Obama on The View on Thursday
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#25Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/27/10 at 3:16pm
The President: "The truth is, it took nearly a decade of failed economic policies to create this mess, and it will take years to fully repair the damage."
Barbara: Mr. President, if you were a tree, what tree would you be?
Joy: Mr. President, are you Brad Pitt's sexier brother?
Sherri: Mr. President, what do you plan to do about the brothers?
Whoopi: Mr. President, what the f*ck...oops did I just say f*ck in front of the President of the Free World?
#27Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/27/10 at 9:09pm
"Sherri: Mr. President, what do you plan to do about the brothers?"
huh?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#28Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/27/10 at 9:48pmErik, you must not know any African-Americans. That's how they talk.
#29Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:17am
Watching it live online now here:
http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-abc.html
Thoughts?
#30Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:24amActually Joe, it would be "brothas".
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#31Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:30am
Things must be bad for him to be doing this show. But it's worth it just to hear Babs say, "We'll be wite back with Pwesident Bah-wok Obama."
I watched the first 15 minutes, will watch the rest on DVR later. I've been wondering what the anti-Obama pundits will seize on and so far I think they will run with "We just know more about it" and "the lizard part of our brains."
The first was in reference to the US being a nation of mongrels even among white people, who aren't as aware of that fact as, for example bi-racial people. This will be used by the "Obama is a RACIST!" crowd.
The reference to the lizard part of the brain will be used by the creationists. "Maybe HE thinks he evolved from a lizard but I was personally hand-crafted by God."
#32Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:33amI liked how he slowed down and proved his point to Elisabeth without seeming to belittle her too much.
#33Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:46amCould those ninnies ask any more stupid questions? Ugh
#34Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:55amI didn't really get the point of that.
#35Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:55amof course everyone played it safe and didn't ask any "real" questions. what a waste of time.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#36Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:08pmI thought Joy's "why don't YOU have a narrative?" was a pretty good question in the first segment.
#37Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:09pmAnd his answer was that it was her job. He dropped the ball.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#38Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:19pmBut then he said you don't want to have to campaign while you're governing, which I get, but not the nature of the beast in this modern era.
#39Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:25pmI understand that he wants to be widely seen, he had an unannounced press conference last Friday to highlight what he signed that got lost in the Sherrod controversy, but he has to know that going on The View some of his message is going to get lost by the hosts regurgitating the same controversies from the last week and previously. Now there was some good questions but I think that question Joy had about a narrative shows the paradox that Obama got himself into by going on.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#40Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:27pmObama: "African-Americans are a mongrel people"
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#41Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:49pmPerhaps one should only put quotes around exact words people actually said out loud.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#42Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:55pmGoth: "My secret sinful sexual fantasies involve what I'm gonna to to the brothers."
#43Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:59pm"Maybe HE thinks he evolved from a lizard but I was personally hand-crafted by The Franklin Mint."
#44Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:00pm
I am watching it now. Wasn't happy that he dropped the ball on Joy's question. And when she asked it I was so happy she did and thought we might finally get at least a partial answer.
So far, I think the show has been fine. I didn't expect them to get into anything too complicated. For me, appearances like this bring out a bit of the "human" side of the president. We usually get these appearances on late night shows so it is nice to see him and the vice president on daytime tv. Just my random thoughts.
#45Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:01pm
off-topic but
Is that the same earpiece Angela Lansbury was using in A Little Night Music?
She used an earpiece in Blithe Spirit, not Night Music.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#46Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:07pmi think Goth's use of quotes is correct: You are permitted to "quote" anything you KNOW another person is thinking.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#48Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:30pm
Oddly found myself spending time with Elisabeth H this morning, backstage at "The View."
And of course she's the friendliest person there.
#49Elisabeth Hasselbeck IS Madame Arfmfeld
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:43pmI was more impressed with Elisabeth than I thought I would be today. She was very respectful while getting her questions in and to be honest, that "Will they have jobs when they graduate?" was a good question.
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