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#EndorseThis: Maher And Geraldo Channel Vidal And Buckley In Epic Debate

#EndorseThis: Maher And Geraldo Channel Vidal And Buckley In Epic Debate

If campaigns are Thoroughbred races, then political debates are prizefights. A truly great debate will see both sides laid down for the count, only to come back with a flurry of point-scoring.

This clip from Real Time With Bill Maher begins with Fox News correspondent (and loyal Trump ally) Geraldo Rivera sparring with Maher over the character of the POTUS. The host points out that 45 is a sleazy person. Geraldo weakly says he knows and likes The Donald as a friend. Bill pounces, pointing out that O.J. Simpson was once a good-time buddy to other celebrities.

Then, the magic. Maher says he no longer looks up to Rivera as a journalist given the latter’s irrational support of Trump. When the O.J. analogy turns into an attack, Geraldo channels the moment from 1968 when William Buckley told Gore Vidal, “Stop calling me (a Nazi) or I’ll sock you in the (expletive) face.”

Press play to see a classic bout reenacted in real time.

Fox News Host Tries To Teach Bill O’Reilly How To Respect The President

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly has been congratulating himself for his confrontational Super Bowl interview with President Obama.

Others were less impressed with his hostile insistence on resuscitating every failed attempt to scar the president with a scandal. Dana Milbank noted that O’Reilly “interrupted the president 42 times, by my count — although, given the amount O’Reilly spoke, it may be more accurate to say Obama was interrupting him.”

Even Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera felt that O’Reilly needed basic instruction on how to treat the president of the United States. First of all, the O’Reilly Factor host needs to stop acting as if he’s “President of Most of the White Guys of America.”

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