‘View’ Audience Laughs At McCain Tee-Clad Elisabeth, Who Finally Promises to Stop Talking

Sure, we can usually count on Elisabeth Hasselbeck to make fashion statements that are almost as loud as her constant shouts of “But what about William Ayers…!” Still, even we were impressed by her chutzpah when she showed up to today’s edition of The View wearing a salmon-coloured t-shirt emblazoned with the words “Great AmeriMcCain Hero.” The audience, however, was in a less forgiving mood toward the conservative co-host today.

During a discussion about Barack Obama’s Titanic-beating money haul, Joy Behar asked Hasselbeck if she thought John McCain would have abstained from the public financing system if he could have made similar money. Her indignant response, “John McCain is a man of his word and a man of honour,” drew laughs, groans, and only a smattering of applause. Perhaps chastened by the reaction (as well as a later interruption from Whoopi Goldberg), Hasselbeck announced she was simply going to imagine the rest of her thoughts and not even bother talking. We’re imagining that her imagination has something to do with a keffiyeh-clad Obama and four bloody, feminine scalps.

• The View [ABC]