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Elizabeth Hasselbeck went ballistic after Maher mentioned her in a joke on his HBO show, ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’on Friday. She had some flaming hot words for "Boy Bill" first thing Monday morning on "The View." Obviously in jest, Maher said:
"Now that Hosni Mubarak has released Lara Logan, he must put her intrepid hotness on a plane back to the United States immediately. In exchange, we will send Elisabeth Hasselbeck."
Bill Maher holds no animosity toward Hasselbeck, who is the only person to have taken the joke seriously, and as ample reason for an old fashioned hissy fit. This comes as no surprise. As the resident conservative on "The View," humor is not expected of, or understood. Even the efforts of Barbara Walters failed to explain the lack of malice in Maher’s humor to the conservative diva of dumb who appears to be borrowing a page from the Palin book of victimization. It’s just a joke, Lizzybird!