The O'Reilly Factor
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Thursday, April 28, 2016
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More Bad News for the American Economy
"Talking Points believes the main issue in the presidential race will be who Americans trust more to create good-paying jobs. On Tuesday Bill Clinton defined the issue by saying, 'About half the American people, after you adjust for inflation, are living on what they were living on the last day I was president.' No argument. Under President Obama, earnings power has not improved. Democrats say the president is creating jobs and the president himself claims he saved the world from a 'great depression.' But what about improving the economy in seven-and-a-half years? The Commerce Department has announced that the Gross Domestic Product grew at a paltry 0.5% in the first quarter, the worst quarterly performance in two years. Yes, the private sector has added jobs for 73 consecutive months, but the median income remains just about the same as it was when Mr. Obama took office. In addition, the president has added nearly $9 trillion to the federal debt. He's increased it a whopping 81% -- more than any other president in history. And much of that debt was money spent to stimulate the economy. Memo to Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton: The government cannot stimulate the economy, at least in any meaningful way. The private sector must do that by investing, developing new services and products, and hiring more workers in order to make more profit. The big government folks like President Obama and Senator Sanders are wrong, and we the people are paying the price. Summing up, the economy will be the biggest issue in this year's election. The folks need better paying jobs."
Trump on Foreign Policy
The Factor welcomed Donald Trump, who outlined some of his foreign policy priorities. "I'd stay in Afghanistan," he began, "which is probably the one place we should have gone in the Middle East because it's next to Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons. You have to stay, even though it's never not going to be great." Trump also reiterated that his impulsiveness can be an asset. "I'd rather be unpredictable about when and where we send troops. But I would try to take the oil fields in Libya - we will have to bomb or we will have to use our so-called allies. As for China, they suck our money out, they are ripping us left and right, and they won't help us with North Korea. I will tell them that if they don't help us it's over!" The Factor concluded, "It sounds to me like a President Trump would use ground troops to some extent to seize oil from ISIS and kill them."
Trump on the Female Vote
Donald Trump returned and focused on his well-documented weakness among female voters and his harsh criticism of Hillary Clinton. "She is playing the 'woman card,'" he said, "and that's the only thing she's got going. She'll try to play that card, but I'm going to bring jobs back to this country and no one respects women more than I do. I keep winning states with landslides among women and every other group." Trump predicted that his success will continue in the general election. "Women will vote for me because they want security and safety and women's health issues. Hillary would not be a great president, I don't even know if she can get by the email scandal when so many lives have been damaged by what she did. She is 'crooked Hillary' and she has a lot of problems. Remember that I haven't even started yet!"
Dana Perino on Trump
The Factor asked Dana Perino to evaluate the interview with Donald Trump. "There are a couple of things he should add to his repertoire," she advised. "Americans have never gone to war to get territory or treasure, and sending troops to end chaos is a better reason than trying to get someone's oil. Our national security concerns are a better argument for him to make." Perino also theorized that Trump has to do a much better job of addressing women voters. "He was good when he pivoted to jobs as an issue women care about. But he has 65% unfavorable ratings with women and he has to figure out a way to improve on that or make Hillary Clinton's ratings worse. Republicans can not lose women by double digits and win the election."
San Francisco Under Siege
San Francisco residents are enduring soaring rates of homelessness, public urination, vandalism, and property crimes. Longtime San Franciscan Angela Alioto addressed the issue and defended her city. "I've had my car broken into several times," she admitted, "but the concept that it has to do with homeless people is absurd. These are organized and very smart criminals. It's true that the homeless situation is out of control, there is a lack of funding for mental health, but that has nothing to do with auto burglaries. We need more police officers." The Factor blamed city residents for electing and re-electing radical leftists: "San Francisco is without a doubt the most liberal place in the country and the city is now paying a price for electing far-left people."
Young Folks Against Capitalism
According to a new survey, many young Americans are smitten by socialism, disenchanted with capitalism. The Factor asked Greg Gutfeld and Bernard McGuirk to opine. "They don't like capitalism," Gutfeld said, "because they don't know what it is. There is a disconnect in that they have some of the greatest innovations and they can eat anything they want, but they don't know where it comes from. We need to teach people where things come from." McGuirk was less charitable toward the youngsters. "These millennials are the most pampered and ignorant crybabies I have ever seen. Asking them about capitalism is like asking someone in Tanzania about the NFL draft. And this Bernie Sanders phenomenon has legitimized the freeloading."
Weirdness on the Web
Jesse Watters cruised the Internet and found some of the very strangest websites. There is, for example, 'procrastintor.com,' which provides round-the-clock cats and music. Then there is 'startrekdating.com,' which gives lonely Trekkies the chance to meet one another. Another bizarre destination is 'myfreeimplants.com,' which connects women who want breast implants with men who are willing to pay for the surgery. And, finally, the strangest site of all may be 'eelslap.com,' which enables you to give an anonymous guy a virtual slap with a slippery eel. Believe it or not, about 250,000 people visit the site every month. The Factor came to a logical conclusion, saying, "We have too much time on our hands."
Viewers Sound Off
Factor Words of the Day
Charles Stein, Dublin, OH: "O'Reilly, it galls me to compliment you, even though I agree with your analysis most of the time. Your Talking Points about Trump's voter appeal was right on. I do not care for him all that much, but he is the only candidate who would blow things up."

Bill Vacca, Boynton Beach, FL: "Like precise surgical precision, your Points on why voters support Trump and Sanders pinpoints the fact that many are disgusted with politics in this country."

Karen Palmer, Trempealeau, WI: "Was disappointed that Congressman Gowdy could not see that making Kate's Law a stand along bill would be effective. He knows that adding a sanctuary city component dooms the law."

Gemma Koder, Royal Palm Beach, FL: "O'Reilly, you schooling Gowdy was ridiculous. Stop acting like you're the only person in the know."
Christian in the Lion's Den
Bill will head to Stephen Colbert's late-night CBS show Monday to stress that The Factor's campaign coverage has been the fairest and most accurate on all of TV news.