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President Obama Will Be A Guest On The View This Thursday (Update)

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Some pretty crazy things have been happening on The View lately, and the show is about to get even more interesting. That’s because President Barack Obama is scheduled to appear as a guest on this Thursday’s broadcast, becoming the first sitting president to ever appear on a daytime talk show.

His status as a featured guest is a part of the show’s “Red, White, and View” series, in which the hosts center their discussion around American politics. According to CNN, Obama will talk about the economy, the BP oil disaster, his accomplishments as president, and also life at the White House.

The episode, which will be taped Wednesday and air Thursday, will be his third visit to the show (in March 2008 he paid the ladies a visit when he was still a Senator, and his original appearance was back in 2004 when he was doing promo work for his book, “Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance”).

Barbara Walters, who has been noticeably absent from the program following her heart surgery in May, will return to interview Obama for the historic event. But – no offense, Babs – the interaction to look forward to most is the likely uncomfortable one between Obama and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

> Update: Today at the White House briefing, April Ryan asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the appearance. He confirmed there would be questions, and also answers:

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  • notsofast

    They better order extra-large droll buckets for Whoopi, Joy, Babs, and Sherri.

  • BR

    Why bother watching. The entire interview will be him saying, ‘Let me make this clear. Its Bushs fault.”

  • stoogedudes

    To quote Fred Armisen’s impression of Joy Behar on SNL, “So what? Who cares?”

  • NORBIT

    WHAT! – No Invite for chill-up-the-leg Matthews!!

    Think they’ll ask him about the constant LIES & DECEIT that comes from his Admin.

    Stimulus
    Health Care
    Fin Reg
    Crony-Bailouts
    Thug-Enforcers

  • sticks

    Now, if only, they would invite Ed Shultz… Now that would be a show !!!!

  • Bootleghaircut

    what’s a “droll bucket”

    Like I said if he could only spell the “key words” in his posts they
    would be funny.

  • http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

    I bet he’s a regular viewer . Hey , “Joy ” Behar . Ask him if they plan to play Pin the Tail on Gibbs at the birthday party next week . I know Gibbs has to work at the party , since he probably can’t afford to buy a $30,000. ticket .

  • http://SailRabbits.com Magister

    I’m sure Elizabeth will be appropriately respectful. Her future with the program sort of depends on it and if in the unlikely event she becomes shrill, throwing the show’s future bookings into question, it’ll be simply edited out of the tape.

    I’ll also guess that Obama will call Barbara a “national treasure” and he’ll probably say something about her health crisis “on behalf of the American people”, which will cause the right-wing blogosphere to go into a tizzy, but it’s an entertainment program and while I’m sure Obama score very high among its audience, they clearly like Barbara or they wouldn’t watch.

  • axel360

    Next he’ll audition to replace Larry King for the 9PM slot on CNN

  • notsofast

    axel360 said:
    Next he’ll audition to replace Larry King for the 9PM slot on CNN

    You mean that wasn’t LK spewing the BHO talking points?

  • Patrick Henry

    He will go on The View, but can’t call in to Glenn Beck’s show. It’s an outrage!

  • Penguin60

    Sgt Schultz better be put on suicide watch. Another dis from the man he “busted his ass for”. Oh the humanity Ed.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    I guess it is time for me to sing my song to the ladies at the View.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd2qDtJK1oQ

    The slut Barbara Walters had an affair with Senator Ed Brooke of Mass. Obama better watch her hands.

  • WideAwakeNow

    I hope the view staff have plenty of fly swatters on hand.

  • Grammie

    axel360 said:
    Next he’ll audition to replace Larry King for the 9PM slot on CNN

    Now that’s funny!

    I haven’t seen anyone mention the question of presidential propriety in this appearance so I’ll bring it up now.

    I don’t think this will help him in what I consider his general performance in public reminding me more of a fund raising political huckster at far too many of his appearances.

  • JimBob

    Penquin60 said;

    Sgt Schultz better be put on suicide watch!

    Yeah, he is having himself a little hissy fit over President Obama’s dis of his fat ass!
    But he will get over it! He can’t resist going more than 10 minutes with out kissing some Leftwing
    Nutcase Polititians sack!!

  • ladyruth54

    The American Idol in Chief

  • JimBob

    Ed Schultz would have been an approvement had she been invited!
    Hasselback kinda cute! Shari cute, but a little on the chunky side. Whoopie got a face that would make a Freight Train detour down a dirt road! BAWA time to retire honey. Nothing left to pull up to the face. One more time you going to need to shave! You are 100 years old. Loaded. GO!!
    Joy Behar!! WHOA!! No disrespect to Joy, but THAT is one UGLY ass woman! She practices birth control simply by leaving the lights on!
    You are a brave man Mr. President!
    Try to not keep looking at your watch..

  • timzank

    Damn, all this “Presidentin’” is hard.

  • writer

    Obama should go on Glenn Beck’s show and clear up all those ‘lies’ Beck tells about him.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    gordonbloyershow said:
    I guess it is time for me to sing my song to the ladies at the View.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd2qDtJK1oQ

    The slut Barbara Walters had an affair with Senator Ed Brooke of Mass. Obama better watch her hands.

    Hey Gordon why are you such a shitty liar?

  • WideAwakeNow

    ….or they could just put fly swatters underneath each audience members’ chairs. ..kind of oprah-esque I know but then everyone would be armed and get a lovely parting gift.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    hilarious quote i say off of gawker

    From OldTowneTavern:

    We all know how this will go down: Some crazed gunman will pull away from the studio audience mani/pedi to take a shot at Obama, thereby activating Hasselbeck’s patriotic zeal to autodestruct, and she will rise to the President’s defense to take the bullet. Fox News will run captions like “Kenyan drives unemployed (but would be blue collar if he had a job, we assure you) father of twelve to accidentally kill Christian Blonde”. She and her assassin will become martyrs and the damn Tea Party will sweep the November elections. Don’t do it, POTUS!!!

  • timzank

    Jackie_Treehorn said:
    Hey Gordon why are you such a shitty liar?

    What did Gordon lie about?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    What did I lie about? Treehorn you need to look stuff up before you shoot off your mouth. By the way did you complain about people not checking the facts on Shirley Sherrod?

  • http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

    Barry , be sure and do more of your funny Special Olympics routine .

  • http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

    You have not been on George Lopez yet . Why do you hate Mexicans ? You have not been on Craig Ferguson . Why do you shun those with brogues ? You’ve not appeared with Olbermann . Do you fear the massively deranged ?

  • Munch

    They better have a stretcher ready for Joy after she finally experiences the first orgasm of her life without the use of batteries.

  • teresabelle25

    Kinda cool that Obama will be on The View. It will be interesting to listen to his view on the economy and the BP oil disaster. Looking forward to it.

  • Some_Dude

    I’m surprised that a seating president has never been on a daytime talk show before. Aside from that, I don’t give a shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-McNally/19609323 Ryan McNally

    Imagine if Obamski was including in the real nonsense that these gals obsess on like Kim Kardashian’s Tweets, Al Gore’s Masseuse-Gate, Lindsay Lohan’s Mug Shot, Snooki’s Pay Raise. Now that would be riveting television.

    Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/canyoubelieve/obama-and-the-view#ixzz0utbDDAzQ

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Arthur-Clough/1419363514 Arthur Clough

    Going on the “The View”, this President continues his, ” I have no dignity or shame” tour.

  • gary

    Too bad the only person not wearing the knee pads is the only one I’d want wearing them.

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