Mike Huckabee on The View Dec. 3

Mike Huckabee explains why he commuted the sentence of the cop killer, and it's understandable why he would. He also points out how ridiculous it is that the presidential campaigning for 2012 has already begun and Obama is not even one year into his presidency.

Glenn Beck Pouts About His Treatment on The View

It's a funny thing about these guys.
They spew all their crap when they're preaching to the choir but when someone confronts them about their lies, they break down and cry. I thought he was caught so red handed, he had no other option but be a bigger person and to acknowledge his lies. Nope. Looks like his immune system broke down too. Beck with the touch of the swine flu:

Leonard Nimoy Talks About Obama

Hasselbeck Comes Around on Michelle Obama

Elisabeth Hasselbeck of the The View finally has something genuinely nice to say about Michelle Obama:

That view is a long way from this slam, when Hasselbeck was supporting Palin:

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Offers up More Obama Smears

Barbara Walters suggests that the women of The View stop slinging mud but Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a full-fledged wingnut. She really needs to step out of mainstream media -- Fox is her place -- because she's bought the right wing extreme train of thought, which is Obama is a radical terrorist. I kid you not. These people are nutty. Check out this site to see what they all read. Jerome Corsi, author of an anti Obama book, went to Kenya to prove that Obama is a secret Muslim and has secret ties with Kenyan government. No kidding. Read it here at NPR. Corsi was detained and deported.

Back to Elisabeth. Seriously, a republican point of view on the show is worthy but Elisabeth is a bit extreme. The View could do better. 

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Smears Obama

Barbara Walters says let's move on from attacks.

Whoopi explains Bill Ayers pretty well, putting his actions in context with what was going on with the nation during that time, but not well enough for Hasselbeck or other conservatives who are out to smear Obama.

Hasselbeck, a mouthpiece for wingnuts, totally brainwashed, a little loony for daytime TV, says accusing Obama of being a terrorist is not a smear. She also has attacked Michelle Obama.

Watch a good fight:

McCain Website:Will Overturne Roe V. Wade

McCain beat around the bush on The View this morning. But his own website says this:

John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench.

The View Confronts McCain

Wow. I'm impressed. The View hosts actually confront McCain on his lies and his Ms. Mooseburger. McCain stumbles as badly as Palin did in yesterday's interview with Charlie Gibson. McCain keeps blaming his campaign's negativity on Obama's refusal to do joint town halls. He said it yesterday during the national service summit and today on The View. I don't see the logic of that claim.  

On earmarks. McCain says she's going to reform all of Washington.


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The View Perpetuates Rumor That Obama Leaked Prayer

Update July 31: The View redeems itself, sort of. The Obama campaign, right on top of it, sent a note to The View and Whoopie announced that the charges were false, though they never should've brought it up in the first place. It was after all, a deep underground rumor that hadn't even made it to CNN. Still, the rumor persists on the anti-Obama sites. But The View hammered on McCain's new ad today (see video below). Hasselbeck, of course, defended it.  

My original post:
I had avoided writing about this prayer incident because the whole thing, from someone stealing Obama's prayer to newspapers printing it, didn't seem right.
Now, bloggers and media outlets, including The View, the women's chatfest on ABC, have perpetuated a nasty rumor that Obama leaked his own prayer.

The View, with co-hosts Barbara Walters, Whoopie Goldberg, Sherri Shepard and Joy Behar, should know better. But co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a major supporter of John McCain, likely introduced this rumor to the panel. The producer of the show also is a republican. Always take into consideration the source.

If we've learned anything from this election it's that some people will do and say anything. Look at the soldier who lied about Obama and McCain's attempt to smear Obama with his lunatic ads. The guy is off his rocker. Really.

These rumors are all political sideshows designed to divert attention from the issues because Obama wins hands down on leadership, competency, brilliance and the rest.

It's too bad The View introduced this piece of gossip that hasn't even made it to CNN yet, because many people watch The View. They need to come out with a big fat apology tomorrow. They crossed the line in my opinion.

At this point, the GOP and the McCain camp are doing whatever it takes to bring Obama down.
They've gone full negative, so always question what you read.
This rumor that Obama leaked his prayer to the newspaper has been flying around the Internet all day. But it is NOT true.

TNR: Yesterday, I posted an item about an accusation from Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv that the Obama campaign had leaked a copy of his Western Wall note to the foreign press (rather than Ma'ariv having bought it from some yeshiva kid who stole it out of the wall). After some additional reporting last night, I noted that the story sounded a bit fishy--not only has Ma'ariv not offered any tangible evidence to support this claim, but they also have only made the claim via a spokesman to various Israeli papers rather than printing the accusation in their own paper.

I just got off the phone with a Ma'ariv spokesman who says that the accusation is "completely false," and that he has no idea who these papers were quoting from Ma'ariv. "No official spokesman for Ma'ariv told this to any of the papers." I've got some calls in to these papers to find out where they got the quote. (I'll update here when I hear back.) He told me definitively that "the Obama campaign did not give us a copy of the letter or approve it for printing."

Michelle Obama Co-HostsThe View June 18

"the view" will be friendly territory, except for host (there are 5 altogether including barbara walters) elizabeth hassleback, a republican, who isn't fond of michelle obama. she has criticized michelle in the past for her "proud" comment. hassleback is an avid john mccain supporter.
whoopie goldberg, another host, seems to have wanted hillary to win, though she waffles back and forth. john mccain's wife cindy has already been on the show.
the hosts often talk politics and they often get a lot of stuff wrong, like saying hillary won the popular vote.

Cindy McCain Co-Hosts The View

cindy mccain was on "the view," a women's chatfest in the morning and she talked about "johnny boy," what she calls her husband, and his temper -- or lack of -- and his love of horticulture, which is why he's so familiar with global warming.

actually, it was the first time i'd ever heard her speak and she had a sense of humor and appeared genuine, unlike when she's standing smiling next to mccain with her elegantly coiffed hair.

as a beer heiress, she says she knows the difference between good beer and stale beer and she loves auto racing. she cheered on danica patrick, who just won the indy japan 300.

her husband is in really good health, she said. he and their children are going to hike the grand canyon this year, rim to rim. she said the biggest misconception about her husband is that he has a temper. it's passion, she said.

but that was it. no talk of war, or politics. oh, and a little on "recipe gate." i'm afraid i just let that one fall by the wayside. apparently, her "favorite family" recipes that were posted on the website weren't really her favorite family recipes. they were taken from the food network. she said an intern did it and he or she were now at "betty crocker boot camp."

McCain Raps on Whoopie For Her Clothing

john mccain appeared on "the view" today. whoopie goldberg is a host. he was supposed to be trying to make it with women but one of the first things out of his mouth was a dig at whoopie for the way she dressed. whoopie answered back with a witty response: "i'm trying to appeal to the younger folks."
then joy behar goes on the attack.
a video excerpt for now:

Obama Town Hall North Carolina March 26

update: video below

obama's got a 21 point lead in north carolina.

tickets are gone for this event but it's likely to be streamed on cnn.com. obama's making a "major" speech on economics thursday and friday he'll be on "the view."

Town Hall Meeting with Barack Obama
War Memorial Auditorium
Greensboro Coliseum Complex
1921 W. Lee Street
Greensboro, NC 27403

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Doors Open: 11:00 a.m.
Program begins: 1:00 p.m.