Exclusive: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving The View After Nine Years, Viewers Found Her "Too Extreme an

[rsmith6621]

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/elisabeth-hasselbeck-leaving-the-view-after-nine-years-viewers-found-her-too-extreme-and-right-wing-201383

he people have spoken. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the five cohorts of ABC's daytime talk show The View, will not be returning to the couch next season, following hot on the footsteps of fellow cohost Joy Behar, a source tells Us Weekly.

According to the source, the show's resident conservative voice is being ousted after market research revealed that she isn't popular with TV audiences.

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"The viewers they polled all said she was too extreme and right wing," the insider tells Us. "People did not watch the show because of Elisabeth. So they told her yesterday her contract would not be renewed."

Can I Hear A Thank Ya Jesus..lol

[RiffRandell]

1. I just read this.

I'm certain Fox has an opening for her as Hannity is her good buddy.

[n2doc]

26. She can be the 'liberal' there n/t

[kimbutgar]

2. Best news I heard all day. I stopped watching because of her. I'm sure she heading over to Fox now.

I knew Meredith Viera was also a conservative but at least she didn't regurgitate the right wing talking points like Elizabeth did all the time. I will be glad not to see her stupid smirk.

[healthnut7]

142. So Agree

I stopped watching because of her as well. Her next gig I'm sure will be political. The Repubs can find her
work somewhere... I can see her at Fox, they are her kind of people after all....

[goclark]

163. Happy to say Bye - Bye

to her.

[DeeDeeNY]

164. For the record - Vieira is liberal.

http://www.mrc.org/node/29189

[samsingh]

173. i stopped watching because of her. she is so evil and stupid

[Dawson Leery]

3. She is mean and condescending.

[MynameisBlarney]

23. And ignorant

don't forget ignorant.

[hootinholler]

28. No, she's not ignorant

Ignorance is correctable, stupidity is not.

[MynameisBlarney]

29. I stand happily corrected

[Jackpine Radical]

132. I think both you & Hoot are correct.

Ignorance is correctible except when it is a product of stupidity.

[marble falls]

134. Isn't happy the wrong word?

Happy is a condition - ecstatic is the reaction.

[MynameisBlarney]

174. You and yer book larnin!

But, yeah...you're right.

[Katashi_itto]

57. How about overtly stupid, willfully ignorant?

[marew]

64. I'm with you! LOL!

[rhett o rick]

75. Let's just rap it up with one word, she's a REPUBLICAN. I think that says it all. nm

[DonB]

92. rethugliCON is a more descriptive choice of wording and remember to only

capitalize the appropriate letters as in CONservative. It is also possible that she could be a teabagger, a libercarelessian or all four rolled into one sloppy sociopathic cult.

[rhett o rick]

167. Yeah but she is kinda cute.

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Meaning she meets the republican criteria.

[Katashi_itto]

181. Alot of Porn Stars are cute too. At least their more respectable.

[Berlum]

127. There you have it (R)

[BlueCaliDem]

138. It's okay to be mean *and condescending IF one does it with intelligence

and can hold an interesting and cogent conversation. I don't have a problem with that. But when a Con is mean and condescending AND stupid, well, that's a huge turn-off. For example, I don't mind S.E. Cupp on "The Cycle". In fact, she brings in a perspective I might not have thought about since I don't think like a Con. Hasselbeck, or whatever her name is, proved there is such a thing as a "dumb blonde".

[dballance]

155. You Really Think So? Krugman Manages to Dispute the RW-ers Without Being Mean

He always handles his interviews and taking down the other side's spurious arguments with intelligence and politeness. I've seen him be sarcastic in his columns but never toward another person like the panels on Morning Joe.

[BlueCaliDem]

158. That's true.

And just for clarification's sake, I've claimed that it's okay to be mean and condescending, but I didn't mean to say it's preferable. I know it's an acquired taste; to have to listen to people who discuss things with a mean and condescending attitude and tone, but usually among the dreck, one can find a nugget of food for thought here and there. It's never a bad thing to try and find out what the opposition is thinking and how they come to that conclusion. It can be quite interesting, even.

[dballance]

159. I Never Took Your Comments to be Those Suggesting Being Condescending/Mean.

I read your posts and saw the best possible in them. Not the worst.

