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| All content taken from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Each weeknight by 6 PM EST a preview of that evening's show will be posted and then updated with additional information the following weekday by noon EST.
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Guests: James Carville & Kate Obenshain
DO REPUBLICANS HATE PRESIDENT OBAMA?
There is no question that relations between the Republican-controlled House and President Obama are at their lowest point ever. Yesterday, the House voted to sue the President in federal court because the President has changed or delayed parts of ObamaCare without Congressional approval. Fox News analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano says the suit will be thrown out and is essentially a waste of taxpayer money because it has no hope of success. Republicans argue that it's a Constitutional play and that the President should be held accountable for over-stepping his authority. From the beginning, conservative Americans were suspect of President Obama, who is the most liberal President this country has ever had. His philosophy of social justice and income redistribution puts him in a position where détente is difficult with the right. Then there is his personal style. The President does not like the political game, so he doesn't even try to win over his opposition. But the staunch opposition means he can blame failures on Congress, as Mr. Obama has done with the border situation and things in general. If President Obama's policies were succeeding, the GOP could not block him effectively - he could appeal directly to you, the folks. But Mr. Obama's vision has failed at home and abroad. So now he has only his core supporters left, and a House of Representatives that will defy him on almost everything.
Democrat James Carville and Republican Kate Obenshain assessed the conflict between President Obama and Congress. "You might think there are a bunch of pinheads in the House," Obenshain said, "and I don't dispute that. However, the president has been sitting back knowing that anything the House puts forward will be killed in the Senate. It would be a great thing if the president stopped calling Republicans 'haters' and 'hostage takers.'" Carville, meanwhile, mocked Republicans for failing to pass an immigration bill Thursday. "They couldn't pass their own bill, this had nothing to do with Obama. The Senate has already passed an immigration bill, the House has not!" The Factor pointed to a lack of leadership in the White House: "The sad truth is that there is a total collapse in Washington and a lot of it is President Obama's fault. You have a president who is not managing and the country is being run into the ground." |
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Guest: Geraldo Rivera
The Factor asked Geraldo Rivera why so many Americans, including millions of Democrats, have soured on President Obama. "A lot of people have buyer's remorse," Rivera conceded. "Barack Obama was 'Mr. Hope and Change' to me, I saw him as an historic figure. That's where I am most disillusioned - the fact that he has not spent more time as the role model. Also, immigration reform was promised by this president but he squandered his initial popularity on ObamaCare. But why did the GOP go after abortion rights and gay marriage? I'm a registered Republican but I voted for the Democrat because of those social issues." The Factor accused Rivera of focusing too much on relatively trivialities: "The greater good has to be the president's first priority, not special interest stuff, and this is where Barack Obama never understood the job." |
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Guests: Simon Rosenberg & Chad Sweet
A new report out of Texas says that state authorities are overwhelmed by violence and humanitarian chaos at the border. The Factor explored Mexico's culpability with liberal Democrat Simon Rosenberg and former Homeland Security official Chad Sweet. "I praised Mexico when their former president had an extremely aggressive anti-smuggling program," Sweet said, "but President Nieto has taken his foot off the gas. The flood of unaccompanied children coming to the United States is a direct result of Mexico turning a blind eye." But Rosenberg actually lauded Mexico for its efforts. "Mexico is taking responsibility for the first time to fortify the border. They're moving far more resources there and they've committed to working with the United States. The flow coming into the United States is down." |
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Guest: Heather Nauert
FNC anchor Heather Nauert joined The Factor to answer emails from some angry viewers. Among them - Floridian George Szrenaiwski, who is irate over the lack of coverage of ISIS slaughtering Christians in Iraq. "We went to war in part to free those people from a brutal dictator," Nauert said, "and I believe it's our moral responsibility to help these Christians in Iraq. The president has not said anything and it doesn't look like we are doing anything to reach out to them." Another Floridian, Rick Golden, is outraged because taxpayers are footing the bill for convicted spy Bradley Manning's sex change therapy. "He is serving 35 years," Nauert reported, "and Army psychologists say he has gender identity disorder. He is going to get some kind of sex change treatments and this will be paid for by the Department of Defense." |
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Guest: Bernie Goldberg
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has won his defamation lawsuit against the widow of famed Navy sniper Chris Kyle. FNC's Bernie Goldberg analyzed the verdict and the fallout. "I don't know if this was the correct verdict," Goldberg said, "and I think there is a good chance this will be overturned on appeal. But from a public relations point of view, Jesse Ventura should have walked out of the courtroom and said that he did this to clear his name. As for the $1.8 million award, he should have said he's giving it to the widow of the Navy SEAL. That would have been a public relations success, but he didn't do that and this will haunt him for a long time." The Factor concluded, "I really think he needs the money, I think that was a big part of why he did this." |
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Guests: Greg Gutfeld & Bernard McGuirk
The Factor was joined by Greg Gutfeld and Bernard McGuirk, who opined on the costumed characters who are harassing tourists in New York City's Times Square. "I blame the tourists," Gutfeld declared, "because they see these weirdoes like celebrities. That is not really Elmo, that is a felon in a costume made of stained carpeting. If you don't want to deal with this, don't go to Times Square!" McGuirk, in turn, laid the blame on the furry and masked characters. "They need to be regulated and fumigated, these people are disgusting. I walked through Times Square yesterday and there are bugs jumping off these people. I'm longing for the old days with the peep shows, but the place is now full of pink-faced, overweight European tourists with too-tight shorts and sandals." |
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