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*On [[January 21]], [[2008]], Hasselbeck and her ''The View'' co-hosts were discussing the idea of whether it is harder to elect an African American or woman President. When asked "Is the country more racist than sexist?" by co-host [[Joy Behar]], Hasselbeck was quick to respond with "Don't we have the answer already? Wasn't a black man able to walk into a voting booth long before a woman?" Co-host [[Whoopi Goldberg]] responded by saying that a woman was able to vote long before an African American.<ref>[http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=41c75798-f836-4592-bcd5-245a7617f160] Goldberg/Hasselbeck debate if African Americans or women got suffrage 1st.</ref> The historical question is controversial. The first African American to vote under the 15th Amendment was [[Thomas Mundy Peterson]] in 1870 while the first woman to vote under the 19th was Marie Ruoff Byrum in 1920. On the other hand, some women were able to vote in various states long before either the 19th amendment or the 15th amendment and, due to [[Jim Crow laws]], the 15th amendment did not effectively grant suffrage to African Americans on a national scale the way the 19th amendment did for women.
*On [[January 21]], [[2008]], Hasselbeck and her ''The View'' co-hosts were discussing the idea of whether it is harder to elect an African American or woman President. When asked "Is the country more racist than sexist?" by co-host [[Joy Behar]], Hasselbeck was quick to respond with "Don't we have the answer already? Wasn't a black man able to walk into a voting booth long before a woman?" Co-host [[Whoopi Goldberg]] responded by saying that a woman was able to vote long before an African American.<ref>[http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=41c75798-f836-4592-bcd5-245a7617f160] Goldberg/Hasselbeck debate if African Americans or women got suffrage 1st.</ref> The historical question is controversial. The first African American to vote under the 15th Amendment was [[Thomas Mundy Peterson]] in 1870 while the first woman to vote under the 19th was Marie Ruoff Byrum in 1920. On the other hand, some women were able to vote in various states long before either the 19th amendment or the 15th amendment and, due to [[Jim Crow laws]], the 15th amendment did not effectively grant suffrage to African Americans on a national scale the way the 19th amendment did for women.


*On [[March 24]], [[2008]], Hasselbeck commented on [[Jeremiah Wright|Rev. Jeremiah Wright]]'s recent statements. After Hasselbeck said of Rev. Wright, "I would never continue to be friends with someone who was a racist,"<ref name="view20080324c">{{cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/video |title=Hot Topics 3/24: Whoopi is Back (scroll video selector to "Hot Topics 3/24: Whoopi is") |accessdate=2008-03-31 |format=flash video |work=The View |publisher=ABC, Inc. }}</ref> co-host [[Sherri Shepherd]] responded, "Can I say something? Because this man- 20 years he’s been preaching and he’s done so much for the community and I think, you know, to say that this man is racist, and you haven’t had the full text of what he said, that’s just really extreme, Elisabeth." Hasselbeck responded and used what she said was an "extreme" example to make her point; "Now, would you say, and I’m going to go to an extreme now since we’re going there. I’m sure at some point, [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Does that make the fact that he then ate people less wrong?" Co-host [[Whoopi Goldberg]] asked, "How do you equate those two things together? I’m sorry, I, I-" [laughter]<ref name="McCarthy">{{cite web |url=http://newsbusters.org/blogs/justin-mccarthy/2008/03/24/joy-behar-oppressed-minorities-cant-be-racist |title=Joy Behar: 'Oppressed Minorities' Can't Be Racist |accessdate=2008-03-30 |last=McCarthy |first=Justin |date=2008-03-24 |publisher=NewsBusters, Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias }}</ref><ref name="view20080324a" /><ref name="view20080324b">{{cite web |url=http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=b84dea1b-5be2-4cd6-a1fb-22d858de2390 |title=The View Women Talk about Reverend Wright and Elisabeth Talks about Jeffery Dahmer |accessdate=2008-03-27 |work=The View |publisher=WABC-7 }}</ref> To refute Hasselbeck's accusation of Wright, co-host [[Joy Behar]] read dictionary definitions of "racism": "The second definition is, this is what I was driving at, 'a policy, a system of government based upon or forced such a doctrine of discrimination.' So it comes from the ruling party, the ruling class. It doesn’t come from the oppressed. It comes from above."<ref name="McCarthy" />
*On [[March 24]], [[2008]], Hasselbeck commented on [[Jeremiah Wright|Rev. Jeremiah Wright]]'s recent statements. After Hasselbeck said of Rev. Wright, "I would never continue to be friends with someone who was a racist,"<ref name="view20080324c">{{cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/video |title=Hot Topics 3/24: Whoopi is Back (scroll video selector to "Hot Topics 3/24: Whoopi is") |accessdate=2008-03-31 |format=flash video |work=The View |publisher=ABC, Inc. }}</ref> co-host [[Sherri Shepherd]] responded, "Can I say something? Because this man- 20 years he’s been preaching and he’s done so much for the community and I think, you know, to say that this man is racist, and you haven’t had the full text of what he said, that’s just really extreme, Elisabeth." Hasselbeck responded and used what she said was an "extreme" example to make her point; "Now, would you say, and I’m going to go to an extreme now since we’re going there. I’m sure at some point, [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Does that make the fact that he then ate people less wrong?" Co-host [[Whoopi Goldberg]] asked, "How do you equate those two things together? I’m sorry, I, I-" [laughter]<ref name="McCarthy">{{cite web |url=http://newsbusters.org/blogs/justin-mccarthy/2008/03/24/joy-behar-oppressed-minorities-cant-be-racist |title=Joy Behar: 'Oppressed Minorities' Can't Be Racist |accessdate=2008-03-30 |last=McCarthy |first=Justin |date=2008-03-24 |publisher=NewsBusters, Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias }}</ref><ref name="view20080324a" /><ref name="view20080324b">{{cite web |url=http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=b84dea1b-5be2-4cd6-a1fb-22d858de2390 |title=The View Women Talk about Reverend Wright and Elisabeth Talks about Jeffery Dahmer |accessdate=2008-03-27 |work=The View |publisher=WABC-7 }}</ref> Later in the program, co-host [[Joy Behar]] read dictionary definitions of "racism": "The second definition is, this is what I was driving at, 'a policy, a system of government based upon or forced such a doctrine of discrimination.' So it comes from the ruling party, the ruling class. It doesn’t come from the oppressed. It comes from above."<ref name="McCarthy" />


