Pinheads And Patriots: Where You Stand In The Age Of Obama Part 14

O'Reilly: Oh, whoa. Hannity's never said he wants- Oh, whoa. Hannity's never said he wants- Obama: They, they, they've gone- They, they, they've gone- O'Reilly:-d.i.c.k Cheney to die of cancer.

Obama: Hold on. Hold on, hold on, hold on a second. All I'm saying is, these guys, they're giving me a hard time. You know, one, one of the times they gave me a hard time- Hold on. Hold on, hold on, hold on a second. All I'm saying is, these guys, they're giving me a hard time. You know, one, one of the times they gave me a hard time- O'Reilly: They're raising the kind of money for you...[ They're raising the kind of money for you...[inaudible]

Obama [ [overlap]: You know one of the times they gave me a hard time? Was when I went to campaign for Joe Lieberman. Now, Joe didn't mention that in his [chuckles] speech- O'Reilly: They gave you a hard time about voting for the, uh- They gave you a hard time about voting for the, uh- Obama: So, so it's not, all I'm saying is, I expect to be held responsibile for the things I say and do. And one of the things that's happened in this campaign, and I think that you have the power to help correct the record on this, is not to put me in a position where every tangential relations.h.i.+p- So, so it's not, all I'm saying is, I expect to be held responsibile for the things I say and do. And one of the things that's happened in this campaign, and I think that you have the power to help correct the record on this, is not to put me in a position where every tangential relations.h.i.+p- O'Reilly [ [overlap]: It is, it is a pattern of behavior here.

Obama: It, it, no, there, it is not a pattern of behavior. It is guilt, it is cla.s.sic guilt by a.s.sociation. And- It, it, no, there, it is not a pattern of behavior. It is guilt, it is cla.s.sic guilt by a.s.sociation. And- O'Reilly [ [overlap]: The pattern of behavior is that you feel very comfortable, for some reason, in Far Left precincts. That's the pattern of behavior.

Obama: But I don't- But I don't-O'Reilly: That I see. That I see.

Obama: But I, Bill, I've got friends who are, who are on the Far Right. But I, Bill, I've got friends who are, who are on the Far Right.

O'Reilly: Who? Who?

Obama: They're, I've got colleagues in the Senate. They're, I've got colleagues in the Senate.

O'Reilly: Who? Give me a name. Who? Give me a name.

Obama: Well- Well- O'Reilly [ [overlap]: [Laughs.] I always do that.

Obama: Well, no, but, you know, but, but- Well, no, but, you know, but, but- O'Reilly: I, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to embarra.s.s you. I, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to embarra.s.s you.

Obama:-but here's what happens, if I give a name, then people- O'Reilly: [ [Laughs.]

Obama:-then the next thing I'll know is, people will say, "They're comparing this one to that one."

O'Reilly: Do you know what I wanted to hear? Do you know what I wanted to hear?

Obama: "...To Bill Ayers, and I..." "...To Bill Ayers, and I..."

O'Reilly: "I go hobn.o.bbing with Rush Limbaugh." That's what I wanted to hear there. "I go hobn.o.bbing with Rush Limbaugh." That's what I wanted to hear there.