I knew you were not suggesting we should all be mean and condescending. I do agree at times it's okay. I do it myself so I can't much talk about it unless I want to be a hypocrite. Which I do not want to be.

[HappyMe]

4. Yay!

I have changed the channel when she went off on one of her rants.

[octoberlib]

5. This is long overdue.

I no longer watch The View but I'll never forget when Sandra Bernhardt told a Laura Bush joke on the show and Hasselbeck just ripped into her. She should have been booted off then.

[RebelOne]

6. Glad Hasselbeck is leaving, but so is Joy Behar.

I guess the producers of the show want some fresh faces.

[JI7]

13. Joy wanted to leave, with hasselbeck looks like they don't want to renew

contract

[southernyankeebelle]

45. I think Joy is going to CNN. She was ready for a change. I worry that Whoppi

might leave. I think she wishes Barbara would retire. There seems to be a little tension between them.

[Lionessa]

58. Joy has her own show on Current "Say Anything," and I think she said

she was staying put at Current soon to be AlJazeeraAmerica.

[Chakab]

80. Do you happen to know if the Young Turks

are staying on Current when it changes to AJA?

[Lionessa]

85. From what I've heard back when, iirc,

on Current, by the hosts, though I watch TYT, Joy, and Granholm's replacement, Michael Shure all seem to be implying that they are staying. Take that with a grain of salt as I wasn't really taking a head count, I just remember it being discussed a few times a while back

[southernyankeebelle]

89. Well I don't know about that. She said she was quiting the View because she is writing

a play and wants to continue her stand up. I thought she was going to go to CNN now that they have Zucker over there.

[RebelOne]

59. Joy has her own show on Current.

I hope she doesn't leave there. I watch her every night.

[progressoid]

7. The View is still on TV?

[datasuspect]

8. what is it?

[progressoid]

38. I think it's on right after "The Magic Hour" with Magic Johnson.

[onpatrol98]

16. Hmmm...

I guess I also had kind of forgotten about it. I haven't watched it in years. And, didn't watch it often back when it was on my radar.

They'd have to change a lot more than Elisabeth. I can't say any of them really resonated with me. I liked the idea of the show, more than the show.

Oh, well. Another filthy rich individual just found some extra time on her hands. I guess the others (also lacking for nothing financially speaking) will have to find another pet conservative to fill the void. I can't say I'd shed a tear of any of them decided to exit. But, I'm not a follower of the show.

I would prefer a show that found 4 or 5 average people from around the US or the World and ask them their opinion on current events, honestly. Truly. Just grab a random group of 4 or 5, give them the power of the television screen. Pay them handsomely for that day. And, then send them on their way. I wouldn't want a moderator, either.

That's the point of view I'm interested in.

[RC]

35. Too dangerous.

There would be too many truths reviled revealed. They'd never allow it.

[AlbertCat]

68. That's the point of view I'm interested in.

You mean you want it even crazier and more banal than it already is??????

[Bluenorthwest]

73. Of course Elisabeth was a product of reality TV, a random American selected to be on TV

for random reasons. In many ways she is exactly what you say you'd like to see more of. And I don't see the point in that. If I want random opinions from 4 or 5 people, I can go on the internet and get that all day long.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

156. Not just a random selection...

... I looked into just who Elizabeth is/was a few years ago, she was selected as, "Ms. GOP of New Jersey", hence the hype and the slot as a, "legitimate", GOP mouth piece. By someone, or they just wanted a cute and young face on the View. Every time she has opened her mouth, she has made me sick to my stomach. Yep, she is the main reason why I do not even stop for 5 minutes to see what is going on at The View. Good riddance.

[alp227]

106. haha most daytime TV other than some of PBS is garbage.

At least I have a PBS station that does NOT play JUST kids shows all day long.

[unblock]

9. why now? i mean, what changed?

they couldn't have figured this out eight years ago?

[BainsBane]

11. ratings have probably dropped

would be my guess.

