The Cheapening of American Politics: Why Did Obama Reward O’Reilly with an Interview?

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2. Because ...

it would have given the idiot O'Reilly MORE credibility had Obama refused a Superbowl interview ... something that, for better or worse, has become something of a tradition in recent years.

Imagine had Obama refused to be interview on the network that was airing the Superbowl. It would have provided months worth of fodder for how aloof/timid/unleader-like, etc. he is.

Obama did the right thing: show up and endure it. If he can't endure an interview with an adversarial tv show host, how can he be expected to endure negotiations with an adversarial government such as Iran's? That's who Obama is: he talks to his "enemies." He isn't threatened. Why are you?