Ugh. I can’t do this right now. You explain it, Washington Post:
The pro football playoffs begin this weekend, but Fox Sports is already making sure there’ll be solid television ratings no matter what teams makes it to the Super Bowl on Feb. 6.
That’s because conservative Fox News talk show host Bill O’Reilly will be interviewing President Obama during the pre-game show, the White House confirmed yesterday.
Oh, Jesus Christ. So look… apparently, the President always gets interviewed before the Super Bowl. The last two years, when NBC and CBS had the Super Bowl, President Obama sat down with Matt Lauer and Katie Couric, respectively. I say “apparently” because I have zero recollection of this happening — probably because it was a crappy, generic, softball-fest. Good. That makes it not newsworthy, and therefore easy to ignore. BUT NO, everybody had to go and insert a second divisive figure, and up the odds that everyone’s Super Bowl party will devolve into an intense drunken debate about economic policy and who hates America the most.
I love football. Especially the Super Bowl. It’s a chance for people to get together and enjoy something, regardless of color, age, gender (HARF HARF THAT’S JOKES), and political ideology. By inserting a divisive figure like O’Reilly (and the same would go for any left-leaning news figure too, for the record), people are trying to stir the pot. I don’t want the pot stirred. I want to get drunk and crack mean jokes about Brett Favre and eat food until I puke.
All this is doing is increasing the chances that my Super Bowl experience will be ruined, and dammit, that’s the Black Eyed Peas job.
(*hums Battle Hymn of the Republic, marches off Internet*)
Sorry for the politics. Palate cleanser after the jump.
HEAVY METAL PENGUIN.
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Analysts are now predicting super bowl parties to be 110% more brawl-y than last year.
Why can’t Papa Bear get raped in the brain with justice?
Danger, you are looking at this the wrong way. If you view it as douche vs. turd sandwich performance art instead of a serious discussion it can be quite enjoyable. And yes, this is a damning indictment of American politics.
Of course, if you turn it into a drinking game where to take a shot everytime someone makes a strawman argument, misconstrues a sttatement, or deflects a question you will be dead before kick-off.
It’s an odd choice, seeing how Fox could’ve trotted out Shep Smith or Chris Wallace.
On the bright side, we’ll find out if the Secret Service will take you down for calling the president a “pinhead” to his face.
If the ole’ socialist there had his way, we’d be watchin’ a couple camel fuckers kick around a goat’s head during half time of stoning a woman to death for reading a book! GET A BRAIN, MORANS!
Why can’t Jacob Volkmann interview him?
(*paints coma victims with black face, slaps them with horse whip*)
THESE COLOREDS DON’T RUN, USA! USA! USA!
@Vince: The Tea Party folks are patriots, not racists…they just hate Obama’s policies, background, skin color, and name. GET THE GOVERNMENT OUTTA MY MEDICARE!!!
Joe Buck, Black Eyed Peas, and now this…it’s like they’re trying everything in their power to make me not want to watch.
Looks like I am watching Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet. I heard Bill O’Ruffly will be interviewing President Bark Obama.
m/ for the heavy metal penguin.
@Jeff
It’s probably some weird, psychological experiment to how much pain we’ll tolerate to see football. That or Fox already knows we’re going to watch and just wants to send a big “Fuck you” to us anyway.
@Lenny
With commentary by Joe Bark and Troy Arfman.
….I’ll show myself out.
As dumb as this is, no Super Bowl will ever make me madder than the Panthers/Patriots game.
I hate the Pats like I hate Duke.
So you’re saying you want MORE of Terry Bradshaw laughing like a deranged psycho at his own non-jokes?
I’m sorry but I’ve never seen that penguin video before and now my love for Danger knows no limits.
Bill O’Reilly is like the Pittsburgh Steelers: Both should be permanently banned from appearing on Super Bowl Sunday.
Bill O’Reilly is like the Pittsburgh Steelers: They both force themselves on women.
Patty, be prepared to have a new most maddening Super Bowl.
Go Pats! WELKAH 4 LYFE!
MF’n tarheel for life.
If we can get a SEA-KC championship game in addition to this interview, Black Eyed Peas & Joe Buck, you’ve got the recipe for worst SB ever.
“you’ve got the recipe for worst SB ever.”
Don’t forget about the Falcons.
Bill O’Reilly is the like the Pittsburgh Steelers, they both suck dick.
@Fat Polamalu: so…Fox’s new head of programming is Tom Brady?
/ksk krossover
@Patty: agree, that game launched my hatred of the Pats as well, which sucks because they are consistently good. I can only guess Brady sold his soul to Satan.
@Smegga Here’s the penguin vid with the live audio.
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