President Biden again refused to do a serious interview with a serious news outlet for the Super Bowl, but his White House handlers did set him up with a nice tongue bath from NBC comedian Seth Meyers. Reacting to the interview on Tuesday, the Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View gushed about how Biden had “the rizz” (slang for having a lot of charisma). They even went so far as to suggest that he was almost – almost as good as former President Obama at doing casual interviews with friendly media.
Ignoring the strong likelihood that the whole thing was a verbal Potemkin village (from foreknowledge of the questions to having his infamous aviator sunglasses on hand as a prop), co-host Joy Behar was enamored. “Look at the way the audience reacted to it,” she hyped how Meyers’ liberal audience applauded the liberal president.
Adding: “And also, you notice how relaxed Biden is here? Because when he's relaxed he doesn't stutter, he doesn't get nervous and the whole thing of his age goes out the window.”
It was also Behar who exclaimed that Biden had “the rizz.” While co-host Sara Haines was proclaiming that she “love[d] seeing [Biden] in the late night arena” and how it reminded her of Obama, Behar had nearly the entire table parroting her take:
HAINES: Uniquely. Like, so we can all agree at the table – because Alyssa's politics differ, the charisma, the ability to --
BEHAR: The rizz! The rizz!
HOSITN: The rizz!
FARAH GRIFFIN: The rizz!
HAINES: The rizz! He had the rizz!
Faux-conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin continued her trend of being useless at representing the Republican position on the show. She rhetorically saluted the White House communications team for finally cooking up a message to counter the public’s understanding that Biden was mentally unfit for office.
“So, I think that the White House finally came up with a perfect line to combat the age idea. I think saying ‘it's about how old your ideas’ and then tying it to the abortion issue and rolling back LGBTQ rights,” she touted. “That's what they need to say because you can be as old as you want to be.”
Going further, she suggested the canned line “resonates with people” and the appearance “was one of his best performances. I would invite him to come on The View. I think he needs to get out there more and talk to people. They have to see him to know that he's up to the job.”
“I thought he was so brilliant,” Haines agreed. “And the old ideas thing. When I saw it, I was like, ‘That is perfect!’ That's exactly a contrast and a point that really resonates.”
Staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners) also fawned that Biden “was in his best form” and was finally putting up a “good offense” to “bombastic Trump.”
“Listen, Joe’s been – Joe, you know, is famous for being laid back. He’s laid back,” moderator Whoopi Goldberg added.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
February 27, 2024
11:16:37 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: So, do you think this appearance will resonate with people?
JOY BEHAR: Yes. Look at the way the audience reacted to it.
GOLDBERG: All right. All right.
BEHAR: You know, Ronald Reagan famously used his sense of humor. He was only 73 in 1984 when he said, “Well, I'm not going to hold your age against you.” Remember that? Because the guy he was running against, Walter Mondale was like 50-something and that was one of those things that put him over the top.
And also, you notice how relaxed Biden is here? Because when he's relaxed he doesn't stutter, he doesn't get nervous and the whole thing of his age goes out the window.
And also contrast his sense of humor to Trump who thinks it's funny -- let's hang our vice president. He thinks that's funny.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: So, I think that the White House finally came up with a perfect line to combat the age idea. I think saying “it's about how old your ideas” and then tying it to the abortion issue and rolling back LGBTQ rights. That's what they need to say because you can be as old as you want to be. I actually think -- I'm not a Democrat but for Democrats I could see somebody who’s, you know, more older in their years but being somebody who --
GOLDBERG: You can say mature, you can say older.
[Crosstalk]
FARAH GRIFFIN: But defending these viewpoints that we feel like – they feel like the other side is going backward on. I think that that resonates with people. I thought it was one of his best performances. I would invite him to come on The View. I think he needs to get out there more and talk to people. They have to see him to know that he's up to the job.
SARA HAINES: I thought he was so brilliant; and the old ideas thing. When I saw it, I was like, “that is perfect!” That's exactly a contrast and a point that really resonates. I love seeing him in the late night arena. Obama was so good at this. President Obama --
BEHAR: Well, he was a pro at everything!
HAINES: Yeah, but I just think—
[Applause]
HOSTIN: Yes, he was.
HAINES: Uniquely. Like, so we can all agree at the table – because Alyssa's politics differ, the charisma, the ability to --
BEHAR: The rizz! The rizz!
HOSITN: The rizz!
FARAH GRIFFIN: The rizz!
HAINES: The rizz! He had the rizz! And late night brings out different qualities. When you described the relaxed; he's on a couch, he’s sitting having a conversation. Normally, he's sitting at a podium and it’s all this – [franticly shaking]
GOLDBERG: And it's only one person.
HAINES: Yeah! And so, I think whenever you’re putting people – they should be everywhere. Because a late night show is different from a daytime show which is different than CNN or Meet the Press.
GOLDBERG: Well, he doesn’t have – Listen, Joe’s been – Joe, you know, is famous for being laid back. He’s laid back.
HOSTIN: Yeah. Uncle Joe.
(…)
11:21:18 a.m. Eastern
HOSTIN: I think he did a great job. I think the best defense is a good offense; and he's been back on his heels so much and we've seen this bombastic Trump, you know, attack, on the attack, on the attack. So, I think he was in his best form. Of what we saw last night.
(…)
