Grumpy Old Men

I have been a Barry Manilow fan since I was young. And yes, I am willing to admit it! I have his CDs displayed prominently among others in my collection like Journey, Depeche Mode, Destiny's Child, Metallica, and Elmo. I have even seen him in concert and have been on my husband about wanting to see is Vegas show. But I am SO disappointed in Barry and this whole thing about cancelling his appearance on "The View".

Barry, we barely knew thee.....apparently.

I guess Barry is a good friend of Rosie O'Donnell, who of course had a big well-known feud with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, her co-host on "The View". So now Barry has refused to go on the show since Elisabeth will be there (or "The View" decided to recind their invitation, I guess it depends on whose story you believe). I used to love Rosie O'Donnell when she was a VJ on VH1. I thought she was genuinely funny. I liked her talk show too. But in recent years I just think she opens her mouth way too much and got too big of a head for her own good. She is free to believe what she wants to believe and spearhead causes that she believes in. That is her right. But she just got a bit too over the top and in-your-face for me and now I don't like her. Okay, I digress.

Here is my problem with this whole thing......since when did Barry Manilow become such an intolerant schlep? He's been on "The View" twice already in the past year and didn't seem to have a problem with it (probably because Rosie was on) but now all of a sudden he doesn't like Elisabeth Hasselbeck? He says that her views are "dangerous and offensive" and his principles don't allow him to be on the same stage with her. Although I admit that I consider myself a moderate conservative, I don't always agree with her either. But dangerous and offensive? Come on, Barry, that just makes you sound pathetic and ignorant.

Sheesh......and I though Elton John was bitchy.