The Factor Rundown
Eric Bolling
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Would Obama Beat Trump in an Election?
President Obama has confidently asserted that he could win a third term if he ran again, but President-Elect Trump strongly disagrees. Eric hashed it out with conservative columnist Lisa Boothe and former Clinton aide Richard Goodstein. "Hillary Clinton lost by 10,000 in Michigan," Goodstein pointed out, "and by 20,000 in Michigan and 40,000 in Pennsylvania. There were tens of thousands of voters who would have come out for Barack Obama but did not come out for Hillary Clinton. Counties that voted for Obama in '08 and '12 would have voted for him again." But Boothe contended that Donald Trump would have defeated Barack Obama. "President Obama said that his legacy was on the ballot and this was a rejection of his that. Donald Trump ran on eradicating President Obama's legacy, this was a rejection of his policies. Donald Trump was also able to flip 217 counties from Democrat to Republican."
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President Obama & Israel
The Obama administration, with its abstention from a United Nations Security Council vote denouncing Israeli settlements, is being accused of anti-Israel animus. Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton analyzed the controversy. "This was clearly intended to box in the incoming Trump administration," he said. "This vote flies in the face of a half-century of American policy and Obama has brought this forward with a month to go in his presidency. This is a deep reflection of Barack Obama's ideology - he sees Israel in much the same way he sees the United States. To him, Israel is just another country and the United States is just another country. But this will be easily reversible by the incoming Trump administration." Eric lamented, "It feels like Obama is no friend to Israel."
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Bloody Weekend in Chicago
The holiday weekend was especially violent in Chicago, with 61 people shot and 11 killed. Eric discussed the gang warfare with former Congressman Joe Walsh and talk show host Matt McGill. "Look at black Chicago and black America," McGill said, "and these communities have been neglected. Black Americans want money put into housing and jobs and education, but it has not been getting that for a long time. This is also still the result of the bad economy in 2007." Walsh contended that police in Chicago are afraid to do their jobs. "This is not complicated, it's called the 'Ferguson Effect.' Ever since Ferguson we have been hating on cops, there has been a war on cops, and you can see it most in Chicago. Shootings are way up but arrests are way down, and you can't blame the cops because everyone is hating on them. Chicago is a typical one-party Democratic-run city that has destroyed life for African Americans!"
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Violence and Chaos at Malls
There has been an outbreak of post-holiday brawls at shopping malls across America. What's going on? Eric posed that question to psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow. "Crowds behave less well than individuals do," Ablow theorized, "and social media is a big factor. These people are coming in looking for drama, we have made people addicted to drama. They are there to begin melees and they think that gunfire is some kind of made-up drama that they are starring in. These folks are there looking for their identity when they need their identity to come from within. People are too ready to join 'the spectacle' that they think makes them bigger than themselves."
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Left-Wing Activism in U.S. Schools
In the latest example of left-wing lunacy on campus, George Ciccariello-Maher, an assistant professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, tweeted out his wish for "white genocide." Eric introduced Bill's recent interview with Charlie Kirk, who founded an organization that identifies professors who routinely spew left-wing indoctrination. "We encountered incredible biases," Kirk told Bill, "and people didn't really believe it was all happening. So we decided to consolidate the information on the website ProfessorWatchlist.org. Every single incident on our website is backed up by a third party, all we want to do is shine a light on our universities." As one example, Kirk singled out Kent State professor Julio Cesar Pino. "According to several news sources, he is reportedly being investigated for allegedly having connections with ISIS. If I was a donor to Kent State or a parent sending my kid there, I would be concerned."
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Too Rich to Serve?
Some liberal Americans, Bernie Sanders among them, are complaining because Donald Trump's cabinet includes too many very wealthy individuals. Eric invited publisher Cathy Areu and political analyst Carrie Sheffield to opine. "Nothing's wrong with being wealthy," Areu began, "but the problem is that these people don't really understand Washington. Their wealth also creates so many financial problems that they may not even be confirmed by the Senate because of conflicts of interest." Sheffield took issue with Bernie Sanders' non-stop criticism. "It's incredibly rich that Bernie Sanders, with his three houses, is going after this. He has been dehumanizing rich people, who are the ones who create jobs. These are people who run complex institutions and multi-billion-dollar operations. We want people with judgment, we want people who are successful, we want people who are winners."
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2004 Interview with Carrie Fisher
Actress Carrie Fisher, best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies, died Tuesday after a sudden medical emergency. Eric introduced portions of Bill's 2004 interview with Fisher, in which they discussed her latest book, llamas, bunnies, and various other things. Fisher told Bill that he should spend more time on the West Coast. "I think you're misunderstood in Hollywood," she teased, "and you have to come out there. They don't know the real, cuddly you, they don't know about your inner child. They don't know that you loved disco music, and if you came to Hollywood people would be cheering at the airport." Eric closed the show with his condolences to the family of Carrie Fisher, who was just 60 years old.
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