At the risk of being redundant, let me give this "a.s.sociations" deal another shot. If you are a dope dealer who sells heroin and cocaine, you are an evil person. You are hurting people, and you know that what you peddle can lead to addiction and even death. But you don't care.On the other hand, if you sell marijuana, you might see yourself as benign, as someone just providing a service, a harmless enjoyment to those who seek it. But the truth is, if you are in the drug world, selling hard or soft drugs, you will be exposed to many bad things. There is no avoiding the pernicious a.s.sociations that permeate that culture.There is an a.n.a.logy here. Barack Obama's entire career has been nurtured by liberal people. Some of them are mainstream, just folks who believe that government has a moral duty to help the downtrodden by creating mandates that require a huge government apparatus and trillions of taxpayer dollars.But some of the people with whom Mr. Obama has a.s.sociated in the past are far more than left-wing ideologues. They are extremists. The Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers are crazy guys, people consumed with hatred toward their own country.Barack Obama should have avoided these men, but he did not. To him, they were part of the Chicago liberal culture that was supporting his rise to power. The question is: How much sympathy does the President have toward the extremist point of view?The record shows that he has appointed some hard-core radical people like Van Jones to government offices. So I think it's safe to say that radical Left beliefs do not offend the President. The Daily Kos is fine with him. George Soros has visited him in the White House on many occasions.Those facts indicate that the President of the United States has no problem with radical Left thinkers and believers. The evidence shows that he listens to what they have to say. Whether or not he buys into the Soros view of the world is a matter of conjecture. I don't think old Georgie would be dropping drone missiles on al-Qaeda terrorists, so that's something.There's an old saying that applies here, however: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it's Jeremiah Wright at the pulpit. Again, Mr. Obama claims that he just never knew how hateful and radical Wright really is.Yeah, and I'm Whoopi Goldberg.So let's cut through all the fog and clearly state the issue to be sure no one missed it the first time: President Obama is the most liberal chief executive ever to serve in the Oval Office.Sorry, Jimmy Carter.

O'Reilly: All right, look, I got one more question that I forgot that's important. All right, look, I got one more question that I forgot that's important.

Obama: Go ahead. Go ahead.

O'Reilly: A hundred and fifty billion to alternative energy in the Obama administration. A hundred and fifty billion to alternative energy in the Obama administration.

Obama: Yeah. Over ten years. Yeah. Over ten years.

O'Reilly: Okay. Over ten years. Okay. Over ten years.

Obama: Yeah. Yeah.

O'Reilly: To what? To what? What, don't, aren't, shouldn't we have a plan, before we start to spend? To what? To what? What, don't, aren't, shouldn't we have a plan, before we start to spend?

Obama: Oh, no, no. Oh, no, no.

O'Reilly: Is it going to be ethanol? Is it going to be fuel cells? Is it going to be ethanol? Is it going to be fuel cells?

Obama: Let, let, let, let, let me- Let, let, let, let, let me- O'Reilly: What's it going to be? What's it going to be?

Obama: Let, let, let me give you some examples. Uh, number one, uh, we have to extend tax credits for solar, wind, hydro, which is basically the hydro- Let, let, let me give you some examples. Uh, number one, uh, we have to extend tax credits for solar, wind, hydro, which is basically the hydro- O'Reilly: But you're scattershotting it, though. What if, what if solar wind and hydro don't work? But you're scattershotting it, though. What if, what if solar wind and hydro don't work?

Obama: No, no, no. No, no-but, but, but, but that, that was true for the s.p.a.ce program. We didn't- No, no, no. No, no-but, but, but, but that, that was true for the s.p.a.ce program. We didn't- O'Reilly: Always focus on the s.p.a.ce program. Always focus on the s.p.a.ce program.

Obama: Kennedy didn't know how we were going to go to the moon. That, that, the nature of discovery, and research, and innovation, is you put money into a whole bunch of promising pots. It's like venture capital. And you figure out what works. And some things are going to work, and some things are not. You're not going to bat a thousand. But here's what we know. We can't keep doing the same things we're doing. Look, I had a meeting with T. Boone Pickens. Kennedy didn't know how we were going to go to the moon. That, that, the nature of discovery, and research, and innovation, is you put money into a whole bunch of promising pots. It's like venture capital. And you figure out what works. And some things are going to work, and some things are not. You're not going to bat a thousand. But here's what we know. We can't keep doing the same things we're doing. Look, I had a meeting with T. Boone Pickens.

O'Reilly [ [overlap]: I'm with you. I'm with you.

Obama: Here's an example. T. Boone, you know, did some things with, uh, respect to John Kerry and voting that I thought, uh- Here's an example. T. Boone, you know, did some things with, uh, respect to John Kerry and voting that I thought, uh- O'Reilly: No, he's the wind guy now, and we, I'm with you on that. No, he's the wind guy now, and we, I'm with you on that.