[southernyankeebelle]

46. Well I use to watch it until Current Tv came along and now I'll watch them in the

morning. When they leave I'll go back to the View. It depends who is on if I watch the whole programming. I usually like the watch the first set when they are doing their chatting. Although I am not crazy fan of Lizzy I think she should stay of the show. We have to hear from both sides. But then again they may end up with a different person on the right that will sit on the panel. I just hope it will be a woman who is a little bit older that has experience under her belt.

[RebelOne]

61. Joy has her own show on Current every night at 9 pm. n/t

[southernyankeebelle]

88. She'll be leaving there soon.

[MADem]

67. This View show belongs to Barbara Walters. She makes all the decisions.

It's her idea, her intellectual property, and she has full creative control when it comes to the program.

The Behar-Hasselbeck fights were always great for ratings...but since Joy is leaving, having that wingnut scold around might not be so much fun.

I really think they need a spanish speaker on that panel...someone from PR or a first or second generation American with family ties to Mexico or Central America...it's not a very wide scope, this "View"--everyone's over fifty except for the wingnut and the not-smart comedian who thinks the world is flat because the bible told her so. And those two "young" reps are a disgrace to their generation, both of 'em. Hell, bring back Lisa Ling!

Something might have happened that was the final cut for Hasselbeck, if the rumors that she was fired are in fact true. It might have even happened off camera. Maybe it happened while Barbara Walters was recovering from that head clunk at the Embassy, the night she caught chicken pox from Frank Langella's shingles (Langella, as an aside, is a former paramour of Whoopie Goldberg--they had a thing for a long while...!).

Someone will tell, eventually...

[Cha]

86. "Spanish speaker" That's a great idea, MADem.. I watched it years ago

when Lisa Ling was on.

Oh, I just saw you mentioned Lisa Ling, too.

[Thor_MN]

124. People are starting to realize the hate and stupidity of the right wing.

It's been one hell of a long time coming, but ability of the 1% to fool the 99% is starting to wane. The natural progression of pushing things ever further to the right resulted it the teabaggers getting a voice. We as a nation looked, and have seen how bat shit crazy they truly are. Now it is becoming acceptable to point them out. The nonsense that they spout is becoming recognized as such and becomes less marketable. It can't be long now until there is a voyeuristic "reality" show (ala the Honey Dumbass family) featuring the conservative ravings of the right wing.

[chillfactor]

10. great to see Hasselbeck leaving....

she is nothing more that a tea party tool....

[a little curious]

114. tool indeed

Did you hear the way she ripped into Bill Maher when he was a guest?

[Tikki]

151. Tool for sure...I let things roll off my back because my job is not my life and I...

am happy and secure and have someone to talk with at home. BTW... and welcome to DU.


Tikki

[JI7]

12. that show has been on wayyy too long

they also should never have hired her. all because of some reality tv show she was on.

i think the show would be more interesting if she had never been on there and Rosie was kept on.

[Brayshawna Williams]

14. She wasn't very well informed

She sometimes said things that were not in accord with reality.

[marew]

63. "sometimes"?

You are being much too kind! LOL! Neither Hasselbeck or S E Cupp are the brightest conservatives around. Don't think either does the 'conservative' brand much good.

[Samantha]

79. Listening to S E Cupp is painful

I try to avoid her. I can't understand who thought she would be a great addition to The Cycle.

Sam

[burning rain]

122. Fox News logic.

Draw in male conservative viewers with good-looking dipsy doodles. Disreputable for MSNBC to do the same thing when they bring a conservative talking head aboard.

[Love Bug]

137. Bingo!

She's a spokesmodel for the right wing, just like Palin & Bachmann. McCain rocked the boat when he picked Palin but for the most part the only use the GOP has for such women is to look good and repeat the party line. Once they lose their looks or get too old replacements are found.

[MADem]

180. I find "the Cycle" agonizing. It's like nails on chalkboard. Horrible, horrible stupid show.

And that Sippy, late of Legs on the Desk at Faux, is the very worst of the lot.

But I'd call that show as unwatchable as anything on TV I've seen....

[joeunderdog]

171. She has never had an original thought in her life.

If she couldn't spew the RW rhetoric verbatim she couldn't keep it together. She was a notch or 2 above Coulter (there, I said something nice).

[librechik]

15. karma

takes awhile sometimes but you can't escape it. No matter how good a "Christian" you are.

