The Obama supporters seem to think that Bill O'Reilly was rude to the President. He kept interrupting Mr. Obama. Why did Bill do it? Remember that the interview was only to be 10 minutes long. If Barack Obama was given free reign, he could have bloviated on one subject for the full 10 minutes. Bill had to maintain some control over the conversation, or the President could have talked only about what he wanted.
Barack Obama also gave some answers that weren't quite right. Does that mean he was lying or that he doesn't have enough facts to know that the answers were wrong? I can't answer that one, but I'm willing to give Mr. Obama the benefit of the doubt. In any case, Mr. O'Reilly had to challenge those answers that didn't feel truthful or correct.
I have heard left-leaning media pundits say that the interview was irrelevant because O'Reilly didn't bring up any new and fresh subjects in his questioning. These folks seemed to think that the questions were all about old news, and they had already been answered. Isn't this the exact reason why his questions were relevant and why they weren't old news? Those questions should have been old news, and they should have already been answered, but none have been asked by the mainstream media yet.
I have a bunch of questions about Benghazi that were never answered. Why did they not get the added security assistance that was requested? How high did the requests go before being rejected? When the attack started, did the CIA and the military believe it was a terrorist attack? If so, did they tell the Secretary of State or the President? With the anniversary of 9/11 coming up, did the State Department or any other branches of our government take any precautions against an attack against the homeland or our diplomatic outposts? Why was the military so unprepared in the areas of the world where an attack was most likely on 9/11 (like Benghazi)? Why were no assets deployed to stop the attack and save our people when it started? Who gave the order to stand down?
Have the conservative/libertarian groups received their 501C tax exempt status from the IRS yet, and if not, why? Who gave the order to target the Tea Party? How does Barack Obama know that there wasn't even a "smidgen" of corruption at the IRS? Did he personally give the order to squash the dissenting voices in the heartland? Who has been fired for incompetence or political favoritism at the IRS? If the Tea Party shouldn't have tax exempt status under the provisions of the law, then are the similar liberal organizations going to have their tax exempt status revoked?
Has the health care.gov website really been fixed? Is it working as it should be? What happens to the costs if the target number of people don't sign up for Obamacare? Are the young, healthy Americans signing up in sufficient numbers to offset the very sick people that are receiving this benefit? Did the President know that we wouldn't really be able to keep our health insurance coverage? Is Barack Obama's legacy more important than destruction of the greatest health care system in the world?
While I didn't think this interview was at all important initially, I'm rethinking that now. I didn't think O'Reilly or the President had persuaded anyone to change their views on anything, and consequently I thought the interview was more show than substance. However, the MessAPolitico in Congress is now holding hearings on various subjects. I have heard several questions in these hearings where the President's words from the interview were quoted precisely. Maybe Bill O'Reilly has stirred the pot enough to get us some answers. The answers didn't come out of the actual interview, but maybe they will come out later in the Congressional hearings.
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