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Maybe Whoopie will defend this guy too? Maybe its a "southern thing"



NEW YORK - So much for the sedate alternative to Rosie O'Donnell on "The View."
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Whoopi Goldberg used her first day on the daytime chat show Tuesday to defend football star Michael Vick in his dogfighting case.

Goldberg said that "from where he comes from" in the South, dogfighting isn't that unusual.

"It's like cockfighting in Puerto Rico," she said. "There are certain things that are indicative to certain parts of the country."