Kudos to Hillary Clinton for doing a fine job in her interview on Fox News by Bill O'Reilly. And kudos for Bill O'Reilly for having Hillary on his show.
That's right. I'm a Barack Obama supporter, and no great friend of Fox News or Bill O'Reilly - on whose TV show I've appeared three times* - but I think it's good for our democratic process for people running for President to appear and talk and be interviewed on television as much as possible.
Fox News has millions of viewers. O'Reilly's Factor is its leading show. Cutting this out of the process was a disservice to both the candidates (who have done this, until now) and the American people.
Hillary Clinton offered poise, humor, and tough facts in her responses to O'Reilly. It was a great interview. I'm looking forward to the second part of the interview tomorrow.
Barack Obama was wise to initiate Democratic contender appearances on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace this past Sunday.
Both candidates would be wise to continue this. It is only counterproductive to cede Fox News to the Republicans.
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*YouTube clip of my first appearance on O'Reilly several years ago
2 comments:
"on whose TV show I've appeared three times*"
Very subtle ;-)
Watching this election from across the pond, the American format always amazes me... You've got Clinton & Obama, who are both technically on the same side, bashing each other to pieces on national tv!!!
I'll personally just be glad to see the back of that muppet you've had in charge for the past 8 years and a Democrat back in the White House... But you never can tell in that strange country of yours ;-)
Democracy works in strange ways (especially when a Supreme Court hands an election to a loser, as it did in 2000) ...
But I fully expect a Democrat to be in the White House in 2009.
Glad you like my subtlety ... :)
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