Hot Face-Off Match: Fox News vs. Obamacare
Cavuto: Mr. President, we at Fox News are not the problem
Time: 03:17
As everybody sees Obamacare unfolding, you are watching before your eyes the best double-talk, flim-man man ever to sit in office at any level of government. He is rewriting, back-stepping, contravening, wavering, pulling back and ducking for cover as his programs to further move the American economy into socialism are working. It is just a matter of continuing forward as long as no one is willing to stop his programs. If you criticize him, he always brings out the race card because he's black. So, you have to remember he is only half right because his mother is white. I guess that begs the question: Where do you draw the line? Therefore, I will call the lower half white a dumb-ass to avoid being called a racist and refrain from making any disparaging remarks above the belt.
Whew! ...Now that I have had my say, please read the text of what a real gentleman and diplomat said as he addressed the President directly on national television.
"Mr. President, Fox News isn't what's making Americans sick about your healthcare law. Your healthcare law is.
Welcome, everybody, I'm Neil Cavuto. And excuse this departure from form. But I think this is just poor form. So, it's time we set some things straight.
"Mr. President, we at Fox News are not the problem. I hate to break it to you, sir. You are. Your words are. Your very promises are. We didn't sell this healthcare law. Sir, you did. Remember this?"
President Barack Obama: "If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period!"
"Mr. President, tell that to tens of thousands of retirees at IBM and Time Warner and dozens of others, who've been dumped from their coverage and told to find their own coverage. Fox News didn't break that news to them, Mr. President. Their companies did.
"Fox News didn't push more of those firms to hire part-time workers. Your healthcare law did. Fox News didn't incentivize fast food restaurants to scale back their benefits. Your healthcare law did. Fox News didn't make doctors want to opt out. Your healthcare law did. Fox News didn't make insurance premiums sky rocket. Your healthcare law did. Just like Fox News didn't grant hundreds of exemptions to companies that needed them. You did. And Fox News didn't delay one key provision after another, including online enrollment for those small business exchanges. You did.
"Just like it wasn't Fox News that said we had to pass this to see what was in this. You did. Or was that Nancy Pelosi? Sometimes I'm confused. But of this I am not. Fox News didn't re-do basic math. Sir, you did. Fox News didn't say you can cover 30 million more Americans and not see a hit in premiums. You did. Fox News didn't say you could throw in those with pre-existing conditions and not have to pay for it. You did. Fox News didn't all but say you could get something for nothing. You did. Fox News didn't come back years later and say, oh yea, we did raise some taxes. You did.
"Here's where you are right about Fox News, however, Mr. President. We can do math. And did. You cannot. And did not. We said it, and proved it. You didn't. And we're all suffering for it. Take it from the numbers guy at Fox. Numbers don't lie. The number of Americans working part-time are nervous. The number of retirees days away from being dumped on exchanges are anxious. The number of company bosses with any news to pass along on those exchanges, but still clueless. The number of doctors who want out. The number of congressmen now opting out. No, Mr. President, none of those numbers lie.
"But with all due respect sir, I can only conclude you do know; I know, I know you hate us at Fox. But please take a look in a mirror, and fast. You think we're the skunk at your picnic. But that doesn't mean we're the ones that stink. Because that smell isn't coming from the folks reporting on your law. Mr. President, that smell is your law."