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Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Born (1977-05-28) May 28, 1977 (age 47)
Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
OccupationCo-host on The View
Political partyRepublican[1]
SpouseTim Hasselbeck (July 6, 2002 - present)
ChildrenGrace, Taylor

Elisabeth Hasselbeck (née Filarski; born May 28, 1977) is an Emmy Award-nominated American television host, best known as a co-host on ABC's The View. Before her present job in daytime television, Hasselbeck was a contestant on the CBS reality show Survivor: The Australian Outback.

Early life

Hasselbeck was born Elisabeth DelPadre Filarski[2] in Cranston, Rhode Island. She is the daughter of Elizabeth DelPadre Kenneth Filarski.[3][4] She has one brother, Kenneth Jr. As a child, she lived in Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island.

Hasselbeck started working for Puma in 1998. After graduation she worked for PUMA shoes as a member of its design team before her television career.[5] She travelled to Italy and Belize. Reports differ as to whether her travels were for researching Puma products or to teach in Belize.[6] As reported by Lauren Smiley in The Boston Globe article Double Coverage (July 20 2004), Hasselbeck's interest in Survivor (U.S. TV series) was initiated by a fellow shoe designer, who himself was mulling over the idea of testing his skills in the wild.

Career

Survivor

In 2001, she was cast in Survivor: The Australian Outback, and was originally a member of the Kucha tribe. She was the last remaining member of that tribe in the game before being voted off on Day 39 and finishing fourth overall. As her luxury item, she brought a self-made immunity headdress. At the end of the game, she was the most popular Survivor of the season among the fans, rating a 9.3 out of 10 in the online approval poll. Producers wanted her to return for the Survivor: All-Stars edition, but she was unable to attend because she was starting her tenure at The View at the time.

