Two myths were destroyed on national television Sunday.\u00a0 One was the myth of Peyton Manning as world\u2019s greatest quarterback who could never be defeated.\u00a0 Peyton Manning is a great quarterback and by all acocunts he is a great human being.\u00a0 But he looked very mortal during that game.\u00a0 It takes a team to win and it takes a team to lose.\u00a0 But, it is Peyton Manning who suffered the big blow to his image.\u00a0 In some ways this is ridiculous.\u00a0 In less than 24 hours he went from hero to has been, at least in the minds of some of the fickle sports media clowns.\u00a0 But, regardless of how fair it is, the myth of Peyton Manning took a really big hit yesterday.<\/p>\n
The other myth was that of President Obama.\u00a0 He was absolutely shredded by Bill O\u2019Reilly.\u00a0 I sometimes get very annoyed with Bill O\u2019Reilly who just may have the biggest ego in the history of television.\u00a0 It was particularly disgusting to hear O\u2019Reilly pump up himself as the world\u2019s greatest interviewer prior to this session with Obama.\u00a0 But\u00a0 at least on this day, Bill O\u2019Reilly did a pretty good job.\u00a0 He asked questions no one else has dared to ask Obama and he exposed Obama like never before.\u00a0 Obama\u2019s answer on Benghazi\u00a0 was absurd and obviously evasive.\u00a0 His answer on the IRS scandal ridiculous.\u00a0 O\u2019Reilly had Obama on the defense the entire session and when Obama tried to take a cheap shot at Fox News, O\u2019Reilly just dismissed him with a wave of his hand.<\/p>\n
Most people who listened to the Kennedy – Nixon debate in 1960 thought that Nixon won hands down.\u00a0 If you read the transcipt, Nixon won hands down.\u00a0 But on TV, Kennedy, who was actually seriously ill, showed up with a great tan and he looked healthy.\u00a0 Nixon, who really was healthy, looked pathetic.\u00a0 Those who watched the debate thought that Kennedy won.\u00a0 The point is that sometimes what is said doesn\u2019t matter nearly as much as the image of the encounter.\u00a0 That is why I think this interview really hurt Obama.\u00a0 He looked and acted defensive.<\/p>\n
The main stream media will try to spin this as a good showing by Obama, but they will be wrong.\u00a0 When a President of the United States sits down with a news reporter, the President is expected to dominate.\u00a0\u00a0 If he doesn\u2019t win,\u00a0 despite the spin, he loses.<\/p>\n
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Two myths were destroyed on national television Sunday.\u00a0 One was the myth of Peyton Manning as world\u2019s greatest quarterback who could never be defeated.\u00a0 Peyton Manning is a great quarterback and by all acocunts he is a great human being.\u00a0 … Continue reading