Why ???

[WillyT]

[abelenkpe]

1. Why indeed. :( nt

[Rod Beauvex]

2. The hell?

Evey time I think he's finally getting reality figured out, he does something like this.

[OnyxCollie]

3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[WillyT]

4. G'Night !!!

[SidDithers]

5. O'Reilly Factor and Fox News?...

What, Scott Stantis not drawing anything sufficiently right-wing today?

Sid

[WillyT]

6. Our President Decided This Was A Good Idea... And It Was One HELL Of A "Get" For Faux News... WHY ??

[WillyT]

7. And BTW... Your Disingenous Is Obvous To Anyone Who Cares...

Either that, or you need new glasses.

[sabrina 1]

8. Good question, why is Obama on Fox News defending himself against the 'charge' of being a Liberal

to a moron like Bill O'Reilly? Why would any Democrat care what that idiot thinks of them? Yet, there is Obama so ashamed to be called a Liberal by O'Reilly.

Wow!

Um, is there some other link you have to Obama on Fox trying to convince O'Reilly that he's not a Liberal?

How sad, I would have agreed with O'Reilly and insisted I am even more left than he thought already and to 'watch me' work to increase Social Programs.

O'Reilly had him on the defensive on something he should have been able to use to wipe the floor with that ignorant jerk. Instead he's practically pleading with him to please believe him, he's NOT 'that' Liberal.

Pretty damn sad, I agree with you. Fox and O'Reilly!

[SidDithers]

9. ...

Sid

[WillyT]

11. Good Response... Really Informative..

Thank for your contribution.

[SidDithers]

17. You need to check your sources...

the Youtube channel you're linking to is all right-wing, anti-Obama stuff from Fox News.

How hard can it be to not use right-wing sources to criticize Obama?

Sid

[WillyT]

25. First Of All... Welcome To The New Media... I'll Attempt To Walk You Through It...

There are times... many times.. when a leftwing site, uses the material of a rightwing site to make a political point.

Are ya with me so far ???

Jon Stewart does it.

Stephen Colbert does it.

John Olbver does it.

Crooks & Liars does it.

Raw Story does it.

DailyKos does it.

TPM does it.

And DU does it.

Deal with it.

[SidDithers]

31. You're no John Stewart, Willy...nt

Sid

[WillyT]

38. Never Pretended To Be...

And You ???

What's your purpose here ???

[neverforget]

47. Giving us the Canadian point of view?

[sabrina 1]

12. I did laugh when I saw you try to use the 'look at the source' tactic on this one!!

I'm curious, always! Did you realize when you posted it how funny that was?

[SidDithers]

13. ...

Sid

[sabrina 1]

16. So it was just an old habit and you didn't realize how comical it was??

Omg, I was:

[SidDithers]

18. And the owner of the Youtube channel chose that particular clip from the interview to post...

to go along with all their other anti-Obama clips.

And Willy just happened to get that one and bring it to DU.



The Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/mauriedee/videos?shelf_id=1&sort=dd&view=0

Sid

[sabrina 1]

23. It is the PRESIDENT. Are you objecting to watching the President on utube?

If you have a beef about Fox and their hateful Obama rhetoric, I agree with you. Which is why I would never go near them.

So why are you yelling at ME? I am not the one who gave the 'owner of the Fox Channel' the ammunition to post anything about the president.

And clip or not, are you saying Obama didn't say to O'Reilly what we heard him say?

Talk to the WH about it, THEY made this decision, no me and not willy. It was a terrible decision, too bad Obama doesn't talk more to Liberals, but he seems to care so much what Republicans think of him, not so much what Liberals think of him.

[SidDithers]

28. What the hell are you talking about?...

I never said anything about the owner of the Fox Channel.

Sid

[sabrina 1]

35. What? You said the owner of the Fox utube channel had

been selective in the part of the interview he posted. Go back and read your own posts.

[SidDithers]

37. No, I didn't say anything about the "Fox utube" channel...

you go back and read my post.

