Sunday, February 2, 2014

"Obama to O'Reilly: 'I try to focus not on the fumbles but on the next play'," Carson Wright, 5th Period

President Barack Obama defended the handling of three scandals, being Benghazi, the rollout of Obamacare website and the IRS's targeting of conservative organizations, in a recent interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.
Of the Benghazi scandal, the president explained to O'Reilly that their focus was not on systematic, textbook process analyses; rather, figuring out what happened and how to make sure everything was alright.
Regarding the rollout of healthcare.gov, President Obama insisted that all officials under his jurisdiction "up and down the line" are held accountable, referring to Bill O'Reilly's inquiry as to why Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wasn't fired for the fumble. And of such, Obama made the following point, applicable to his entire presidency and administration: "I try to focus not on the fumbles but on the next play."
O'Reilly frequently brought up supposedly widespread confusions regarding Obama's choices. "These kinds of things keep on surfacing in part because you and your TV station will promote them," the president answered, saying as well that, "you've got a long list of my mistakes, Bill." This is in reference to the particularly conservative and anti-Obama nature of the Fox News Network.
Finally, O'Reilly had President Obama predict the score of the Super Bowl. "24 to 21," he said, laughing.

Clearly, the president has absolutely no idea what he's talking about. 24 to 21? Where are your facts, Obama?
Jokes aside, this is an excellent interview, illustrating not only the biased and ideologically aggressive tendencies of Fox News, but also the ability of the president to acknowledge his mistakes and articulate clearly and honestly the successes of his administration.
I would definitely recommend watching the video.

Article/video: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-oreilly-super-bowl-211853753.html?vp=1

1 comment:

  1. LOL...this is hilarious...well I mean Obama is the president...not a sports guru and he doesn't know everything. I think anyone would have predicted that score but then again I don't know much about sports myself. Definitely no one would have thought that the Broncos would have received 8 points tonight...kinda sad.

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