The Obama Administration Is Not Going To Love O’Reilly’s Blago Interview

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by Frances Martel | 1:59 pm, February 12th, 2010

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The No-Spin Zone has met its match. Bill O’Reilly welcomed disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to The Factor last night to discuss his recent federal indictment for a bevy of corruption charges and, after a few pleasantries, it took one question to send Blagojevich running behind the curtain of his court ordered silence.

O’Reilly opens up with a soft question – “President Obama, Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago guys – do they have any involvement in the case at all?” – which Blagojevich quotes out of his memoir to answer that yes, they do. But his follow-up, whether he thinks they will be embarrassed by the content of the taped conversations, froze the governor into repeating a series of lawyer-approved catchphrases that dodged the question.

O’Reilly, frustrated, spent the rest of the segment trying to wheedle him out of that corner, but the crafty Governor waited his time out. Unfortunately for him, because his public image is in such shambles that everything he says in public is automatically assumed to be the opposite of true, he just ended up basically incriminating Obama administration officials.

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same2u

Bill O’Reilly should appreciate Blogo’s reluctance to talk given the fact when Bill O’Reilly had his own legal problem concerning inappropriate conduct with a female underling, he refused to offer up any details.

And one thing is certain about the sheep; they were less interested in Blogo’s own credibility problem, and more interested in whether he could offer up a good smear about the President.
writer

I’m torn. Blago is a Democrat, so he must be innocent. But he’s also white, so he must be guilty.
TruthHurts001

“Bill O’Reilly should appreciate Blogo’s reluctance to talk”

O’Reilly got his answer, Blogo simply avoided any articulation of the word YES. Clearly Blogo believes the tapes have the potential to be embarassing to the White House.
Fidoohki

..and again I ask what does Oriely’s legal troubles have ANYTHING to do with blago or any of his political commentary?
timzank

Fidoohki, to answer your question, obviously nothing, but same2u never simply addresses the issue now does he?.
AikidoJoe

writer says:
February 12, 2010 at 2:22 pm

I’m torn. Blago is a Democrat, so he must be innocent. But he’s also white, so he must be guilty.
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Ha! That is way funny. I needed a chuckle and you delivered sir/ma’am.
Fidoohki

timzank says,

I know but I’ll keep pointing that out as long as they keep bringing it up.:)
Tater Salad

Blago should team up with Keith Olbermann and Rachael Maddow because all three give the same type of interview.
ex politicalmedia hack

obama used to brag that he and rahm made rod gov.

obama let blago influence peddler, minority set aside slum lord and nation of islam money man tony rezko buy his lawn for him on a house he couldnt afford. (and the press never explained the truth behind that story ever!)

think that maybe if obama was white – those issues may have had traction in 2007-2008 or since?

lord the entire media was obsessed with whitewater and that was a pebble in a pond compared to the wave of chicago and illinois grafty and chicanery that washed over obama from lake michigan.

but ol barry gets his hundreth pass…oh yeah… he is SO a victim of racism…its just SO horrible!