O’Reilly Makes Panel Grade Obama’s Egypt Performance, Gives Him The Top Grade

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by Frances Martel | 8:59 pm, January 31st, 2011

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The Egyptian revolts are now several days old and, with the time distance growing enough to allow evaluation, the media is starting to look at how President Obama has reacted to the situation. Tonight Bill O’Reilly asked his panel– Mary Katharine Ham and Marc Lamont Hill– to play professor and hand out letter grades, and was shocked to find that the President got a better grade out of him than anyone else.

O’Reilly first turned to Ham for her grade, to which she gave him a skeptical look before being “a little more friendly” and giving the President a “C” because “it’s fair to be clumsy” in the current situation. This wasn’t too satisfying an answer to O’Reilly, who demanded to know what Ham believed the President should have done differently to get a higher grade. Before she could fully answer, however, her liberal counterpart was enthusiastically handing the Obama administration a “D-as-in-David D-” for their diplomatic performance.

He began to explain the rationale for his grade by rattling off the comments from Vice President Joe Biden that Hosni Mubarak was “not a dictator” to the refusal of the administration to yet take a side. Hill did answer what he would have wanted to see instead– for the President to “denounce despotism” and “promote democracy.”

O’Reilly adamantly disagreed that the smartest thing would be to renounce Mubarak, arguing that “this guy has kept Israel and Egypt out of war for 30 years. That means something.” Acknowledging that the President is “in a tough spot,” he gave him the highest grade on the panel– a B, prompting Hill to shout, “what is this, the Twilight Zone?”

The segment from tonight’s O’Reilly Factor via Fox News below:

Bill O'Reilly, Egypt, Egyptian Revolts, fox news, Hosni Mubarak, Marc Lamont Hill, Mary Katharine Ham, O'Reilly Factor

Color Me Badd

Barack Obama is a musical genius like John Coltrane or the Fat Boys.
Arkansas Steve

Right after the above mentioned article:

Tonight Bill O’Reilly & Glenn Beck had a hard nosed discussion about the situation in Egypt.

It was one of the best few minutes of television I’ve ever seen. No easy answers, no insults, lots of disagreement about policy, mutual acknowledgment that there are no easy answers.

Then I switched to MSNBC and (for about 90 seconds) watched Dennis Kucinich whine about his lawsuit while Lawrence O’Donnell tried to whine and connect Kucinich’s lack of dental care to health care. Yuk!!

Frances, I hope you’ll show the discussion between O’Reilly & Beck. You will never find anything like it on the other channels.
BFD

Arkansas Steve said:
It was one of the best few minutes of television I’ve ever seen.

No, Beck repeatedly made a fool of himself by contradicting his own point about becoming Switzerland and by bringing up WWI whenever Bill brought up WWII. Bill lost patience finally told him to knock it

BECK: We need to become Switzerland.

BECK (5 min later): I don’t think we can adopt that posture ( of neutral Switzerland) and survive either.
BFD

Arkansas Steve said:
Frances, I hope you’ll show the discussion between O’Reilly & Beck.

So do I.

Beck’s buffoonery was epic. lolol
ROCKSTEADY

O’Reilly was correct on this.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

Why is the Progressive Left so adamant that Mubarak be removed, when they adhered to a veritable gag-order during the Iranian Revolt?
Could it be their affinities lie more with the Muslim Brotherhood than an honest desire for freedom?

Well…why the difference?
BFD

ROCKSTEADY said:
O’Reilly was correct on this.

Exactly. If the far left and far right disapprove then Obama is usually spot on.
The Lantern of Truth

BFD said:
lolol

Says the 12 year old girl .
the real john t

NORBIT Jr. said:
Why is the Progressive Left so adamant that Mubarak be removed,

Name some that’s doing that.
The Lantern of Truth

BFD said:
spot on.</block

Says the Angela Lansbury wanna -be .
BFD

Hmmm…still no Big Eddie?
Maybe he was banned for spamming personal info on this site.

If so, let that be a lesson to you teabloggers. That shit don’t fly.

On topic: Ham looked a little hotter in the studio than she does by remote camera.
The Lantern of Truth

BFD thinks it’s funny to call a baby a bastard . Not a theoretical baby . A baby with a name . A Palin baby , so it’s okay to him . He probably got a big kick out of Obama’s Special Olympics routine .

BFD says : ” I think it’s only fair Bristol get 20,000 for speaking as an unwed mother.

As a matter of fact she should have another bastard child and raise her price to double that. ”

One sick disgusting pile of crap is BFD .
The Lantern of Truth

BFD said:
That shit don’t fly.

Stepped in a pile of BFD at the dog kennel . What a mess .
Gasket

NORBIT Jr. said:
Why is the Progressive Left so adamant that Mubarak be removed, when they adhered to a veritable gag-order during the Iranian Revolt?
Could it be their affinities lie more with the Muslim Brotherhood than an honest desire for freedom?

Well…why the difference?

