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‘Purveyors of White Privilege’: Bill O’Reilly Reveals the Outlook He Thinks Drives Obama

Jan. 22, 2013 11:52am Billy Hallowell

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly gained some criticism for a controversial segment on “The O’Reilly Factor” last night, during which he posed a theory about President Barack Obama and his treatment of the GOP. The popular commentator charged that the nation’s leader doesn’t like Republicans, because he sees them as “purveyors of white privilege.” The comment was made during an interview with The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward. Earlier in the show, the host also took aim at Obama’s push for “social justice” in his inaugural address.

“It’s pretty clear that [Obama] doesn’t like them because he doesn’t feel — he feels that they are the purveyors of white privilege,” O’Reilly said. “He’s never going to say that, but that’s the theme that runs through his advisers: The white privilege has to be broken down.”

Woodward didn’t agree with this assessment, as the famed journalist contended that Obama’s treatment of Republicans has little to do with race and everything to do with ideological contention. He dismissed the president’s treatment of the GOP as being rooted in “a broader disagreement with the Republican agenda.” Despite Woodward’s disagreement with the sentiment, O’Reilly doubled down.

“The Republican agenda, in his mind, the president’s mind, props up white privilege,” O’Reilly continued, defending his original position.”Therefore, as the social justice champion, he has to tear that down. He doesn’t like the white privilege thing and he doesn’t like the Republicans trying to defend it. And that’s the seed.”

Watch the segment, below:

O’Reilly, in a separate segment, condemned the president’s inaugural address for taking a “social justice” tone. See his comments here:

(H/T: The Hill)

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spirited
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:38pm
Barack Obama said, “My grandmother was a typical white woman”.

What is a “typical white woman” ?
>Still waiting for someone to ask (and receive) an explaination from President Obama.

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eaglesview
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:37pm
Bill’s finally waking up, and saying something.
I guess late is better than never, just pray it’s not too late.

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hauschild
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:34pm
“Purveyors of White Privilege”

Duh, welcome to the party, Bill. Took you 4 freakin’ years to figure that out?

Listen, it ain’t complicated to piece together. Obama was NOT raised in America. Therefore, to expect this dude to have any semblance of patriotism is silly. Then, throw in the fact he didn’t know his old man and came from a broken home. Yet more, he was raised by communists. Then, because of his diverse background, he’s given kid-glove treatment thru secondary schooling.

This dude was living a completely sheltered life, free from traditional American thought, ideals and practice. He wouldn’t know hard day’s work if it hit him between the eyes. He’s of the worst kind: An elitist with a chip on his shoulder. How would you have expected this dude to turn out any differently???

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BigSky
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:33pm
If Obama was doing what Nixon got impeached over, Woodward would be defending Obama over “racist attacks” and smears.

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Teaparty-grammy
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:32pm
When a Black Panther who stands up and OPENLY calls for the murder of white children is condemned as loudly as any “White Supremacist” racist, then that is the day racism will end in America. As it stands today, black people are LOOKING for a reason to be offended, and pouncing on anything that even remotely could be construed as racist–no matter how large a leap of logic it requires to reach that conclusion. But black racists are given a pass, and idiot liberals refuse to even acknowledge that black racism exists, no matter HOW pervasive and blatant it might be. Because constantly repeating the myth of “pervasive white racism” helps them keep blacks on the liberal plantation, and keeps the liberals in power, plain and simple.

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jackact
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:27pm
Have patience with the …..’Harvard graduate from Levitt Town’.
The concept of third world anti-colonialism is above his realm of understanding.
O’Reilly dismisses any facts that oppose his centrist moderation as ‘opinion’.
Duh.
30 years at ABC caused this.

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RestoreCapitalism
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:27pm
To discuss spending would be to invite the question of what things would he cut. He will cut spending, but it will be from the very things that keep us safe and strong, namely military and the like. Remember his secret promise to Putin when the mic was hot? And of course the redistribution will continue.

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Teaparty_Grammy
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:24pm
Obama said in his book that he “found it useful to nourish a pervasive sense of grievance” against “the race of his grandmother”. Translation: He worked at holding a grudge against white people, because it was “useful”. This is typical “professional victim” thinking.

It is not white people who make everything about skin color in this country, and until black people stop doing that–they are their own worst enemies, and most of the racism in the country comes from them. It does not help that the President and his cronies are CONSTANTLY race-baiting and fanning the flames of division!

