Well, we now know that Bill O'Really failed History class

[ck4829]

On the April 22 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed that President Richard Nixon never met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

While discussing President Obama's handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Fox News political analyst Alan Colmes said: "What do you, ignore somebody standing right next to you? Do we -- because he touched him, put his hand on his shoulder, shook his hand? Do these people have a problem with Mao and Nixon?" O'Reilly responded, "It was (Chinese Prime Minister) Zhou (Enlai) and Nixon. Mao was not involved." Colmes then said, "Did you have a problem with looking into (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's eyes and seeing his soul? Did you have a problem with any of the other --" O'Reilly interjected: "OK, all of those are valid points, as long as you realize it was Zhou Enlai, not Mao Zedong." Colmes replied: "Zhou Enlai, OK."

In fact, while Nixon indeed met with Zhou, he also met with Mao on February 21, 1972.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200904230010?f=h_latest

[jeff30997]

1. He also failed intelligence 101 class too IMHO.

What a pathetic waste of DNA.

[alcynic]

2. O'Reilly couldn't SEE the history book

Because that would require him to pull his head out of his ass

[lbrtbell]

3. Olbermann had a great piece on this tonight

I remember that meeting from when I was a little kid, and Bill O'Reilly can't?

Then again, this is the same guy who doesn't know the difference between a teddy bear and a panda bear.

[bulloney]

4. Nixon meeting Mao was one of Nixon's defining moments. How do you ignore that?

I've said for years there's a direct correlation between how conservative you are and how ignorant you are on history. It goes without saying.

[depakid]

7. By being a pathological liar

People with this symptomatology just don't care what they lie about- large or small, relevant or irrelevant. Makes no difference.

Here's a great description of O'Lielly. Pegs him perfectly:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_can_you_tell_if_someone_is_a_pathological_liar

[pnutbutr]

5. hehe

[alphafemale]

6. You do realize we're talking about a guy that thinks falahfal is a sex toy?

You expect him to get something right?