Star Parker on “The View” – you’ve got to be kidding me
Posted by rscme on June 19, 2007
I didn’t think anyone could be more closed minded and louder about it, than Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View. That is until Star Parker showed up.
I really can not believe that Barbara Walters did not ask this woman, nicely, to leave the stage during the first commercial break. She did not listen to any other point of view that was being expressed. She bulldozed her way through all of the political conversion, not just speaking over everyone else, but under, around, on top of, and right through everybody else. She was annoying beyond belief and rude, not just to her fellow hosts, but to a guest on the show, Michael Moore. If you do any research on her, she is a hypocrite. Once again we have someone that, until she found “god”, was the poster child for liberalism. She wrung the welfare system dry. Now, she is a republican. Once again we have a republican, who the republican party could care less about, based on her background, but she will stand there and defend them.
*Red said
I quite agree! She was one of the most annoying co-hosts that have ever been on that show. For once I wish Rosie was there to really give it to her.
Liza said
I totally agree. She was just awful and I can’t believe Barbara didn’t throw her right off the stage too.
Britt said
The View has sunk to a new low. Seems they invited Star Parker for the ratings… They bascially were rude and degrading to Star from the time she walked on the stage till the show ended.
Seems the only view that is “correct” on that show is Barbara and Joys!
Star's Fan said
How is seeing the light considered hypocritical? She saw that liberalism was taking advantage of people, especially poor people in order to elevate their own cause. Congratulations to her for waking up.
You don’t really think you have no agenda, do you? It’s blatant.
Rude to a guest on the show, Michael Moore… ha! Sorry, I don’t even need to reply to that one.
rscaron said
This is really directed to a visitor who identified themselves as “Star’s Fan | Star@parker.com”
An Agenda is “a plan or list of matters to be acted upon”. So, if I had an agenda, I would be rallying the troups or organizing individuals or groups of people to take action. I am doing nothing of the kind here. I am simply stating my opinion about how I see things in the world. That’s what a blog is. It is called Freedom of speach and something that liberals believe in and conservatives only believe in if you agree with them.
I have absolutely no problem saying that I do not have an agenda, because it is true. There is no list of actionable items on my blog that I am encouraging readers to accomplish. They can do what they want, say what they want, and comment however they want, even you.
And how COWARDLY can you get. YOU LEFT A BOGUS EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT YOUR INSIDIOUS COMMENTS CAN’T BE TRACED. How right wing can you get. Talk about having an agenda. At least I’m not hiding.
Kyle said
What I didnt see today on The View: Love, Tolerance and Respect shown to the guest.
What I did see today: Barbara seems to have taken some pointers from Rosie.
Kyle said
I should clarify that:
What I didnt see was Love, Tolerance and Respect shown to the guest host.
rscaron said
My policy is that I will not remove anybody’s comments as long as they are not hateful for hate’s sake. I accept all opinions and point of views.
Having said that I believe that the other co-hosts really tried, if you look back at the tape, to allow Star Parker a chance to view her opinions but she was doing it in a fashion that was not condusive to a group conversation. I don’t think anybody has any problem with Star Parker expressing her views and opinions. The problems arose when Star would not let others talk; she spoke loudly and over-talked anybody else that was trying to say something. She wasn’t giving anyone else their “turn”. I know that sounds somewhat juvenille but that’s really all that was going on. That’s the part that was rude and annoying. She was rushing through her bible points at the speed of light as if she was a death row inmate on her way to the electric chair and trying to beg for clemency one last time.
God knows The View does not censor anyone’s opinions that don’t gel with the majority of the other hosts. An obvious example is Elisabeth. They don’t all agree with her but they certainly let her speak her mind. And while they all have gotten out of control at times, even Elisabeth knows what is acceptable behavior on a television talk show format and she will step back when things get out of hand and just keep her mouth shut. It’s called “being polite”.
Vasilatos said
I agree with rscarson. Parker was simply refusing to allow the conversation to take place in the manner appropriate to The View format. Barbara Walters asked her specifically to be quiet at least twice so she, Walters, could speak, going so far as to grab Parker’s arm to make the point. But she wouldn’t shut up!
Then, with Michael Moore, every single person on the panel asked Parker to “ask her question” instead of pontificating on and on and on, but she seemed to have gone deaf.
My only conclusion at the time was, “I guess she’s not contending to be a new co-host.” Who disses Barbara Walters like that in public and expects it to enhance their reputation? What was she thinking? There’s a difference between assertiveness and aggression, and Parker doesn’t seem to know that.
gigglechick said
and could that Star chick talk any louder? why the heck did she have to be a loud-mouth on top of being a complete moron?
