Like clockwork Barbara Walters successfully landed an interview with President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. Channeling Lee Cowan, Walters claimed on the November 26 edition of “The View” she is “supposed to be neutral” then heaped praise on the Obamas. Barbara painted the soon to be first couple as “so smart” and “the most appealing couple” and then passed on a White House invite to all of “The View” co-hosts.
Joy Behar could not resist avoiding a swipe at the outgoing Bush administration wondering if Obama is “worried that Bush would cause more damage in the next 60 days” and felt “worried about that.”
The transcript follows.
BARBARA WALTERS: Well, very unexpectedly, we heard from the Obama people on Monday. Would I like to come to Chicago and do an interview with the president-elect and Mrs. Obama? And I said “I’m very busy. I don’t know how I can work”- However, it was a very- you know, I’m supposed to be very neutral, but they are the most appealing couple, and so smart and you know- It was a very substantial interview. I mean, he discussed the fact that CEO’s, all these people who are taking all of our money and shouldn’t have bonuses. He talked about the auto industry. He talked about Afghanistan and when he has to send troops. He talks about tax decreases. And he wanted us all to come to the White House.
JOY BEHAR: When?
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: Even me? Are you sure all of us?
BEHAR: You too!
HASSELBECK: I just want to get this confirmed now
WALTERS: Elisabeth, even you. They asked me how you were.
HASSELBECK: That’s nice.
WALTERS: They really did. The interview with him was a very serious interview because he feels as many people do that he’s in limbo. You know, these 60 days, he’s putting his team together, those 60 days before he can actually come in and-
BEHAR: Is he worried that Bush would cause more damage in the next 60 days?
WALTERS: I don’t think it’s that I think it’s [laughter] She never changes.
BEHAR: Just, you know, I’m worried about that.




















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Barf. “There are no easy
November 26, 2008 - 12:51 ET by NewsbusterbrownBarf.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
between all the talking
November 26, 2008 - 12:53 ET by JIMMY1660between all the talking heads on the view-IQ of 25-not one of them could hold a candle to GWB and his family.hate is a very blinding trait.
allow me to Love America
Obama and family so smart? Not!
November 26, 2008 - 13:00 ET by PopularTechObama to Declare Carbon Dioxide Dangerous Pollutant (Bloomberg)
I don't think so!
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Not Pollution
Censored Global Warming Videos
Let's all hold....
November 26, 2008 - 14:36 ET by ForeverOnTheRightour breath! With every breath we take we are polluting the earth and causing global warming!
Totalitarian dictators
November 26, 2008 - 13:12 ET by mattmTotalitarian dictators often have broad public appeal. Look at Evita, look at Castro, look at Stalin, Mao, Hitler, etc. These people were all loved by their subjects, and their press....
Dictators
November 28, 2008 - 07:48 ET by Sergeant ROCKSo, we're heading down the path of a Zimbabwe? Or maybe a Kenya. Who's Obama's buddy over there? That Islamist.. can't think of his name at the moment...
Alan KEYES 2012
Dictators
November 28, 2008 - 07:48 ET by Sergeant ROCKSo, we're heading down the path of a Zimbabwe? Or maybe a Kenya. Who's Obama's buddy over there? That Islamist.. can't think of his name at the moment...
Alan KEYES 2012
And he wanted us all to come to the White House.
November 26, 2008 - 13:16 ET by MichiganVethey, is this an invite to everyone who watched this episode of Fantasy Estrogen? Wow, if you cannot get to the innauguration, here's your chance. Kitchen staff will have to draw up a mess of vitals for this crowd.
Of course Barby may not make it, I mean, given she's so much in demand as a stand-in for an Egyptian mummy at the museum of un-natrual history ......
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy
You know, I am wondering if
November 26, 2008 - 13:17 ET by gopsteveYou know, I am wondering if hearing the Obama lovefest for the next 4 years inhstead of the anti-bush msm of the past eight will be just as nauseating.
I have a feeling the Obama lovefest will be worse...
Replace Joy with dog = no difference
November 26, 2008 - 13:23 ET by Mica the MagnificentThe View
November 26, 2008 - 13:30 ET by cocodrieThe View panel, all except Elizabeth of course, need to wear one of those plastic bovine methane catchers. The burps and farts have decreased a little since Rosie left but are still horrendous and responsible for most of the climate change they worry about.
