OOOOH! Two snaps UP, girlfriend! John McCain offers a curt R.S.V.P. to Barbara Walters

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/17/barbara-walters-john-mcca_n_167597.html

John McCain's appearance on "The View" in September was an instant classic, but chances are he won't be coming back to the ladies' couch anytime soon.

Barbara Walters told a crowd gathered at a breakfast sponsored by Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Communications Tuesday morning that the Republican presidential nominee rebuffed her invitation back on the program, according to a writeup of the event by Portfolio.com's Jeff Bercovici.

Bercovici transcribes Walters' comments:

I had an experience at a dinner in Washington, two weeks ago, the Alfalfa Club dinner. Senator McCain was there. He had been on The View and was not very happy. And when we walked out and I saw him I said, "Senator, so nice to see you. I hope you'll come on The View again." And he looked at me and said, "Not anytime soon."

McCain's wife Cindy famously commented that the co-hosts "picked our bones clean."

Also at the breakfast panel, Walters predicted that the network morning shows would outlast evening news broadcasts.

Walters appeared on a panel about "The Art of the Interview" with "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft. Kroft said that Sam Donaldson, who is retiring from ABC News, has "made a career" out of asking stupid questions.

[Baikonour]

1. Yeah, The View is the reason he lost.

It couldn't have been that bimbo he picked as a running mate...

:eyes:

[Doctor_Horrible]

7. or his idiotic ideas, views, decisions, policies, etc... or his 7-ish houses

[sufrommich]

2. He's a dyed in the wool prick. He made a few feeble attempts to

hide it during the election but was never very successful at it.

[BattyDem]

3. Yeah ... that's what went wrong, John ...

a mediocre performance on The View killed your chances! :eyes: :rofl:

[DURHAM D]

4. Yesterday Barbara said Hillary was getting fat -

that she is letting herself go. She followed it with - maybe its just her heavy winter coat.

BW is one of the biggest a-holes in the world.

[Qanisqineq]

5. I saw that myself

and I was floored. If she had any integrity as a journalist she wouldn't be worrying about Hillary's weight. I watch the "Hot Topics" part of The View sometimes and Barbara probably annoys me even more than that Hasselbeck woman.

[Generator]

8. Barbara Wawa a journalist?

NEWS to me.

[Qanisqineq]

10. I didn't know what else to call her

She used to do serious news interviews and such. She seems to still think she is relevant in that regard. :shrug:

[emilyg]

9. Walters and integrity = 0

[sufrommich]

6. And yet Baba Wawa thought Kissinger was

sex on a stick...go figure.

[Medusa]

11. She was a real trailblazer back in her day

and she helped open doors for women in the tv news biz, but she's like what--pushing 80? Her day has come and gone--about 25-30 years ago--at least.