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| On The O'Reilly Factor...
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| All content taken from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Each weeknight by 6 PM EST a preview of that evening's show will be posted and then updated with additional information the following weekday by noon EST.
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Guests: Dick Morris
The Factor kicked off Wednesday's program by listening to John McCain's speech at the Republican National Convention, during which the Senator excoriated President Obama's foreign policy. Political strategist Dick Morris then gave his appraisal of the convention thus far. "Ann Romney's speech was the most important thing so far," Morris declared. "Obama's entire campaign for five months has been to personally discredit Mitt Romney and throw barbs at his integrity, his compassion, and his humanity. Ann Romney rebutted that by explaining who he is in very clear terms and she offered vivid testimonials of the hard times they've been through together. She's better than any candidate's wife who has ever spoken at a convention, it was absolutely incredible and this was effectively the answer to the negative campaigning." Morris was less charitable when it came to Governor Chris Christie, saying, "He just talked about himself and New Jersey, very little about Mitt Romney or Obama." Finally, Morris posited that the GOP's biggest weakness so far has been the failure to mention Mitt Romney's business success. "The words 'Bain Capital' have never been mentioned. C'mon, Obama's whole campaign is based on Bain Capital, so they need a video about people whose jobs were saved by Mitt Romney and Bain Capital." The Factor advised everyone to watch a very special interview Thursday night: "We have a knockout interview with John McCain tomorrow night, it is a knockout and people will be very surprised." |
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Guests: James Rosen and John Roberts
The Factor welcomed Fox News correspondent James Rosen, who provided a preview of Paul Ryan's speech. "This is his debut on the national stage," Rosen said, "and by and large he's going to try and magically transport everyone to his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin and conjure those Midwest values, which helps him defang the 'mediscare' tactics that he expects. Then he's going to launch a real attack on the Obama legacy and record and he'll repeat the charge about Obama raiding Medicare to pay for Obamacare. The Republicans are trying to seize the offense on the Medicare issue, which is a historic shift." Looking back to Tuesday night, Fox News correspondent John Roberts reported that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was told to soften his speech. "The Romney people worked with Christie to tone it down. I was speaking with a former high ranking party official who told me they misused Chris Christie. Christie is the hammer, the guy who is full of bombast and larger than life, and this former official said he would have unleashed Chris Christie on the Obama campaign." Rosen then theorized why the convention has so far been relatively gentle on President Obama. "Romney and Ryan must give a face-saving 'out' to people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and don't want to feel badly about having made that choice. The argument they'll make is that you can't afford Barack Obama any longer." The Factor predicted that next week's Democratic National Convention will have a far different tone, saying, "In Charlotte next week, I think the Democrats will really go after Romney and Ryan as the worst guys in the world." |
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Guests: Jesse Watters
While most of the Republican National Convention is filled with good cheer and unanimity, Factor producer Jesse Watters located a few disenchanted folks, including some Ron Paul supporters. Some of their comments: "Our government doesn't have 'we the people' in their minds, they have the wealthy in their minds" ... "The system's corrupt, that's what we're here for" ... "Get the federal government out of our lives and let the free market operate, I think that creates jobs" ... "We need to consider putting a stop to a lot of these entitlements" ... "I'll give my money to my grandma but I'm not going to pay for everybody else's grandma" ... "Why do we need so many laws on the books?"
The Factor concluded with some timely advice for parents: "I'm making my kids watch some of this convention, it's very important for the kids to get involved. This is history and kids need to get involved with their country." |
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