Obama on The View
President Obama visited the ladies of “The View” on Thursday, discussing everything from trivial matters (his Blackberry, pop culture) to important issues (race in America, the Shirley Sherrod controversy).
Here are a few key notes from Obama’s appearance on “The View”:
- President Obama acknowledged that his opponents will criticize him for appearing in person on “The View.” So why pick that show to address the public’s many concerns? Michele is a fan of “The View.”
- Obama said his daughters are at that perfect age where “they’re not quite teenagers yet, so they still like you.” Malia is 12, while Sasha is 9.
- The President said that while growing up, he went through an identity crisis regarding his race. He eventually settled on “African American” because that’s how others perceived him: “If the world saw me as African American, then that was something I needn’t run away from, that’s something that I could go ahead and embrace.”
- Obama believes that the Shirley Sherrod circus was a “phony controversy” created by the media.
- President Obama later said that while some feel he has undergone tough times in the White House, it’s the American people who truly are hurting:
“As much as you’ve been saying it’s tough for me, the truth is, it’s not tough for me. You know, I’ve got pundits on the news who might say things, but what the American people have gone through — losing jobs, seeing their home values go down, their 401ks declining — those are the people that I draw inspiration from because I get letters every night from them and I read them.”
President Obama’s appeared on “The View” at 11 am ET on ABC.
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