From practically the first day Obama took office, when he shot off his mouth that the “police acted stupidly” when he knew NOTHING about what actually happened–only that it was a black man vs. a white policeman–his mindset and racist attitude were there for everybody to see. Why is anybody surprised by this? He usually lets others tote the water for him, when it comes to open hostility toward white people, yet his OWN hostility is there for anybody to see.

If black people want to end racism in this country, I’ll give them a quote from Obama: “I’ll extend my hand, if you’ll unclench your fist.”

Until that happens, I don’t see race relations improving. And unless Obama, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton–professional race baiters all–STOP their politics of division, and black people keep falling for this BS, it is NOT going to get better

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cassandra
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:20pm
I stopped watching O’Rilley long ago he is rude won’t let a guest make a point except if their liberal and he himself says he is NOT a conservitive so why waist my time

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spfoam1
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:18pm
In contrast to republicans, Obama, with his totalitarian government ideology, is allegedly propping up minority privilage. If minorities realized what a privilage it is to live under the boot of a totalitarian government, they would all move to North Korea.

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cassandra
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:17pm
the progressives knew exactly what they were going to get with obummer that is why they endorsed him and not hillary it is radical change from free capitalism to marxism obummer could care less about race, or social justice he just uses them, he will push threw his marxist ideals I will be surprized if there is another presidential election

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Teaparty_Grammy
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:09pm
Translation: Obama is a RACIST who hates white people. And this is a surprise to who?

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daniel3839
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:07pm
He won a tax increases for the top 1%? How many of you out there DID NOT have your taxes go up by 2% of GROSS PAY on the first of January!?

HE RAISED TAXES ON THE ENTIRE PHUKIN COUNTRY BUDDY!!!!

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- checkingbothsides
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 2:34pm
  Are you some kind of simpleton? Taxes went up 2% on everybody because the payroll tax holiday on social security ended. As it should of. Why should my grandchildren have to pay for your social security?
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 4:41pm
  Checking – So how will you survive if you don’t depend upon Medicare or Social Security?
  
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Polyterdal
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:03pm
The whole “white-privilege” thing is a huge SMAM. We do live in the “Age of Affirmative-Action”……………and Affirmative-Action obviously is based on RACIAL PREFERENCE. Which means, the minorities of the United States receive special big-time preferences when it comes to education and employment. Even illegal mexicans (and they are illegal to begin with) have been blessed as minorities and they even get to receive special big-time preferences as well under Affirmative-Action (see link shown below). The big-bad-white-man receives no preferences whatsoever under Affirmative-Action. Note that Affirmative-Acton is alive and well and going strong, too (see second link below). Consequently, the whole white-privilege and racism thing is just one huge colossal SCAM. In fact, I believe the scam to be the biggest scam ever perpetrated in the United States in the history of the United States. Accordingly, I call it the GREAT RACISM SCAM. And this scam just goes on and on and on and on and on………….

ILLEGAL MEXICANS AND AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION–

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/13506-cis-most-jobs-going-to-immigrants

AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION ALIVE AND WELL AND GOING STRONG–

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/a_horrible_racial_preference_ruling_in_michigan.html

It all be part of THE GREAT RACISM SCAM.

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demsrtraitors
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:01pm
Bill O and Sean Hannity are just talkers. I used to think they stood for something. Had some values and principles. Now that New York put in those new gun control laws and raised taxes they still remain there and feed the beast with their tax dollars. If they really were against the Anti American liberals they would pull their shows out of New York and head to Florida , south Carolina,or Texas to name a few. Until then they keep talking and only help the liberals collect money to use it against the rest of us.

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767Driver
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:55pm
I think Bill is right. I think Obama hates the suburbs and has all but declared war on the burbs where all the whites fled the inner cities due to the increasing black population.

To Obama, the whole gun debate falls right in line with that in that he believes the only reason (white) people want guns is to protect themselves from blacks. And tongue in cheek here but it’s really hard to pull a Zimbabwe styled reparation if whites have all of these guns.

Everything is racial with Obama. It’s just what he is, racial. Pay back time.

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Robert Hawk
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:50pm
Bill is incorrect and shows his ignorance with that statement. Mr Obama views the GOP as dialectical opposition. Mr Obama is a Marxist-Leninist and views everything in applied dialectical opposition, an form of thinking and action which is unfamiliar to Mr O’Riley and most of the GOP. What ever issue Mr Obama is involved in, he always uses the tactic of applied dialectical opposition. Mr O’Riley does not understand dialectics or their use, therefore he makes remarks based on what he perceives to be the truth.
Now if Mr O’Riley had stated that Mr’Obama stands in dialectical opposition to GOP members based upon the application of Marx & Engels dialectic of materialsim and dialectic of Ethnicity, then his comments would have been more accurate.