Oh wow...why this made my
November 26, 2008 - 14:05 ET by bigtimerOh wow...why this made my Turkey Day even more complete now with this wonderful news...why even meek little Elizabeth was invited.
Doesn't this beat all.
mb...send a case of that duct tape, it isn't even Coronation day yet for The One...I am so sick of all of this...who in their right mind is going to watch it after he has Coronated himself along with the msm anyway....why he even posts as such on the front of his lectern with his daily blather now...all the while the msm is breathless with their blathering, instead of asking why do you have the President-Elect BS on the front of the Lectern, why they accept this as normal.
It ISN'T!
If any republican had done this, it would of been bitched about loudly and often...as it should be.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
You're absolutely right,
November 26, 2008 - 16:55 ET by motherbeltYou're absolutely right, bt...I put a link to that same page in another thread this AM...they would be apoplectic!
If Bush had done that, it would be How dare he!! Bill Clinton is STILL President and will be until Jan. 20!
Of course they didn't have any problem with the fact that Bill Clinton couldn't tear himself away from his adoring fans...no othe President ever had a rally at Andrews before he got on the plane, and another gathering and speech at the other end when he got off...he simply could not stand to be out of the limelight. I think our incoming President is going to be worse...
When have you ever heard of an acceptance speech in stadium? A victory speech in a park! Anything to increase the numbers of adoring fans! And now I hear they are going to set up JumboTrons along the Mall for the inauguration so everyone can see their messiah....
The masses must have the opportunity to worship The One....because you know, it's not about him....it's all about them!
OK, rant over. I had to let that out or my head would have exploded!
I'm better now....going to check on my pumpkin pie....
thanks, mb
November 27, 2008 - 22:31 ET by Cape ConservativeI am sooooo stuffed with pumpkin pie and all that came before it, you saved me lots of key strokes ;-) I agree with every word of your 'rant' - company here last night had the interview on and it made me sick to my stomach to see what little I did - the garbage about the dog was over the top - can't you just see a similar interview being conducted had the election results been different?!
please
November 26, 2008 - 14:38 ET by katainkentmake it stop...
member of the Conservative Independant Witness Protection Program since Nov. 5, 2008
I'm not a farmer, but I can
November 26, 2008 - 15:26 ET by stancoyleI'm not a farmer, but I can smell manure a mile away!!!
The Asinine Press...
November 26, 2008 - 15:31 ET by wnaegele...lives up to its name.
Is BawBaw over-compensating for something?
November 26, 2008 - 16:49 ET by krendlerIt's funny that people like Bawbaw WaWa never explain why Barack and Michelle are "so smart". Is it because of exceptionally profound responses to interview questions? Great accomplishments in their respective careers in and out of politics? College and law school transcripts and rank? Writings (for Barack, about subjects other than himself)?
There's really nothing there. Obama can't even pronounce the state of Massachusetts correctly.
Constant praise about how smart they are.
How attractive they are.
And for some reason, all this gushing by the media reminds me of Biden's quip about how articulate (smart) and clean (attractive) Obama is...compared to other black candidates.
The completely over-the-top praise that's heaped on these two really makes me wonder if these reporters - and many in the Obama cult - are over-compensating for a generally low opinion they have about blacks. That would also explain why they're so quick to accuse those who don't take the same reverential tone in praising The Exalted One of being "racist".
OMG....I'll bet he said
November 26, 2008 - 16:57 ET by motherbeltOMG....I'll bet he said "Massa too setts, didn't he!!!
Good grief! I'm certain he wouldn't pronounce the name of my home town in Massachusetts then....it's Worcester. LOL
kren... Regarding your
November 26, 2008 - 17:06 ET by bigtimerkren...
Regarding your words about WaWa and declaring how smart they are, it reminded me of so-called Historian Michael Beschloss saying on Imus a bit ago that O has the highest IQ of any Prez...Imus asked him what his IQ was, more than once he asked him for the answer, he didn't have an answer.
This is what the leftist msm does constantly, Bill and Hill were supposed to be the smartest kids on the block, we heard this for years and years everywhere, it got sickening, they never stopped...
UNTIL...
The O Appeared!
