A double standard?

So how long will people at "The View" let Rosie's mouth and attitude run out of control? Each time she says something stupid she is allowed to hide behind her defenses; being a lesbian, activist or a comic (or any mixing of the three). If someone of more conservative ilk, her co-panelist Elizabeth Hasselbeck, for instance, said something of that nature, she would have been painted as a bigot by the others on the show. Confronted by her critics, Rosie blew off her comments via her spokesperson.

"She's a comedian in addition to being a talk show co-host," Cindi Berger, O'Donnell's spokeswoman, said in a statement. "I certainly hope that one day they will be able to grasp her humor."

Ah, Babs, why don't you just close up "The View"?