‘The View’ Seeking to Host Daytime Republican Debate
- Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:24pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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While they’re no stranger to hosting any number of prominent political figures — from congressmen to the president himself — the ladies of ABC’s “The View” are hoping to add “debate moderators” to their repertoire.
This election cycle a View spokesman confirmed that requests have been sent to Republican campaigns for a debate that would take place during the show’s 11 a.m. EST time slot.
In an effort to reach a broader demographic campaigns are reportedly fielding requests from non-traditional venues to host debates, still, Republican candidates might be reluctant to tussle with left-wing moderators like Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar.
Do you think a GOP debate held on a program often hostile to Republicans is a good idea? Would help or hurt? Weigh in below.
(h/t:HuffPo)
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Comments (183)
readyfornov
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:48pmThe dew must be off the rose. Whoopi sure doesn’t look as happy as I thought she would, having President Zero on the show.
Report Post »For God’s sakes NO the Republicans should not go on this two bit show. I don‘t watch it can’t stand the four pieces of excrement.
GeorgieJo
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:51pmREADY—-
I couldn’t agree MORE. BEEHAIR and Whoopseed are HORRID.
Barbrawawwa same story. Yikes RETIRE Walters NOW.
The other chick is useless.
Elizabeth HOW do you stand it???
NEVER would I watch THAT show
Report Post »The 4 are CRETINS!!!!!!!!!!
Buck Shane
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:07pmNo Problem. I can easily not watch it.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:13pmno, nein, nyet, nay, never,
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:18pmIf they want to be president, it would be an excellent opportunity to prove their superiority to a flaming liberal audience. They can’t lose. 80% of the view lovers vote democratic anyway.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:29pmAs much as I want to say NO, I think ACLUHATER has a point. There is that 20% to be swayed…
Report Post »And maybe I just might watch it…..
thepatriotdave
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:32pmI say NO to having a debate on the VIEW, but I say YES to Herman Cain as POTUS!
North Carolina for Herman Cain
Please join us at http://cainroots.com and help us organize the campaign for our next President.
Report Post »prov1
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:33pmI see alot of legs….just one NICE pair…Love the idea of a GBTV debate ! Dare ya’ Obama…Glenn will destroy you…no need for Food Storage
Report Post »Gail B
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:51pmI couldn’t agree more!
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:22pmNot only will I not watch that gaggle of of cackling cows, any candidate who agrees to a debate on their freak show doesn’t deserve to be considered.
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:40pmPlease, please, please, GOP candidates. Please stop going into enemy territory and providing the forum for these people to diminish you. Enough is enough.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNc7h-8DGcQ
mils
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:47pmThis is a terrible idea. I cannot stand those people on the view.
Report Post »They are so rude to conservatives..and Behar , the original ..well, I cannot tolerate any show she’s on. Whoopi, bag lady, is amost almost tolerable sometimes. Sherry is so freakin dumb it’s funny the things she comes out with. Barbara acts like the mother of a wayward group of teenage biotches and then Elizabeth…well, what can I say…:(
NONONONONONO….I would not watch anything on the View.
Bill O’Reiley goes on every once in a while to act like an azz for them and it was totally disgusting to watch him.
The-Monk
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:47pmWhat 13th Imam said… “no, nein, nyet, nay, never,”
Step into my parlor said the View to the few….
Report Post »BibleGunClinger
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 9:51pmEasy one…….NO!!!!!!! How about a real debate with real moderators such as, Rush or Sean. They would ask the intelligent questions and not the fluff we have been seeing in the debates.
Report Post »Suzee
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:34pmThis presidential election is the most important in American history. This time it is do or die for free men and women and we better be very serious about it! Why on God’s green earth would anyone even THINK about subjecting themselves by appearing in front of a bunch of uninformed dimwits and expect Americans to take them serious as a contender for President of these United States! Already, those of us who are committed to being informed voters, have endured several of these time wasters they call debates. Now this crazed media is going to encourage a Barnum/Bailey venue and call it a serious forum for choosing a presidential candidate! If the Republican party falls for this then, just like I was done with the Democrats, I will be done with them. WHAT INTO THE HELL has happened to this country??????????? I am writing everyone of these GOP candidates, the ones who have American common sense intelligence, and ask them to please politely refuse. Or they can say, “Not just no…..but hell no!” Good grief!!!!!!!!
Report Post »artistskeptic
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:52pm4 1/2 TO 1/2 sounds like a Democrat level field….why would anyone consider such a non-sense media event. May the MSM soon go bankrupt.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:05pmWho’s the dumb Azz man with those has beens???
Report Post »revel222
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:11pmWhy don’t we let the circus run the republican debate….Are you validating this racist liberal show??