Why he has made the Deadly Duo Clinton Machine look downright dumb don't you know.
The msm says something is so...you had better accept it as fact.
These people are mental cases...truly.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
She's so obtuse, how would she know?
November 26, 2008 - 17:26 ET by ThalpyShe's so obtuse, how would she know?
May I ask a question Mr
November 26, 2008 - 17:51 ET byMay I ask a question Mr McCarthy? Why do you and the wonderful staff here at NB, waste your imminently more valuable time, discussing simpering sycophants, that couldn't, a la Larry Holmes, "carry your (intellectual) jockstrap"?
What the people on The View think, is of no importance to anyone, according to them, not even their own FAMILIES take them seriously. They are idiots and the only people that like them are idiots. It's like Howard Stern, sure he has an audience and a big one, but that's because there are a lot of idiots in the world! But is his opinion on ANYTHING in this life, relevant or worth the "bytes" it takes to print it? Not so much.
Similarly, the View. Every one of them is a "glittering jewel of colossal ignorance" and that includes the sadly misinformed, Hasselbeck.
They DemoNcrats are about to repeal every common sense law enacted by Bush so that they can murder more babies with aplomb.
They are about to try and remake America into Sodom.
They are going to emulate the nutbags in the E.U and Canada and try their best to put Pastors in JAIL for speaking against homosexuality.
The Republican Party just impaled itself on a dildo of staggering stupidity by nominating the most DESPISED by his own base "republican", in recent memory. Oddly imitating the Democrats who nominated Kerry, a man HATED by just about everyone who had a relative in Vietnam. They thought that just because they didn't mind the traitorous actions of John Kerry, no one else did. At least they only underestimated the support Kerry'd receive from Republicans and Independents, even THEY weren't STUPID enough to nominate someone who'd actually caused people to defect from his party in favor of Independence!
Now we've got a leftwing NUTBAG, a paller around-"er" with terrorists manning the WHITE HOUSE. ( OMG) And we're reading about the VIEW??? I know you guys are trying to keep it light and make us smile and I thank you for the effort. But truthfully, I've had enough of the View. God Bless and Happy Thanksgiving.
Acts
November 26, 2008 - 18:03 ET by bigtimerActs 2_38...
Amen.
...and ditto to all the wording you posted so well with integrity and respect.
You/yours have a blessed Thanksgiving too.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Big Fat Idiot Joy Behar
November 27, 2008 - 14:11 ET by Worriedis opening her Big Fat Idiot mouth again.
Average The View watcher: "Joy, do you think everything Obama will do while ruling, I mean running the country, will be great and nothing should be questioned?"
Big Fat Idiot: "Of course. He is for change and anything he wants is okay with me. He is so great that he would never mislead us. Nobody should question his judgment, he tells the truth about everything. He is what this miserable, capitalistic, anti-terrorist country of ours has needed for a long time now. He is The One. Just ask him."
Average The View watcher: "I agree. I can't wait for him to start sending out the checks. I need to put gas in my car that is ready to be repossessed. But he'll put a stop to that, too. Just you wait, you greedy companies. I won't have to pay any more of my credit card bills either because they're next in line for a bailout."
Big Fat Idiot: "That's right. In the mean time, we need to oust Bush before he creates any more damage. Everything, absolutely everything that every went wrong with anything and everything, is his fault. The Dems have had nothing to do with our current state of affairs. Nothing will be better until Obama takes over."
Sorry guys, I was having fun going on and on, but this is what I believe the idiot lefties really think. Hopefully, the Big Fat Idiot thinks about some of the idiotic things she has said and regrets every single one of them. I doubt it though. AFTERALL, SHE IS A BIG FAT IDIOT!
Of course Babs WaWA thinks
November 28, 2008 - 21:23 ET by AuH2oOf course Babs WaWA thinks they are a smart couple. She also thinks a fence post and the hole it goes into are a smart couple.
I'm sure she ran her "smart couple" qualifications past Joy "I need a chest hair shave" Behar and, Whoopi "are you going to bring back slavery" Goldberg to certify smart couple status.
Finally, just to make absolutely, positively sure, she even verified "smart couple" status with Rosie "fire can't melt steel" O'Donnell.
Never argue with a liberal idiot. You have to stoop to their level and, they have years of experience perfecting their skill.