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Typical Lib. Avoid a free discussion of ideas.
I was gonna go to the Wal Mart today and buy the new Barry CD, but now I know that he's an intolerant Lib, I've changed my mind.

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I am sure it is not so much that he didn't want e "free discussion of ideas", but that he wanted to talk about his album, not political/social issues that Hasselbeck would bring up.

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grumpyoldman, Manilow probably has more money than Haliburton, so he can afford to offend a few red staters.

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I am sick and tired of entertainers feeling like they have the right to preach their ideals to me just because they have a medium to do so. I can't watch award shows for the same reason. Some jerk will spout off just because they can, and I am once again reminded of the realities that entertainers are supposed to provide an escape from.

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I don't blame Barry for not wanting to be on the same stage as Elizabeth. I feel the same way. She's as every bit to the right as Rosie is to the left, yet she doesn't get near the amount of grief for it! Her squeeky voice and over glossed lips are hard enough to tolerate, but her opinions are worse. People claim Barry's standing up for his pal, Rosie. You see, Rosie's not even on the show now, and she's getting the blame for Barry's refusal to appear. He has a mind of his own. I realize he's been on the show a couple of times before, but maybe Elizabeth has since crossed the line with something that offended him. It's his right not to go.

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It's Barry Manilow, people! Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Any reason he remains off the airwaves is a good one.

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Surely he knew Hasselbeck was part of the show when he agreed to go on. He did this deliberately to make a big stink that would get a lot of coverage.

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There is a cause and effect here...there wouldn't have been political discussion, he could have pimped his CD and gone home...but, one of the cuts on the CD is a duet with none other than Rosie O'Donnell, so that would have been a subject of conversation. Barry M is standing in solidarity with his friend.

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I do not blame Barry Manilow, Elizabeth very quietly has been spewing her own views as reason but when someone has a view depending on the circumstances she either rolls her eyes or feigns interest but she is so transparent.Even though I like Whoopi and voted recently to get Sherri on full time, I have never been a fan of Elizabeth.Survivor credits doesn't make a person.Life does and she has yet to experience real life.The View is based on different views but as soon as she opens her mouth you can tell where she comes from and what little she really knows about the world today..

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So far from all the comments, "Parasail Pete" echo's my sentiment the best.

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Anybody else think he was lipsynching his performances on The Today Show yesterday?

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If Barry Manilow doesn't want to go on and be interviewed by Elizabeth Hasselbeck it's his choice. Just because he is an entertainer he is not entitled to have an opinion? In addition why when he takes a simple stand he is "an intolerant Lib" to be boycotted while Hasselbeck is permitted to carry on regardless?

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I agree w/Parasail Pete-who wants to see or hear anymore of that troll-doll than we have to? Last time I checked, people who actually like him didn't go to his shows for his simulating and insightful political veiwes anyways!

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Since when is it mandatory to put up with rightwing (or leftwing) halfwits when promoting a product? What if it was some idiotic morning Zoo radio program that he wouldn't go on? Would anyone be shocked that he didn't want to deal with "The Maddog and Cooter"?

Going on these shows to pimp their products is degrading enough without having to put up with somebody like Hasselback.

I'm neutral on Manilow and his creative output, but he doesn't need to put up with that shit, and I respect him for taking a stand.

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Barry Manilow is a half-wit. He easily could have said, lets talk about the album, not politics.

I will no longer ride in elevators because I don't want to hear the music of a moron...

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I don't blame him for not wanting to be on if she was there. He asked for her not to be part of the interview. They do segments with only one or two of them so it shouldn't have been a problem. Elizabeth doesn't get nearly as much crap as the rest of them. She's famous for what? Survivor? So that apparently entitles her to shove her beliefs down my throat daily. Almost every day she brings up her overly conservative crap. And I don't care. She can't even accept anyone else's thoughts.

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It's a free country the last time I checked...he can do whatever he wants. I can't say I blame him! She is rude, ignorant and hateful and should try to become a more compassionate person.

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Leslie Foster,
We're talking about Elisabeth, not Joy.

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I can't believe that people care about Hasselbeck this much, and think she's evil *just* for being conservative. I suppose on The View she must seem hard core right wing given the rest of the talking heads around her, but she's not very conservative at all.

Some people need to grow up and expand their horizons. Or is it only the right that has to "learn to be tolerant?"

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It's one thing to not want to appear on a show when you don't like someone who is on it. Fine, that is his choice and he has every right to do so, but not only was he already booked on the show and there is an update to the story that he would appear on the show if producers kept Hassleback off the set for his appearance.

I'm sorry, but he is a prick. Who is he to tell someone that they can't appear on their own show? It would have been likeTrump asking Barbara Walters to remove Rosie from the set so he could show up for an interview.

At least Manilow can use the open schedule for another facial reconstruction and maybe squeeze in a botox session.

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