There was a gag order with the Iranian revolt? Really? Why are you making up shit? Provide the evidence that the “progressive left” was supporting the mullahs and the status quo in Iran.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

the real john t said:
Name some that’s doing that.

Turn on Rachel right now, for starters; then you can read 100′s of affirmations of same at HuffPo…just to start.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

Gasket said:
There was a gag order with the Iranian revolt? Really? Why are you making up shit? Provide the evidence that the “progressive left” was supporting the mullahs and the status quo in Iran.

Dictionary – look up “veritable”, or better yet, Google public statements from then and now, and juxtapose them.
Gasket

Don’t make me look up or investigate anything. You made the claim. I want you to defend it.
The Real Royal King

The Lantern of Truth said:
Stepped in a pile of BFD at the dog kennel . What a mess .

Do you think you could make some effort to participate in a relevant discussion? We have an interesting and important topic here, we have a media struggling at some inconvenience, sacrifice and danger to cover it, and we seem to have a new foreign policy approach at hand. I am feeled with admiration for most of the media at the moment, and I am most hopeful as I see this beginning to take shape that we have some hope of a foreign policy other than invasion and occupation that might just succeed, and all you seem capable of doing is engaging in some petty, puerile, picayune slops jar peering and splashing. You are being terribly trite and tiersome, and you are not contributing in any measure to the important substantive discussion.
The Real Royal King

NORBIT Jr. said:
Gasket said:
There was a gag order with the Iranian revolt? Really? Why are you making up shit? Provide the evidence that the “progressive left” was supporting the mullahs and the status quo in Iran.
Dictionary – look up “veritable”, or better yet, Google public statements from then and now, and juxtapose them.

That does seem an odd statement to be making. As I recall, in Iran, Al Jazeera, the BBC, CNN, PBS and NPR were working from social media information and doing rather well trying to get the information out.

Are you saying, Norbit, Jr., that the media should have been in advocacy mode? I think that superfluous as the very reporting conditions seemed to convey that. Advocacy media in times of foreign conflict has never been shown to be particularly effective.
LOGICandREASON

BFD says:
January 31, 2011 at 9:09 pm
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Arkansas Steve said:
It was one of the best few minutes of television I’ve ever seen.

No, Beck repeatedly made a fool of himself by contradicting his own point about becoming Switzerland and by bringing up WWI whenever Bill brought up WWII. Bill lost patience finally told him to knock it

BECK: We need to become Switzerland.

BECK (5 min later): I don’t think we can adopt that posture ( of neutral Switzerland) and survive either.

——————–

I don’t know which syndrome you’re suffering from that makes you somewhat addicted to leaving comments on virtually every mediaite article; Do you somehow feel obliged to comment on everything?

Personally I don’t have a problem with you talking too much, but I do have reservation with your big mouth when it appears your too much talk are nothing but nonsensical comments that contribute nothing to an intellectual discussion.
Dem4Ever

ROCKSTEADY said:
O’Reilly was correct on this.

What is this? The Twilight Zone? TEE HEE!
nice_thought

The Lantern of Truth said:
Says the 12 year old girl .

Hey, leave the 12 years olds alone, you pervert!
Pablo

the real john t said:
Name some that’s doing that.

Here ya go.
skyfet

Top grade for what exactly?
ProObamaAgenda

NORBIT Jr. said:
Why is the Progressive Left so adamant that Mubarak be removed, when they adhered to a veritable gag-order during the Iranian Revolt?
Could it be their affinities lie more with the Muslim Brotherhood than an honest desire for freedom?

Well…why the difference?

you stupid assed republicans will say anything to justify your love of dictators….your typical excuse is “THE MOO_SLIMS ARE COMING….no wonder youre called nazi loving asswipes….you prove it everyday. you try to fool the pubic by draping yourselves in the flag and waving the constitution in our faces but your every action and word say just the opposite…YOU SIR ARE A KKK LOVING IDIOT. a white supremacist to your very core. if i were you id throw my keyboard out the window just so the whole world wouldnt know just how freaking stupid you really are
justanotherconservative

NORBIT Jr. said:
Why is the Progressive Left so adamant that Mubarak be removed, when they adhered to a veritable gag-order during the Iranian Revolt?Could it be their affinities lie more with the Muslim Brotherhood than an honest desire for freedom? Well…why the difference?

aha!! very good question.
Sue

This so surreal….Mark give his guy a D- grade. Will wonders never cease? There really are miracles out there!
But, before I wax profane, why? That is the question Mark needed to answer in detail….WHY?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Templeton/1642703797 Dave Templeton

Well, there you have it! FOX needs to get rid of O’Reilly and give that time slot to Laura Ingraham.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Templeton/1642703797 Dave Templeton

O’Reilly has lost his way and is as little value to the conservative cause as the RINO’s in congress.
CAconservative

Hey, yo Bill, Obimbo put himself in the position he’s in. Mr.Hill was correct. After Obimbo’s middle-east, “bend-over tour”, what little respect people there had for this country went straight down the tubes.