O’Reilly continued to criticize the Obama administration for not being able to explain exactly what happened in Benghazi and the press for not making it the major story he believes it should be. O’Reilly predicted two ways the investigations could ensue: a Watergate-like spectacle exposing corruption at the highest levels of government, or a big pile of nothing.
But O’Reilly seemed to lean on the former as the likelier scenario, especially considering Obama’s continued refusal to make any
O’Reilly played video of John McCain scolding a reporter for asking whether the Petraeus affair might be a bigger story than Benghazi. He credited McCain and his colleagues for holding hearings in order to get to the bottom of what happened. O’Reilly then explained the possible Watergate connection.
“Richard Nixon denied he had anything to do with a low-level political break-in. If the press had not been aggressive, Nixon would have gotten away with it. And certainly the break-in at the Watergate hotel was not nearly as important as failing to define a terrorist attack that killed four Americans. President Obama… should have given us the facts weeks ago. He chose not to.”
Watch the video below, courtesy of Fox News:
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