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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: Kirsten Powers & Kate Obenshain
"President Obama's State of the Union speech was heavy on grievance, discussing Americans who are not doing as well as other Americans. It's almost like he's a teacher with favorite students, and last night American women fell into that category. The president wants more income 'fairness,' to lessen the gap between rich and working Americans. That's a noble goal if it comes about in the private marketplace, but an imposition into private earnings by the feds goes directly against our capitalistic system. Nevertheless, the president and the Democratic Party have targeted women as a group that needs help. But here are the facts: In 1963 the Equal Pay Act was passed so the feds can punish any employer who discriminates against women in the pay arena. Men are more often in unions and they tend to go into higher paying professions. Also, American men work more hours than women. But President Obama and the Democrats badly need women to come back into the tent. With his job approval around 40%, he has to mobilize the base that elected him. Talking Points is here to set all the records straight, and we believe the 'war on women' stuff is, generally speaking, a political ruse. One more note about last night's address: The Republican Party should wise up and stop opposing raising the minimum wage. It should be ten bucks an hour, but I would have a lower wage for teenagers just beginning in the workplace. The GOP needs to stop working against working people."
The Factor asked for reaction from Democrat Kirsten Powers and Republican Kate Obenshain. "I agree with everything you said," Powers said with a touch of dismay. "The president is using this to excite the women's base and I don't like it. I have never been a fan of the 'war on women' because it's a cynical way to exploit women's fears." Obenshain added that women's pay is often a result of personal priorities. "What radical feminists don't acknowledge is that women make different choices. A lot decide they want part-time work or they want to stay home with their kids and get out of the workforce for a period of time." Obenshain also took great umbrage at The Factor's call to raise the minimum wage. "You're taking on the imperial, elitist leftist position," she declared, "by telling the owners of a burger shop what they have to pay. You're totally on the wrong side, you're the social engineer!" |
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Guests: James Rosen & Carl Cameron
FNC correspondents Carl Cameron and James Rosen then gave their analysis of the president's speech. "Chris Matthews on MSNBC told his viewers this was a masterful work of oratorical greatness," Rosen observed, "but the president's allies on Capitol Hill basically ran away from the speech. Democratic Senator Mark Begich of Alaska said he was disappointed, that he heard a lot of sound bites but no clear plan for economic growth. Democrats Mary Landrieu and Mark Pryor also said they were disappointed." Cameron expressed surprise at the president's list of proposals. "What we heard was an unfinished to-do list, a lot of things he started talking about five years ago. To push this into the mid-term election year of a second term, the exact point when presidents historically become lame ducks, is amazing. There is impetus for Democrats to be upset with the president for talking about things he said he was going to do five years ago." |
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Guests: Rev. Michael Maginor
As The Factor reported previously, an Indiana mom claims that she and her three children were possessed by demons, and local authorities seem to corroborate that claim. Father Michael Maginot, a priest who has been involved in the bizarre story, entered the No Spin Zone to elaborate. "The first time I heard about this," he said, "is just after the 9-year-old boy walked up the wall backwards. They called me in to do an exorcism and I went to the home to interview the mother and the grandmother. I discovered that the mother was also possessed - I put the crucifix on her forehead and she began to convulse." The Factor expressed more than a little skepticism: "The problem I'm having with this is that you didn't see the boy. Exorcism is very serious and it seems to me that the story is not solid enough to go public with it. A lot of people watching right now are saying this more mumbo-jumbo from the Catholic church." |
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Guest: Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
The Factor was joined by former NFL star Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, who played in three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys. Henderson addressed the very serious issue of head injuries and brain damage. "I'm someone who has suffered from concussions," he said, "and I broke my neck and woke up with a doctor telling me I couldn't play football anymore. The concussion debate is a very serious one, but I hope everyone doesn't just start coming up with dementia because they read what the payout is." Henderson revealed that he used cocaine during one Super Bowl. "I'm very ashamed of that, but let me put it in perspective. My nasal septum was a scab and the only way for me to function was to put more cocaine on it." The former Cowboy, who has been sober for 30 years, also laid out his biggest regrets. "I wish I would have never taken that first drink or smoked that first joint. I embarrassed my family with the addiction and jail, and I really had to make some deep amends to my mother." |
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Guest: Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller looked ahead to 2016 and the challenge Republicans face in running against Hillary Clinton. "This country is in an era of righting historical wrongs," he said. "We have a black president and I think a woman is going to get it next time. I would encourage Chris Christie to adopt a zaftig, transvestite woman character just named 'Christie.' He could run as an overweight woman and nobody could make fun of him." Miller also made it very clear that he won't be attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. "You have to be nuts if you're going to the Olympics, they should have held out and put them in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Putin is on steroids, that whole part of the world is nuts." |
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Guest: Martha MacCallum
Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum screened a few of Jesse Watters' previously unseen outtakes, clips that the roving rogue finds rather embarrassing. "He likes everybody else to look dopey," MacCallum said, "but sometimes in these he looks a little dopey. In one of these he confused Moses and Muhammad, and he was terrified by a flock of pigeons." MacCallum also analyzed an ad for a carbonated drink called SodaStream, which features Scarlett Johansson but was initially rejected for airing during the Super Bowl. "At the end of the ad she mentions Coke and Pepsi, which is why the ad was rejected. Pepsi is the sponsor of the huge halftime show and Coke is also a big sponsor. They're going to remove that last line and allow it to run." |
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Jim Thornton, Mercer Island, WA: "Bill, I can't believe that you and Mary Katharine failed to mention Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer when talking about the Democrats and the war on women."
Brian Bauer, Hot Springs, AR: "Comparing football to war is legitimate. They both involve tactics and violence. Having fought in Iraq, I often witnessed the parallels."
Jack Supp, Mechanicsville, MD: "Mr. O, my experience with football was similar to yours. I learned valuable lessons that outweighed the physical suffering."
Darwin Ochs, Lancaster, CA: "The violence in today's football games is reminiscent of ancient Rome. The only things missing are lions." |
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| Parents of college-age kids should know that out-of-state admission applications are soaring at colleges in Colorado, where marijuana is legal. So before you shell out tens of thousands of dollars, you may want to ask your teen why he or she is so eager to attend school in the Rocky Mountains. |
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