WOW: Barack Obama will appear on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor" Thursday night

[kpete]

September 02, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama
Dept. of Counterprogramming: Obama to appear on O'Reilly Thursday

Barack Obama will appear on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor" Thursday night, a Democratic source tells Politico.

The move is timed to counterprogram John McCain's speech to the Republican National Convention, which is likely to drive Fox's ratings sky-high and to give Obama access to a conservative audience.

It's Obama's first appearance on the widely viewed cable show, and is a sign of what Vanity Fair today reported is a "tentative truce" between Obama and News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch.

Obama clashed with Fox News during the primary after it aired early reports suggesting he had been a Muslim in Indonesia. The relationship warmed in May, however, when he appeared on "Fox News Sunday" and told its host, Chris Wallace, that he was "looking forward" to appearing on "The O'Reilly Factor."

CORRECTION: Obama will appear Thursday, not today.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Dept_of_Counterprogramming_Obama_to_appear_on_OReilly_tonight.html?showall

[Miss Chybil]

1. Holy Crap. It will be the first time my television has ever been on that channel. nt

[Libby2]

9. Mine too.

[1corona4u]

2. My first thought--

I hope security is tight.

[That Is Quite Enough]

3. I want to see him decimate Billo the Clown.

[DeschutesRiver]

4. My candidate Obama is willing to even show up on O'Reilly,,,,

who has repeatedly insulted Obama and the democrats, on every subject and at all levels. GO BAMA!

While the repub candidate McCain runs from Anderson Cooper's questions, hasn't had a press conference since Aug. 13th, and now refuses to be on Larry King because Campbell Brown insulted one of his minions by asking about his vp choices qualifications in a way that displeased Mr. McCain. And this fool wants to run my country? I think not.

So as I understand it, I have a choice on Thursday to watch either Obama or McCain? Because if so, like duh who needs to hear more of "I was a POW and now am a prisoner of my own rash judgement and feeble mind" McCain?

[quantass]

5. Is this a dupe? Been posted much earlier today (and i am still not sure how to feel about

the whole Orielly thing

[NYCGirl]

6. That is an absolutely brilliant move.

:thumbsup:

[David Zephyr]

7. I hope not. Gore Vidal spoke about the many ways Fox sabotages its guests.

They will have out takes and camera shots of him talking "off mike", they will edit him mid-stream when he's talking, they will play with the lighting to make him look weird or sinister and more.

I hope that this is not true. Barack should speak to Gore Vidal before going there.

They are licking their chops.

[budkin]

8. Horrible decision

Absolutely no good can come of it.

[DRoseDARs]

10. Well Obama told BillO point blank that he would after the primaries; BillO huffed and puffed since.

Poor baby couldn't get his "Gotcha!" interview right then and there at the rally, so he spent the next few weeks pouting about it.