President Obama to Appear on 'The View' (Thursday)

The Baltimore Sun ^ | Monday, July 26, 2010 | David Zurawik

[kristinn]

President Obama, who just a few weeks ago said he doesn't have time for TV "theater," will appear on ABC's "The View" Thursday. The show claims it is the first time a sitting president has done daytime TV.

It follows a pattern of this presidency I've described often here as: When the going gets rough, the president goes on TV -- often in entertainment venues that guarantee he wil;l be celebrated and can control his message. This visit looks like a direct response bto the criticism he has received for his administration firing USDA worker Shirley Sherrod last week.

[nikos1121]

Why’s that?

[GreenAccord]

He must not have been able to get a tee time on Wednesday.

[Red Badger]

Because they’ll popbably all be soaking wet..............;^0

[nikos1121]

If you’re talking about one, where he actually is asked questions that are relative to anything, like e.g.

1. The stimulus is NOT working, Mr. President. YOur administration’s own numbers look bleak into 2012? Why not try something different that might work, like lower taxes.

or

2. Your treasurer and many from you party are recommending that you NOT drop the Bush Tax cuts. If you do end the tax cuts, why?

Then the answer is never...

[Citizen Soldier]

He could never man up enough to be on Deadliest Catch, they would use him as bait before the first week is out. I love the idea of Cash Cab though, ask him economic questions.

[nikos1121]

Questions he’ll get:

1. How do you take your coffee?
2. Any memorable shots playing golf?
3. How was your vacation last week?

[nikos1121]

More like labial flutter he’ll put them all in.

[Niuhuru]

“From what I understand.....maybe Steadman but not Oprah”

LOL!

[N. Theknow]

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

But you can bull$hit the people on the View every f'n time.

[nikos1121]

True

[Enchante]

"The show claims it is the first time a sitting president has done daytime TV"

in other words, even Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter didn't pander this badly to mindless lefty suck-ups....

[katiedidit1]

What next? “The Dim and The Restless” or maybe Jerry Springer

[Sloth]

Finally, Obama really will be the smartest person in the room, for once.