So the question is, was she being sarcastic in that parenthetical aside about "variety"?

Probably not -- there is one (1) Barbara Walters in there. Otherwise, good golly, look at all of those conservatives. She's even digging up old Edmund Burke -- the "Jonah Goldberg of the 18th Century" -- to yell responses to non-existent questions at his dead body. "Yes, Edmund Burke, Trig is indeed 100% awesome, thank you for asking."

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