Sunday June 8, 2008, 12:20 pm
NEW YORK — Michelle Obama will be a guest host on "The View" on June 18. The popular ABC daytime talk show had invited her to be a guest this month, but she sent back word that she would like to be a host like Cindy McCain did in April, said Bill Geddie, the show's executive producer.

"Equal time _ that's hard to argue with," he said Wednesday.

Being a guest host will allow Michelle Obama to help interview guests and participate in the opening "hot topics," or banter about what's in the news that day. It offers the chance for someone to show a more complete personality than just sitting for an interview and talking about themselves, Geddie said.

Michelle Obama was injected into the campaign when the Tennessee Republican Party posted an online video questioning her patriotism. That prompted her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, to say political opponents should lay off his wife.

When Cindy McCain was guest host in April, comic Craig Ferguson was the lead guest. No guests have been booked for Michelle Obama's show yet.

Barack Obama has appeared twice on "The View," once before his candidacy for president. Republican John McCain has been on several times. Geddie said he expected the candidates to seek out a chance to reach "The View" audience during the campaign and be questioned about what is going on.

"We treat the wives differently than the candidates," Geddie said. "We're tougher on the candidates than we are on the wives. We're trying to get to know them."

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Sunday June 8, 2008, 12:40 pm
Please also note : http://www.care2.com/news/member/807363441/765715

Michelle Obama to Be a Guest Host on `The View' June 18, posted 2 days ago, from yahoo.com

Sunday June 8, 2008, 2:35 pm
Thank you, Paige, and I apologize for reposting an article that you already posted.

Still, it's good to keep everyone abreast of current news.

Monday June 9, 2008, 3:05 pm
Oh blue bunting, your so in love with the obama's you would think your name was Oprah. What about all the horrendous treatment that you and others gave to Hillary Clinton? You sure are selective in your support of women.
And what is it with this idiotic looking stupid fist bump that Obama and Michele did that the media keeps showing over and over. I think it looks a little childish and stupid. One woman commentator actually said that is showed how equal the two were. What a joke, give me a break. You and all the other Clinton haters were so transparent. Just another example of the biased media and how they hated Hilary to begin with and tried to push her out of the race from the very beginning. Actually I dont mind Barack Obama and will probably vote for him but his wife annoys me for some reason, maybe it is her overbite and her domineering manor. But I quess she is the typical wife that all you Hilary haters love to worship---no power of her own just her husband's. Oh well, what goes around, comes around--que sera sera!

Monday June 9, 2008, 6:45 pm
Actually, Shawn, I voted for Bill Clinton twice and Hillary once; now they both annoy me ... they're such liars.

About the "bump" ... anyone under 40 "got it" .... it's an athlete type thing ... many people steeped in "old politics" didn't "get it" ... but that will CHANGE.

Tuesday June 10, 2008, 10:30 am

“I See Fist Jabs”



Terrorists. Everywhere.

Tuesday June 10, 2008, 10:55 am
Shawn says: "You sure are selective in your support of women" Well I can't speak for BlueB of course but I can wholeheartedly say that YES I am selective in my support of women!! I am also selective in my support of men, minorities, religious leaders etc. I will NOT just blindly back someone because I share biology with them and anyone who does is setting themselves up to be duped! The feminist movement is about giving women equality and the right to make choices for themselves. How very sad that you would choose to try and demean Michelle Obama because she has chosen to devote herself to raising her children and is not using her husbands career as a stepping stone to one of her own. YOu wanna talk about sexual bias? How about your insults directed at her strictly because you don't like her teeth or her body language? What a hypocrit. If you looked into their relationship at all you would see that Michelle has no problems holding her own with her husband and is in NO WAY subserviant to him in their marriage. I get that you are pissed that your candidate didn't win but slamming other women and declaring that they are not the acceptable type of female is inexcusable.