Sid

[hrmjustin]

10. The president traditionally gives an interview to the network thathas the superbowl and fox had it.

[sabrina 1]

14. Why do you think he is so ashamed of being called a Liberal, especially by an idiot

like O'Reilly? Eg, when they used 'Liberal' to try to insult Kennedy, he EMBRACED it and stated proudly that he was a Liberal. Why is Obama trying to win the approval of morons like O'Reilly? I don't get it!

[hrmjustin]

22. I think he was just trying to get through the interview.

[sabrina 1]

27. Why did he agree to the interview? He didn't have to, he could gone to MSNBC

eg. The President isn't obliged to do something simply because this is 'how it's always done'.

And 'getting through the interview' could have been accomplished much more effectively by simply stating, Bill, I am a Proud Liberal, like our Founding Fathers whose ideas and courage made it possible for you to have free speech regarding Politics, express your opinions, no matter how dumb, without the government knocking on your door. Well so long as you're not a member of OWS.

Is there something shameful about being a Liberal, and how would 'getting through the intervew' prevent him from making that simply statement, 'why yes, you are right Bill, I am a proud Liberal, like John Kennedy, among other great historical figures. Very proud. Btw, did you have a point, I don't want to miss it if you did.

[hrmjustin]

29. All presidents in recent times do an interview with the network that has the superbowl.

If he didn't go he would have caused himself more issues.

[Whisp]

36. Thanks, hrmjustin.

oiy oiy oiy
Must be slim pickens on the President lately if this is blockbusting news.

[hrmjustin]

40. yw! I just think it is fair to point he was not doing this because he wanted to.

Now they can criticize his answers and I have no problem witb that.

[Whisp]

41. He does not like Fox News. Everyone should know that.

There are things we all have to do sometime, even though it's not fun.

[hrmjustin]

43. And if he said no he would have had a bigger issue.

[GeorgeGist]

49. With who?

[hrmjustin]

56. the media. It wkould have oooked like he was afraid of fox if he did not go on.

[sabrina 1]

64. Then he should have taken the opportunity to instruct that ignorant moron and his equally ignorant

viewers on why he is proud to be a Liberal. Was something preventing him from boasting about being a Democrat who believes in the same Liberal principles that Kennedy spoke about in HIS famous 'I am a Liberal' speech?

He has nothing to lose by showing pride in being a Liberal. By now it should be obvious that no matter how he tries to please Republicans they are going hate him anyhow. I would have been prepared for O'Reilly's taunting, but that's me. I would educated him and his audience on how wrong their policies are.

So would LBJ, Kennedy and I doubt Carter would make any excuses for being a Democrat. What would happen, they would still hate him, as they hate all Democrats. So, as I said, nothing to lose by putting them in their place.

[hrmjustin]

65. You make good points. He could have done better in this interview.

[abelenkpe]

57. Everyone does it!

That is the excuse of a five year old. He did not have to do this interview. He did not have to claim he wasn't as liberal as the crazy gullible 70+ year old viewers of FOX news believe.

[hrmjustin]

58. Look it is just an interview.

If he didn't do it then it would have created more problems. He is oresident of the United States so he can handle fox.

[SidDithers]

15. Did you check out the other videos on that Youtube channel?...

All right-wing tripe, anti-Obama clips from Fox News.

But apparently that type of thing is what "progressives" are using to criticize Obama these days.

Sid

[sabrina 1]

19. Why would you go to a Fox Channel when all you had to do was play the video of the President

and O'Reilly provided in the OP?

[SidDithers]

20. Wut?...nt

Sid

[hrmjustin]

21. He really had no choice. it is traditional.

Obama that is.

[SidDithers]

26. Obama appears on Fox, which is a Super Bowl tradition...

and conducts a 10 minute interview.

Some right-wing Youtuber, with hundreds anti-Obama clips from Fox News, picks a particular 1:47 from that 10 minute interview and posts it along with all their other anti-Obama shit.

And that's the clip that Willy brings to DU.



