O'Reilly's spin concerning President Obama's speech on violent extremism, ISIL and Iraq is a continuation of the networks long standing policy of never associating what has gone wrong in Iraq and the middle east with the George W. Bush administration. Instead, keep a steady drumbeat on the Obama administration's policies and call them failures.
Bill is still chapped that the President has refused to make the same mistakes as Bush did and have American's fight a ground war in Iraq and else where in the middle east. He is also chapped at Obama's position that those countries being terrorized by ISIL should defend their own lives and their cites and towns and join the war against ISIL with help from the U.S. Egypt and Jordan did just that when their citizens were executed by ISIL just recently.
Mother Jones pointed out O'Reilly's big spin problem of writing in one of his books that he served in a "war zone" during the Falklands war. Mother Jones says the war was over when O'Reilly arrived in Buenos Aires and witnessed only a riot in the streets of that city. O'Reilly responded with personal attacks against the reporter who broke the story. A usual trait of a person who feels inadequent. (move over Brian Williams, you have company.)
This writer can recall during the run up to war in Iraq when the big O had Bill Maher as his guest. The talk got around serving in the military. O'Reilly told Maher he had a buddy that served in Viet Nam and when he came home he told the big O not to serve in the military. O'Reilly told Maher he did not serve in the military because his buddy told him not to. You won't find a better cop out than that spin.
There is an old saying that opposites attract. So when the big O says his show is the no spin zone and fair and balanced, you know it represents just the opposite. And Bill proves it on a nightly basis. Its hell when you have a top rated show and all you can offer is spin. In fact, its a very sad way for some one to waste precious time. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
