I guess I’m going to have to go back to going by Kate2 to cut down on the confusion since there are two Kates posting in here.

To other Kate: I understand what you’re saying, and I completely respect your opinion. However, I do think a lot of people change their minds when they’re in an actual situation vs. when they’re speaking of it hypothetically. I’ve spent years dealing with chronic illness – and I understand how easy it is for a person to say “If I was sick I would handle it like this…..” – but when the realities of illness hit a person’s opinions could (and often do) change. So whenever a person who doesn’t have life threatening illness says that they would do (or not do) a certain thing if they had that illness, I take it will a huge grain of salt. Which is not to say that I don’t respect that person’s opinion, but I don’t see their opinion as written in stone.

I do wish that more people who didn’t have health problems would be open minded enough to let those of of us who do have health problems chose for ourselves how we want to treat those illnesses.

legemc: The disrespectful stuff doesn’t happen every day. There are days that I watch and I can tolerate her, even though I often find it hard to figure out what point she’s even trying to make because she ramblings so much. But on the days when controversial topics come up, she can be quite harsh with those who disagree with her, and also very unwilling to listen to anyone else’s opinion (and by listen to I don’t mean agree with, I just mean she doesn’t hear other people out).

If you believe a life is a life from the point of conception, you don’t need a wake up call when it comes to issues like embryonic stem cell research, abortion, and other “life” issues. I side with Elisabeth and completely understands what she means when she says the motherhood only reaffirmed her beliefs. Elisabeth rocks… she is a strong woman standing up for her beliefs in this liberal media world we live in.

i respect elisabeth’s views, even though they differ from mine, but i wish that she would state those views more clearly and articulately- she seems to me very evasive and stand-off-ish, which i find unfortunate in a talk show host. i wish her the best with this new baby. her older daughter is so cute!

Admittedly, I don’t watch The View on a regular basis….but I don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard Elisabeth being disrespectful. Not saying she hasn’t because haven’t we all at some point, but the way some many people react to her it’s like everything that comes out of her mouth is rude and hateful.

I don’t like her or her views.I admit I don’t understand why or how she is on the view but I wish her the best for her pregnancy and a healthy baby

I didn’t take her comment to be about a wake-up call about politic beliefs, but maybe I’m just misinterpreting what the original poster meant. I took it to mean a wake-up call about the way she treats people. I disagree with EH on a lot of things, which I normally find it very interesting to hear other people’s differing belief’s. But I have a serious problem with the disrespectful way she presents those beliefs.

I agree legemc…I was wondering the same thing. I’m guessing the poster means that she needs a wake-up call from her political beliefs, which I find a perplexing statement to make(if, in fact, that is what was meant). I also don’t understand the assumption that Elizabeth will HAVE a ‘wake-up call?’

Silvia seems to be discussing a conservative’s view on stem cell research.

I adore Elisabeth and it’s great to hear a different, refreshing view on TV! It’s so biased towards liberals *sigh*

I don’t understand what you mean by her “wake-up call”?