Following her stint on Survivor, Hasselbeck began a television career. In 2001, she was a judge at the Miss Teen USA Pageant,[5] and became host of the Style Network's The Look for Less from 2002 to 2003 where she helped find stylish clothes for bargain prices. Although Elisabeth previously saw herself as a "behind the scenes" kind of person and not interested in career television, or playing pundit, Elisabeth's agent was very eager to showcase her competitive client and she auditioned for The View.[7]

The View

In 2003, Hasselbeck was one of a number of women who guest-hosted to replace outgoing The View co-host Lisa Ling, who left the show at the end of 2002. Hasselbeck made it to the last few contenders, and was finally chosen by the other panelists (in a Survivor-style "Tribal Council") as the new co-host. Hasselbeck typically represents the conservative position on The View, defending creationism and the war on terror, and opposing euthanasia and abortion.[8]

In 2008, AOL conducted a poll to ascertain public opinion towards various American talk show hosts. In question nine "Who is the worst interviewer?" the choices offered were Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Tyra Banks, Dr. Phil, Larry King and Meredith Vieira. 35% of the 1.35 million respondents, a plurality, chose Hasselbeck. Referencing the poll, Christina Kinon in a Daily News article reported that Hasselbeck is "considered the worst interviewer on television"[9][10]

Personal life

On July 6 2002, Hasselbeck married her college sweetheart, Tim Hasselbeck. Tim is a NFL quarterback but has only played seven games in 2003 as a member of Washington Redskins. Tim has had a largely nondescript career in the NFL, shuffling between a number of teams until finally being cut as fourth string quarterback from the New York Giants on September 1 2007. He was then signed by the Arizona Cardinals. Tim is now a sports commentator for NFL on FOX. The couple have a daughter, Grace Elisabeth Hasselbeck (April 6 2005), and son, Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck (November 9 2007).[11]

Hasselbeck has been very open about owing much of her career to the influence of her husband's family, particularly her father-in-law, former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is her brother-in-law.

Hasselbeck has Coeliac disease which is a genetic auto-immune disorder indicated by a complete intolerance to gluten. She has spoken several times about the disorder on The View.

Hasselbeck has said that she calls herself neither a conservative nor a liberal. Her parents had an independent political stance, never telling their children for whom they voted. She has stated that the term "conservative" does not define her as a person.[12] She opposes gay marriage but has said that she supports civil unions; a feeling that would often clash with that of former The View co-host Rosie O'Donnell.

She is a supporter of cervical health and encourages women to have regular exams. In recent years she has worked with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Making Memories Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, The Wireless Amber Alert Program Initiative and The World Scholar Athlete Games.

She was a supporter of President George W. Bush's re-election campaign and delivered a prime time speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Hasselbeck co-hosted Fox News' Fox and Friends the week of April 16 2007.

Controversies

Hasselbeck has been involved in a number of noted controversial debates on The View including, but not limited to:

  • On August 2 2006, Hasselbeck got into a heated debate in which she strongly opposed the Food and Drug Administration's plan to sell the "morning after pill" as an over-the-counter drug. Hasselbeck stated, "I believe that life begins at the moment of conception..." She said the pill should be banned in cases of rape and incest, because "that life still has value." Hasselbeck argued that advocates of the drug use the "rape or incest" exception as a "bait-and-switch" distraction from the goal of making it universally accessible. She argued if the "rape or incest" exception was all advocates cared about, they would not support its over-the-counter status.[13]
  • On May 23 2007, Hasselbeck was involved in a heated on-air argument with co-host Rosie O'Donnell concerning the war in Iraq, which she supports and O'Donnell opposes. When O'Donnell rhetorically asked, "655,000 Iraqi civilians dead. Who are the terrorists?"[14] she was criticized by conservative commentators for her question. O'Donnell complained about Hasselbeck's unwillingness to defend more strongly O'Donnell's statement following the media attention after her comment. Hasselbeck said "Defend your own insinuations" and responded that she shouldn't have to defend anyone else's words for them, especially when she has a forum with which to defend herself.[15][16]
  • In September 2007, Barry Manilow canceled a scheduled appearance on The View because of his dislike of Hasselbeck and her conservative views. Manilow said, "I strongly disagree with her views. I think she's dangerous and offensive. I will not be on the same stage as her." He added, "I had made a request that I be interviewed by co-hosts Joy (Behar), Barbara (Walters) or Whoopi (Goldberg), but not Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request, so I bowed out".[17]
  • On October 3, 2007, Hasselbeck and The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg got into a discussion about Hillary Clinton's new $5000 baby entitlement which became heated due to Hasselbeck stating that it would lead to fewer abortions due to women wanting to keep the money. Goldberg told Hasselbeck to "back off a little" and asked her if she "had ever been in that position to make that decision".[18]
  • On January 21, 2008, Hasselbeck and her The View co-hosts were discussing the idea of whether it is harder to elect an African American or woman President. When asked "Is the country more racist than sexist?" by co-host Joy Behar, Hasselbeck was quick to respond with "Don't we have the answer already? Wasn't a black man able to walk into a voting booth long before a woman?" Co-host Whoopi Goldberg responded by saying that a woman was able to vote long before an African American.[19] The historical question is controversial. The first African American to vote under the 15th Amendment was Thomas Mundy Peterson in 1870 while the first woman to vote under the 19th was Marie Ruoff Byrum in 1920. On the other hand, some women were able to vote in various states long before either the 19th amendment or the 15th amendment and, due to Jim Crow laws, the 15th amendment did not effectively grant suffrage to African Americans on a national scale the way the 19th amendment did for women.
  • On March 24, 2008, Hasselbeck commented on Rev. Jeremiah Wright's recent statements. After Hasselbeck said of Rev. Wright, "I would never continue to be friends with someone who was a racist,"[20] co-host Sherri Shepherd responded, "Can I say something? Because this man- 20 years he’s been preaching and he’s done so much for the community and I think, you know, to say that this man is racist, and you haven’t had the full text of what he said, that’s just really extreme, Elisabeth." Hasselbeck responded and used what she said was an "extreme" example to make her point; "Now, would you say, and I’m going to go to an extreme now since we’re going there. I’m sure at some point, Jeffrey Dahmer ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Does that make the fact that he then ate people less wrong?" Co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked, "How do you equate those two things together? I’m sorry, I, I-" [laughter][21][1][22] Later in the program, co-host Joy Behar read dictionary definitions of "racism": "The second definition is, this is what I was driving at, 'a policy, a system of government based upon or forced such a doctrine of discrimination.' So it comes from the ruling party, the ruling class. It doesn’t come from the oppressed. It comes from above."[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hot Topics 3/24: Obama's Racist Reverend (scroll video selector to "Hot Topics 3/24: Obama's")" (flash video [1]). The View. ABC, Inc. Retrieved 2008-03-27. {{cite web}}: External link in |format= (help)
  2. ^ http://imdb.com/name/nm0276829/bio DelPadre, her mom's surname is her middle name. EH also said so on the summer 07 ep where Giuliana DePandi guest hosted; she stated My mom didn't change her name and she gave me her name as my middle name when asking Depandi if she were changing her name to Rancic. Read it here: http://www.watchingtheview.com/july-25th-recap-james-marsden-and-cheryl-ladd/#more-666
  3. ^ "The View: Co-Hosts". ABC.com. Retrieved 2007-05-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Kingbury, Read (2000-07-08). "School architect puts the community into his designs". The Block Island Times. Retrieved 2007-05-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference people.famouswhy.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ http://tv.yahoo.com/elisabeth-hasselbeck/contributor/392932/bio Traveled to Italy and Belize
  7. ^ Maureen Callahan notes in her July 24, 2007 New York Post article The Survivor, according to executive producer Bill Geddie
  8. ^ Ewald, Dan (July/August 2006). "Sharing Her View". ChristianityToday. Retrieved 2007-05-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ AOL Television (2008). "TV Talk Show Hosts Poll Results". America Online. AOL Television. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  10. ^ Kinon, Cristina (2008-03-27). "Ellen DeGeneres is the toast of hosts in AOL poll". nydailynews.com. New York Daily News. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  11. ^ "View Cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck Has a Boy". People.com. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
  12. ^ All stated on Hasselbeck's April 12,2007 appearance as a guest on Fox's Hannity and Colmes
  13. ^ "Women on the Verge". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
  14. ^ "'Scarborough Country' for May 17". MSNBC. =May 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) (Transcript)}}
  15. ^ Brian Orloff, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie O'Donnell Square Off, People May 23, 2007.
  16. ^ "Rosie O'Donnell VS Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View 5/23/07". YouTube. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
  17. ^ hollywood.com Manilow says NO to View because of Elizabeth Hasselbeck
  18. ^ Video & article about Goldberg & Hasselbeck debate about abortion
  19. ^ [2] Goldberg/Hasselbeck debate if African Americans or women got suffrage 1st.
  20. ^ "Hot Topics 3/24: Whoopi is Back (scroll video selector to "Hot Topics 3/24: Whoopi is")" (flash video). The View. ABC, Inc. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  21. ^ a b McCarthy, Justin (2008-03-24). "Joy Behar: 'Oppressed Minorities' Can't Be Racist". NewsBusters, Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  22. ^ "The View Women Talk about Reverend Wright and Elisabeth Talks about Jeffery Dahmer". The View. WABC-7. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
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