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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 11:47 PM
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"Obama to do pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox's O'Reilly"
Obama to do pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox's O'Reilly
By Michael O'Brien - 01/06/11 03:45 PM ET

President Obama will sit down with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly in an interview set to air on Super Bowl Sunday.

A Fox News spokeswoman confirmed reports that the president would sit down with the conservative pundit for a pre-game interview before the Super Bowl on the Fox broadcast network.

The sit-down will be a moment of outreach between Obama and the network, which his administration has clashed with during the past two years over the network's coverage of the White House.

It's also the second straight year Obama will use one of the most watched television events of the year to advance his message. He sat down last year with Katie Couric on CBS, the network that hosted the NFL championship game, which took place during the height of the healthcare battles in Congress.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/136479-obama-to-do-pre-super-bowl-interview-with-foxs-oreilly
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Nancy Waterman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 11:48 PM
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1. O'Reiley is like a steamroller in an interview
It will be a miracle if he lets the president answer a question fully.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 01:38 AM
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14. Did you see their interview in '08?
The President more than held his own. O'Reilly tried to cut him off several times and he ....... THE HAND! lol .... Obama wouldn't let him. "Now, now now, now wait a minute Bill..."
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 11:53 PM
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2. Let me guess
Edited on Fri Jan-07-11 12:23 AM by MannyGoldstein
Obama will say that we have to be responsible adults, and that the extremists are unhelpful.

And then he'll cut Social Security.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:12 AM
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6. "And then he'll cut Social Security." Yup,
that's a guess.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:20 AM
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7. Are you ready to bet $20 on it yet?
Easy money for you, no?
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:24 AM
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9. Will it
ever become apparent that this doesn't work?
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:25 AM
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10. That *what* doesn't work?
Thanks.

Night-night.
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-11 01:08 AM
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42. I'm willing to bet 20 bucks on it, depending on terms.
1. Is lack of a COLA increase a cut?
2. Is changing eligibility ages a cut?
3. Is means testing a cut?
4. Is fraud reduction a cut?

What constitutes a "cut"?
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-11 06:25 PM
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44. what constitutes a cut?
1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. In my entire life I've never heard any claims of fraud against SS, other than criminals who don't report someone dying so they can cash their checks. And, please think about it, eliminating such fraud would not be a cut by anybody's reckoning because it doesn't touch anybody's legitimate payments while at the same time preserving the funds for those who deserve them - so, why did you even mention it? Do you REALLY hear anyone saying "Save the fraud!"?
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-11 07:24 PM
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45. #3 is fraud, as well.
Why give money to the rich?
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 01:38 AM
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15. And THEN he'll start stealing kittens! nt
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 11:55 PM
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3. You have got to be fucking kidding me...
I'm sorry, but this President who I was SO happy to see win it all, is seriously out of touch.
Maybe he can explain how the tides come in, and the tides go out, to Bill-O the clown.
Or maybe not.

I'm at my wits end with this President.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 06:53 PM
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33. Why does everyone think..
They can tell him what to do on every decision..and why do they think they know sooooo much more than the President..
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:10 AM
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4. He acknowledged as early as the inauguration
that he will not be president of the blue states vs. the red states but President of the United States of America, which is exactly what is expected of him.

And that means being occasionally available for interviews with icky people.
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 07:29 AM
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21. Say it, sister!
The constant bashing of the president is getting really, really old. This is a man who knows that he is president of the entire country. I don't understand why so many people here can't understand that fact.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 04:07 PM
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27. :)
:hi:
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:11 AM
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5. Pointless. nt
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:23 AM
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8. Why?
Million of people will be tuned in for the Super Bowl. They're likely not to be O'Reilly fans, but they'll be tuned in pre-game.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:25 AM
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11. Eh. No big deal in my book. May be an opportunity to counter some of the Fox hyperbole / lies.
And pre-Super Bowl will likely have a large # of viewers.

:shrug:
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:37 AM
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12. Maybe he's "coming out".. no, not as gay
Edited on Fri Jan-07-11 12:38 AM by slay
you know.. :hide:
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Control-Z Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 01:22 AM
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13. Exactly what would he
be coming out as?
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 04:50 AM
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19. its obvious to everyone... no real need to ask.
serious?
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stevenleser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 05:25 PM
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28. I guess not so obvious, I join the previous poster. Come out as what? n/t
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 09:19 PM
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39. Apparently,
the post is inferring that the president is "coming out" as a Republican. :eyes:
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anAustralianobserver Donating Member (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 02:19 AM
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16. I'd accept this if he also does a panel interview with disaffected critics from the left.
Edited on Fri Jan-07-11 02:55 AM by anAustralianobserver
You could have maybe Adam Green, Cornell West, Amy Goodman, Roseanne, Code Pink (or many others).

But I guess it's unpresidential to answer real hardball questions from the informed left - especially in a live, small group, unrushed high-feedback setting.
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jeanpalmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 02:20 AM
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17. Maybe someone should tell him
he'll be sitting down with the worst person in the world?
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 02:33 AM
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18. O'Reilly does not deserve to be dignified with a Presidential interview.
Edited on Fri Jan-07-11 02:36 AM by Mimosa
Dumb move on the administration's part. Fox's ratings have been declining, they've been losing corporate advertising because of Beck's antics, and now Obama's going to kibitz with that lying propagandist, O'Reilly?

