Confronted With Facts, O'Reilly Screams "Bullshit" at guest.

[Bill USA]

[font size="3"]Confronted With Facts, O'Reilly Screams "Bullshit": Guest Accurately Identified Specific Cuts Obama Supports[/font]


http://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/05/confronted-with-facts-oreilly-screams-bullshit/192927

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly broke down and screamed at his guest Alan Colmes for identifying spending cuts that President Obama has proposed, shouting at Colmes, "That's bullshit!" and repeatedly claiming Obama hasn't proposed specific cuts to replace the across-the-board cuts known as the sequester. But Colmes was correct: Obama has proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid as part of his plan to replace the sequester.

During the March 5 broadcast of The O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly repeatedly claimed that Obama "refuses" to endorse specific spending cuts, shouting at Colmes, "Give me one damn program he said he'd cut!" even as Colmes highlighted Medicare and Medicaid as two programs Obama has proposed cutting:

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Colmes is correct: Obama has proposed $400 billion in cuts to federal health spending, which includes a $140 billion reduction in "payments to drug companies" and a $25 billion reduction for Medicaid and affiliated programs:



Conservative media have repeatedly ignored Obama's proposal of specific cuts and revenues to replace the sequester.

[font size=+1"] While Limbaugh is the leading Ass-hole on radio, surely O'Reilly is the most consummate ass-hole on television.[/font]

[eppur_se_muova]

1. If you don't have the facts, argue the law. If you don't have the law, argue the facts. ...

If you don't have either, pound the table a lot.