O'Reilly Interviews Obama, Obama Quickly Gets Irritated

Townhall.com ^ | February 3, 2013 | Katie Pavlich

[Kaslin]

Last night before the Superbowl, Fox News' Bill O'Reilly interviewed President Obama and didn't shy away from tough topics like Benghazi or the IRS scandal. In typically fashion shortly after the interview started, President Obama got irritated and accused O'Reilly and Fox News of telling people things that aren't true. Obama reassured O'Reilly that the IRS targeting of conservatives had nothing to do with politics and said former IRS Chief Douglas Shulman visited the White House more than 100 times to help with the Obamacare rollout. Obama said there was zero corruption involved in the IRS case.

"I mean these kinds of things keep on surfacing, in part because you and your TV station will promote them."

"Not even a smidgen of corruption.”

Bill O'Reilly interviews President Obama before the Super Bowl

Earlier this morning, Special Report's Bret Baier responded to Obama's slam on Fox News. He also mentioned Hillary Clinton's swipe at the network last night during the Superbowl. Mediaite caught that exchange from Fox & Friends:

“Also clear, to use the president’s favorite word, was that he wanted to use every opportunity on all three topics before he answered to say, ‘You’re with Fox,’ as if it’s Fox’s fault,” Brian Kilmeade said.

“I suppose the back and forth was getting a little heated and that was probably baked in to some of his answers,” Baier said. “I did find it interesting that Secretary Clinton tweeted out during the game, it’s so much more fun to watch Fox when it’s someone else being blitzed and sacked. I’m not sure she was talking about the game or the O’Reilly interview. I don’t know which one. But I do think it was baked in to some of the answers beforehand.”

The second half of O'Reilly's interview will air tonight at 8 pm ET on the Fox News Channel.

[jiggyboy]

I would like to have seen, "Mister President, how do you know so much about how Fox News reports on every issue, when you have repeatedly claimed that you know nothing about any issue?"

[Kaslin]

Excellent point. I watched the interview, but muted my TV so I would not have to listen to his lies

[Qiviut]

The last time Hillary was “blitzed and sacked” was by .... um .... Web Hubbell?

[JPG]

[laweeks]

Got hurt by a softball, huh? I would’ve asked the illegal alien if he’d allow his grandchild to be put in a closet or thrown into a medical waste bin if “accidentally” born “alive” during one of his daughters abortions if she didn’t want the baby.

[clintonh8r]

Blowhard and Blowharder.....

[proudpapa]

Obama has invited the Seahawks to the Whitehouse. He’s hoping to learn how to play defense.

[al_c]

Of course. He’s used to softball questions. Any hard questions and he’s going to start blaming the other side. It’s his M.O.

[clintonh8r]

No, I think the last time would have been Huma....

[dennisw]

“How dare you not throw only softballs at Moi, the Mocha Messiah”

[Logical me]

O'Rielly still lives in a fantasy world. He said he believes that King Obama really believes he is helping America and Americans. That O’Rielly is a stone nut. He said that the far right believes King Obama is a communists. What in the hell is communist beliefs. And add his black background with his Muslim training. King Obama is a communists BLACK Muslim. Get used to it.

[Kaslin]

Exactly, but this is not how a real leader behaves

[RIghtwardHo]

So? So he got irritated. I’m much more interested in a real interviewer doing a probing interview, not some “look at me” hack babbling (yeah you O’Reilly).

[Revolting cat!]

King Obama is a communists

What's plural of 'communists', 'communistses'?

[Kaslin]

O'Reilly thinks that 0bama deserves respect because he is the president, and while I agree that the Office of the President should be respected. It does not mean that I have to respect this arrogant, lazy, lying pos occupant of the Spite House. AKA 1600 Pennsylvania Ave

[Scrambler Bob]

Communistseen (a little muslim lingo thrown in there)

[lepton]

“I mean these kinds of things keep on surfacing, in part because you and your TV station will promote them.”

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Not that he said there that they aren’t true....

[al_c]

True. But we’re not talking about a real leader here. :-)

[Qiviut]

I get your point, but sticking with the football analogy, there’s a difference between touch and tackle .... blitz/sacking is tackle.