O’Donnell: We’ve Killed More than the Terrorists
On the fourth anniversary of President Bush’s "Mission Accomplished" speech, Rosie O’Donnell ranted against the Iraq war and the administration. "How many more years and how many more dead kids?" she asked about President Bush’s insistence on continuing to fight in Iraq," charging: "It’s just, you know, it’s way over the amount of people killed on September 11th. We’ve killed more Americans than any terrorist ever did in this war." Incredibly, O’Donnell criticized the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan as well as Iraq: "We were not attacked by either of the nations we invaded. 19 [sic, really 15] Saudis were on those planes, and we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq." (CyberAlert, May 2, 2007)

Rosie Proud Her 5-Year-Old Realized Bush ‘Cheated’ in 2000
On ABC’s The View on April 23, 2007, co-host Rosie O’Donnell proudly recalled how her adopted son Parker, when he was just five years old in 2000, realized "the truth" of how "President Bush was not the real President because he cheated." O’Donnell recounted: "It’s funny when because when he was in public school in first grade and Bush won — supposedly — and he went in to school that day and he gets home. I said, ‘How was school?’ He goes, ‘Fine.’ He was like five-years-old. The teacher calls me: ‘Oh, hi, Ms. O’Donnell. I just wanted to let you know that today in class Parker announced that President Bush was not the real President because he cheated.’ [laughter] And I said, ‘Well that’s known as truth in our house.’" (CyberAlert, April 24, 2007)

'How About Separation of Church and State?'
After the Supreme Court’s ruling that the overwhelmingly passed Partial-Birth Abortion Act was indeed constitutional, Rosie O’Donnell declared the ruling "frightening," adding that "it’s as if the women’s movement never happened." O’Donnell then slimed the five Catholic justices as theocrats: "You know what concerns me? How many Supreme Court judges are Catholics....Five. How about separation of church and state in America?" O’Donnell saw sexism, at one point blurting out: "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament." (NewsBusters, April 19, 2007)

Captured Brits a Contrived ‘Gulf of Tonkin’ for War w/Iran
After Iran entered Iraqi waters to illegally seize a group of British sailors, O’Donnell put the blame on the British and suggested Iran was the victim of a British-U.S. conspiracy to start a war: "But interesting with the British sailors, there were 15 British sailors and Marines who apparently went into Iranian waters and they were seized by the Iranians. And I have one thing to say: Gulf of Tonkin, Google it. Okay." O’Donnell soon repeated her suggestion: "They went into the water by mistake right at a time when British and American, you know, they’re two, they’re pretty much our biggest ally and we’re considering whether or not we should go into war with Iran." (CyberAlert, March 27, 2007)

KSM Confesses, But Rosie Worries He Was ‘Tortured’
After 9/11 terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s confessed to plotting the deaths of thousands of innocent people, O’Donnell aimed her wrath not at the self-declared mass murderer, but at unproven allegations of torture: "I think the man has been in custody of the American government, in secret CIA torture prisons in Guantanamo Bay, where torture is accepted and allowed, and he finally is the guy who admits to doing everything. They finally found the guy. It’s not that guy bin Laden. It’s this guy they’ve had since ‘93 [sic]. And look, this is the picture they released of him. Doesn’t, he look healthy?" (CyberAlert, March 16, 2007)

O’Donnell: Bush 'Robbed Us of Our Civil Liberties'
When right-of-center comedian Dennis Miller appeared on The View, Rosie O’Donnell jumped at the chance to debate the supposed evils of the post-9/11 Patriot Act: "Don’t you believe democracy demands dissent? Don’t you believe that, like, the Patriot Act has robbed us of us our civil liberties in this country, that fear has taken over from faith in democracy, in the Constitution?" Miller retorted, "No, I don’t," to which Rosie emphatically exclaimed, "I do!" (CyberAlert, March 2, 2007)
 

U.S. Patriot Act ‘Very Similar’ to South Africa’s Apartheid
Rosie O’Donnell took another vicious swipe at the Bush administration and its efforts to combat terrorism when liberal actor Tim Robbins appeared on The View to promote his latest film, Catch a Fire, set in apartheid-era South Africa. While discussing the film and his character, O’Donnell equated the brutal tactics used against the people of South Africa by its own government with the Patriot Act: "They were seeking out terrorists, which is what they called the people in South Africa who actually lived there, who were the majority. The blacks in South Africa, who were trying to fight for their own civil rights, were called terrorists and the government was allowed to arrest them at will and interrogate them, no matter what they did, just on the suspicion. Very similar today to what we have in the United States, thanks to the Patriot Act." (CyberAlert, October 25, 2006)

