Video: Bill O'Reilly - Obama interview (Part 1)

In case you missed Bill O'Reilly's second sit down with Obama, here it is.  If you were expecting O'Reilly to really grill Obama (a la Bret Baier), you will be disappointed.  If you were expecting Bill O'Reilly to pretend to grill Obama, then you will be quite happy.

There is more of the interview to come.  O'Reilly will be rolling out the rest starting tomorrow.


Via: The Blaze

MSNBC? What’s that? Poll: Only 12% rely on MSNBC for their news

Every time I have been subjected to watching MSNBC News, I have always said to myself; "who the hell can watch this crap"?  Today, I get my answer, not many.

Politico: More people are getting their news about the upcoming election from cable television than any other source, and from Fox News more than any other cable channel, according to a POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll released Monday.

The poll found that 81 percent of those polled get their news about the midterm elections from cable channels, like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, or their websites, compared with 71 percent from national network news channels, such as ABC, NBC or CBS, and their websites.Among cable news channels, Fox was the clear winner, with 42 percent of respondents saying it is their main source, compared with 30 percent who cited CNN and 12 percent who rely on MSNBC. 

The most delicious part of the poll is when pollsters asked about cable news and talk radio personalities

Fox’s opinionated personalities were also rated as having the greatest positive impact on the political debate in the country. Bill O’Reilly was rated as having, by far, the greatest positive impact, with 49 percent of respondents rating him positively, and 32 percent negatively.Glenn Beck was the second most-positively rated personality, with 38 percent of respondents saying he had a positive impact, and 32 percent saying he had a negative impact.[...]

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was the third-most-positively ranked, with 36 percent saying he has a positive impact on the discourse, but his negatives far outweighed his positives, with 52 percent saying he has a negative impact.

MSNBC’s personalities were largely ranked as unknown by respondents: 70 percent said they had never heard of Ed Schultz, 55 percent said they had never heard of Rachel Maddow and 42 percent said they had never heard of Keith Olbermann.

[Snicker] Sorry, but I have to laugh over that one. Didn’t Ed Schultz just say the other day that he too could draw crowds like Glenn Beck?  Poor Ed, he may want to start with something less prodigious, like getting someone to watch his nightly ranting.  Otherwise, he could end up all by himself shouting on the Mall and everyone wonder who is that fat slob?

Read the Politico piece and check out the full results of the poll. Oh, and does anyone want to take a guess at what O'Reilly's Talking Point Memo will be about tonight ;-)

Via: Memeorandum

Via: Politico

Via: Mediaite

Mitt Romney defends RomneyCare on the Factor

Ewww, this is messy. Bill O’Reilly comes at Romney pretty hard on RomneyCare and Mitt’s responses make him sound a wee bit slippery and oh so 2008. If Romney thinks admitting that the Feds pick up half the tab for RomnyCare and it doesn’t lower cost, is somehow a winning argument, then he is in for one hell of a shocker.

I don’t see how Romney will be able to defend these points from the attacks that will come from other GOP nominees. Both Palin and Huckabee know how to deliver blunt and brutal attacks with a smile. The two of them can easily punch holes in Romney’s answers with clever little sound bites.

Yesterday, commenter Lisa asked why Romney does just admit that RomneyCare was a mistake. 

Lisa, An American Mom said...

Maybe this is my naiveté, but why can't Romney just come out and admit maybe it wasn't the best move and that if he were to do it over again (ahem, as president) that he would do things differently? I know politicians never do this but maybe somebody should. I really liked Romney but his Romneycare issue is a killer for me… 

Lisa, methinks you had better mail your suggestion to Mitt.

Full and Unedited Video: Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly

For those of you who missed the Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly interview here it is. For those of you who caught it when it aired, here is the full and unedited 42 minute interview.


The site Gawker is claiming the the edited portions were Jon Stewart's strongest points. You watch and you decide. H/T The Right Scoop for video.

Via: Memeorandum
Via: The Right Scoop
Via: Gawker

Jon Stewart on the O’Reilly Factor

Last night Bill O’Reilly had Jon Stewart on for the first of a two day segment. I found it so-so.  Jon Stewart was pretty much Jon Stewart and of course leveled aspersions against Fox News: 

But most of all, Stewart used his second appearance ever on "The O'Reilly Factor" to levy a robust critique of Fox News and its coverage of President Obama.

"Here's what Fox has done, through their cyclonic perpetual emotional machine that is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: They have taken reasonable concerns about this president and this economy and turned it into full-fledged panic attack about the next coming of Chairman Mao," the comedian told his host.

What is funny about this, is that Stewart spent the better part of the last eight years working his smaller cyclonic perpetual emotional machine to make Bush and Cheney look like rulers of the Third Reich.

Of course O’Reilly loves that Stewart went there, because Bill loves to tout the fact that Fox is number 1.  What I wish Bill had called Stewart on was his remark at 1:52.  Stewart totally wants the balance of power in government squished and have debate cut off. Total fascism.

All in all there were some funnies, but it was oh so predictable.   What did you think?

Via: Memeorandum

Via: The LA Times

Video H/T: The Right Scoop (this is an excellent source for Fox News video clips)