Obama:-but he and I sat down and had a conversation because he is absolutely right, that we can't sustain importing 70 percent of our oil.

O'Reilly: Everybody knows that. But you've got to have a plan. Everybody knows that. But you've got to have a plan.

Obama: That's right. And I, I do have a plan. That's right. And I, I do have a plan.

O'Reilly: You should get nukes involved. Why are you against nuclear energy, when Sweden does it? You should get nukes involved. Why are you against nuclear energy, when Sweden does it?

Obama: I am not-I am not against nuclear energy. I am not-I am not against nuclear energy.

O'Reilly: Well, let's get the plants up! Well, let's get the plants up!

Obama: Well, okay, why not? Well, okay, why not?

O'Reilly: Let's start drilling in ANWR [the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]. What are you going to- Let's start drilling in ANWR [the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]. What are you going to- Obama: Who's arguing with you? Who's arguing with you?

O'Reilly: Are you afraid, are you afraid of scaring- Are you afraid, are you afraid of scaring- Obama: No. Now, ANWR, ANWR I think is a problem for us. No. Now, ANWR, ANWR I think is a problem for us.

O'Reilly: What, a caribou is going to be scared? What, a caribou is going to be scared?

Obama: [ [Laughs.]

O'Reilly: Come on! Come on!

Obama: [ [Laughs.]

O'Reilly: You, you're with the folks that complained about heating bills, and you're worried about a caribou going, "What's that pipe thing doing?" You, you're with the folks that complained about heating bills, and you're worried about a caribou going, "What's that pipe thing doing?"

Obama: No. But, but, I tell- No. But, but, I tell- O'Reilly: What?? What?? What?? What??

Obama: One of the great things about this country is you travel around, is, you've got a, some beautiful real estate here. One of the great things about this country is you travel around, is, you've got a, some beautiful real estate here.

O'Reilly: Oh come on. n.o.body goes to ANWR. Oh come on. n.o.body goes to ANWR.

Obama: We got, we got lots of, we- We got, we got lots of, we- O'Reilly: You know, what do you want to do, run shuttles up there? You know, what do you want to do, run shuttles up there?

Obama: We are lucky to have some of the most beautiful, uh, uh, real estate on earth. And we want to make sure that- We are lucky to have some of the most beautiful, uh, uh, real estate on earth. And we want to make sure that- O'Reilly [ [overlap]: You're making me cry here.

Obama: We want to make sure we'll pa.s.s it on to the next generation, but this notion that I'm opposed to nuclear power, it's just not true. The notion that I am opposed to- We want to make sure we'll pa.s.s it on to the next generation, but this notion that I'm opposed to nuclear power, it's just not true. The notion that I am opposed to- O'Reilly [ [overlap]: What I'd like to see- Obama:-coal, is not true. What I have said is that we've got to invest in the technologies that make 'em cleaner.

O'Reilly: That's swell. That's swell.

Obama: You and I agree on that. You and I agree on that.

O'Reilly: But what I'd like to see between now and election day- But what I'd like to see between now and election day- Obama: All right. All right.

O'Reilly:-and I think it would get you some votes, is say, Look, this is what I'm going to do.

Obama: Yeah. Yeah.

O'Reilly: I want to hear, We're gonna, we're gonna get this many new plants. I want to hear, We're gonna, we're gonna get this many new plants.

Obama: Right. Right.

O'Reilly: We're going to put this much into solar. We're going to get this, this, this. And that would drive down the price of oil. We're going to put this much into solar. We're going to get this, this, this. And that would drive down the price of oil.

Obama: I'll, I'll help you, uh, uh, I'll- I'll, I'll help you, uh, uh, I'll- O'Reilly: No, that's your deal. I'm not running for anything. No, that's your deal. I'm not running for anything.

Obama: No, no, no. I'll make sure to send that plan, so that you can start advertising it for us. No, no, no. I'll make sure to send that plan, so that you can start advertising it for us.