‘Radical Christianity as Threatening as Radical Islam’
Just a week into her job as co-host of The View, Rosie O’Donnell chose to attack fellow co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s comment that militant Islam is a grave threat. O’Donnell countered that "radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America," and ridiculed America’s response to 9/11: "We were attacked not by a nation. And as a result of the attack and the killing of nearly 3,000 innocent people we invaded two countries and killed innocent people in their countries." (CyberAlert, September 13, 2006)	| |
Confronted by Hannity, Rosie Rages Against Bush & Rice
Filling in Tuesday for Star Jones on The View back in 2005, O’Donnell angrily yelled and screamed at guest Sean Hannity. O’Donnell outrageously claimed that "Christopher Reeve died without hope because of the religious — separation — lack of separation of church and state by this administration. The man died without hope of a cure because of the lack of stem cell research." O’Donnell also called Hannity "delusional" for denying widespread "torture" by the U.S. of prisoners and re-affirmed her charge that George Bush is "a war criminal." After Hannity pointed out how "50 million people are free because George W. Bush is President today," O’Donnell fired back: "And how many American poor children are dead, fighting a war that was never needed?" And when Hannity suggested Condoleezza Rice as a presidential candidate, O’Donnell clenched her teeth with her eyes bulging as she explained: "That’s my head almost exploding. I think she’s going to unzip herself and it’s going to be Dick Cheney’s twin brother." (CyberAlert, June 9, 2005)	| |

ABC Gives O’Donnell Platform to Denounce Bush as 'Vile'
In 2004, Good Morning America, proudly touting its "exclusive" in a constant on-screen graphic, provided Rosie O’Donnell with an unimpeded platform to proclaim her intention to "marry" her partner and denounce George and Laura Bush. Interviewed by Diane Sawyer, O’Donnell charged that President Bush’s comments in support of a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman, were "the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a sitting President, in my opinion. I am stunned and I’m horrified." Told by Sawyer that the First Lady noted how "same-sex marriage is a very, very shocking issue for some people," O’Donnell called the amendment "shocking and immoral." (CyberAlert, February 27, 2004)

MSNBC’s Donahue Goes Out with Rosie O’Donnell’s Rantings
Just a few weeks before the start of the Iraq war, on the final original broadcast of MSNBC’s left-wing Donahue program, sole guest Rosie O’Donnell railed against Bush’s Iraq policies: "We have to stop acting like a bully and change the policy." Proving she lives a life surrounded by liberals, O’Donnell maintained: "Every day when I go to pick up my kids from school, every person I’ve spoken to has said they’re against this war." O’Donnell chided: "We’re the only nation that’s ever used nuclear atomic weapons on human beings." (CyberAlert, February 26, 2003)

Rosie’s Rosy Embrace of Al Gore
Shortly before the 2000 election, Rosie gave Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore an indulgent softball interview, complimenting his answers and making it clear that she hoped he would win. "A lot has been said about what’s been done in the last eight years. A lot of good if you ask me," Rosie touted, later stating how "I definitely think the last eight years the country has been a much better place than it had been in a long time." Every question from O’Donnell matched a Gore agenda point: "There was a question at the debate the other night where someone said they saw an ad that the NRA had claimed that if George Bush is elected they would have an office in the White House. They did in fact make that statement?" Gore replied, "They did." O’Donnell: "Yes. Good to know. Okay." (CyberAlert, October 21, 2000)

Rosie: NRA Only Cares About 'White Republican Life'
In an interview with National Review magazine, Rosie charged that the NRA might care about "their own kids, but not kids in general. The only life that is important to them is white, Republican life." As for suggestions that Rudy Giuliani had made New York City safer, Rosie railed: "That’s what a white conservative who’s rich would say, but not someone in a poor neighborhood, by any means." Subsequently appearing on NBC’s Today, O’Donnell cast her anti-gun advocacy as historic: "Up until now the only people who have been interested in being gun control advocates have been people whose lives have been shattered by a bullet....The NRA and the gun lobby can try as hard as they want to scare me, to threaten me, to make me into a hypocrite. This is what I believe and I will not be quiet about it." (CyberAlert, May 15, 2000)

'The NRA Is Buying Votes With Blood Money!'
In 2000, Rosie O’Donnell emceed the liberal "Million Mom March" against gun rights, earning her a spot on ABC’s This Week, where she quickly betrayed the extremely political agenda shielded by the image of stroller-pushing moms: "I personally, Rosie O’Donnell, have always been a Democrat. I will always support the Democrats and I love the Democratic agenda about gun control. This is not about politics." A few hours later while on stage during the rally, O’Donnell shouted: "The NRA is buying votes with blood money!" (CyberAlert, June 2, 2000)