[Please proceed]

17. Either the viewers like S E Cupp or MSNBC is tone deaf.

[marew]

62. Exactly!

S E Cupp is so, so annoying! She is frequently heard making comments as guests speak. Stopped watching that program because of her!

[joesdaughter]

65. Me too n/t

[liberalmike27]

140. Yea I'm not sure

Whether it is that disorienting spinning camera or her snooty, irritating fiction that is the most irritating. I gave it a choice as I used to watch Ratigan, but decided to stop watching it. I found most of the kids on the show, who only were exposed to growing up in the Reagan years, a bit conservative in their thinking also.

At best, MSNBC is centrist, or a right-of-center network.

[valerief]

145. Maybe she got the job the old-fashioned way. In the sack. nt

[Hulk Smash]

18. add people should not be rewarded with television shows.

That goes for her, Sarah Palin and honey boo boo's momma. Maybe they are all the same person.

[bullwinkle428]

19. Here comes the "Fox News Special Correspondent" contract!

[SoCalNative]

20. I disagree

I think most viewers simply found her too stupid.

[OldDem2012]

21. About damn time! nt.

[Iggo]

22. Thank ye Jeezus! Thank ye Lord!

[Boomerproud]

24. So Walters and Bill Geddie couldn't protect her anymore eh?

I'm cryin' alligator tears.

[MADem]

72. Uh....if she's gone, it's because Walters wanted her gone.

Walters owns all rights to that program. It's her idea, her intellectual property. She has full control.

If Hasselbeck is out, Walters lowered the boom.

[Bluenorthwest]

78. In network TV, no one has full control of anything. She's not even the sole creator nor

executive producer, she created the show with a guy who is still running the show, which Walters does not do.

[MADem]

115. I watch the show often enough--Walters makes it a point to say it's hers, and that she takes

enough of the credit, and all of the blame, too. She knows her reputation is tied up in the program, so she doesn't brook much dissent, and who can blame her. If she wants to fold the tent, I think she has enough control to be able to do that. She is co-executive producer with Bill Geddie, who says he's there to get a laugh (modestly, no doubt). She is co-owner with the network, ABC:

Bill Geddie, the co-executive producer, is the lone recurring male persona sometimes shown as stepping out from behind camera to interact with the hosts. In an interview with Broadcasting & Cable he stated: "I'm not an on-air personality and I think anybody who's seen me realizes that. But early on, the network thought it would be kind of fun to see there's this guy here in charge, but if you watch the show, you see that generally speaking I’m a side player and I’m basically there to get a laugh."[7] Mostly five women discuss current issues and news items ranging from social and political issues to tabloid headlines and celebrity news. Walters, "a co-owner (with ABC) and co-executive producer" of the show,[8] likely has final decisions as to the casting of her co-hosts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_(U.S._TV_series)

[SidDithers]

25. It took them 9 years to figure that out?...nt

Sid

[lpbk2713]

27. Going back to her home in her parallel universe.

Her time with us is over.


Maybe Faux will find a spot for her.

[Coolest Ranger]

30. I thought this was an onion piece at first

but bravo if true.

[Raine]

33. So did I, seems to good to be true. nt

[October]

31. 9 years too late

Uninformed, annoying, reality-show "personality."

[SummerSnow]

32. I would laugh when the Obamas would come on the show..

and she would be grinning from ear to ear.Knowing she couldn't stand the President. Such a phoney.

[Warpy]

34. I was never even able to get through a You Tube video

of that show with Hasselbeck's continuous yip-yip-yip as she tried to talk over everyone else with her right wing rubbish.

I'm sure she'll have a long and illustrious career on either Pox or Christian Broadcasting. That's where most annoying careers go to die.

What I find interesting is that the problem has been going on for nine years and only now are they dropping her. Methinks somebody just stopped paying the parent company to have her on there.

[noel711]

36. Look in the dictionary for definition for 'shrill...'

they have a picture of Hasselbeck.

Her voice is like fingernails on chalkboard.
Could never figure out what the appeal was...

they kept her coz she appealed to a younger demographic?
None of the young women I know can stand her..

[MADem]

44. Her "fame" came from being on Survivor and marrying some football player.

She was a "reality show" star--not someone with musical or acting talent.

