general. mr. o reilly i m surprised you didn t comment about the president chewing gum at the d-day ceremonies. as we say here in the colonies, small ball. i have hmajor things to deal with, the president is probably a bit nervous. bill, do the world a favor, smoke a joint or eat a pot brownie. you ll mellow out. i ve done good avoiding the mellow world, john. try it and see what happens. we traveled 700 miles to see the boulder fresher show in minneapolis. it was worth every mile. your comment about trading al franken to the taliban for nothing was price wills. glad you enjoyed the show. miller and i had a great time in the twin cities and grand rapids, michigan. two more shows this summer. rapid city, south carolina, fargo north carolina the next night, saturday july 26th, bill o reil o reilly.com has the information. you may have heard of the
could do on capitol hill. so, george, how much of this exercise on tuesday night is just about the president trying to change the subject and change the american people s attention from obamacare and all the problems with that to the subject that worked so well for him in 2012 which is the middle class and supporting these build building these ladders of opportunity. yes. well, it is a lot of changing the subject but what kind of a ladder is he goingd? in baseball you play what s called small ball, stealing bailses, bunting when you can t do anything else. this is the miniaturization of the president s agenda. a 23rd increase in the minimum wage since 1938? it may and good thing, a bad thing, but it s of marginal importance to the economy and of no importance to the middle class. universal preschool which, as you say, he endorses last year. we ve had almost 50 years of experience with head start. the government s own studies show that the benefits from universal preschool are a,
so, george, how much of this exercise on tuesday night is just about the president trying to change the subject and change the american people s attention from obamacare and all the problems with that to the subject that worked so well for him in 2012 which is the middle class and supporting these build building these ladders of opportunity. yes. well, it is a lot of changing the subject but what kind of a ladder is he going to build? in baseball you play what s called small ball, stealing bailses, bunting when you can t do anything else. this is the miniaturization of the president s agenda. a 23rd increase in the minimum wage since 1938? it may and good thing, a bad thing, but it s of marginal importance to the economy and of no importance to the middle class. universal preschool which, as you say, he endorses last year. we ve had almost 50 years of experience with head start. the government s own studies show that the benefits from universal preschool are a,
could do on capitol hill. so, george, how much of this exercise on tuesday night is just about the president trying to change the subject and change the american people s attention from obamacare and all the problems with that to the subject that worked so well for him in 2012 which is the middle class and supporting these build building these ladders of opportunity. yes. well, it is a lot of changing the subject but what kind of a ladder is he going to build? in baseball you play what s called small ball, stealing bailses, bunting when you can t do anything else. this is the miniaturization of the president s agenda. a 23rd increase in the minimum wage since 1938? it may and good thing, a bad thing, but it s of marginal importance to the economy and of no importance to the middle class. universal preschool which, as you say, he endorses last year. we ve had almost 50 years of experience with head start. the government s own studies show that the benefits from universal preschool
obsessed with as you guys can tell. kurt, i go back to the question of small ball. is it too much to be talking about mitt romney s campaign tactics or is this fair game? i think it s as a passing comment, fair game, but again, you want it s a presidential election. you want the big, important, you know, crossroads issues raised and that doesn t do it. not the literal existential issues. karen made a terrific point. it s also up to a media to ask the big questions and because of the 24/7 media environment we live in, we get fixated on the insta small bore. there s a false equivalence that plays in the media where the republicans, sometimes living in a post-truth environment, not always, don t get nailed, don t get nailed as they should and then that spreads into the media