O'Reilly: Well, you can come back on and tell me. Well, you can come back on and tell me.

Obama: I look forward to it. I look forward to it.

So am I a prophet or what? I pounded then-Senator Obama on his objections to drilling in ANWR and his lack of a specific vision for alternative energy, which the country desperately needs.Then, about a year and a half after that interview, BP befouls the Gulf of Mexico, forcing President Obama to address the nation and to promise to invest billions in nonspecific alternative energy projects. Yes, the President is consistent. No, he is not advancing the energy ball down the court. The United States still does not know how to replace oil.We could, however, replace deepwater drilling if we opened up ANWR. But the President will not alienate the environmental Left by doing that. I guess it's better to have pelicans and turtles covered with oil and the salt.w.a.ter marshes of Louisiana turned into toxic garbage dumps. But, hey, should you care to visit, the Arctic Circle is spotless.

O'Reilly: All right, now. Final question for you. I think I can kick your b.u.t.t in one-on-one basketball. All right, now. Final question for you. I think I can kick your b.u.t.t in one-on-one basketball.

Obama: You've got height. You've got height.

O'Reilly: Okay. Okay.

Obama [ [overlap]: But I think I've got speed.

O'Reilly: But you have, but you've got youth. I'm an old guy. I'm seventy-three years old. But you have, but you've got youth. I'm an old guy. I'm seventy-three years old.

Obama: Are you seventy-three? Are you seventy-three?

O'Reilly [ [overlap]: Yeah, this is Botox.

Obama: Is that? You look good, man. Is that? You look good, man.

O'Reilly: How many are going to spot me on the- How many are going to spot me on the- Obama: What do you eat, to be looking like that at seventy-three? What do you eat, to be looking like that at seventy-three?

O'Reilly: I don't, I don't eat anything. I don't, I don't eat anything.

Obama: [ [Laughs.]

O'Reilly: How many are you going to spot me on a one-on-one game, huh? How many are you going to spot me on a one-on-one game, huh?

Obama: Uh... Uh...O'Reilly: 'Cause I think I- 'Cause I think I- Obama: Game to eleven? Game to eleven? O'Reilly: O'Reilly: Yeah. Yeah.

Obama: I'd spot you ten. I'd spot you ten.

O'Reilly: All right. You'd spot me ten. That's pretty c.o.c.ky. All right. You'd spot me ten. That's pretty c.o.c.ky.

Obama: [ [Chuckles.]

O'Reilly: That's pretty c.o.c.ky. So now I win, right, I want to be secretary of state. That's pretty c.o.c.ky. So now I win, right, I want to be secretary of state.

Obama [ [overlap]: Now, now I hear you're, I hear you're- O'Reilly: No, no. If I win, I want to be secretary of- No, no. If I win, I want to be secretary of- Obama: I hear you're, I hear you're a pretty good athlete, but, but your game was football and baseball, right? I hear you're, I hear you're a pretty good athlete, but, but your game was football and baseball, right?

O'Reilly: Right. Right.

Obama: Different than basketball. Different than basketball.

O'Reilly [ [overlap]: And I, I think I could- Obama: But you do have height. But you do have height.

O'Reilly: But white guys can't jump. You know, I, I think Reverend Wright said that, didn't he? But white guys can't jump. You know, I, I think Reverend Wright said that, didn't he?

Obama: I'm sure he did. I'm sure he did.

O'Reilly: Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha!

Obama: I think that was Bill O'Reilly. I think that was Bill O'Reilly.

O'Reilly: Senator, a pleasure. Senator, a pleasure.

Obama: I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it.

O'Reilly: I enjoyed it, too. I enjoyed it, too.

Obama: Thank you so much. Thank you so much. O'Reilly: O'Reilly: I hope you come back. I hope you come back.

Obama: We'll be back. We'll be back. O'Reilly: O'Reilly: And good luck in the campaign. And good luck in the campaign.

Obama: Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.