Obama Meets O'Reilly: No One Dies! - Democratic Underground

cdb

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Fri Sep-05-08 08:53 AM
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Obama Meets O'Reilly: No One Dies!

Barack Obama sat down to an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly on Fox tonight and — shockingly — it looked like a TV interview. Though he was speaking with Democrats' most-reviled host on their most-disparaged network, no one Photoshopped his head on Osama bin Laden's body or produced Jeremiah Wright from behind a secret panel.

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O'Reilly led him through questions on Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq, occasionally bickering with Obama ("You're not going to send ground troops , and you know it!") or making a pronouncement without asking a question. Obama pressed his case that the war in Iraq had misdirected America's resources, saying that the surge had worked "beyond our wildest dreams" but placing that in the context of the cost of the preceding five years of the war and reminding O'Reilly that the Iraqis have not yet stepped up to self-governance. (And, in what was probably an intentional dig at McCain, making the point that he knew the distinction between Sunni and Shi'a.)

more:

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1838954,00.html

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torbird

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Fri Sep-05-08 09:05 AM
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1. Such a nice man

This was, as I suspected it would be, more of a love-in than an interview. O'Reilly and Fox desperately DESPERATELY need this to rehabilitate themselves in the public mind and get back to even a shadow of respectability. Billy O' isn't going to grill Obama on anything, and he actually led all his questions with "I agree with you on..."

So, we win. Again!

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cdb

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Fri Sep-05-08 09:08 AM
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2. Now, how many pugs watched it last night? Or TIVO'd it?? n/t

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VWolf

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Fri Sep-05-08 09:17 AM
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3. Yep, I agree

Fox is trying to save face, but I've got my guard up.

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Iwillnevergiveup

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Fri Sep-05-08 09:41 AM
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4. Once was enough

Once was more than enough - I hope Barack does not EVER return to Fox. It gives O'Reilly, etc. bragging chips, but does nothing for Barack. People who watch Fox are not gonna vote for him.

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torbird

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Fri Sep-05-08 01:34 PM
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5. Agree

Except that, it will soften the blow a little bit when McCain tanks, because the hardcore Republicans will at least have heard Obama speak once and will know he isn't some bloodthirsty maniac (hey, I'm just guessing what Republicans think at this point).

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Sat Sep-06-08 12:56 AM
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6. Fox and their

con guys and gals,are really a sad bunch.

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