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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 401602" data-attributes="member: 57984">Well, the era was different. The polarization wasn&#039;t quite as pronounced in the culture at large. So the sense of there being an agenda on THE VIEW, braindead or otherwise, wasn&#039;t as obvious. There were petty feuds that would dust up on screen occasionally -- between members or guests -- but that tended to be more silly than what it feels like today.But the cat scratching brings THE VIEW a fair amount of attention, so in the last few years they&#039;ve dropped most of the guests and give us &quot;Hot Topics&quot; almost every day (which apparently gives them better ratings).That said, then and now, I lacked the fortitude to sit through it very much. Unfortunately, the show does seem to be reflective of what&#039;s happened to &quot;the left&quot; today. As Democratic strategist James Carville recently said, the exodus of men from the party in the last couple of years is that it&#039;s been over-run &quot;by preachy women.&quot;Although &quot;preachy&quot; is rather generous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 401602, member: 57984"] Well, the era was different. The polarization wasn't quite as pronounced in the culture at large. So the sense of there being an agenda on THE VIEW, braindead or otherwise, wasn't as obvious. There were petty feuds that would dust up on screen occasionally -- between members or guests -- but that tended to be more silly than what it feels like today. But the cat scratching brings THE VIEW a fair amount of attention, so in the last few years they've dropped most of the guests and give us "Hot Topics" almost every day (which apparently gives them better ratings). That said, then and now, I lacked the fortitude to sit through it very much. Unfortunately, the show does seem to be reflective of what's happened to "the left" today. As Democratic strategist James Carville recently said, the exodus of men from the party in the last couple of years is that it's been over-run "by preachy women." Although "preachy" is rather generous. [/QUOTE]

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