Sid

[sabrina 1]

30. Yes, he did have a choice. There is no law that he has to go on Fox because of a stupid sport.

He could have led the way to changing that 'tradition'. And it isn't a tradition for Democrats to be ashamed of being Liberals when attacked by Bill O'Reilly.

I remember Kerry not showing up for an interview with O'Reilly I believe he had enough of their garbage and wanted to make the point that they were NOT A LEGITIMATE NEWS Org. O'Reilly was stunned and had to search around for someone to take Kerry's place, he found someone, McAullif, who was late, so O'Reilly was left talking to himself. Many thought Kerry could not just not show up, it wasn't done!! Well, it WAS and a beautiful thing to watch.

So no, he did NOT have to go that illegitimate, pretend 'news' organization. Someone desperately needs to take a stand against them. And this would have been a great time to do it.

[hrmjustin]

32. Kerry wasn't president.

[Whisp]

39. ...

holy shit

[JI7]

42. what do you think of Kucinich working for Fox News ? do you think that shows he is really a right

winger ?

[sabrina 1]

50. He's a private citizen. And so long as he pushes the Liberal viewpoint

on Fox, good for him.

Any Democrat who appears on Fox should be making it clear why they are proud to be a Democrat and certainly not be trying to distance themselves from Liberals. If Kucinich is making excuses on Fox for being Liberal, then shame on him too.

[hrmjustin]

24. I just checked it out. Icky stuff.

[sabrina 1]

33. Agreed, watching a Dem president trying to explain how he is not 'that liberal' to O'Reilly was

extremely icky. Very sad.

[hrmjustin]

34. I meant the youtube channel.

But the president could have been more forceful with him.

[WillyT]

44. Icky ???

[hrmjustin]

45. I meant the channel with all the foxnews stuff on it. not you.

[WillyT]

46. Thanks...

[hrmjustin]

48. YW!

[randys1]

51. And the climate worsens and the jobs keep disappearing

disappearing

disappearing

[woo me with science]

52. Well, that was pathetic. nt

[Xyzse]

53. He is to the right of Nixon.

Nixon's term saw the birth of the EPA(Environmental Protection Agency), he is well left of Obama on this one.

Nixon also approved the ERA(Equal Rights Amendment), started ending the draft(replacing it with an all volunteer force), started the process of ending the Cold War, recognized and fought against foreign oil price gouging, and even used a decent method of diplomacy with China to reduce tensions.

I don't like Nixon, but Obama is to the right of him, which to me has always been an indication of the sad state of affairs.

Nixon nowadays would not be able to run in the current Republican party.

[woo me with science]

60. Hell, on some issues, he's to the right of REAGAN.

Even Reagan acknowledged that Social Security is not tied to the deficit, while Obama has made comments entrenching that poisonous lie, repeatedly.

Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit. Social Security is totally funded by the payroll tax levied on employer and employee. If you reduce the outgo of Social Security, that money would not go into the general fund to reduce the deficit. It would go into the Social Security Trust Fund. So Social Security has nothing to do with balancing a budget or erasing or growing the deficit.

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[Xyzse]

61. I know.

It is why he has always been at the bottom of my list during the primaries. He still is, even if I voted Obama to go against the Republican twice.

It is frustrating, but really, he is the reason I have become quite a bit less enthused about politics, since it really is dispiriting.

Saying that, I will still help out on the mid-term elections, and VA is where I am volunteering rather than MD where I live, which is pretty much safe.

[factsarenotfair]

54. If he thinks that will get him anywhere with today's Republican voters, he's wrong.

It will only disturb Democratic voters and dampen the turnout.

[Xyzse]

59. Yep, that's basically it.

[Bobbie Jo]

55. Because

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[DesMoinesDem]

62. But...but...but LOOK WHO UPLOADED IT TO YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!

LOL. I can't think of a dumber attack to distract from Obama's answer than that. That's pathetic even for the BOG.

[Drunken Irishman]

63. I think it's dumber we're still complaining about a video that's months old.

[FiveGoodMen]

66. He may prove to be the final nail in America's coffin