Fox pundit Bill O’Reilly appeared to offend former Secretary of State Colin Powell during a recent interview by only seeing him as “an African- American”.
On Tuesday night O’Reilly first described Powell as “a staunch Republican” before he voted for Barack Obama as President twice.
Powell explained that he did not agree with the economic policies put forward by Obama’s opposition candidates. He added, “In the last several years, I have been troubled by the right shift of the Republican party too far to the right.”
O’Reilly began, “Here's what perplexes me. President Obama's economic plan hasn't worked among African-Americans."
Powell responded with, "Why do you only see me as an African-American, Bill? That troubles me. I'm an American."
The right-wing Fox pundit defended his question noting that Powell had criticized the Republican party for their attitude to minorities.
Powell added that the economy has improved under Barack Obama but not enough.
O’Reilly added, “Not for African-Americans, not for minorities.”
Powell said economic situation of minorities would improve with the country's overall recovery.
Here’s the video of the interview featured on O’Reilly’s Fox show.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.seanomelb | Feb 01, 2013, 09:08 PM EST
bveritas dares to castigate a decorated war hero and deefends O'Reilly the coward who never wore a uniform and ran awayfrom the Vietnam war. How Stupid of you bveritas.
larslofan | Feb 01, 2013, 06:33 PM EST
Billy O'Lielly. What a tool. Still receiving Communion, Billie?
bveritas | Feb 01, 2013, 02:39 PM EST
So the coward Colin Powell is offended. Good. Maybe he can muster up respecet for all the slaughter of young lives he aids and abets through his mindless support of Obama.
johnshiel | Feb 01, 2013, 10:25 AM EST
this O'Reilly guy is clueless... where does he get off speaking candidly regarding african americans? it's just not done, dude...
Scouse Tony | Feb 01, 2013, 02:23 AM EST
I can't state too much experience of O'Reilly.I did find a clip of him on youtube getting the victims and the perpetrators of the Malmedy massacre the wrong way round both disrespectful and amusing in equal measure, is he usually that much of an arse.
cillowen | Jan 31, 2013, 06:57 PM EST
Floggings (whippings) Half-hangings (hanging a person until they were almost dead to extract information) Pitch-capping (pouring hot tar on a person’s head before setting it on fire) The newspaper of the United Irishmen, the Northern Star was banned. Spies and informers were used to identify the leaders. O'Reilly fits the mould as does Hannity, American-born DeValera, Heaney, Tony O'Reilly a knighted pUKer.
anglo-norman | Jan 31, 2013, 06:53 PM EST
seanomelb- Don't be jealous son...
seanomelb | Jan 31, 2013, 06:39 PM EST
Like the rest of the Fox tragics O'Reilly is a cupboard racist. He dresses up his racism in a cloak in which he calls himself "A traditionalist". Bully O'Reilly tried to pigeonhole Powell so Reilly could play his racist card.
Smyrnian | Jan 31, 2013, 05:18 PM EST
Alisaann - calm down before you have a heart attack. So you wish to silence opposition to your personal, entrenched opinions and views? Nice. Typical liberal. Silence the dissenting opinion while claiming freedom of speech; talk about rights except when those rights are not in keeping with lefty philosophy (no gun rights and no right to life for the unborn). Hypocrites!
McNamara31 | Jan 31, 2013, 04:20 PM EST
Bill O’Reilly is a self absorbed person with a very stunted view of people different from himself. After eating dinner at a famed Harlem restaurant O'Reilly told a radio audience he "couldn't get over the fact" that there was no difference between the black-run Sylvia's and other restaurants."It was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun," he said. "And there wasn't "any kind of craziness" at all." (How pathetic) So Colin Powell didn't have a chance to be seen as just a man who had succeeded and done quite well for himself and his country.
alisaann | Jan 31, 2013, 04:20 PM EST
they need to TAKE o'reilly OFF the air....i swear, he thinks he's BETTER then everyone else....he's like RUSH....imo, bill is a RACIST jerk alisa
EphraimKibbey | Jan 31, 2013, 03:38 PM EST
Oh Goodie, another conspiracy theory from the LOONEY TOON RIGHT WING NUTS! What would America do without your comic relief?
PhlutiePhan | Jan 31, 2013, 02:28 PM EST
Powell slipped into his true mode of hiding behind an African-American identity. Bill O only called a "spade a spade". As Jack Nicholson said in "A Few Good Men", the truth, you can't handle the truth. Turns out that Colin lad has a "Sitting Bull" mentality of wioping out Custer at the Little Big Horn. It's all about revenge and forming alliances with gays and lesbians to subvert the country that "the white man built". You can see the "war paint" all over his face. That's the real purpose of "taking away the guns" and reforming the military with gays and lesbians.
Eschetic | Jan 31, 2013, 01:57 PM EST
Colin Powell is the ESSENCE of what the Republican Party was and must be again if it ever hopes to regain its position as a governing force. Fools like Bill O'Reilly WILL continue to try to marginalize the General because they cannot answer his solid positions on issues. Had he not bowed to pressure from his wife who had possibly legitimate fears for the fate, a decade ago, of the first African American to be elected President, he could easily have had the Republican nomination and the election - and our history, so blighted by the two illegitimate "Bush-the-Lesser" terms at home and abroad, would have been so much different. After his time as Secretary of State, loyally defending the indefensibly incomplete and simply false "intelligence" and garbage policy, launching wars without adequate consultation with and support from long term allies handed him by his boss, his legacy is undeniably tarnished, but responsible leaders still listen to the man because (unlike O'Reilly) when he speaks, it is almost always on positions well thought out and supported by the best evidence.
Nicomax | Jan 31, 2013, 12:59 PM EST
Since BHO is only half black, then he could argue his other half has done quite well with his economic policies, which is clearly the fact. The wealth gap has expanded under his watch, and other than black entertainers and athletes, few other blacks have benefitted much.
handsome68 | Jan 31, 2013, 10:49 AM EST
To Commenter crny925, I send your e-Motion. I have concluded that headline proofreaders must be too expensive for IC to keep on staff.
bunkerisland | Jan 31, 2013, 10:08 AM EST
O'Reilly is forever antagonistic to anyone that is not on the far right! He thinks it is okay in the heat of a campaign to call people names, make untrue statements and basically do whatever is necessary to win an election.
crny925 | Jan 31, 2013, 09:34 AM EST
CONAN POWELL???? HELLO!
JimmieM | Jan 31, 2013, 09:27 AM EST
General Powell is a democrat voter who claims to be a republican and the republican leadership continually goes to Powell for advice. What is the General to do?...but give them advice that will help his friends and of course his advice is racist like "don't Ever talk about The Obama's failures or you will loose the black vote"....They keep asking....he keeps advising...kind of funny
wjb1tex | Jan 31, 2013, 08:46 AM EST
African-Americans are continually complaining about not being treated equally ( with good reason usually ) but when a question is asked as to why the President's policies don't seem to be working for African-Americans it offends someone who views it to be racist. How can we have a dialogue about race when only one side can mention it ?