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:16pmNO WAY!!! They need a REAL DEBATE WITH REAL QUESTIONS .. not those Got ya … and debating the moderator! I am sick of the LIBS running the Republican DEBATES .. enough already!
TEA!
Report Post »Gorp
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:00amBut can you imagine how interesting it might be to see how long or short it takes them to go off the deep end and start yelling and throwing stuff. It might just be funny.
Report Post »raiderglenn
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:45amyeah, and lets shoot a BBQ cooking show at PETA headquarters also…. idiots…
http://robotsheep.net
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges03
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:30amNice photo of marxist Barack Hussein Obama (AKA Barry Obama, AKA Barry Soetoro, Kenyan born illegal alien) with “The [commie] View”. Too much “thrill up the leg” there. :D
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:59amAfter the stupid questions asked at that first FOX sponsored debate, questions from the View may sound good
Report Post »charleyrocks
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:24amIt would not hurt if elizabeth Hasstlebeck hosts it, but they will drown her out like they always do. She should be on the glenn beck show gbtv, hire her glenn. The rest of the crew will nit pick and not listen to a entire sentence before they interupt the republicans. Elizabeth does not belong on that show. she is way too smart for that.
Report Post »TXWildfire
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:45amNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:45am.
“Do you think a GOP debate held on a program often hostile to Republicans is a good idea? ”
Hell, no!
No candidate will be allowed to state a position.
Every “Gotcha” question will be trotted out.
“Mr. Cain, how long have you been an “Uncle Tom?”
“Dr. Paul, have you ever been checked by a psychiatrist?”
“Mrs. Bachmann, during the war of 1812, do you agree with the decision of General Foghorn to
attack?“ ”What, you’re not familiar with history? How dare you think you could be president.”
“Mr. Gingrich, weren’t you charged with corruption?”
Mr. Romney, do you think of yourself as a 1%’er?”
I would question the sanity of any candidate going on that show.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:54amYou don’t go to the devils den and expect not to get burned,personally i wouldn’t give any of these horrid women the time of day. Republican cannidates you will only lower your standards if you go on the view
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:50amLMAO! What comedians. They can’t even hold an unbiased conversation. Moderate a real debate? Get real! There isn’t enough unbiased intellectualism from the combined staff to field a (single) fair (because “fair” is a subjective term, today) question. So, that fits the GOP plans. They’ll do it!
Report Post »db321
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 4:18pmSure have a Republican debate on the View – these Rattlesnakes don’t bite.
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:01pmI wonder what sort of catfight would’ve erupted had SHE been invited to a debate with these..umm.. women…. –> http://markamerica.com/2011/11/01/why-charlie-black-is-wrong/
Report Post »frodis
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:05pmWho even watches that smut?
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:48pmThe Presidential Elections have become a JOKE. The world sees this imature and unhealthy lack of control and leadership. How can one possibly respect or follow the individuals thet are slopping arround and seeking our votes. The View is a good show for what there capable of. Interviewing a potential President is not in there forte. Any individual who whould participate in such a comedic and un- professional forum doesn’t deserve to be President.
Report Post »RighteousTyrant
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:58pmRight on. It’s all a dog-and-pony show at best, or a glorfied, protracted version of the Super Bowl.
Report Post »mils
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 9:01pmyou are so right. it’s ridiculous.
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:47pmWhat a f’n joke! If republicans fall for this, it’s definitely time for a third party!
Report Post »BJC
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 9:01pmI don’t want the vew ladies making one dime off of us. They don’t deserve the respect of interviewing our Candidates. I for one would not watch and may not vote if the View is aloud to do this.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:18pmOh I will vote .. for the man the LIBERALS AND GOP ESTABLISHMENT FEAR ..
HERMAN CAIN FOR PRESIDENT!
TEA!
Report Post »We CAN take back America .. WE SURROUND THEM!
olddog
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:46pmLet’s debate if they get preferred seating on the trains. We can listen to them deny it again…
Report Post »Lets wait for the leftist media to start reporting the Truth first..What did you say froze over??
Arkansawyer
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:44pmWhy would any sound mined presidential candidate even consider such an act of pure stupidity?
Report Post »Would it be that that person has a need for that type of ignorant humiliation or is that person just plain stupid?
Besides that, what is really out of place in that photo? I mean which one of those ignorant persons looks out of place? Forget Hasselbeck, I’ve decided she has to be in it for the money, she is the only one with some intelligence[even tho she is on the show.] No, its that person on the far left. Yet all the others have fairly nice legs. There is absolutely no intelligence in that show and any one who watches it, has really absolutely nothing else to do, and they are have a lazy brain.
