Whoopi Goldberg barely let Ann Romney settle into her seat on ABC’s “The View” before pouncing on the first lady hopeful, asking why Mitt Romney didn’t serve in Vietnam and if the couple is prepared to console families of fallen soldiers if voted into the White House.
Unlike a recent joint appearance on the show by President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during which questioning ranged from how romantic is the president to the couple’s anniversary, the show’s five hosts skipped the softball questions and got right into red meat — including military service, abortion and the Romneys’ Mormon faith.
When the Obamas’ appearance aired on Sept. 25, the panel stuck to questions about the First Couple’s 20th wedding anniversary and whether or not President Obama is “romantic,” though they did query Obama lightly about the murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, which the president declined to characterize at the time as an act of terrorism.
Romney, 63, clad in a red dress and gold jewelry, was initially scheduled to appear with her husband, who backed out citing a scheduling conflict, according to host Barbara Walters. But his wife deftly deflected her husband’s description of the female klatch as “sharp-tongued,” saying the candidate called the women “sharp and young.” Moments later, Goldberg asked Romney if her husband’s Mormon faith precluded him or their five sons from serving in the military and whether the Romneys would be prepared to console relatives of fallen U.S. soldiers. Many Mormons serve in the military and the faith does not bar them from doing so.
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