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You have to admit it would be entertaining.
I kinda see the whole first episode as one long uncomfortable silence.
It's got to be Bill Maher! Anyone who hates Oprah as much as he does can't be all bad and would be a fine antidote to the show's hegemony as Rosie was. It's either him or Andrea Dworkin!
I'd suggest Randi Rhodes. Another "loudmouth", with a provocative manner, committed to truth-telling, great biography (including active military service), scared of nothing, beholden to nobody, blue-collar straight-talk appeal, edgy and aggressive. Not a stand-up comic, but funny nonetheless.
It would be a delicious bowl of soup with Ms. Hanover there. But not on a "guest" basis, she would have to be a permanent fixture. She could cost Rudy the nomination just by being there she would remind the world what he is really made of.
It's got to be Courtney Love to step into Rosie O'Donnell's shoes. She's not afraid to speak her mind, and her fights with the recording industry have proven that she actually does have something to say. For special events she can design "kinder-whore" dresses for the entire cast, and gossip about how much she loves/hates/loves Billy Corgan or whomever the current target of her ire is.
Best of all, if Love has a relapse, we can be all but assured of a vodka bottle hurtling towards Elisabeth Hasselbeck's head the next time Hasselbeck says something particularly inane or stupid.
