Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, part II

I agree with Taylor Marsh who posted the YouTubes from last night's interview, this is Hillary at her best:

This is how you "take on" Fox News, to use the Obama team’s words. You do it with charm, though knowing the facts helps a lot. . . Review on the Bill O’Reilly two-day interview: flawless. Obama couldn’t come close to this performance, nor could any other Democrat. It takes a woman to tame Bill O’Reilly. It’s clear he enjoyed it. So did she.

If you get the chance, go tell Taylor thanks for getting the videos online for all to view. Mucho props!

Videos below from May 1 are in two parts.

In the first video--Part 3--Hillary explained her position on Iran, deterring them from obtaining nukes, getting out of Iraq, how ending the U.S. occupation will impact the Iran/Persian-Iraq/Arab relationship, the fallacy of oil prices rising due to troop withdrawals, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Taliban, AQ, and supporting and working with the pro-democracy forces in Pakistan to reduce terrorism.


In the second video--Part 4--Hillary discussed waterboarding, how torture is wrong, ineffective, and not in the best interests of America... immigration, sanctuary cities, deporting criminals, fixing the problem with a "sensible comprehensive immigration resolution" instead of using the issue as a "political football."


To see the previous interview that aired on Apr. 30, click here.

Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly interview

Hillary proves once again, she's a fighter. She went toe-to-toe with Bill O'Reilly, got her shots in, never was intimidated, appeared comfortable, alert, and confident. She sometimes added a twist of humor (Faux News slogan, "fair and balanced").

The first half of the interview aired last night. Part two broadcasts tonight. The videos of Hillary's interview below are broken into two parts.

The first video includes Rev. Wright, her votes against nuclear energy and drilling ANWR, gas prices, the energy crisis and who's to blame, using the WTO to muscle OPEC, her universal health care plan and accountability, how we already subsidize the uninsured with a hidden tax in current health care plans, working to reduce those costs, and electing a president who's a fighter.


The second video covers taxes, an increase of up to 39% on $250,000+ incomes and a tax cut for the middle class... no commitment to increasing payroll taxes or lifting the cap... On "income redistribution" that conservatives dislike, which Bill-O called socialism, Hillary hit back with Teddy Roosevelt: was he a socialist? She addressed the false premise that taxes in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s were lower (than today?!). JFK reduced the tax on the wealthiest Americans from 90% to 70%... Hello! Hillary demonstrated that she is the debatemeister, ready with facts, besting Bill-O by never allowing him to get away with injecting propaganda.

When the discussion turned to Obama and how Hillary is perceived as "more polarizing" than Barack, O'Reilly said, "He seems like a nicer guy." Hillary returned fire good-naturedly. She won NY with 67% of the vote despite her "divisive" rep and "the reason is" she "reached across party lines." Clinton said:

I'm the one with the record of bipartisanship. . . .I happen to think if you want to take on the health insurance companies, the drug companies, the oil companies, you've got to be tough. And we've got to have a president who's a fighter again. Now will that create, you know, some folks who are a little upset? Yes. But if we don't get back to fighting for the American people, we're not going to recognize our country.

When Bill-O asked if Hillary had been surprised by "fairer" treatment from Fox News than from NBC or other news orgs, she quipped, "I wouldn't expect anything less than a fair and balanced coverage of my campaign." Ha!

Via Taylor Marsh.

UPDATE: Part II, the second evening's broadcast of the Clinton interview by O'Reilly is here.