It turns out that Barry Manilow is not appearing on the view because he feels that Elisabeth Hasselbeck's political views are dangerous.

It's amazing that we have reached a point in our society that people with opposing view points can't even speak to each other. How petty have we gotten?

The left is constantly talking about how oppressive the right is. Leave it to them to not want someone like Hasselbeck to have an opinion.

Besides, Manilow has been irrelevant for as long as I can remember. I think he should take any opportunity to get on TV as possible.

Either way, here is the article that talks about the Manilow silliness:
Manilow Shuns 'View' Over Hasselbeck - AOL News

I like Barry Manilow and I do not like Elisabeth. However, I would have liked it if he did go on the View and stood up for his views. I do not understand why he thinks that she is such a threat. He should stand up to her.

Big mistake on his part. I agree with Canto - this guy should try to get as much publicity as possible. Good publicity that is.

Get this, in Colorado, there is a judge that forces people who violoate noise pollution laws to listen to an hour of music - which includes Barry Manilow stuff. Take a read at Offenders forced to listen to Barry Manilow | The Daily Telegraph. I thought that was hilarious.

That is pretty funny. I wonder if he listens to his own music.

I saw him on TV not to long ago and it looked like he injected so much botox into his face that he couldn't move any of the muscles required to smile. I'm surprised he can even get some words out.