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Pelosi: O'Reilly question to Obama on hate 'completely inappropriate'
The Hill ^ | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 02/07/2011 10:59:48 AM PST by Justaham

It was "completely inappropriate" for Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly to ask President Obama about the people who "hate" him, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday.

Pelosi said O'Reilly's question, during an interview before Sunday's Super Bowl, made her wince upon hearing it again on Monday.

"Just seeing it again ... I thought was a completely inappropriate question, of course beautifully handled by the president," Pelosi told host Gayle King on the Oprah Radio network.

"To hear this used in the presence of the president of the United States — I think we all have to recognize that while we disagree with people, and may think that they are wrong," the word "hate" should never be used, Pelosi said.

O'Reilly's question has been one of the most replayed on Monday.

"Does it disturb you that so many people hate you?" O'Reilly asked Obama.

"The people who dislike you don't know you," Obama responded. "The folks who hate you don't know you; what they hate is whatever funhouse mirror image of you is out there."

The interview was a coup for the Fox host and his network, which has sparred sometimes with the Obama administration and earned public enmity from the president at times during the last two years.

Obama's interview, broadcast on Fox, was his third straight year of doing a pre-Super Bowl interview. He sat for an interview with CBS last year, and NBC the year before that.

Pelosi said it was her preference that the word "hate" never be used in a political context.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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To: Justaham

But of course, one can never talk in this manner to absolute monarchs, tyrants and various other despots.


21 posted on 02/07/2011 11:14:19 AM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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To: PGR88

He asked Bozo why some people hate him. BOR appeared to be trying out to pitch in next years Home Run Derby.


22 posted on 02/07/2011 11:15:25 AM PST by screaminsunshine (Surfers Rule)
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To: tutstar

Pelosi ~ the very image of Hate in modern times ~ no wonder she doesn’t want the word mentioned.


23 posted on 02/07/2011 11:15:25 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: WestwardHo
Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl was far more intellectually stimulating than another episode of Tenspeed and Brownshoe
24 posted on 02/07/2011 11:16:51 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine (I'm shocked! Shocked to find out that gambling is going on in here!)
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To: Justaham
"To hear this used in the presence of the president of the United States — I think we all have to recognize that while we disagree with people, and may think that they are wrong," the word "hate" should never be used, Pelosi said.

Right, because it's better to live in a pretend world where no one hates Obama or George Bush - O'Reilly clearly stated he'd asked Bush the same question several weeks ago.
25 posted on 02/07/2011 11:17:11 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Justaham
I tried, really tried to watch Ted Baxter interview our caliph in chief, but I couldn't. After that particular question I knew where the interview was headed, and I figured Ted wasn't going to ask Hussein any tough questions, so I had to shut it off.

It's almost physically painful for me to watch what passes for a president in this country.

26 posted on 02/07/2011 11:22:37 AM PST by YankeeReb
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To: WestwardHo

Still ticked he bumped A Charlie Brown Christmas in 2009 to give a speech on Afghanistan. Nice for him to remove a Christian message from children’s lives. Bet he wouldn’t have bumped a muslim story.

But to see how he really feels about our military in Afghanistan, read the link below to see how during a meeting on Afghanistan and several soldiers who died, he walks in laughing, laughs during the meeting and leaves laughing. He is disgusting and has to be mentally ill.

http://newsflavor.com/politics/world-politics/white-house-insider-they-were-in-shock-at-the-presidents-behavior/


27 posted on 02/07/2011 11:25:01 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: treetopsandroofs
This means he was provided with all the questions quite some time before.

Of course he was. Obama would never do an unscripted interview.

28 posted on 02/07/2011 11:25:50 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Justaham

Then she obviously condemns this too. Oh, wait, nevermind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxh_luLdj80


29 posted on 02/07/2011 11:25:50 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (A well armed lamb will contest the vote)
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To: Justaham

Mirrorx2


30 posted on 02/07/2011 11:26:27 AM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: Justaham

Hey Nancy!
America prefers to have somebody who doesn’t support killing babies, determine which behavior is and is NOT “appropriate”!


31 posted on 02/07/2011 11:26:39 AM PST by G Larry
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To: Justaham

Is this that ugly old skin-stretched “lady” that used to be important?

Why does she think anyone cares what she says anymore?


32 posted on 02/07/2011 11:27:08 AM PST by Mr. K (Empty, Stupid Happy Talk is NOT 'Reaganesque'!)
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To: Justaham

What is a “Pelosi”?


33 posted on 02/07/2011 11:27:55 AM PST by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: Justaham

Wow, it’s good for O’Reilly that he didn’t ask the question about being a lying Kenyan Marxists bent on destroying American, then...


34 posted on 02/07/2011 11:28:57 AM PST by bigbob
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To: Justaham

afailedexspeakersayswhat?


35 posted on 02/07/2011 11:30:22 AM PST by sappy (criminallibs)
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To: Justaham
Nancy:
Nobody cares what you think. . . . . . Nobody
Good thing O'R didn't ask you that question. The meter would have pegged. . . .
What are you famous for? This: "We need to pass it so we can find out what is in it"
36 posted on 02/07/2011 11:30:27 AM PST by DeaconRed (Wisdom from our founding Fathers: Keep Your Powder Dry. . . . . .)
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To: Justaham

She has always been a Idiot,Look at the Party she represents!


37 posted on 02/07/2011 11:31:09 AM PST by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
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To: Justaham

Inappropriate?

How about the fraud being asked a question about his dual citizenship when he was born and why didn’t he produce a Birth Certificate that looks like everyone elses?

Or just show us the one he found among his mother’s belongings upon her passing?


38 posted on 02/07/2011 11:31:33 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: Justaham

Barry was obviously primed for the question, although a flake like him really does think that to know him is to love him. He has a lot of RINOs in his pocket to support that bit of narcissism.


39 posted on 02/07/2011 11:32:52 AM PST by pallis
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To: Justaham
I haven't seen the interview, but what did Obamah say to O’Reilly’s question about the differences in the Iranian and Egyptian uprisings? ...and why he only spoke out for regime change in Egypt and not Iran?
40 posted on 02/07/2011 11:33:00 AM PST by TexasCajun
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