Bettye Douglas said
BadBaby says:
Star Parker’s apperance on The View promted me for the first time to email Barbara Walters. I’ve never seen or heard of such a train wreck of a guest. Why they didn’t hussle her off stage during the commercial is beyond good sense. Michael Moore, who had something to say couldn’t get a word in for her shrill, nonstop right wing religious diatribe. Who in the hell IS she other than another opportunist who claims to have been in the underclass and now has seen the light and joined those that would have KEPT her there. What utter hypocricy!!
Christine said
I don’t always get a chance to watch The View but I did tune in yesterday … and promptly walked away from the television to send an email to Barbara Walters. I too have never sent an email like that to any show for any reason but this Star Parker person was simply offensively uncivilized and close-minded. Why uncivilized? Because she brought a soapbox to a coffee klatch, got on it from the start, and wouldn’t get off it no matter how nicely anyone asked. I saw enough of the hot topics section to be disgusted. Glad I missed the interaction with Michael Moore.
To be as fair as I can be in this case, Ms. Parker is true to form for what she is, which is a reformed self-admitted “criminal” who has found God. People who find God the way she did tend towards zealous religiosity. She sounds better than some but it’s still “blind” faith to the extreme. The sad thing is that people like her come from all religions and they are all equally dangerous if given the opportunity.
I was disappointed in the folks at The View who chose to bring her on as co-host. I hope they do better research next time. Elizabeth is as far right wing as I can tolerate, at least she sometimes appears to consider other arguments before making her statements.
On the up side, I guess I had to experience Star Parker in order to better appreciate Elisabeth.
Jo Manning said
Star Parker apparently was chosen to be guest host by the view master, Bill Geddie, according to Rosie O’Donnell’s blog. If that’s so, it makes one wonder how these guest hosts are vetted.
In my opinion, Star Parker — whom I’d never heard of before — was extremely rude to everyone on the show. Her comments were offensive but her loud, obnoxious behavior was even worse. She would not let anyone else talk! Shocking. I agree that she should have been pulled off by Walters at the first station break,immediately. A train wreck of a show.
Lisa said
If Barbara took every guest who was rude or opinionated and pulled them from the show, the view would have been cancelled years ago. I think it is about time that the show really fullfill it’s original vision as a show portraying multiple views. Before Elizabeth, the show was all one view. Star was not bulldozing… she was being asked her opinion and her story, and she shared it. Why does American media tend to want to censor the conservative Christian opinion? I am proud of Barbara for inviting people on her show that actually represent a large portion of America. We listen to a lot of liberal opinions being hatefully or spewed by Rosie or and Joy…many with no validity and we’re just supposed to swallow it all and cheer them on… but to hell with Elizabeth or anyone else who may disagree with them. A conservative view is often considered ignorant but how does one see a black woman who turns her life around and gets herself off welfare as ignorant. Most would call that wise. I think it is because she proclaims to love God that some people despise her? Is Jesus really that offensive?
rscaron said
As the owner of this blog and the one who wrote the original post and some further comments I think some visitors are missing the point. I dont’ care what anybody’s personal views and opinions are. However, I do care how those views and opinions are expressed. There is no need to be rude or offensive, there is no reason to not allow anyone else to talk, and there is certainly no reason to not follow some basic guidlines and instructions given to you by the show’s host. I would feed the same if Rosie O’Donnell was on Bill O’Reilly’s show with a group of other guests and bulldozed her way through the conversation, speaking so loud and so non-stop that nobody else had a chance to say anything. And then if they asked her to give each person on the panel a chance and she did not do that, she should be asked to leave as well. WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT COMMOND DECENCY AND COMMON COURTESY, NOT POLITICS. It just so happens that his particular person, Star Parker, is a right wing conservative so it was really easy to add that into the conversation. If you want to start a right wing blog and handle similar topics and do a little liberal bashing along the way, I say go for it.
Lisa said
This is exactly my point! You say, this has no agenda… Just a nice place to communicate your thoughts while welcoming other thoughts as long as they are not hateful or malice. That’s wonderful and I enjoy reading them, however, I would argue to say that your original comment can easily be taken as hateful.
“If you do any research on her, she is a hypocrit. Once again we have someone that, until she found “god”, was the poster child for liberalism. She wrung the welfare system dry.”
This sounds a little hate-filled to me. And, totally false. She was simply headed in one direction and headed down another. That does not make her a hypocrite. A hypocrite would be someone who claims to be biased and non-judgemnetal while making fun of someone in the process.
It just saddens me that Christians are silenced so much in today’s world or portrayed as “crazy people”. Some would even say they are, ” extreme or potentially dangerous” as Christine stated.
I do not belive in “liberal bashing” but I do believe in speaking out against verbal persecution.
rscaron said
Ah, now you are getting it. What I said was not hateful, it was an opinion. The definition of hateful is “arousing hate or deserving to be hated”. I have not done that here.
I sincerely believe that 99% of the population can not express how they feel so that not one person on earth can misconstrue what they said or how they said it. It would be almost impossible. So we must read between the lines and try to figure out intent.
