More unnecessary and annoying outrage from the left over President Obama's upcoming seat on The View's panel on Thursday.
One leading Democrat Ed Rendell, the Governor of Pennsylvania had quite a bit to say about Obama going on The View.
On why the President should not go on The View:
the talk show did not have the required stature to host the president
On why the show isn't worthy of the President's status:
I think the president of the United States has to go on serious shows
For anyone wondering what exactly The View is, I'll run down the basics. It is a show featuring an all-female panel targeted towards women . The issues discussed range from politics, to current events, and the economy. Most importantly however, is the show garners an enormous audience, most of which are women.
And the show is serious. Because it isn't "Jerry Springer" , as Rendell opined. The View discusses topics relevant to many people's lives, mostly topics that are interesting and relevant to women's lives. This of course includes political issues. In fact, in the past week The View has made headlines for the discussions surrounding domestic violence and Shirley Sherrod.
Not only is the show serious but it is important and relevant.
So first, my issue with Rendell's comments is that Rendell comes off totally ignorant of the obvious political move this is by President Obama . Polls show that white, suburban women are trending back to favoring Republicans after supporting Democrats and Obama in 2008. This is concerning, to say the least. Appearing before this very demographic to talk candidly about what he has accomplished in office and what he still plans to do, is at the very base just good politics.
The second and most important issue with Rendell's reaction is that he's essentially saying The View is not a serious show because it is hosted by and aimed toward women. The topics are no different on The View than those featured on shows the President and many other politicians have readily appeared on. The only clear difference is The View is a bunch of women sitting around having the politics conversation, as opposed to the group being comprised of men. It makes sense, given that Rendell thinks Obama should do "serious" shows, presumably morning interviews that are overwhelmingly hosted by men, and targeted to men.
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