Fox News host Bill O’Reilly suggested that women may have an inherent “downside” that would prevent them from being an effective president, in a segment on “The O’Reilly Factor” Thursday night. “There’s got to be some downside to having a woman president, right? Something — something that may not fit with that office, correct?” O’Reilly asked Fox News contributor and USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers and Republican strategist Kate Obenshain. “Hmm, I’m gonna say no, Bill,” Powers responded. See video: President Obama Dukes It Out With Bill O’Reilly In Heated Pre-Super Bowl Interview (Video) “Let me ask you this,...
- 2/28/2014
- by L.A. Ross
- The Wrap
On Wednesday night's O'Reilly Factor, Laura Ingraham suggested President Obama's comments about Hillary Clinton during a Tonight Show appearance may mean a Hillary 2016 candidacy could get a big boost from the White House. Kirsten Powers and Kate Obenshain agreed that Clinton will be the likely Democratic nominee, should she run, with Powers remarking, "I don't know why anyone would bother to challenge her."...
- 8/8/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
With all the scandals going on in Washington right now, President Obama embarking on a trip to Africa has been met with some outrage. O'Reilly Factor guest-host Laura Ingraham and Republican guest Kate Obenshain found it to be outrageous, while Kirsten Powers dismissed this as a non-scandal, since similar trips were taken under the Bush administration and with everything else going on, "this is the least of our problems."...
- 6/27/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Bill O'Reilly tonight took on the Benghazi hearings in Congress today and, in particular, how much Democrats on the House committee were going out of their way to defend Hillary Clinton and President Obama. Kirsten Powers and Kate Obenshain piled on the Democrats for aiding in a potential cover-up, though Powers was a little more hesitant about calling it a cover-up, suggeting that it could have been simple incompetence instead.
- 5/9/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Bill O'Reilly opened his show tonight reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, acknowledging that while he supported it when he believed Sadaam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, he remains convinced that there were better ways the U.S. could have gone about carrying out the mission. When he brought on Kirsten Powers and Kate Obenshain to weigh in, O'Reilly said that the government needs to decide for future conflicts if it is worth spending so much "blood and treasure" on.
- 3/21/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Bill O'Reilly tonight took on two big recent issues that he argued were part of an overarching acceptance of the nanny state: a judge not prosecuting a mother for taking cocaine while pregnant, and New York governor Andrew Cuomo pushing for no restrictions on abortion in New York. O'Reilly told both Kirsten Powers and Kate Obenshain that these are clear signs the United States is becoming a "barbaric" nation.
- 2/21/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Bill O’Reilly And Kirsten Powers Clash Over Whether Nation Is Suffering A ‘Lack Of Respect Epidemic’
Earlier this week a Florida teenager was acting disrespectful towards a judge, to which the judge doubled the price of her bond and sentenced her to 30 days in prison after she shouted profanities at him. Bill O'Reilly took this one instance of a rude teenager to bemoan a "lack of respect epidemic" in the United States. He and panelist Kate Obenshain squared off with Kirsten Powers over the staggering rudeness running rampant in society and in classrooms all across the country.
- 2/7/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
In the midst of today's hearings on guns, there was a report in the New York Times earlier today that despite Chicago's strict gun laws, there remains a staggering amount of gun violence in the city. O'Reilly and Republican Kate Obenshain touted the report tonight as evidence for why gun control doesn't work, with Democrat Kirsten Powers pushing back on their argument.
- 1/31/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Fox News reports that the House Judiciary Committee will hear legislation proposed by Rep. Steve King (R-ia) to make English the official language of the United States. During Tuesday's edition of Happening Now, co-anchor Jon Scott played host to a debate between Young America's Foundation vice president Kate Obenshain and veteran Democratic consultant Ryan Clayton, with the latter asking whether Rep. King's law would mean police would have to "throw [violators] in the gulag because they haven't learned English?"...
- 7/24/2012
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
Over the weekend, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said on Fox News Sunday that President Barack Obama was the most “nasty, divisive, negative campaigner that this country’s ever seen.” On Monday, former Virginia Republican Party chair Kate Obenshain and former aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-ny) Chris Hahn joined Fox News anchor Jon Scott to debate the tone of President Obama’s campaign against Republican party presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Their conversation quickly exploded into a battle over the mendacity of both candidate's campaigns.
- 7/9/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
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