Rosie causes a stir -- surprise?

[Guy B. Meredith]

www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286835,00.html

Rosie O'Donnell Posts Photo, Video of 4-year-Old Daughter Dressed as Guerrilla Fighter With Bullet Bandolero

Tuesday , June 26, 2007


Unemployed gabfest queen Rosie O'Donnell, who last went to war with Elizabeth Hasselbeck only to retreat from her position on "The View," appears to have drafted a reinforcement in the form of waify 4-year-old Vivian Rose, better known as "Vivi."

Rosie posted a video and photo of her little soldier on her Web site Rosie.com on Tuesday, which drew immediate reaction -- some not so kind -- about the media transformation of her daughter from little princess to bullet-toting guerrilla fighter.

"That is a horrible picture of VIvi!!" one viewer wrote to her blog. Other comments included:

"RO, I AGREE WITH U ON MOSTLY EVERYTHING. BUT SOMEHOW I FOUND THE PICTURE OF VIVI DISTURBING. I DON’T EVEN LET MY CHILDREN PLAY WITH ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT. IT’S JUST A COMMENT. BUT OH WELL!!!!!!"

"wow Ro that photo of Vivi with the bullets made me cry-it’s scary to think that there are precious little ones really walking around like that in our world “for real”. Come on people! Help our babies"

"what’s with the new pic? it’s rather disturbing!"

"Help me out here….Why is that child in the header pic(your child I believe) wearing a bullet belt around her? Is there a political statement ur trying to make?"

"that picture is gross! I am disturbed…leaving your site for a clearing of my mind as to what you are up to!"

"Oh, WOW Vivi looks beautiful.! the fact that U let her explore her imagination like that shows what a good mom U R. In some countries though, they are training terrorists that young, how sad is that?"

"Ro- So dissapointed to see your little ones with bullets…where are the guns? I thought for sure you would protect them more from such things…The internet is NOT OK…but bullets ARE?? Why Why??"

"Are you kidding me with that pic of your daughter? Why would you do that?"

"WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT PICTURE OF VIVI WEARING BULLETS, I LOVE YOU AND IT REALLY OFFENEDED ME !!!!"

"Not sure of the “message” you are trying to send with that pic of Viv, but I guarantee many are not going to get it… Children with bullets, even fake…?? what are u thinking?"

 

[jlbraun]

Are those .308s?

 

[yhtomit]

I'd like to have that picture around, to show what aggressive anti-gun folks find appropriate for children

(And shouldn't the tips of all those bullets be orange, or perhaps tennis-ball yellow?)

OTOH, perhaps that kid will grow up as other than a reflection of her mom; my own niece is only slightly older and has plenty of moxie -- anything that involves blood and / or guts is A-OK for her -- on a typical day of make-believe, she's either Dracula, Dracula's friend, Dracula's enemy, or the heavily armed helicopter pilot (But No, I do not know what her mom feeds her to make her so powerful or creative.)

timothy

 

[gunsmith]

if you do that with your kid it is horrible

if she does that with her kid it is cute.

Are you not glad I cleared that up for you?

 

[elrod]

O.K., let me see if I got this right, Big Rose is an anti, but..........1) her bodyguard (big job) carries (?) and.......2) her daughter is the ammo bearer?
I guess there are some things that I was just meant not to understand!

 

[748]

Some people are just a few "bullets" shy of a full Bandolero.

 

[Guy B. Meredith]

748, that is funny!

 

[kungfuhippie]

Don't you get it? Elitists can have guns, their kids can wear bandoleers, they are the ruling class. Us lowly serfs and pesants can't have guns because we might rise up and overthrow the elite. Don't you realize that God placed them in that position to keep us in line? Our whole existence is to serve their every whim!

 

[budney]

My sympathies for the kid. She's a cute little thing, but she looks hypnotized in the photo. It's a bad sign. Her liberal upbringing is dissolving her brain already.

--Len.

 

[cambeul41]

Is no one else bothered by the chils's expression?

To me she looks either ill or suffering from abuse.

If O'Donnell were not a leftist, Social Services would be investigating in a heart beat -- with hostile intent.

 

[Apple a Day]

My first thought when I saw that pic: Somebody get that poor, immaciated kid a sandwich! Let her tear up a PB&J and then play outside where the poor kid can get a little sun!
Crimeney, the glazed look in her eyes is what I find disturbing!

 

[BBQJOE]

Thorazine, compazine, stellazine, maybe prozac. You know, she could be bi-polar or hyperactive or something.

 

[Guy B. Meredith]

Actually, I thought she looks like the child in the advertisement for les Miserable. Coincidence?

 

[Fly320s]

Hey, kid, where does mommy keep the machine gun?

 

[Joe Demko]

Boring.

 

[Don Gwinn]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off topic. And let's face it, none of us bat an eye at the thought of a kid dressing like a "soldier" and playing a little.
We're just jumping on this because Rosie O'Donnell is that poor kid's mom.

 

[Molon Labe]

Who's Rosie O'Donnell, and why should I care?