongue when injustice continues? What does that gain you?
JCanete
Jan 2019
#132
Or the maturity to offer a brokered doable solution for a perceived problem. nt
fleabiscuit
Jan 2019
#166
But some things have just festered and been ignored, not talked about, not drawn attention
JCanete
Jan 2019
#245
That our adult congress has allowed some issues to entirely slip through the cracks and never be
JCanete
Jan 2019
#297
What issues have slipped through the cracks and never be publicly addressed for years and decades?
betsuni
Jan 2019
#298
oh my....but who chooses not to go into an unpaid internship because they simply can't afford to?
JCanete
Jan 2019
#440
Whoopi insisted that Kylie Jenner was a "self-made" billionaire too.
Power 2 the People
Jan 2019
#398
Whoopie continues to say, in my opinion, really stupid, research-free things, abut justice democrats
JCanete
Jan 2019
#53
i DEFINATELY agree with Whoopi Goldberg .... oftentimes i think the Congresswoman looks silly
trueblue2007
Jan 2019
#70
What? There is an issue about Whoopi having said what people are thinking !
Wash. state Desk Jet
Jan 2019
#107
She is absolutely right of all the new people elected to Congress she is the one
doc03
Jan 2019
#109
You think that may be why she recognizes when someone else might be heading there?
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#616
whoopi is against taxes...so its no surprise she is hating on a new progressive member
questionseverything
Jan 2019
#284
i dont watch the view much but i do sometimes...whooppee rails against raxes
questionseverything
Jan 2019
#547
She speaks for me too. We all know someone who has a huge fan club for the things he says, but...
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2019
#275
Whoopie should concentrate on her job and AOC will concentrate on her job, which she is
Autumn
Jan 2019
#161
You know what pisses me off? Whoopie was dishonest as fuck with her so called "advice"
Autumn
Jan 2019
#179
Well a Nobel prize winning economist disagrees with Whoopi so maybe Whoopi should stop pooping
Quixote1818
Jan 2019
#188
Her owner/manager is the voters in her district and The Constitution.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2019
#207
I think that Whoopi's advice comes from lessons learned about saying things one later regrets.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#589
Would you agree she should learn that appropriation bills originate in the House...
brush
Jan 2019
#293
Right now, in this moment in history, it's imperative for Democrats be the "adults in the room."
VOX
Jan 2019
#266
So a black woman who is a long time progressive activist makes money, so she "disgusts" you.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#367
That's it - In your opinion. Don't try to make it about Whoopi being less intelligent, savvy
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#432
Absolutely, but human nature is human nature, and when public figures make public comments, people
still_one
Jan 2019
#328
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is worth listening too, corporate talk-show infotainment pundits... not so much
Devil Child
Jan 2019
#353
Speaking of Whoopi and the View, Kamala Harris will be on in a minute or two!!!
George II
Jan 2019
#368
Yep, I just read this thread. 2020 is gonna be a repeat of something that I cant
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#410
I think that the term "sit back" isn't as nefarious or malicious as many think.(nt)
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#528
How do you explain this if she goes after anyone who wants to raise taxes on the rich?
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#492
Not a big fan of Whoopi's. She occasionally goes on a spiel, like the one today about AOC, and
Doremus
Jan 2019
#500
I don't think she has a problem with that. Amazing some have to go back 12 years......
George II
Jan 2019
#572
She never said "know your place, woman!" In case you didn't notice, Whoopi is a woman, too!
George II
Jan 2019
#601
What I find very interesting is the indignation directed toward a woman of color. Ironic, eh?
George II
Jan 2019
#602
LOL. Keep posting this. Proves even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Power 2 the People
Jan 2019
#612
As long as people claim she is just trying to bring down a politician that wants to raise taxes..
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#620
I believe you were called a pig with brain damage. Did I read that correctly?
George II
Jan 2019
#668
I advise Whoopi Gooldberg to stop condescending and catch up to what young people want and need.
TSheehan
Jan 2019
#604
It might be. I have seen the number growing each day so I wanna be part of DU history.
winstars
Jan 2019
#663
We know that Cortez is Twitter-capable. As with any brand new representative,
lapucelle
Jan 2019
#682