Rosie fans launch petition to fire Elisabeth Hasselbeck
As of 6 pm eastern, there are more than 14,000 signatures on an online petition to fire Elisabeth Hasselbeck from The View. Of course, this is more fallout from her split-screen debate with former co-host Rosie O'Donnell. It was the debate--the split screen in particular--that made Rosie leave the show three weeks early.Sadly, the petitioners seem to be calling for Elisabeth's removal because of her political views. The website says, "While the purpose of The View is for different views to be expressed, each co-host should be able to express their views without being attacked by a closed-minded co-host who blindly refuses to listen to facts and uses the show to angrily spout propaganda." I highlighted the end of that quote because, I think, it proves that the petitioners simply think that Elisabeth's opinion is wrong. It's an opinion and, whether you agree with her or not, many people share her views.
Of course, this is television we're talking about. So the "we don't like you very much" argument tends to be very powerful.
[Via Perez Hilton]

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