The O'Reilly Factor
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Thursday, April 23, 2015
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Buying Access to the Clintons
"Accusations are mounting that, while secretary of state, Hillary Clinton used her position to enrich the Clinton Foundation by doing favors for foreign governments and corporations. If true, that would likely eliminate Mrs. Clinton from the presidential race. Right now the evidence is circumstantial and the subject of wild speculation by anti-Clinton forces. But when a corporation like General Electric says it will not make public emails sent to it by the State Department during a time when GE secured a big contract from the Algerian government, while donating generously to the Clinton Foundation, there is something very wrong. GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt must know that there is an appearance of impropriety and he has an obligation to shareholders to avoid any taint of scandal. He should release those emails immediately. If he does not, the Justice Department should begin an investigation. In addition, there are charges that the State Department under Mrs. Clinton signed off on a deal that allowed the Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom to acquire a huge Canadian company called Uranium One. Uranium One's chairman donated almost $2.5 million to the Clinton Foundation, much of it while the negotiations were taking place. Talking Points believes there is enough evidence of major money flowing to the Clinton Foundation and to the Clintons themselves that an official investigation has to be launched. The Clintons are to be given the presumption of innocence, but there are major questions here that must be answered. The investigation should start with General Electric, which admits it has emails from State but is keeping them secret. All GE stockholders should demand an honest accounting."

The Factor was joined by Fox News anchor Bret Baier, host of a Friday night special report about the Clinton Foundation. "On that uranium deal," Baier said, "your dollar figures are actually pretty low. More than $145 million of commitments and donations to the foundation came from investors, and those donations were not disclosed. The Clinton Foundation says that was an error and that they will be re-filing tax returns for at least the past five years." Baier also addressed the fact that GE and its CEO Jeffrey Immelt seem to be stonewalling. "This is a guy who was once a head of President Obama's jobs task force and he has emails he won't turn over. Then you have Secretary Clinton, who has destroyed emails. And when you point to foreign companies and governments, 11 of the 13 speeches that paid Bill Clinton $500,000 or more came when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state."
Presidential Politics
Fox News correspondent Ed Henry, who has been covering the Clinton campaign, reported on the latest allegations. "When you're talking about General Electric," he began, "there should be transparency on those emails. But what about the contribution from the Algerian government? That completely violates the ethical agreement that Hillary Clinton and her aides signed with President Obama. The Clinton Foundation was not supposed to accept any money from foreign governments, but the Algeria contribution went through the cracks." The Factor again demanded an inquiry: "There is an appearance of impropriety and new Attorney General Loretta Lynch should launch an investigation. This makes Benghazi look like a game of horseshoes."
Presidential Politics
The Factor next welcomed Karl Rove, who opined on Hillary Clinton's burgeoning problems. "She violated the rules and I just can't understand why," he declared. "When she left the State Department her favorable rating was 64%, but it is now below 50% and it's going to get worse. If she's slid this far this fast, it will only continuing with this new set of scandals." Rove also scrutinized Senator Marco Rubio's recent rise to the top tier of the GOP heap. "Everybody gets a bump when they announce or when they do something exceptional. But these polls don't mean much, we won't know how durable this is until the fall when things start to gel."
Controversial Ad Campaign
A federal judge has ruled that an anti-Islamic ad saying "Killing Jews is Worship" is permissible speech and must be allowed on buses in New York City. The Factor asked FNC's Judge Andrew Napolitano to analyze. "I agree with the judge," Napolitano said. "The speech is hateful and repellent and certainly provocative, but under the law it does not qualify as 'hate speech.' Hate speech, which is not protected, is speech that provokes a particular individual to engage in immediate violence. The sign does not meet that standard."
An Amazing Story
The Factor has been profiling Fox News personalities who have interesting past lives. Thursday night the spotlight shone on Fox Business host Jamie Colby, who entered college at the ripe old age of 14. "The University of Miami wanted to see if someone my age," she explained, "could socially and academically achieve a college degree. I was extremely curious, I had worked hard, I had finished all my credits, and I was ready to go to college. So I graduated from college at 19, law school at 22, but I still don't have a high school degree." Armed with her law degree, Colby next landed a job advising Johnny Carson on his outside ventures. "I think he saw in me someone who was very committed and loyal. Then an agent called and asked me to fill in for someone on TV. I immediately realized I could help people in a bigger way than I ever could as an attorney."
Christians in Danger
Bernie Goldberg entered the No Spin Zone to rail against the tendency of many liberals, President Obama among them, to downplay violence against Christians. "Liberals are always showing their outrage," he intoned, "because it's a way to show their compassion and how good they are. But where's there outrage, where are the demonstrations over the killing of Christians by Muslim fanatics? Don't Christian lives matter? If a fringe of Christians were merely discriminating against Muslims, there would be plenty of liberal outrage. But now outrage is dead, and when outrage dies some of our humanity also dies. When the most powerful man in the world doesn't even show outrage when Christians are thrown overboard from a boat, his allies in this country and overseas won't show outrage." The Factor put forth a simple explanation for the phenomenon, saying, "Generally speaking, far-left Americans believe Christians are the oppressors in the world."
Viewers Sound Off
Factor Words of the Day
Stephen Treisman, Redondo Beach, CA: "The Secretary of State represents American interests. I am glad the Algerian government gave contracts to GE and Boeing, so Hillary Clinton did nothing wrong."

Jim Dwyer, Phoenix, AZ: "I would have to have a frontal lobotomy before I could believe the Clinton Foundation is anything more than a money laundering scheme."

Sherry Quackenbush, Lenexa, KS: "President Obama has been compared to Neville Chamberlain, who appeased the Third Reich. I suggest the President is more like the Emperor Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned."

Brenda Davis, Miami, FL: "Mr. O'Reilly, you are not fair and balanced on the marijuana issue. Why don't you do a story on the millions of children that are growing up without fathers because they're locked up for marijuana?"
A Movie of Faith
Be on the lookout for a religiously-themed movie called "Little Boy," which tells the story of a child who tries to end World War II so his dad can finally come home.