The first GOP presidential candidate to appear on The View will be…
posted at 9:00 am on December 4, 2007 by Bryan
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ABC News’ Z. Byron Wolf Reports: It was a big moment for Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex, and his presidential candidacy when he appeared in late October on the Tonight Show, sandwiched between Tom Cruise and the Sex Pistols.
But Paul will take his libertarian-tinged Republican ethos in another direction Tuesday, when he marches straight into the henhouse.
He’ll appear opposite Whoopi, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and Kate Walsh of Gray’s Anatomy and Private Practice fame, who co hosting in the absence of Elizabeth Hasselbeck on ABC’s woman-oriented chat show ‘The View’ Tuesday.
Its unlikely that the Texas OB-Gyn has ever himself seen The View. He doesn’t watch much TV and says he has never watched a reality TV show. Paul is more knowledgeable about the Austrian School of Economics and why the United Sates Treasury should not be printing money, odd topics about which to crow on The View.
Will this be the first time that Ron Paul makes more sense than anyone else on the stage? Probably. Can the Ronulans find a way to spam the show’s ratings? Again, probably. Does Paul being the first GOP candidate to appear on the View make all the other candidates look like cranks? Again, probably.
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It should be a fun morning of reality-challenged, Iraq bashing.
amerpundit on December 4, 2007 at 9:02 AM
You coulda predicted this one last year.
- The Cat
P.S. Will Rosie call in?
MirCat on December 4, 2007 at 9:14 AM
Every time someone calls the troops killers, do a shot of tequila
Every time someone says Bush=Hitler, take two
Every time someone calls Republicans racist, do three.
Then the show will be watchable.
Number 2 on December 4, 2007 at 9:17 AM
I hope the audio engineers are prepared for the giant sucking sound overloading the microphones.
saint kansas on December 4, 2007 at 9:21 AM
Are you trying to kill yourself?!!
MirCat on December 4, 2007 at 9:23 AM
No problem…2 minutes in, you’ll be completely passed out and you won’t have to watch the rest.
James on December 4, 2007 at 9:28 AM
Your liver wouldn’t make it to the first commercial break
TheSitRep on December 4, 2007 at 9:31 AM
Pure comedy gold. I’m looking forward to the clips.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on December 4, 2007 at 9:32 AM
Alternative headline:
“Ron Paul gives the View an examination in bid to win women’s vote.”
BKennedy on December 4, 2007 at 9:35 AM
I’m conflicted as to who to root for.
Dave Shay on December 4, 2007 at 9:50 AM
Will he be bringing his spiculum?
MadisonConservative on December 4, 2007 at 9:57 AM
Er, speculum…whatever. He’s the Ob-Gyn, not me.
MadisonConservative on December 4, 2007 at 9:59 AM
Oh, is Bryan on “The View” duty this week?
Maybe he lost a bet with Allahpundit.
Professor Blather on December 4, 2007 at 10:03 AM
I knew it was Paul before I opened the link. After Alex Jones, the babes at the View are tame.
Joshua P. Allem on December 4, 2007 at 10:03 AM
I was gonna say: WHOEVER it is that is the first on the View, I will NEVER VOTE FOR EVER,,, EVAH …. hoping it wasnt gonna be my man Rudy .. or even Fred
So relief that it is just the goofball from Texas.
DOllars to donughts says he gets a HERO’s welcome from the “gals” especially for his call to bring the troops home NOW.
Joy Behar might bring out her kneepads, who knows…
Always Right on December 4, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Paul’s appeal is the intellectual superiority of libertarian arguments.
Intellectual comprehension is devoid on The View. Should be fun to watch.
Valiant on December 4, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Although no-one else has been able to convince him, I suspect The Ladies will be able to convince him to make the much-vaunted third-party run, on the off-chance his Republican bid fails.
eeyore on December 4, 2007 at 10:59 AM
A know nothing man on a know nothing show……. how appropriate.
MNDavenotPC on December 4, 2007 at 11:04 AM
Come on Bryan be a straight shooter. Paul didn’t even know who Fawkes was until the 5th. I don’t understand why you weaken your own point of view by misrepresentations. Unless that’s an attempt at humor.
Spirit of 1776 on December 4, 2007 at 11:40 AM
This brings up an interesting question. If “Ronulans” are so good at dominating polls in which one person gets one vote and poll participation is voluntary, like the Fox News Channel post-debate TXT polls and straw polls, aren’t you a little bit afraid they’ll be able to do the same thing in the primaries, where one person gets one vote and poll participation is voluntary?
Mark Jaquith on December 4, 2007 at 11:51 AM
No, because the Fox Poll and other polls like it is one Cell Phone gets one vote. Combine this with the fact most of the other supporter’s candidates put zero value in texting, and there’s your Ron Paul landlide.
Whereas, real actual people go out and vote.
BKennedy on December 4, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Some polls use IP addresses as identifiers. I don’t pay for a static IP, so mine changes all the time. Thus, I could vote…and vote…and vote…
eeyore on December 4, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Great.
the OB/GYN ‘Dr. NO’ sitting beside Joy(less) Behar(d)
sounds like fun.
shooter on December 4, 2007 at 12:59 PM
Captain… I’ve detected a Ronulan vessel on our sensors
SilverStar830 on December 4, 2007 at 1:03 PM
True, but there are still people behind those cell phones. It’s not “spam” or “autodialers.” Also note that the pro-Paul cell phone bias in TXT polls works against him in normal telephone polling, because people without a land line will never be included in those polls. I haven’t had a POTS landline since 2001.
Doesn’t explain straw polls, where Paul often wins. Straw polls require that actual people go out and vote.
I’m not talking about Internet polls. Internet polls are obviously just begging to be gamed.
Mark Jaquith on December 4, 2007 at 1:44 PM
I just watched this, all they did was shout at him about how they should be allowed to murder their babies. Yeah because they know more than a OBGYN, stupid b!tches
libertytexan on December 4, 2007 at 2:10 PM
“Hey Mom (Dad, Sis, friend, coworker), can I borrow your cell phone for a sec?”
-or-
I guess now we know why those Muslim guys in the van wanted to buy all those Trac Phones at WalMart:
“Ron Paul ‘08…ululululululu!”
James on December 4, 2007 at 2:37 PM
If you’re not talking about Internet polls, then you should probably not talk about SMS polls, since SMS is accessible via the Internet. It’s not really well known that you can text message someone from the Internet, but you can. Unfortunately this also brings in all kinds of security issues, not the least of which is, I’m sure, spoofing. SMS text messaging was never meant to be a secure form of communication, which makes it rather suspect.
Don’t worry … Ron Paul has as much chance of winning the Republican primary as Hunter or Tanc. It’s just not gonna happen.
apollyonbob on December 4, 2007 at 3:16 PM
N E V E R ! Why give credability to the left.
oldelpasoan on December 5, 2007 at 2:03 AM
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