Behar Was Wrong In Her Language, But Right To Slam Sharron Angle

Joy Behar

Oh goodness has Joy Behar, an outspoken and quite liberal (not that there's anything wrong with that ... obviously) co-host for the popular ABC program, The View, gotten herself in a whole pool of hot water.

Here is one person's description of Behar's comments:

Joy Behar condemned a political ad by Nevada Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle as fomenting racial divisiveness. The View aired Angle’s latest TV ad on the talk show on Tuesday morning. Looking at the camera, Behar addressed Angle, calling her a “bitch” and concluding that Angle is “going to hell, this bitch.”

Wow, that is way over the top for Behar. While I don't think it is appropriate for that kind of language on television to attack someone (even Sharron Angle), I do see where her anger is coming from - not that it justifies what she said.

Angle's recent add was one that I ripped apart in an earlier blog with this comment:

By watching her ad (showing wholesome white families and dangerous Latinos), you'd think she is running as a segregationist (pre-Civil Rights movement) candidate.

I still think that is an apt description of her racially-poisoned ad.



Still, Behar was wrong for those her language in attacking Sharron Angle. In all honesty, she nearly lowered herself to Angle's lowly level (and that is hard to do).