Bill O’Reilly Blows up at Alan Colmes
Bill O’Reilly blew up at the usually sedate Alan Colmes on his show last night when Colmes consistently provided specific examples of programs - namely Medicare - President Obama has offered to cut in order to end the sequester. O’Reilly’s response was simply to say they weren’t specific, even though they are specific, and he repeatedly called Colmes a liar, as well as repeating the tired old wingnut meme that Obama is making people suffer on purpose.
He even came close to using a bad word.
Let’s go to the tape:
*This is the headline Media Matters used for the story, even though O’Reilly didn’t actually say that.
Media Matters did, however, post a chart indicating specific programs the President would cut to end the sequester: