Bill O’Reilly Flips Out at Fox Contributor for Pointing Out Spending Cuts: ‘You’re Lying!’
Being angry is Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s usual operating status, but on Tuesday night he reached a heightened level of rage while arguing with liberal Fox contributor Alan Colmes. Over the course of what seemed to be a normal cable news discussion on the recently-implemented automatic spending cuts, O’Reilly devolved into screaming at Colmes for “lying” about Obama’s spending plans.
During the segment, Colmes pointed out that Obama had proposed $2 in spending cuts for every $1 in revenue raises, and that Obama had named Medicare as a specific program where he could reduce spending. O’Reilly ignored Colmes’s comments and began yelling, insisting that Obama wouldn’t approve of any spending cuts, and that Colmes couldn’t name a single “specific” area where Obama had approved of reducing spending:
O’REILLY: There is nothing put forth, nothing. [...]
COLMES: I disagree with what is being said here. He has offered $2.50 in tax cuts for every dollar.
O’REILLY: That’s not–
COLMES: Yes, he has. Cuts in Medicare. Offered cuts to entitlements.
O’REILLY: That’s not specific. He has to say here are the programs that are going to go down. Here is how we are going to reform Medicare and Social Security. and the man refuses to do it. [...]
COLMES: What do you want to yell for?
O’REILLY: Because you are lying. you are lying.
COLMES: Don’t call me a liar. Don’t you sit there and call me a liar. [...] I’m not lying. We can have a disagreement without you calling me a liar. That’s not necessary.
O’REILLY: You are lying here… where is the proof.. give me one program he would cut.
COLMES: He would cut medicare and medicaid offered cuts to those programs.
O’REILLY: That’s not a specific program.
O’Reilly’s memory must be faulty, because cuts to Medicare were actually a huge issue during the 2012 election. Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) dedicated weeks on the trail to hitting Obama for a $716 billion reduction in Medicare spending. Obama’s plan, as part of Obamacare, reduced wasteful Medicare spending and redirected that funding to limit the cose of charges to private insurers.
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5 comments on "Bill O’Reilly Flips Out at Fox Contributor for Pointing Out Spending Cuts: ‘You’re Lying!’"
March 08, 2013 8:14pm
I can tell you one program that I will cut, (even though I have already)........bill oreilly. Is this guy in a bloviating contest with russ limbo?
Just in case anyone needed one more reason to NOT watch fox "news".
March 06, 2013 7:31pm
Someone should point out to O'Reilly that in order to bring us out of the Great Depression, FDR changed the Tax code to 33 Brackets ranging from 4% for all income up to $64K, all the way up to a top marginal rate of 79% for income over $79Million. It even went higher in later years. This is exactly what we need today, a progressive tax code like FDR implemented to bring us out of the Great Depression and build the Middle Class. Now that's "Fair & Balanced".
March 06, 2013 12:03pm
A bitcherating complainerator who can't handle the truth representative of and idolized and emulated by a large portion of armed white male America who believe that "stand your ground" applies facts contrary to their opinion. Scary!
March 06, 2013 11:52am
***arguing with liberal Fox contributor Alan Colmes***
"LIberal Alan Colmes"???? Liberal??
How about "slightly less crazy than the rest of them"?
March 06, 2013 11:28am
Who thinks we can continue borrowing 40 cents of every dollar the feds spend, and how does anyone think there will be no pain, there will be pain everywhere or there will be catistropic pain later.