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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]Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)647. After reading maybe 20% of thge posts I fast forward to the end.
I believe in the 1st Amendment, but when we get this many posts about Whoopi, I worry about 2020.
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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