[LittleGirl]

37. haven't watched the show since Rosie

left. Now, Rosie, was a voice of reason.

[aikoaiko]

39. Kind of amazing how she parlayed a reality show into a career.

She was a second season Survivor (Australia) contestant.

I wish her politics were better.

[spanone]

40. amen.

[jsr]

41. Good riddance

[southernyankeebelle]

42. I don't agree with anything Lizzy says but I don't think it is right to fire her because

she has her own opinions. The other ladies on the panel are able to debate her and make their points. That isn't right.

[AlinPA]

55. But it looks like a case of the viewers not liking her and management's responding to increase

viewership.

[southernyankeebelle]

90. Yes I know but whatever happened to free speech. I can't stand the woman but

she has a right to her opinion.

[Blanks]

93. Free speech?

She can stand in the park and say what she wants (as long as she isn't occupying the park).

Free speech doesn't guarantee the right to be on TV.

[southernyankeebelle]

95. No it doesn't. But she is entitled to her views and she is the only conservate on the show.

If you don't like what she says then turn the channel like I do. I just don't think it is right.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

99. "If you don't like what she says then turn the channel like I do."

Uh,....that's the whole point...

Too many people did that.

[southernyankeebelle]

104. But that doesn't mean because we don't like her point of view that there aren't people

who do. Yes even minorities have rights. Why shouldn't they enjoy the conservation with all the ladies?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

105. Mainly because they keep saying things that are DESIGNED to be annoying....

What was really funny about Elisabeth is that she would be genuinely surprised that an annoying thing she parroted actually annoyed someone. Then she would act like everyone was attacking her for no reason.

[AlinPA]

143. Of course she is entitled to her views. But ABC is in that business to make money and if viewers

decide that they don't like her and tune out, ABC will try to change that to acquire more viewers.

[Apophis]

113. Free speech doesn't apply to a non-government entity

[southernyankeebelle]

128. It should apply to everyone and every place. Like I said the minority shouldn't be run

over by the majority. It is that simple. I can't stand her but she has a following even if it is a minority they were watching and she was speaking for her. We had at least 4 other ladies we all agreed with the majority of the time. Surely 4 ladies can and do make their point. This is what republicans to do dems when they don't like what we say. Stifle them and that is ok I guess.

[Marrah_G]

165. She still has her right to free speech

She worked for a private company any they chose not to renew her contract.

Free speech is about the government not limiting what you can say.

She is free to find a job where the audience is more receptive to her point of view.

[Ratty]

91. She was mean and stupid

You're surprised women viewers didn't like her? Find an intelligent, witty, compassionate conservative and I bet they'll do fine.

[southernyankeebelle]

94. Well do you know any?

[juajen]

149. Yep, I do. She is smart and beautiful and already rich.

I am speaking of the beautiful ______ Huntsman. For the life of me, I cannot remember her first name. I really like her. She is actually a moderate Republican like her father, who should have been the Republican nominee for President. He would have done much better against him than Mitt. But, the GOP was too afraid of the tea party to even let him debate.

[southernyankeebelle]

154. I agree with you and I can't think of her name. Good one.

[Thor_MN]

125. "intelligent, witty, compassionate conservative"...

That just might be the "oxymoronest" phrase I have ever read...

[Mr.Bill]

43. This is unfortunate

The best thing for the Progressive movement is having consevative morons like her on prominent display.

[countmyvote4real]

118. Ding Ding Ding: You're on to something. n/t

[Mr.Bill]

153. They need to hire Sarah Palin to take her place.

Imagine how much stupid shit she would say being on TV for an hour everyday.

The thing is, a gig like this requires speaking off the top of your head. She can't write the script on her hand or rely on twitter statements written by a staffer. She would be exposed as even dumber than most people think she is now. Whoopi would take her apart every day. I don't usually watch this show, but I would tune in daily for that.

[rhett o rick]

169. I agree with you. I dont watch TV but The View is probaby the only

Corp-Media show where there is any kind of debate between the left and right. Having Elizabeth on there was a clear showing of what nonsense the right supports. I was glad to see her blubbering about what she stood for. The fact that viewers didnt like it, is more reason to leave it on there. Let them see what idiots those on the right are.