TxMadMac
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:43pmI can see whoppi now, talk about black on black racism ! Those liberal dogs would probably walk off before the first round of questions were done. Behog is just too whiney and immature to handle any of it. She would be begging for commercial break after each question to change her depends. Babs can hang, she’s a classy broad. Same with Liz. I’ll tevo it for grins.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:42pmOh God! Save from the ****** View.
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:42pmThese bird brained hens don’t have the credibility to question candidates on their political views in a formal and organized atmosphere such as a Republican debate. Keep dreaming, liberal re-ta-rd-s.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:42pmQuit censoring me bLaZe.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:41pmWhy does this scene from Macbeth come to mind:
“Double, double toil and trouble
Report Post »Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”
brntout
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:54pmThose were witches,these are …well what would rhyme here?
Report Post »mgj48
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:41pmWhy would anyone give creedence to those lamebrains.
Report Post »DeVain
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:40pmI want a GBTV debate!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:16pmI was thinking the same exact thing.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:44pmYES and STU is the moderator!!!!
Brian Sack can be MC and Pat can hand out BS detectors!!!!!!!
Thank You Mercury!!!
Report Post »Annika2011
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 9:28pmA GBTV debate is a GREAT idea.
Report Post »Glenn and / or Scott could ask the question.
So tired of watching the rude and “gotcha” treatment of our candidates.
GBTV would put on a respectful and intelligent event.
As for the View- they always make sour faces if a conservative is on.
Their bigotry towards us knows no bounds.
I only watch if a conservative announces an appearance .
Or catch it later on YouTube.
No. No. No. Do not dignify this show.
DallyWama
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:40pmWTF! They better not even consider it. I’m confident Perry, Cain and Paul will not attend for different and various reasons.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:19pmRomney, Cain and Hunstman have already been on the show in recent months.
Report Post »9.12momLynnette
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:39pmYea! that’s a potentially dangerous hornets nest!!! Could be ok as long as the debaters can untwist the negative assumptions that will be preloaded in every question.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:38pmOh for the love of all that is good………NO. I can‘t stand those bimbos and Joy’s and Whoopies voices alone can cause my ears to bleed.
Report Post »cabnetdude
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:38pmOh that would be rich! A bunch of commies from the weak gene pool pretending to be Americans, grilling real Americans. The only view that “the view” has is freedom hating Marxism.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:35pmJoy Behar: I am Frau Blücher. [**horses whinny**]
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:38pmGod help us……please.
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:35pmWhy?????????
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:47pmMWHALEY,
I’ll tell you why.
The only hope for President Dunham’s reelection is a gathering at the polls of the STUPID!
That is how he got elected in 2009. That is the only way he will be reelected in 2012.
The view caters to the stupid and vapid citizens of the U.S.A.. It is President Dunham’s base.
“We have met the enemy and He is Us.” POGO
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:49pmThe obvious answer would be that at least they‘d be fair in that they’d be hard on everyone equally.
The obvious backfire would come in the fact that they’re clearly pulling for Obama and every question from beginning to end would be aimed at Dem and Indies, not Republicans. Since only Republicans are supposed to be voting in Republican primaries (in most states), the debate would be meaningless as a primary contest and would only serve to damage the GOP candidate in the general election.
Then again, the majority of Americans would forget that the debate ever happened in the first place. Sorry, America, but the fact is that the majority of the voting public have the collective attention span of an A.D.D.-riddled gnat.
Overall, I don‘t like the idea just from the standpoint that it’s an exceedingly unfriendly environment to anyone not named Barry Soetoro.
Report Post »skilaxdad
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:34pmAny Republican candidate who would participate in a debate on a show that is as anti-Republican as it gets is definitely just too plain stupid, or blind to his own ego, to be President of the United States of America. There could be no winner in that scenario… only one who was made to look like less of a kook than the others by the moderator. (The one who was most left-leaning)
Report Post »olddog
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:33pmThe View, Oh Yea That would really be Fair and Balanced. If these crazy witches were anymore left they’d drive in circles all day..Someone just give me one statement these sluts have made that had any common sence in it…
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:32pmMaybe Herman could give Whoopie a good intelectual Whoopin!
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:09pmWhoopie really doesn’t seem to have any use for Black men… I’m surprised she likes Obama.
Report Post »not funny
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:32pmRepublicans would be setting themselves up for ridicule if they allow themselves to be “questioned” by the View women. There is no reason for them to do this. Period.
Report Post »sb36695
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:32pmWhat are they going to debate? Who’s wearing who the best? What a joke!
Report Post »kschmud
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:30pmNo thank you.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:26pmOh my aching sides.I have to stop lol’ing at the headlines.
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