Liberal “The View” cohost Joy Behar has rattled off some doozies in her day.
But this week, Behar went on a storytelling rant about former president George W. Bush that has to be up there in the Behar headscratchers.
Behar claimed that she could never have a beer with the former president because she worried that she might actually like him — and she argued that might prevent her from being able to be as critical of him as she should.
'The View': Joy Behar never wanted to get a beer with George W. Bush because she "knew" she'd like him https://t.co/jt4175t2yb pic.twitter.com/VVZrgSQYtX
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Behar raised the issue as she and her cohosts on ABC’s “The View” discussed the post-election meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” — and Scarborough’s defense of that meeting.
While Behar admitted that dialogue was important, she complained that in Trump’s case, being willing to sit down and talk with him could have the effect of “normalizing” him.
“I think the problem that people are having with it is that there’s a certain feeling that they’re normalizing him, and he’s not normal. He’s not. He’s a very unusual case. He’s a TV talk show host, whatever it was that show he did,” she said.
Behar then pivoted to bring up her point about Bush, saying, “By the way, I have a personal thing about this because when George W. Bush was in the White House, I knew that if I had a beer with the guy, I would like him. I knew it. And so I didn’t want to have a beer with him. I had things to say about George W. Bush that were critical of him. If I had sat down with the guy, I would feel maybe I can’t anymore. That’s my problem with ‘Morning Joe.’”
Since leaving the White House, George W. Bush has stayed out the political spotlight, and even been seen at social events with former political adversaries like former first lady Michelle Obama, and liberal comedian Ellen DeGeneres.