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ABC devoted its entire "This Week" on Easter Sunday to "God and Government," and not surprisingly the question of President Obama's faith prominently entered the discussion.

When it did, Cokie Roberts said, "The bad part about this is that it's acceptable to say that he's a Muslim because the same people won't say, 'I don't like him cause he's black'" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

ROBERTS, C.: But - but the bad part about this is that he - that - that it's acceptable to say that he's a Muslim...

ROBERTS, C.: ...because the same people won't - won't say, "I don't like him cause he's black." So it's - it's - and - and the fact that it's acceptable to dislike him because he's a Muslim is the problem that you were talking about.

Cokie Roberts: People Call Obama Muslim Because They Can't Say 'I Don't Like Him Cause He's Black'
By Noel Sheppard | April 24, 2011 | 12:06
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/04/24/cokie-roberts-people-call-obama-muslim-because-they-cant-say-i-dont-h

TMZ has learned that legendary singer Barry Manilow has pulled out of his scheduled appearance on "The View" tomorrow -- because he strongly disagrees with host Elisabeth Hasselbeck's conservative view! Paging Rosie O'Donnell!

In an exclusive statement to TMZ, Barry says, "I strongly disagree with her views. I think she's dangerous and offensive. I will not be on the same stage as her." Barry, taking a stand!

Barry to Elisabeth: Your "View" is Dangerous
Posted Sep 17th 2007 1:16PM
by TMZ Staff Filed under: TV, Celebrity Feuds

Appearing on Thursday’s Good Morning America to discuss the recent legislative activity in Congress, ABC’s Cokie Roberts managed to avoid using the word "illegal" as she recounted the failure by Senate Democrats to pass the Dream Act to provide a mechanism for the children of illegal immigrants to obtain citizenship. Framing the Senate vote as a "disappointment" for Obama, she went on to contend that the loss "certainly bodes badly for immigration."

After agreeing with host George Stephanopoulos that President Obama should be "pretty pleased" by the "incredible" lame duck session, she continued:

The disappointment, as [President Obama] said yesterday, was the Dream Act, that piece of legislation for immigrant children who have come to this country, not by their own volition, but allowing them to go to school and the military as a path to citizenship. That failed, which certainly bodes badly for immigration, in general, because that was considered the easy one.

COKIE ROBERTS: Boy, should he. It was incredible. Of course, the START agreement being the most significant victory for him and one would argue, for the country. But, you know, the big tax agreement, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and then the 9/11 responders, thanks to Jon Stewart as their chief lobbyist, getting the health bill through. The disappointment, as he said yesterday, was the Dream Act, that piece of legislation for immigrant children who have come to this country, not by their own volition, but allowing them to go to school and the military as a path to citizenship. That failed, which certainly bodes badly for immigration, in general, because that was considered the easy one.

ABC’s Cokie Roberts Omits ‘Illegal’ from Dream Act Talk, Calls Tax Cuts ‘Giving Something Away’
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Manilow_Cancels_Appearance_on_The_View/4869960

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