Apparently, the President didn’t feel he was arrogant and smug enough during the SOTU. Nevertheless O’Reilly hung in there, though Bill is always quick to give this president the benefit of the doubt on matters of motive. That said, the POTUS pretty much dodged and blamed and deflected during their entire pre-Super Bowl one-on-one. Worse, he outright lied when asked about the possibility of “corruption” in the case of the IRS targeting Conservative groups. Knowing what we know today about that unfortunate abuse of power, it was nothing short of disrespectful for Mr. Obama to look into that camera and deny it.

Watching the president’s mannerisms, and considering his open collar approach to such a wide audience, made me feel both ashamed and concerned for our children’s America. His seemingly predisposed and regular attacks on FOX News, when simply asked to clarify and answer questions about missteps, as well as a troubling lack of transparency during his time as leader of the free world, sounded indicative of the quintessential ideologue lost for a way to explain away abject failure to lead.

Overall, I thought O’Reilly did a good job pushing the President to step up and accept responsibility for his station and actions. Per usual however, and much like Denver was doing a lot of last night, Mr. Obama “punted”. This is truly the part I have a hard time explaining to my 12 year-old.