Bill O’Reilly Smacks Down George Stephanopoulos’ Pro-Obama Spin
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday dismissed the pro-Obama talking points repeated by Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos. After quoting the President, Stephanopoulos parroted, “And it's clear that the President and his team, there's a strategy here. They think that the Republican base is way outside of the mainstream right now.” An almost incredulous O'Reilly snorted, ” So, wait a minute, George. You're telling me, this is shocking to me, that the President doesn't like Republicans, that he's going to criticize Republicans. Come on .” [See video below. MP3 audio here .] O'Reilly also declared that Obama would lose: “I think that the economy is so bad that if the Republicans run a candidate with credibility, the President will lose, unless something happens.” Stephanopoulos uncritically repeated Obama's smears on Republicans: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Meanwhile, President Obama really going after this. You saw him in these fund-raisers out on the west coast. He said, he told them, “Has anybody been watching the debates lately? You have got a governor whose state on fire denying climate change. You have got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care and booing a service member in Iraq because they're gay. That's not reflective of who we are.” ABC News journalist Jake Tapper on Monday offered more context than his colleague. Tapper explained,
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