My concern is that w/o her or Joy, the show will turn into mush.

[MADem]

47. She didn't jump...she was pushed!

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving 'The View'? Us Weekly Reports Co-Host Is Being Ousted
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/08/elisabeth-hasselbeck-leaving-the-view_n_2838942.html

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is being fired from "The View," according to Us Weekly.

Quoting anonymous sources, the magazine reported Friday that the conservative co-host is following Joy Behar out the door after market researchers found that her political views were clashing with the audience. That report followed a Deadline piece which said that her future on the ABC show was "unclear."

Following Us Weekly's report, TV Newser posted a similar story. The site's Alex Weprin cited two sources who said Hasselbeck was leaving. A spokesman for the show told Weprin that Hasselbeck has a "long-term contract."

If Hasselbeck's conservatism is a problem with audiences, it would appear to be a relatively new one...Hasselbeck's departure would mean that "The View" is suddenly without two of its longest-running hosts. The show has had the same cast since 2007, when it brought in Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd to replace Rosie O'Donnell and Star Jones. Hasselbeck's exit would also leave the show without one of its main sources of conflict; her political arguments with Goldberg and Behar have long been a key feature.

[The Wizard]

48. And Republicans keep insisting this is

a center right nation. Maybe in the slave states.

[TexasTowelie]

49. Wow! Now they can hire Victoria Jackson.

[countmyvote4real]

120. Yikes. Sadly, it's not beyond the realm of possibilities. n/t

[tex-wyo-dem]

133. Oh, wow...Victoria Jackson...

I'd almost watch just to see that trainwreck

Jackson kind of makes Hasselbeck look like a fricking genius.

[Ken Burch]

50. So now, The Hasselbeck Girl gets to pretend she's a victim.

Get ready for "Hasselbeck and Colmes".

[Kingofalldems]

51. Her husband is a brilliant ex-NFL QB

He's a certified genius.

[KharmaTrain]

52. He Sure Made A Bad Pass...

...ending up with such an vapid oxygen thief for a wife...




Even though I don't dare watch that show, I'm sorta sad she's leaving...she was a nice media pinata...

[July]

160. Her husband or her brother-in-law Matt?

I thought Matt was the one with the better career results.

[Kingofalldems]

161. I meant brilliant intellectually

And it was extreme sarcasm. He is also a RWer.

[Ken Burch]

53. Weird that "US Magazine" couldn't bring themselves to say "Hasselbeck FIRED from The View".

That's what happened...why bother sugarcoating it?

[Robb]

54. Fired the same day I learned who she is.

Price of fame.

[Lionessa]

60. I quit watching after about day 10 because of her... this is 9 yrs too late.

[AlinPA]

66. ..but ABC says in a statement to USA TODAY, "Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a valued member of The View and

has a long term contract."

[MADem]

70. So....they'll pay her for not working?

Or will she only show up when someone else who can't stand her isn't there?

[Mr.Bill]

175. If she's paid for not working,

would that make her part of the 47%?

[MADem]

179. There it is!!! But then again, RMoney doesn't "work" either, when you think about it.

He grows rich off off buying up decent companies, breaking them into bits, firing the workers, selling off the assets and giving the beating heart of the enterprise to the highest bidder....he feeds on the pain of others! The baastid!

[EC]

69. So does that mean that there really are more liberals?

and the "silent majority" I keep hearing the right clamor about is just BS?

on edit: every time I heard that phrase I just figured they would use it to cover cheating one way or another...oh, yeah, it was the silent majority coming to the polls...

[Liberal_in_LA]

71. She can sign up for another season of Survivor

[Pisces]

74. Hmm?? She's been on the show for 9 yrs. I think she pissed Barbara off and is getting fired for a

reason we don't know. She is annoying and has no credentials, but they knew this when they hired her. I find it hard to
believe that people didn't like her conservative view. THat was her specific role on the show.

[rhett o rick]

76. Maybe they didnt like her goody-goody whining. Yuck. nm

[nobodyspecial]

82. My theory is she really, really pissed off Barbara the other day

She mentioned about consistently trying to convert her to Christianity when talking about that new bible movie on cable. Elizabeth kept going on how Barbara should read her kids' picture-book bible because it made the stories so easy to understand and follow. That could have been the last straw.

