President Obama to appear on daytime talk show 'The View'

[Parche]

:woohoo:
I hope he gives Elizabitch Hasselbitch hell....:hi:

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CNN) -- President Barack Obama will appear on the daytime talk show "The View" Thursday.

The interview, scheduled to be taped on Wednesday, will touch on topics including his administration's accomplishments, jobs, the economy, the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and family life inside the White House.

Obama last appeared on the ABC program in March 2008, while he was a U.S. senator. He also was a featured guest in November 2004, when promoting his book, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance." His wife, Michelle Obama, was a featured guest co-host in June 2008.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/26/obama.talk.show/index.html?hpt=Sbin

[NJmaverick]

1. I'm betting EH will be too intimidated to do anything but gush

[Raspberry]

2. Does that strike anyone else as, um,

unpresidential?

[Motown_Johnny]

3. not really

[Raspberry]

5. Care to elaborate?

[Curmudgeoness]

6. Yes.

[IcyPeas]

7. not these days...

even though that was my first thought too, they appear on late night talk shows.... so why not? it'll be interesting to see him on the view. dvd recorder set.

and thanks for the info otherwise I for one would never have known about this.

[Raspberry]

10. Who is "they?"

Has any other prez appeared on late night talk shows? I know I'm an old fud, but I don't think the President should lower himself in this way.

[IcyPeas]

23. Obama was on Leno as President

Obama has been on Leno's show as president:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ij3mBIl8KfABK_TP84uMH1sDr2lg

on googling this question I came across this info too but it was as they were campaigning not as presidents :

Bush was on Oprah and Letterman
Obama was on Tonight Show and Letterman
Gore was on Tonight Show when he was V.P
Clinton on Letterman

[Doremus]

30. ::::crickets::::::

[CreekDog]

29. it wasn't presidential for FDR to go on the radio or Eisenhower to do press conferences on TV

not until they did it was it presidential.

that it has not been done before doesn't make it a bad thing.

think about that.

[MichiganVote]

11. Yup.

[EFerrari]

12. It used to be our leaders didn't validate the stupid.

They didn't put it down but they didn't promote it, either.

[blueworld]

25. +100. What's next Boner & Pelosi on "Judge Judy"? n/t

[NJmaverick]

13. No, the President needs to reach the people and do an end run around

the right wing media filter

[bbinacan]

Yes.n/t

[bbinacan]

15. Very embarrassing. n/t

[NYC Liberal]

14. No. If anything, appearing on Fox is more unpresidential. Nt

[Raine]

19. LOL actually you make a good point

this is probably a step up (though a very small step) from the cesspool of faux. x( :puke: I still don't think he should lower himself to go on the View though.

[NYC Liberal]

20. He should do the Daily Show actually.

I don't mind him going on The View but I'd love to see him do TDS. And/or Colbert.

[Raine]

16. Yes it does

I don't know he would to appear on a show like that, I think it cheapens the presidency.

[CreekDog]

33. no it doesn't

the presidency is a job and a primary duty of the job is to communicate.

and tv is a way to communicate and shows are a method of communicating on tv.

stop being limited by the way things have been done before.

be brave enough to have room for a new thought.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

22. I agree.

[Lilyeye]

24. No. He needs to reach as many people as possible.

[CreekDog]

26. the "unpresidential" thing is the latest right wing meme

oh well...

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. It does me.

[SammyWinstonJack]

28. dupe

[CreekDog]

31. i don't know what "presidential" is supposed to mean

and why i should care that his being on a talk show doesn't fit your definition of the word.

:eyes:

[snooper2]

35. More presidential than say showing up on Leno...

or Letterman..

[ThomWV]

4. Do they still have the Micky Mouse Club? He could appear on it too, wouldn't that be nice?

[Fumesucker]

8. No, but he could go on iCarly..

[Fumesucker]

9. Dupe.. self delete

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. *snort*

:spray:

[DCBob]

17. Hope he "slaps" Hasselbitch..

if she start spouting that Faux Nooz crap.

[HipChick]

18. Should he stay off Youtube too? The Presidency needs to adapt to the new media..

It's a Presidency, not a majesty..

[CreekDog]

34. yes, just like FDR should've stayed off radio & Eisenhower shouldn't have had tv press conferences

and Lincoln shouldn't have spoken extemporaneously.

criticism of those things came from geniuses preoccupied with being "presidential".

[AnnieBW]

21. Will EH ask him for his birth certificate?

Or ask him why he's a socialist, communist, fascist Muslin?
:D

[earth mom]

32. He's doing damage control for the people who only watch the corporate media HOs on teevee

and never bother to read or educate themselves on the TRUTH of the illegal genocidal wars overseas.