Posted by Bossip Staff
Looks like talk show dinosaur Barbara Walters will have the pleasure of interviewing the soon to be President and First Lady:
The Barack Obama media tour is making another stop — and at another high-profile place. A week after the president-elect and first lady-elect Michelle Obama spoke to “60 Minutes,” they’re sitting down for an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters. It will air as a one-hour special Wednesday night on ABC.
The interview will touch on the transition, economy, foreign policy and how the family is dealing with the immense change in their lives, says ABC. Walters will do the interview late in the day in Chicago, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The television network hopes that the Obama interview will be as much of a ratings success as the Obamas’ interview with “60 Minutes” two Sundays ago that gave the newsmagazine its best ratings in years. Parts of the interview will also air on “Good Morning America,” “World News” and “Nightline.”
Yeah, the ratings are guaranteed to be high for this jawn too, but let’s hope the old bag keeps it relevant, which means no more questions about the Obama’s getting a mutha-effin’ dog. A hint of what’s to come is on the flip
BARBARA WALTERS: How did you feel when you read about the three heads of the auto companies taking private planes to Washington?
BARACK OBAMA: Well, I thought maybe they’re a little tone deaf to what’s happening in America right now. And this has been a chronic problem, not just for the auto industry, I mean, we’re sort of focused on them. But I think it’s been a problem for the captains of industry generally. When people are pulling down hundred million dollar bonuses on Wall Street, and taking enormous risks with other people’s money, that indicates a sense that you don’t have any perspective on what’s happening to ordinary Americans. When the auto makers are getting paid far more than their counterparts at Toyota, or at Honda, and yet they’re losing money a lot faster than Japanese auto makers are, that tell me that they’re not seeing what’s going on out there, and one of the things I hope my presidency helps to usher in is a, a return to an ethic of responsibility. That if you’re placed in a position of power, then you’ve got responsibilities to your workers. You’ve got a responsibility to your community. Your share holders. That if — there’s got to be a point where you say, ‘You know what, I have enough, and now I’m in this position of responsibility, let me make sure that I’m doing right by people, and, and acting in a way that is responsible.’ And that’s true, by the way, for members of congress, that’s true for the president, that’s true for cabinet members, that’s true for parents. I want all of us to start thinking a little bit more, not just about what’s good for me, but let’s start thinking about what’s good for our children, what’s good for our country. The more we do that, the better off we’re going to be.
WALTERS: Should bank executives — it’s almost Christmas time — forgo their bonuses?
OBAMA: I think they should. That’s an example of taking responsibility. I think that if you are already worth tens of millions of dollars, and you are having to lay off workers, the least you can do is say, I’m willing to make some sacrifice as well, because I recognize that there are people who are a lot less well off, who are going through some pretty tough times.
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