Barbara is becoming increasingly senile and slow, constantly having trouble keeping up with the conversations. Lots of talk of her being too old and should retire after her illness. To have Elizabeth insult her to her face like this was probably way too much. Here the little pipsqueak she created is telling a woman who has interviewed every major head of state that she should read a picture book so she could understand it.

[Pisces]

96. I definitely think it involved Barbara. It has nothing to do with how conservative she is on the

show.

[burnsei sensei]

130. What an awful thing to say.

Elizabeth kept going on how Barbara should read her kids' picture-book bible because it made the stories so easy to understand and follow. That could have been the last straw.

I'd fire her in a heartbeat.

[chicago guy]

77. Hot Chick

Hot Chick or those who thing they are hot are always brats but I really mean something else

[Festivito]

117. Hot bod. Ugly personality.

Brat is actually the better descriptor of her and the better one to use anyway. That other one is stronger, but means to demean more than the intended target, while doing so with less accuracy.

[tularetom]

81. To improve the show they should also get rid of Sherrie and Baba Wawa

And let Whoopie do the whole thing by herself.

Sherrie is almost as dumb as Hasselbeck and Baba Wawa is just annoying as well as constantly pushing the "both sides are equally to blame" bullshit.

[appleannie1]

83. I just might start watching daytime TV

[Cha]

84. Extreme LIAR! Will

WONDERS Ever Cease!

Thank You, rsmith!

[indepat]

87. Ms. Erin Burnett of CNN might take heed, considering how much of her program is devoted to

the blathering of far right-wing hacks who spew nothing but far-right hyperbole, garbage, and distortions, if not outright lies.

[samplegirl]

97. Well at least she

has the right hair color for fox.

[mountain grammy]

162. Yep, another "bubble headed bleach blonde."

[Skittles]

98. I would consider watching were it not for her

she's just a mean, ugly piece of work

[LibGranny]

102. I used to e-mail her regularly but always

referred to her as Elizab*tch! Funny thing is, she never replied!

[underpants]

100. Wife of a no-one QB and reality TV show doesn't have lasting power

Gee hard to figure. NOT

[DonCoquixote]

101. This is a good thing

Simply put, becoming right wing has to be made NOT COOL, which of course is another term for "less $$$."

[Kablooie]

103. Maybe she'll sign up as a new Survivor contestant.

[City Lights]

107. Better late than never.

Buh-bye, Elisabeth. Don't let the door hit ya on the way out!

[zentrum]

108. She's headed to FOX

Probably run for office in a few years, a la Sarah Palin. The same forces will bank roll her.

[Generic Brad]

109. The tribe has spoken

Hand over your torch, Elizabeth. You're out of here.

[Phlem]

110. you can hear an Amen Brother!

and the locust have been eradicated.



-p

[Pirate Smile]

111. Well, they are right. I stopped watching because I didn't want to listen to her RW garbage.

[Kath1]

112. I always found her annoying and idiotic.

The people have spoken!

[Jamastiene]

116. The airwaves just got less obnoxious and whiny.

Glad to see her go. This is the silver lining to my miserable day. I needed that.

[nxylas]

119. The only downside?

The whining of baggers about their perceived victim status is going to be even more unbearable than usual for a bit.

[MissNostalgia]

121. ????

This story of "market research " being the reason for her exit seems so fishy, I think Queen Barbara (lol) was sick of her. From clips Ive seen of the View online, its gotten to a point on the show where this underling was cutting Barbara off and talking over her, a big contrast from when I last legitimately watched this show in the last of Star Jones and Rosie's entrance & exit days.

Elisabeth should have been fired early on when she equated Gay marriage to bestiality.

On a side note I also think maybe Elisabeth Hasselbeck's marriage is over and she doesn't want to be on television waving the all too familiar hypocritical family values flag every week, while being divorced. I mean evey time the Hot Topic covered a notable person that wandered from a marriage and cheated, Elisabeth would become extremely vocal in disdain for the cheater, as if she had a familiar background in this department.