And, btw, Karl Rove is on Fox News as a commentator nearly every time I click past the channel.

It can only help Fox, not help Obama. Dumb move. Our side was winning. Fox was losing.
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COLGATE4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 07:06 AM
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20. You're right. Obama going on w/ O'Leilly only serves to prop up
the myth they've created that they are 'fair and balanced'. What's next - a soul searching interview with Hannity?
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 07:30 AM
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22. You people are so....predictable!!!
This is the best move ever.

Obama is not appearing on Fox news exclusively, he will be appearing in front of all of America. O'Reilly won't be preaching to the choir. This will be watched and judged by the whole country. The republicans will be watching just because it's O'Reilly and expecting the usual Fox crap. What they will see is an intelligent, caring, dignified yet likable man. They won't see a crazy muslim socialist. They will hear what he really thinks and feels instead of his words run through the Fox meat grinder.

Anyone who thinks that all we have to do is fight the right to get our way is totally delusional. We do have to win them over. Obama knows that and if anyone can do it he can.
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-11 09:55 PM
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47. I agree. No need to legitimize a rightwing asshole like O'Reilly
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EmeraldCityGrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:51 PM
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23. So Obama chooses to appear on the network
that refers to him as "Mr. Obama." Fox has everything to win and Obama has everything to lose.
I'm beginning to think he enjoys humiliating himself in the interest of bipartisianship. What a
tool he's become.
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 03:46 PM
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26. Hannity always calls the Prez 'this or that GUY'! And he hasn't stopped.
Anybody who thinks the continuing goal of Fox News (led by Roger Ailes and now Karl Rove) isn't to bring down President Obama is 'delusional', to quote 'Rich Girl' in a reply to me. I exept Shep Smith from the line up of liars and creeps on Fox news. he's the one on air person who does seem 'fair and balanced'. Which only points out how bad the rest are.
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sadbear Donating Member (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 12:57 PM
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24. Maybe they can go out a punch hippies together after the interview
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 06:11 PM
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29. I remember that way back during the primaries, O'Reilly stalked
Obama at one of his appearances, and Obama promised that he'd give him an interview at a later date. This is a later date.
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cbc5g Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 06:33 PM
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30. He's just going to talk to his new base
Republicans
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olegramps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 06:49 PM
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31. Why would he provide a sexual pervert an interview?
He only provides these racist assholes a degree of credibility. I don't see any advantage. None what so ever. He could have been interviewed by a number of respectable journalists, not some clown that doesn't know his asshole from a hole in the ground. Do you think perhaps Obama will provide him some First Grade knowledge on tides? I suppose this is part of Obama's bipartisanship crap. When he is looking for a handout for the 2012 election he can look up O'Really.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 06:51 PM
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32. I don't know what..
Is THE BIG FUCKING DEAL? He has done it before,they can't make him say anything he doesn't want to he can handle it.
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Scottybeamer70 Donating Member (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 07:14 PM
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34. Too bad.....
Helen Thomas won't be interviewing him. Now, that I would watch!!
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Grassy Knoll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 08:24 PM
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35. Thank God for casinos.......
Superbowl partys are so loud on that day you can't here the game at all.
P.S. Fuck Bill O the ass clown.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 08:28 PM
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36. K&R. Obama will kick O'Reilly's butt if he tries to be confrontational, and
he will win over older people and Independents while he's at it. Good decision!
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 08:38 PM
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37. As pointed out, this year the Super Bowl will be on the Fox broadcast network.
If it were on NBC, he'd do the interview with someone from THERE. Some people get mad at ANYTHING Obama does. :eyes:
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namahage Donating Member (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 08:52 PM
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38. Oh noes. He's talking with a conservative pundit.
Imagine how screwed he'd be if he went up against a whole group of Republicans on their home turf.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 10:28 PM
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40. In other news... there's a football game going on.
BFD.

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anAustralianobserver Donating Member (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 10:43 PM
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41. I think the optics of him yukking it up on a sports celebration day
on FOX News turf is wack. If it wasn't a celebration day and he occasionally goes on FOX News for a serious interview to co-opt the transmission that's fine, as he has done before.

In this situation if O'Reilly goes confrontational and serious on him he has to come back on him strong, which clashes with the all-American party vibe. On the other hand if O'Reilly goes wink-wink back-slappy with him then O'Reilly makes him look a tool like David Gregory dancing with MC Rove.

So unless Obama has something up his sleeve he might regret this one, no matter how 'customary' it is.
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-11 05:21 AM
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43. Is it customary for Presidents to do interviews before the Superbowl?
Not being a sports fan I don't remember any doing it previously.

What date is 'Superbowl Sunday' anyway?
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anAustralianobserver Donating Member (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-11 09:24 PM
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46. Feb 6. Apparently he did one with Katie Couric last year but I'm not sure how they mix the politics
with the sports or how soon before the event the interview is.
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