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Remember_Benghazi
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:49pm
Classic race baiting. I’d expect nothing less from the Murdock Propaganda Empire.

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Canada_Goose
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:47pm
It has nothing to do with race. If anything the GOP are the purveyors of class privilege. Most of the House Republicans were willing to go off fiscal cliff for the sake of 1% rather than raise their taxes.
They even balked at Mr. Boehner’s Plan B which would have only raised taxes on all income beyond $1.0M.
I think despite Mr. Obama actually being part of the 1% he is willing to fight the GOP on this.

Recall that Mr. Clinton raised taxes as well and he was called many things, but he was never accused of fighting against white privilege.

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Micmac
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:45pm
Originally raised in a union Democratic household I was taught that the Democratic Party believed in “A hand up, not a hand out.” Now the New Democratic Party under the tutelage of the Progressives is “A hand out, now stay down.” All the whilst turning the greatest country in the history of mankind into a second rate (if we’re lucky) fascist state. With the consolidations of banks it tends me to think that’s the direction the Progressives are leaning towards, even though the “governmentalization” of General Motors into Government Motors was pure Communism.

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mcmick
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:41pm
Even though O’Reilly usually opens with great talking points he drives me nuts every time he says Obama wants to “take from the wealthy” to REDISTRIBUTE. Bill, Bill, Bill—Obama wants to take from every taxpayer he can–except his deadbeat freeloaders who are the recipients. He wants to get his hands on every penny he can except from all special interests who will advance his Marxist agenda. All of these tunnel vision robots vote for him.

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Just_Us2
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:37pm
Take away all the talk and look at the facts. Unemployment for black males is up around 30%. Blacks as a whole have higher unemployment than any other group. More black children are aborted than any other group. If they do manage to be born, more black children are in one parent homes than two parent. They are by far the most poverty stricken group in America. They are incarcerated at all time highs. They subsist on welfare and are trapped by laws designed to help them.

Now look at white males…Obama’s enemy. Their incomes are rising, some age groups enjoy full employment and are virtually untouched by the slow economy. They enjoy most of the spots on Obama’s highest cabinet position.

Looking at the facts on paper, it appears that Obama’s unintended consequences have been decidedly anti black. Blacks fall further and further behind whites all under the frustrated hands of a black president. The more laws he passes, the further down his people go. The only group fighting for better conditions for blacks are Republicans…..a group of people whom blacks consider the enemy and they vote against them in massive numbers. Pretty ironic.

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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:13pm
  It’s amazing how far you can go if you show up to work on time, with a good attitude, use proper english and limit profanity. You are immediately ahead 80% these days. I do not care what their race is.
  
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- Just_Us2
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:37pm
  Don’t forget personal hygiene, not being covered in tattoos, and not having a sense of entitlement.
  
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noslave
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:36pm
OBAMA &MOOCHELLE HAVE THE SAME IDEAS FOR AMERICA AS NELSON&WINNIE MANDELLA had for south africa ??over-run and ruled by blk majority??even though they overtook the country they were ignorant how to work it??ran it down to third world??stupidity??

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Gildersleeve
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:36pm
Hell I’m white, not wealthy, retired….where the freak is my free cell phone???? Hello barry??? barry. hello!

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- barber2
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:27pm
  GILDER: No. You don’t deserve it because way back in history there were white people who owned slaves and YOU are going to pay for it . And the black people who are living today, not the ex- slaves, are going to benefit from this. This wacko system of revenge is now called ” social justice ” which is a term about as untruthful as ” gay marriage.” Go figure…( only a Far Left radical understands this so-called new “transparent ” world and dictionary )
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:35pm
O’Reilly is spot on right. Woodward is wrong. I had “white privilege”crammed down my throat in grad school over and over. I grew up middle class. Lower middle class. In those days we called it “traditional or old fashioned” cause my Mom stayed home and took care of the kids and house while my DAd worked. We were taught to work for what we needed. I babysat, cleaned houses, did chores. I had a job from age 14 until I married at 24. Then off and on while married and my babies old enough I had little part time jobs but nothing much. When my kids were teenagers my husband had a good job for a few years so I went to grad school. When my kids all left home I got a little part time job. Still have it. Nothing much. We own no home. Never did. Have no savings to brag about. Own no property. Nothing. We have lived on one income like my Mom and DAd. Difference is my parents bought a house in 1956 for $10,500 and had a $99 a month mortgage. That era is gone. The middle class is going, going, going,……..almost gone. At age 54 I just get by. No more. If this is white privilege then you can have it. Please! Take it!

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