Posted on 09/17/2007 4:52:49 PM PDT by thefactor
Pop singer Barry Manilow, a major Democratic fundraiser, said on Monday he has scrapped plans to appear on the television talk show "The View," because he did not want to be interviewed by its conservative co-host.
Manilow was scheduled to appear on the ABC morning show Tuesday, the same day his new album, "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies" hits stores. But those plans fell through because of his issues with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, an abortion opponent and supporter of the Iraq war.
"I had made a request that I be interviewed by (co-hosts) Joy (Behar), Barbara (Walters) or Whoopi (Goldberg), but not Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request so I bowed out," he said in a statement on his Web site (http://www.manilow.com).
"It's really too bad because I've always been a big supporter of the show, but I cannot compromise my beliefs."
In an earlier statement to the news Web site TMZ.com, which broke the news, Manilow said Hasselbeck was "dangerous" and "offensive."
But a source close to "The View" said "we canceled him," because producers refused to comply with Manilow's "completely disrespectful" demands.
The source told Reuters that Manilow had appeared on the show twice in the past year when Hasselbeck was present, and had been booked for Tuesday's appearance since July. The source could not think of a similar incident with another guest happening in the past.
Manilow has been a generous contributor to Democratic Party candidates, according to data compiled by the Federal Election Commission.
This year, he contributed the maximum-allowable $2,300 each to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joseph Biden, and John Edwards, as well as to Ron Paul, a maverick Texas Republican.
He has also been a big supporter over the years of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, a California lawmaker on the left wing of the Democratic Party.
Manilow, whose biography says he has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, reached No. 2 on the U.S. pop album charts last year with his previous release "The Greatest Songs of the Sixties."
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002, although many of his big hits -- such as "Mandy," "I Write the Songs" and "Looks Like We Made It" -- were written by other people.
ABC is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Manilow Records for Arista Records, a unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
Is this guy still around?
If he thinks Hasselbeck is “dangerous” and “offensive”, he must be gay.
“Manilow said Hasselbeck was “dangerous” and “offensive”
Big mistake on his part. Unrealistic statement to make, and even the lefties will know it.
Barry “Man-’E’s-Low” Manure should now be his name.
‘Mommy, mommy’ they wouldn’t let me have it my WAY. Another democRAT FOOL...
In an earlier statement to the news Web site TMZ.com, which broke the news, Manilow said Hasselbeck was "dangerous" and "offensive."
Tolerance and respect for the beliefs and opinions of others, moonbat style.
I never had an inkling of that flamer’s political leanings...
Too bad. Another Idioceleb I can now put on my ignore list. He really is washed up now.
and to think when I was a kid listening to that sap I thought he was singing to women. sigh.
Oy Vey
how sad....he doesn’t even know Islam has his number up first
His name is Lola...he is a showgirl...but that was 30 years ago...when sung those songs that blow...
my point here is that these producers actually stood up to this loon and didn't simply toe the line. walters is very involved in every aspect of the show and probably supported this decision which is weird. nice show of solidarity.
duh...his closet is deeper than most.
Here’s the money quote: “Manilow has been a generous contributor to Democratic Party candidates, according to data compiled by the Federal Election Commission.
This year, he contributed the maximum-allowable $2,300 each to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joseph Biden, and John Edwards, as well as to Ron Paul, a maverick Texas Republican.”
Need any more proof that Ron Paul is a Trojan Horse candidate, i.e., Ross Perot?
At the very least he is a sissy-pants.
Only in Hollywood could a show be boycotted because of Elisabeth Hasselbeck rather than Rosie O’Donnell.
Thank goodness he’s a liberal putz, I couldn’t handle it if Barry Manilow was a conservative.
Barry Manilow wishes he were half the woman Elisabeth is...
ROFLMAO
i'm so confused...
Hassleback is the one who shoved Rosie’s leftist crap back in her face, resulting in Rosie leaving the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1K6TYssa4
Fabulous!
See, all this time, you thought he was singing to "Mandy" Moore, when he was actually singing to "Mandy" Patinkin!
Do you think Paul is a Fanalow?
So Barry sides with Rosie and Whoopi. Okay, well Barry you won’t see another dime of our money.
Can you imagine what that show would be like with four people like Rosie and Whoopi on it? Wow...
It’s already so bad I don’t even like to hear about the program, let alone read about it or God forbit, watch it.
Which means Rosie’s got bigger nads than Manilow.
LMAO! Speaks volumes
You know his hit "Mandy?" I bet it was about Mandy Patinkin...
Ray Stevens - I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow
My account is overdrawn, my car slid down the hill
I'm givin' up, I've got no more to give
My beagle bit the vet, and my daughter's on the pill
And my ficus plant has lost it's will to live
I owe Mastercharge my life, I've got adolescent skin
My doctor says I can't use any salt
My waist is getting thick, but my hair is getting thin
And my house is on the San Andreas fault...
I need your help, Barry Manilow
I'm miserable and I don't know what to do
Sing me a song, sing it sad and low
No one knows how to suffer quite like you
My shrink is out of town, my love life is a joke
My ex-wife sold my diary to Rona
All my ashtrays are overflowed, and I don't even smoke
And my sinuses came back from Arizona...
(Spoken) "Hello, Mandy? It's me. I'm here at the Copa. You know, the Copacabana. I know I don't write the songs that make the whole world sing but I do know one thing, Mandy... I can't smile without you.... Forget Lola.... Remember that weekend in New England? I thought then that this could be the magic at last... Now here I am... Tryin' to get the feelin' again!"
I need your help, Barry Manilow
I'm all alone and sitting on a shelf
Sing me a song, sing it sad and low
I feel like feeling sorry for myself
I need your help, Barry Manilow
Your songs can really comfort the unlucky
Sing me a song, sing it sad and low
I wish I didn't have to feel so yucky...
I wish I didn't have to feel...
So yucky!!!
Maybe they are the same person! Barry could just be Barbara in drag or vice versa.
###”It’s really too bad because I’ve always been a big supporter of the show, but I cannot compromise my beliefs.”###
Uh, Barry, how are you compromising your beliefs by appearing on a show with ONE...count ‘em, ONE...person who disagrees with you? Elizabeth goes on that show every day, surrounded by ideological opponents who shout her down. If your beliefs are compromised by being in the presence of someone with differing viewpoints, then your beliefs must be totalitarian.
Maybe he has the View studio confused with the Copacabana, and he thinks he’ll end up like Rico.
yep!
not you, of course.
My wife's cousin, many years back, was a backup singer with his group. Fairy Manilow was a jackass then, and remains true-to-form.
He would belittle everyone over details and getting his own way, and when he was "popular", my sister's cousin quit, as she couldn't stand the abuse.
What a tragedy.
"Oh Mandy, I'm such a wimp."
ROFLMAO !
GMTA ;OD
Barry you are soooooo stupid. Don’t you realize that WE’RE your target market on that new CD??? What an idiot.
hilarious
Free speech is awesome for liberals..just as long as you say what they say.
Anyone who scans who shows up at dim fundraisers has seen his name numerous times. He is among the usual suspects crowd.
“...but I cannot compromise my beliefs...”
“...by having to defend them in a reasonable discussion. Everyone should agree with me whenever I open my fat mouth and flap my fleshy lips and flutter the lashes of my cosmetically altered eyes.”
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