I have said it before in this string of comments and I will say it one more time. I don’t care what Star Parkers beliefs or policitcs are. What I oppose is how she tried to get her opinions across. Now maybe I did not say it in a way that could not be misconstrued, and I have already acknowledged that I added personal opinion and a little bashing along the way but that’s human and I forgive myself, you know why…..because I’m a christian. I think you need to re-read the whole point of this thread which is WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT COMMON DECENCY AND COMMON COURTESY, NOT POLITICS.
shannon said
“Her comments were offensive but her loud, obnoxious behavior was even worse. She would not let anyone else talk! Shocking. I agree that she should have been pulled off by Walters at the first station break,immediately.”
This was about Rosie, right?
rscaron said
I love you Shannon, that was hysterical and thank you for bringing this conversation back to ground level.
I wish someone would read my thread about the maxi-pad commercial that pissed me off just to change the subject.
lazlohenry said
I agree 100%, but then what the heck am I doing watching The View, haha.
Ann said
Just a question, if this blog is not supposed to be about politics, why is it posted under politics, general? I really don’t believe that she is a hypocrite, she just realized that her life was going down a wrong path, and she wanted to change it. I commend her for this, whether she is a Republican or a Democrat. I did find her to be a bit strong for the show, but I thought it was nice to have another conservative on the show. I feel most times with The View, the show focuses on the liberal views when speaking about politics. I think that the politics don’t matter when they talk about swim suit styles, but in cases like having Michael Moore on the show, things will turn political.
Robert said
Inviting Star Parker to co-host The View was obviously Bill Geddes (The executive producer – or The View Master as he calls himself) way of saying “F you!” to Rosie and the gay community.
He knows what Parker is all about. She’s a bigot. He wanted the controversy he knew she’d stir. The problem is that the only people who appreciate controversy from a bigot’s point of view are other bigots.
Is Bill a bigot? Looks like it.
Britt said
They did if for the ratings…. and the rude ones were Barbara and Joy. Barbara was obviously in on it from the pointed questions she was continually asking Star. Go back and look at the tape.
barbara said
You are stating how Star was loud and rude speaking over the other guests, what I saw was Barbara and Joy not agreeing with Star’s beliefs and wanting to “question” her about them. I also saw them asking her other question’s before she was able to answer the previous one fully.
As for those who find God after being down and out, God call’s all of us, some of hear his call before they hit bottom, others never hear it. I have been an admirer of her’s since I first saw her on “Politically Incorrect” 11 years ago and ws blessed to meet her this year and hear her heart.
She works very closely with unwed mothers and those who have gone through abortions. God uses those to minister to others who have walked the walk. Just pick up your Bible and read how PAul became Saul.
Brown said
Star Parker was a bit over the top for me, but I think Barbara Walters was rude and Condescending. She was also arrogant and insulting, after all Ms. Parker was a quest on her show. I thought Alec Baldwin was far worse than Star Parker and they did not pull rank on him. No doubt they knew Ms Parker’s background before booking her, what did the expect.
doug said
I don’t watch the view on a regular basis and I didn’t know who star parker was until the show but it was obvious to me that joy and barbara had both barrels loaded for Star the moment she sat down on the set. personal attacks were frequent and repeated. before star could answer any question she was interupted with the next question. she handled herself with great respect and self-control in the face of such rude and condescending people. Anyone who thought otherwise must obviously be viewing that episode with the same glasses as those who think two plus two doesn’t always equal four.
RSCueME said
As the owner of this blog, I would not disallow this posting. I believe in free speach. But it is obvius to me, Doug, that you did not watch this particular episode form the beginning. I agree the at some point Joy and Barbara started cutting her off because prior to that instead of interjecting opinion or asking questions she would turn her questions or opinions into a massive diatribe that went one for far too long about her agenda. It was not condusive to a one hour, multiple-segment, interview talk show. That is why Joy and Barbara reacted the way that hey did. It was becasue Star Parker had gone on far too long and was trying to take control of the show very early on in the broadcast. I think you need to look again at this episode from the beginning and you will see what I am talking about. An don’t talk down to me or anyone else in your replies to blog posts. I know what 2 plus 2 equals. Please don’t try to insult my intelligence or anyone else’s for that matter. That is not helpful and is not even in the realm of common coutesy when dealing with people you don’t know.
Hersey said
It just so happens that his particular person, Star Parker, is a right wing conservative so it was really easy to add that into the conversation.
yea LOL – you’re so oblivious, you don’t even know how bias and unreasonable you are. I didn’t see this show but I have seen others, where the guest host was/is a known liberal and their statements no matter how illogical and outrageous were accepted politely by the middle of the road fan in the audience.
Oh oh .. stop — how do you refer to the ultra liberal socialistic homosexual Rosie. Is that too subtle for you? Or do I just have to add loudmouth, nasty, opinionated, etc etc …