[mdbl]

123. Fox can create a new show just for Hasslbeck

call it "Teabag Talk"

[Berlum]

126. One can only take so much bile and spin...

...Americas have had it with that crap.

[mfcorey1]

129. She is going to need another job to pay for this:

Elisabeth Hasselbeck buying $4M Greenwich home

http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/06/08/elisabeth-hasselbeck-buying-4m-greenwich-home/

All she has to do is write a tell-all and be set for life.

[KansDem]

131. I'll never forget...

...when she claimed Bush didn't want to scare the children as a reason he sat on his butt and did nothing on 9/11 after being told America was under attack.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

157. And she wasn't the only one using this lame, lame excuse. If he couldn't think of a way to

excuse himself without scaring the children he is more of a loser than even I imagined. Ferchrissakes, there are a million things he could have said to calmly extricate himself from the situation without causing any undue concern.

[greiner3]

135. The Onion's next 'scoop;'

"Victoria Jackson joins the View as a moderate Republican, replacing Elisabeth Hasselbeck who was recently fired for being too conservative."

[valerief]

144. No, they'll get that no-neck asshat Patricia Heaton. Or Kelsey Grammar in a wig. nt

too much fun for the group.

[UTUSN]

136. Wow I skipped this because I thought it was satire. But ABC is denying it? n/t

[dembotoz]

139. i hate to see anyone loose a job--but i will make an exception with her

i do think she served a purpose in that her delivery was sooooo off that
she was sort of a useful buffoon.

heaven forbid they get a rethug who can sound bright and believeable

[Festivito]

141. Extreme and RW is redundant. She passed RW lies.

Few persons on stage. It's like passing bad gas in a small room.

[judesedit]

146. She's perfiect for FAUX Noise. Greedy, selfish, uncaring and uninformed.

[klook]

147. Who?

I literally don't even know who this is, having never watched more than 30 seconds of "The View." From what I'm reading on this thread, I hope to remain unaware of this person.

[just1voice]

148. Oh boy, a lying propaganda whore is leaving a propaganda show

She'll be replaced with another liebot for which all propaganda watchers will be emotionally outraged -- the exact intent of the propaganda producers.

[Politicalboi]

152. Calling SE Kook from the cycle

I heard about Joy leaving and thought Elisabeth and Baa Baa Waa Waa would take over.

[Rain Mcloud]

166. David Alan Grier lumped H'assole back in with the likes of Lou Dobbs as a RW Pundit

in this hilarious takedown of Rush Limbaugh on Chocolate News.
[link:http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/1q3r|

[Zax2me]

168. Really? After nine years? That's a career on a TV show.

The people spoke in slow motion.

[avebury]

170. She is not just too extreme, she is just too dumb as well. nt

[mwb970]

172. A recent survey shows that Americans are nowhere NEAR as conservative as politicians think.

Apparently the producers of The View also overestimated the hunger of the viewing public for right-wing extremism and ignorant Fox "News" talking points.

[catbyte]

176. Just more proof you cannot hide ugly politics with a pretty face.

[Blue4Texas]

177. too extreme and right wing

In the same sentence is music to my ears

[polly7]

178. I only tried watching that show twice in my life

and honestly switched it off both times because of her. She's unbearable.

[oldandhappy]

182. I do not watch the show at all

Does that mean the show will be cancelled??!!
Hilarious. I do not know anything about this show. What an uproar over nothing (my 'view').

[UTUSN]

183. ***UPDATE, Monday 3-11*** Bahbwah WAHWAH Announced she is NOT leaving. n/t

[HappyMe]

184. Damnit!

That's too bad.

[Zax2me]

185. This story always suspicious. Nine years and all of a sudden too conservative for them?

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/11/barbara-walters-elisabeth-hasselbeck-the-view/
“The truth is we love Elisabeth,” Walters continued. “I like her personally and she’s just a wonderful person — but beyond that, we value and appreciate her point-of-view … We have no plans for Elisabeth to leave the show.”

[rsmith6621]

186. They Are Just Trying to Help Lizzy Get Through...

.....this. So she doesn't have throw a tantrum on air. Lizzy strike me as a throw the checker board in the air when you dont want to play anymore.

[serialnick]

187. You might wanna take this on your front page...

since BWalters went on-air today to say it's not true...