Fox News anchor responds to e-mail by criticizing those seeking eligibility proof
World Net Daily
Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly took a jab at those seeking proof of Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility for president this week by referring to them as "nutty."
The comment came in a response to a viewer who watched the top-rated cable host's interview with Obama on Super Bowl Sunday.
The letter stated, "Bill, thanks for winning me $100. I bet a friend you would not ask Obama about his birth certificate, and you didn't."
O'Reilly responded to Harris by saying with a grin, "Let me get this straight, Ed. You found someone who bet you a hundred bucks that I would ask the president about the nutty birth-certificate stuff. Can you please send me that person's name? I would like to do business with this guy."
As WND previously reported in April 2009, O'Reilly invited and then disinvited WND Editor Joseph Farah on his program to have a discussion about Obama's legal qualification for office.
Farah had challenged O'Reilly in a column about his assertions that he had investigated the questions involving Obama's birth certificate and found them to be without merit...
![]() Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly did not bring up questions surrounding Barack Obama's eligibility for office during his interview that aired Sunday, Feb. 6, 2010. |